Great to hear. I also know of another Stern / Heisenberg set bought to replace a top-flight Naim system, beating out CH head to head
I'm not able to keep this unit because the distributor needs it for his demos, it already left.Great stuff...an extraordinarily consistent set of superlatives for Audionet, in many cases citing its natural and musical flow. Are you keeping the Humboldt? Going Stern/Heisenberg?
A high quality decision to consider!I'm not able to keep this unit because the distributor needs it for his demos, it already left.
Anyway i'm not in a hurry, i really need to think about this and perhaps wait to be able to afford a Heisenberg/AC Impera ll Ref combo.
This would be end game for me.
Can you please help to clarify which CH Precision preamp / amps it was compared to?Great to hear. I also know of another Stern / Heisenberg set bought to replace a top-flight Naim system, beating out CH head to head
You are bang on here! I believe the Impera II REF driving the Audionet MAXs are our current reference electronics and the best amp/pre combination we have ever heard. We plan on having the Heisenbergs paired with the IMPERA Signature in our stable by year end. REMARKABLE and VERY competitive with the equally remarkable HUMBOLDT which we have had for about a year. In some systems, with lower efficiency speakers and/or larger rooms, the IMPERA/MAX combination simply cannot be beat, save for the IMPERA SIG/ HEISENBERG combination looking forwardI'm not able to keep this unit because the distributor needs it for his demos, it already left.
Anyway i'm not in a hurry, i really need to think about this and perhaps wait to be able to afford a Heisenberg/AC Impera ll Ref combo.
This would be end game for me.
Please let us know when you have the Heisenberg paired with the Impera ll, i'm very interested.You are bang on here! I believe the Impera with the Audionet MAXs are our current reference electronics and the best amp/pre combination we have ever heard. We plan on having the Heisenbergs paired with the IMPERA Signature in our stable by year end. REMARKABLE and VERY competitive with the equally remarkable HUMBOLDT which we have had for about a year. In some systems, with lower efficiency speakers and/or larger rooms, the IMPERA/MAX combination simply cannot be beat, save for the IMPERA SIG/ HEISENBERG combination looking forward
Hi fast.freight:Hello, I sure am enjoying my new Stern and Heisenbergs. I listen often in the dark, and wondering how many others find the screen of the Stern and power buttons distracting. I have spoken with Stefan at Audionet (super nice, very fast response) and there is quite hopefully a software update coming that will allow the Stern screen to go totally dark when set to 0 brightness! The power buttons are very bright to me also, and perhaps a harder issue for them to change. I have cut three circular discs of self adhesive vinyl, and lightly attached them to the buttons. You cans still tell they are on or off, (especially from any angle), but do not bother me when in front of my system. BTW, this is how I have a matching black Tambaqui as well!
Hi Davidny, Good to hear from you. I think Bill had told me about your Sean Jacobs PS prior to my doing it. Do you still use Aries G2.1 with this PS? Curious if your Auralic dops of the network from time to time after long pauses? Sometimes for me it does, and it can be an easy fix (Going to Auralic app and playing something, then returning to Roon), but other times the app can not find it and it takes patient shut down and restart.Hi fast.freight:
Congratulations on your new Stern and Heisenbergs. They will sound even better after a few months of burn in.
I agree that the power buttons on the Heisenbergs are very bright. I’ve had two pair of Heisenbergs powering YG Sonja XV Jrs for several years now. I certainly don’t need a night light when listening in the dark
But I can live with that minor annoyances since my system sounds so alive I just close my eyes and think about what concert hall the orchestra is playing in. And my Stern is about one quarter the brightness of my Heisenbergs
I also noticed at Bill Parish’s big listening room the newer Heisenbergs aren’t as bright as the older models.
Question for you, I noticed you’re using a Muon filter. Where in your digital chain do you use it and does it improve what your now hearing with your new Audionet electronics?
Ken,Hello, I sure am enjoying my new Stern and Heisenbergs. I listen often in the dark, and wondering how many others find the screen of the Stern and power buttons distracting. I have spoken with Stefan at Audionet (super nice, very fast response) and there is quite hopefully a software update coming that will allow the Stern screen to go totally dark when set to 0 brightness! The power buttons are very bright to me also, and perhaps a harder issue for them to change. I have cut three circular discs of self adhesive vinyl, and lightly attached them to the buttons. You cans still tell they are on or off, (especially from any angle), but do not bother me when in front of my system. BTW, this is how I have a matching black Tambaqui as well!