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    Rhapsody.Audio Listening Rooms

    The audio world has its fair share of egos - Bob doesn’t strike me as one of them
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    Rhapsody.Audio Listening Rooms

    Glad I'm back in NY later this year ;-)
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    Alsyvox vs. Clarisys - What are the Sonic Differences? Anyone Understand Design Differences?

    I've now heard both in well set-up rooms - Clarisys at Florian's and Alsyvox at Bob's. The challenge is that those rooms are very different and the partnering equipment, although both solid-state throughout, also differ. As such, I'm inclined not to draw rigid conclusions but have a few loose...
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    Pilium Audio in action-

    I had the pleasure of listening to Son's incredible system last week, and was certainly a fun experience! The system has incredible power and grip over the music, never becoming strained, muddied, or losing instrument separation no matter the volume or complexity of the music. In particular, I...
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    Rhapsody.Audio Listening Rooms

    I echo what Thundersnow says - I visited Bob yesterday at the end of a business trip primarily to hear the Alsyvox given the lack of distributor here in the UK, but ended up listening to the other systems too. I learned a lot, heard some great music on some world-class systems which made the...
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    Upgrading footers on Living Voice speaker

    Check out Hifistay too - been very impressed with them under my Wilson Benesch speakers & subs.
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    Visit to Clarisys Auditoriums + CH Precision System in Spokane, Washington

    Maybe, but not sure tonality is purely a function of intimacy.
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    CH M1.1 or A1.5 x 2

    Personally I think adding more CH power amps to the situation is throwing good money after bad. If you don't like what you are hearing with one A1.5 then I don't see things improving much from there. Yes you might get more but the signature is the same IMHO.
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    Visit to Clarisys Auditoriums + CH Precision System in Spokane, Washington

    I guess my experience and the above comments reinforce the age-old point that the only true way to evaluate a hifi component is in your own listening room with your own components. This is perhaps even more so given how different the system and surroundings were in this instance.
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    Visit to Clarisys Auditoriums + CH Precision System in Spokane, Washington

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    Visit to Clarisys Auditoriums + CH Precision System in Spokane, Washington

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    Visit to Clarisys Auditoriums + CH Precision System in Spokane, Washington

    Apologies for the delay - it's taken a while to process my thoughts as the system is so different to what I'm used to in many different ways. First off, huge thanks to Florian and Daisy for being such fantastic hosts - it was an honour to spend time with someone so knowledgable and passionate...
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    Visit to Clarisys Auditoriums + CH Precision System in Spokane, Washington

    Yes - I managed to tag it onto a business trip last minute!
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    Visit to Clarisys Auditoriums + CH Precision System in Spokane, Washington

    They're back. I'm making this trip on Wednesday
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    Alsyvox vs. Clarisys - What are the Sonic Differences? Anyone Understand Design Differences?

    As another person who preferred Alsyvox over Clarysis in Munch, I'd be very interested in more detailed explanations. If anywhere is a place to open a can of worms, it is this forum. We're all the better for objective discussions!
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    Living Voice R80 OBX

    Congrats - great looking speakers. My father had a pair of LV's driven by an EAR V20 amp and I loved it. I heard these speakers in Munich last year and thought they sounded great. However, at the Ascott show here in the UK I was disappointed - the bass was indistinct and wooly. Shows as always...
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    5 way system, horns and more. From the beginning to now

    Incredible dedication and fascinating thread
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    Hello from the New Forest

    Wasn't sure if this was New Forest in the UK, but welcome anyway, from Surrey!
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    LampizatOr Horizon - Tube Rolling Paradise

    Overdrive = distortion
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    LampizatOr Horizon - Tube Rolling Paradise

    c3g and lampi at 63 overdrives my Stern pre-amp, so reducing it to 57 solves the problem
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    LampizatOr Horizon - Tube Rolling Paradise

    Concur with the above. I've done a reasonable amount of tube rolling, but since putting the c3g into my Horizon probably 3-4 months ago, I've not rolled a single tube!
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    Introducing the LampizatOr Poseidon DAC

    The L1 is an incredible line stage, and with the X1 is the best I've heard in my system. Given that the line stage in the Horizon is significantly bettered by my Stern and in turn the L1 is slightly ahead of the Stern, I struggle to believe the line stage in the Poseidon will outperform your L1.
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    Riviera Labs AFM-100 SE Class A Monoi amplifiers- something new and different

    Elliot - have you tried Riviera with Stenheim yet? From my limited experience of both brands, that could be a very interesting combination. PS Thanks for the track recommendations - some crackers in there!
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    Saltburn

    Yep thought exactly the same - 2hrs of my life I'll never get back!!
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    Riviera Labs AFM-100 SE Class A Monoi amplifiers- something new and different

    I think the Riviera stuff is incredible and one of my regrets is not having a full system for demo in my living room (I've only had the top pre-amp). If you read their stuff, they focus on creating the right level of harmonics in the music rather than all-out accuracy, noting that the ear...
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    Lampizator VP4 Silver: Can vinyl get to the level of digital and if so at what cost?

    Interesting that your vinyl set-up matches / exceeds the Horizon. From what you say, it's not necessarily better / worse, but different in a good way.
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    Wilson Alexx V vs Rockport Orion

    Interesting - can you articulate the differences?
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    Wilson Alexx V vs Rockport Orion

    Wow that must make me an influencer :cool: Speakerwise, when I was selecting speakers a few years' back, Wilsons didn't really do it for me. I could hear the hand-off across the drivers, esp to the bass, and found this very distracting. I guess you'd call this a lack of coherence. These were...
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    Wilson Alexx V vs Rockport Orion

    Good to see another scientist fan! Assume Stern + Heisenbergs?
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    What are the Covers You Like Better than the Original?

    The Damned's version of Eloise

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