AXPONA 2024 Ron Reporting

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Start date Apr 10, 2024

Ron Resnick

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Apr 28, 2024

#141

hopkins said:
I have a hard time reconciling the sound I hear from this video with some of the very positive comments about this room from some forum members here. How did the system sound to you in the room?

I thought it sounded good. It might be the digital.

I have never not liked analog on tubes on O96.

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Dealer for Clarisys Audio and Hegel Music Systems

TURNTABLE: Brinkmann Balance; RoNt III; TONEARM: Reed 5T; CARTRIDGE: Air Tight Opus 1; TAPE: Studer A820; CD PLAYER: Pioneer Elite DV-47Ai; STREAMER: Innuos PULSAR; STREAM: Qobuz; DAC: Lampizator Baltic 4; PHONO STAGE: Aesthetix Io Eclipse, Hegel V10; LINE STAGE: Trafomatic Lara, Hegel P30A; AMPLIFIER: Jadis JA100, WestminsterLab REI; LOUDSPEAKER: Gryphon Pendragon, Clarisys Studio Plus; INTERCONNECT CABLE: Cardas Clear Beyond, Cardas Clear Reflection; SPEAKER CABLE: Absolute Fidelity; POWER CABLE: Cardas Clear Beyond XL, Iconoclast BAV; POWER: dedicated sub-panel, JPS in-wall, chemical grounds; STANDS: HRS M3X2, PBN Audio turntable stand, Adona Zero GXT1N; ROOM: 20' wide X 24' long X 14' tall; ACOUSTIC TREATMENT: PSI AVAAs, ASC TubeTraps, absorption panels; WOO-WOO: Shakti Stones, Saraswati

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hopkins

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Apr 28, 2024

#142

Ron Resnick said:
I thought it sounded good. It might be the digital.

I have never not liked analog on tubes on O96.

It could just be the video recording.

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Al M.

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Apr 28, 2024

#143

hopkins said:
It could just be the video recording.

Exactly, simplest and most straightforward explanation.

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System: Simaudio Moon Neo 260 DT CD Transport > Empirical Audio Reference BNC digital cable (1.5 m) > Mutec MC3+ USB reclocker > MIT SL-Matrix Digital Plus AES/EBU cable (1.5 m) > Schiit Yggdrasil Less is More (LIM) DAC / Octave HP 700 preamp / Octave RE 320 stereo amp with Super Black Box; power tubes are switched from KT150 to KT120 / PranaFidelity Dhyana speakers / analog signal cables: ZenWave Audio D4 interconnects, ZenWave SSR-11 speaker cables / Diverse Herbie's Audio Lab footers / Solid Steel HW-2L component rack and HF-A amplifier stand
Power: Dedicated 10 AWG shielded line (MC 10/2) from breaker box to Furutech GTX-D NCF(R) outlet, 9 AWG ZenWave Clear Bass cable to Furutech e-TP609 NCF 6-way power distributor / 2 x Tripp Lite IS1000HG Isolation Transformer for digital source only (Transformer 1: CD transport, reclocker / Transformer 2: DAC) / ZenWave PL-11 power cables for DAC, preamp and amp / ZenWave Clear Bass power cables for CD transport, reclocker
Acoustic treatment: IsoThermal TubeTraps, TubeTraps, Tri-panels, Sound Planks, WindowPlugs, ceiling diffusers (all ASC), ceiling cloths, polypropylene basketweave carpet in listening seat area
Room dimensions: 24 ft long x 12 ft wide (13.5 ft at small window bay) x 8.5 ft high

tima

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Apr 29, 2024

#144

marty said:
"Dark Side of the Moon was little before my time......'"
Jeez, Ron, you really know how to hurt a guy!

Be careful with that axe Eugene.

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Ron Resnick

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May 3, 2024

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Mono and Stereo - Senior Contributing Reviewer

Dealer for Clarisys Audio and Hegel Music Systems

TURNTABLE: Brinkmann Balance; RoNt III; TONEARM: Reed 5T; CARTRIDGE: Air Tight Opus 1; TAPE: Studer A820; CD PLAYER: Pioneer Elite DV-47Ai; STREAMER: Innuos PULSAR; STREAM: Qobuz; DAC: Lampizator Baltic 4; PHONO STAGE: Aesthetix Io Eclipse, Hegel V10; LINE STAGE: Trafomatic Lara, Hegel P30A; AMPLIFIER: Jadis JA100, WestminsterLab REI; LOUDSPEAKER: Gryphon Pendragon, Clarisys Studio Plus; INTERCONNECT CABLE: Cardas Clear Beyond, Cardas Clear Reflection; SPEAKER CABLE: Absolute Fidelity; POWER CABLE: Cardas Clear Beyond XL, Iconoclast BAV; POWER: dedicated sub-panel, JPS in-wall, chemical grounds; STANDS: HRS M3X2, PBN Audio turntable stand, Adona Zero GXT1N; ROOM: 20' wide X 24' long X 14' tall; ACOUSTIC TREATMENT: PSI AVAAs, ASC TubeTraps, absorption panels; WOO-WOO: Shakti Stones, Saraswati

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