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    Weiss New Reference Helios DAC

    I listened to HELIOS. First the unit looks like a better made 502 4ch but it's a lot of more. The unit is made of thick aluminium and weight is heavy for such a slim unit. Inside, DAC is more complex. Use is similar to 502 4CH and I appreciate to have many output level to choose from. Music ...
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    Footers for heavy speakers

    You use tubes electronics, all these kind of amplification is very sensitive about micro vibrations, even if some manufacturers use decoupling system inside. Testing a set of 4 HARMONIX cones (TU210 ZXM best, REI-168 or RS-777) + RF999Z bases could be interesting.
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    Footers for heavy speakers

    If you remove things and get better sound it's because you remove damping accessories (SRA platforms are as many others) or accessories that give a bright sound, a colored sound. There are so many accessories that change the sound but do not improve it and mostly degrade it. I also see that you...
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    Footers for heavy speakers

    Yes, that's right but I precise RF-999Z is better for system which need bass control and very hard floor like stone or ceramic. The other model RF-999@+ could be better, more open but 1) if you have a hard wood floor like my audio room and 2) if you have HARMONIX cones. For audiophiles who put...
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    New darTZeel CTH 8550 MKII owner experience

    Hi I sell a used DARTZEEL 8550 MK2, pristine, preferably in Europe CEE, UK, Swiss. First owner, absolutely mint, remote, original shipping box. Please contact me in MP
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    Dartzeel contact info

    Hi I sell a used DARTZEEL 8550 MK2, pristine, preferably in Europe CEE. First owner, absolutely mint, remote, original shipping box. Please contact me in MP
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    Weiss Helios - POV on sound

    we do not share the same approach, I use premium cables and isolation and this do marvels even if the electronics are used in an audio rack which could represent the edge of isolation today cost no object. Vibes is a complex subject (I was professor of mechanical vibrations in a French Engineer...
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    Weiss New Reference Helios DAC

    I will publish next week. Some reviews had been made in Europe, USA, Australia, but sometimes on average systems. What I can say right now is that HELIOS look like a more robust 50X but it's not. First it is very heavy, all panels are made of thick aluminium and rigidity is very high. Also it...
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    JMF HQS 7001 Amplifier Review (Stereophile)

    ok, but where do you live? are you private or professional?
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    JMF HQS 7001 Amplifier Review (Stereophile)

    Where do you live? Your appreciation of APURNA style is your, it's not the comments I get as feedback. Also sonically they are the best I listened to. I do not say that because I sell APURNA, it's because I find them so good that I sell them and stop all other brand I had in the past.
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    Weiss Helios - POV on sound

    I red the Soundstage review but it is a point made with mid high-end gears. I begin my test this week-end, HELIOS arrived.
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    Weiss Helios - POV on sound

    PLAYBACK MPD-8 could be sound a bit warm if set up with not the best power cord or in its standard feet. I use a very high-end power cable from PRANAWIRE (ARHAT Lightspeed), I used for years on WEISS 502 4CH, Streamers, ... I used SR purple in my former MPS-8 and see what MPD-8 will do with SR...
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    Weiss New Reference Helios DAC

    Hi I received my HELIOS today . I will listen to it and compare it to my MPS-8 DAC PLAYEr and to my new MPD-8 I received a week ago. If the Swiss DAC looks like an upgraded version of DAC 502, it's not. It shares the general style and dimensions but is 100% made in a massive aluminium box.
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    JMF HQS 7001 Amplifier Review (Stereophile)

    I appreciate style like Boulder, Constellation or some that are quite different than rectangular boxes more or less refined. D'Agostino is impressive in real life (I see it at Munich 2023) but Captain Nemo look is not my taste. Some are not beautiful but are fine because of the high quality of...
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    JMF HQS 7001 Amplifier Review (Stereophile)

    I know a lot of mono blocks amplifiers that are not bridged stereo amp.
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