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Nice piece and nice playing. Thanks for sharing

Congratulations man, for both, the girl and the breastfeeding

New SACD player from Sony? They said they'd be stopping SACD hardware production

LOL I know... these things happen when you can't get scientific evidence, nor being sure you're measuring right the right things. Fortunately for some of my gear, the speakers amp, I know that it doesn't measure the same right powered on than after 10 minutes or other 10 minutes later. But that's the only device I know really changes during warm-up. However my subjective perception of needed warm up is longer than the time it needs to measure steady. We humans are strange creatures

hehehehe, who knows, I wish I were able to measure some things. The fact is that I have some components, even tube ones, that I don't find significant changes and sound good right switched on. Others take a lot to sound right, and I mean more than 1 hour from a cold state... If it's my subconsciousness, she's really creative

Same here, but if it were just my head, why do I feel different components have different warm-up times to reach their nice working point? My subconsciousness can't be that smart

Just in case he didn't find:

Oh yeah, happy birthday. But don't listen to Deepak's wishes, just start having sex right now and don't stop until you're knockout. Nontheless you can do that while spinning vinyl and eating, drinking... cooking seems more complicated though.

Thanks for sharing. When purchasing gear that I don't know at all just for the sake of learning about its sound, especially if it's expensive, I try to buy used or ex-demo. In the Balanced Max's case I don't think it's easy finding one used. I'll keep in mind the diamond buffer thing. Hehehe, I leave my transport and DAC on 24/7. They only get rest when I travel away for more than a couple of days. Despite that, the damn DAC always needs about 20-30 minutes of music playing to sound as it should. On my secondary speakers rig I leave the YBA integrated on all the time, it needs more than an hour of warm up to get "texture". I received a reply from the current GR's owner. I think we could work out a deal. He confirmed the unit is factory set for 230VAC. We'll see. My "almost-friend" who was the former owner didn't reply, he's most likely is away on holidays. Rgrds

Oh I thought your comment was directed at this other post: I found Aerius' funny in a cynic way Rgrds

oops I didn't know. Not much of a DIYer myself. Thanks for telling me, I could have tried to get one hehehehe Rgrds

Yep, I know of the Pass Aleph series, nice amps. Too bulky and too hot, but nice sounding. Regarding the Dynamite or Dynamight, I've not even seen one recently for sale at Head-fi, so forget to find one in Europe. I suppose it could be custom ordered to some reliable builder who were able to build the

On tube gear, I'd be more concerned for the vibration coming from the fans than for the noise. I don't think I'd ever buy a tube amp needing fans for cooling. Seems like a very compromised solution to me. The cheap way to fix a serious design flaw on the chassis and board I hope it sounds heavenly Rgrds

Thanks for the write up Asr. I agree that the

Wonderful pics Justin, thanks for sharing them. I still have to hear from the former owner and the current seller I share the interest of others about how do the

LOL What's that thing? I not even dared to read the "review" or whatever that is

Maybe the source is playing some role on those impressions too, perhaps a less colored amp shows more clearly its character. Rgrds

Probably for being one step or two ahead the other two and closer to the flash light source. Just look at the light reflection on the back wall. It could be whatever, that photo size won't allow any serious evaluation. Rgrds

I had a short exposure to the MF A3.24 and I didn't like it, very "upsampling" sound. Kind of enhancing detail and "airyness" at the expense of naturality. IMHO a decent DAC like the Lavry DA-10 could be more satisfying and still into OP's price range. However I agree that with 1000 bucks you can't go "several steps" ahead of the 3.24. Maybe a lateral move to a kind of sound more of OP's liking. Rgrds

Thanks for the info mate. I'm still waiting for X-Bull's or seller's replies. They must be on holidays hehehe. If the unit needs trannie replacement to make it 120V it'd be harder to sell. Anyway, if I take it I hopefully won't need to sell it Rgrds

I've contacted the guy selling it asking whether it's 230V/50Hz or I'd need a transformer, but he didn't reply yet. Maybe Justin can say if the unit can be easily switched to work either voltage. That would make things way easier. I don't think he's interested in trades, he's selling his headphones gear and said he got his speakers system "done". In any case I wouldn't get rid of the Sansui tuner, it's not the same as the TU-X1, but gets so damn close that's an excellent back up unit. Those TU-X1 are really scarce and expensive these days, but very few people can fix and adjust them properly, in my country nontheless, so if mine failed... Rgrds

X2 Looking at the shadows, the colour of the faces and the hands... looks like a real one, or a very very well doctored one. Too small to say though. Rgrds

Thanks for the replies. LOL This World is really small . The guy selling it now isn't Bull-X, but I know Bull-X, we're "almost friends". I've had some of his gear at home and he came over my place, but he lives in another city so we can't join frequently. He probably got the GR after selling his Stax 4040 rig. I had this at my place for almost two months, but I decided not to keep it. Looks like Bull-X sold it to the current seller about two years ago. I'll ask him about it. I think that sound-wise it could be of my liking and is worth a try. It's a pity there's no more technical info and measurements available. Not that I trust graphs more than my own ears or that I base my purchases on measured performance, but I like correlating what I hear with numbers. The current seller has had it up for sale for 10 months already, so if I disliked it and decided to resell it, it wouldn't be easy However I'm more prone to keep things than to sell them, I've only sold the very expensive and bulky stuff. I'm still keeping an old Theta Data II and a Sansui TU-919 I haven't used for years "just in case", so go figure Rgrds

On digital a CEC-TL2 transport to a Museatex Bidat (John Wright modified). For vinyl a NA Hyperspace with Shelter 901 to a EAR 834P (with some "enhancements") thru Music First (S& step up. I also use a Sansui TU-X1 tuner, but to be honest I only listen to it using the speakers, it's too good for phones hahaha. If the Gilmore Reference is really neutral and transparent to the sources, I'll probably like it. I spent too much time and effort finding the right sources to spoil it with colored amps. I haven't found a trully neutral HPs amp yet, so I can live better with one on the warm side of things than with a hyperdetailed-analytical one. The music lover brain wins over the audio-nuts one. Rgrds

LOL well, not really, however what I think sounds musically engaging, purposeful, interesting and coherent under my evaluation standards could well be BS for other people focusing their attention on different results and performance features. As you said, up to the listener's ear Knowing that technically it drives difficult phones well is a good starting point. I have no experience on KG designs. There seems to be quite opposite opinions about them -soundwise, from the design point of view there's some agreement that they're well thought-, so I really don't know what to expect. Unfortunately I've been exposed to some very well thought designs on paper that made really lifeless music for my ears, though many people loved the sound. It's a pity that audio is such a lonely hobby. Rgrds