I bought a brace of Nagra classic amps, sold the Jazz, bought the HD DAC. Sold the NAgras and am awaiting 2 x Solution 511s Might possibly move up to the Alumine 5 or even Ultimes
I use a Laufer Teknik Memory Player. It’s the latest version and I output via AES EBU into my Soulution DAC. It beats my Soulution player and is an absolute delight.
Expensive though.. 52K
I occasionally connect my devialets, but I much prefer the nagras. Yes the devialets give more punch and being out the fabulous bass, but it quickly becomes tiring....
Do you have a picture of the park 2's? Are they the ones with angled base ?
here are 2 photos of my Stenheim's. They are a special order with bead blasted front panels. They are about 9 months old. So I guess mark 1's
i don't dislike my Q1's. They work very well in their intended context
The Alumines are, however in another (far higher) class
there are 3 advantages with the MPS
One power chord to the MPS
Switching the MPS on, switches the Nagras on
Optional battery supply for the phono, reduces the noise level
The only advantage sonically is on the Phono with battery supply. I have heard no difference vs the standard...
also to reply to bmichels... you can setup a local network between your ipad and your man
the man comes with a small antenae
you can link to your nas with a cat 6 cable
i have the man301 server and am absolutely delighted. it is stupidly simple to set us and use and works faultlessly
a real joy.......
AND it beats absolutely and cd player. a wonder
i have a pair of stenheims with the matching subs, connected to a full nagra system, comprising of cdp, jazz, 300, phono all powered by the mps supply, all are placed on the nagra vps platforms and all cabling is nordost odin or valhalla....
this is one of 3 systems, i currently use and is far...
full krell
I started down the krell road in 2002 with a KAV 300il and DVD Standard, I then added a KAV 3250 and A 7.1 PrePro and a SACD Mk3... This then became a 505 and now a 525. I changed the PrePro for a 202 and then bought a pair of evo 600e's. I am back to 2 channel and use the 300il in...