You forgot all the “M’lord” stuff. “Great review M’lord“ or “M’lord said not to buy that.” If is measured by the lord, it is doctrine. If you go over there, you become more and more grateful for everything here.
PS I love the “deleted” thread, a land of misfit posts
The Thorens one looks really cool spinning, but it is very heavy. I worry it would dampen sound. It was hard to tell in teh shop with equipment I’m not used to
I had Mscaler and Dave both with SJ Power supply, before moving to Lampi Pacific and then Horizon. I would get that second power supply. And the Wavestorm interconnects between the mscaler and Dave if you dont have them already and grounding for all 4 units.
I didnt hear much. very subtle difference. Just was curious. the dealer said some people think the heavier the better but he thinks the material the clamp is made of is more important than the weight, i.e. how heavy it is.
I was at the record store yesterday and listening to the Mofi point source speakers, which were cool (my buddy is looking into them), and checking out all these vintage TTs as well. Anyway, the boss did an experiment with a heavy record weight (Thorens) vs a tiny one with some special gibberish...
I wonder Gollum if you would try both, i.e. using Horizon as just dac and Poseidon as preamp. Since one can buy the Poseidon without the dac as a standalone preamp, I feel that this would be wonderful information and you are in a unique position to do it. If you don’t want to, I understand.
Great review. That “one more song” has plagued my year with the Horizon. Even non-audiophile guests who visit get into that “one more, oh just one more” and another hour passes. The Horizon is beyond gear for me. It is an instrument and has spirit
The monotonous voice reading from a teleprompter and then…. ZzzzzZZZZZzzz
I heard these as well at a show and was impressed for that price range for sure
I also love this type of video. If the legacy magazines did more of this type of reporting instead of endless schills and cookie cutter reviews, they would be epic IMHO. This is what audiophiles want—journey, system building, real rooms in real houses, etc. Bravo, Ron.