This is from 2019 but hadn’t come across it previously. So nice to see the R1’s included.
On another note, had been away from home for a year and assembled a small system to listen to. It was quite excellent for a modest under $10k system and the well reviewed bookshelf LSA Reference 10’s had a beryllium/copper tweeter (though I don’t know exactly what that entails) The receiver/streamer/Dac was the great Hegel H-190, all plugged into a Furman ref15.
Upon returning home, and firing up the TAD CR1’s (supplemented with dual Velodyne DD10 + subs and Sopranino super tweeters, I realized how much a difference there was between excellent audiophile grade sound and the utter realism the TAD’s can provide with the right material.
Shortly after, I cleaned all the tube pins, tube sockets, and power supply umbilical cable/socket on my Atma-sphere pre amp, which ashamedly I’ve never cleaned previously.
Between that cleaning and replacing my quad wire (mostly) home made speaker cables with ones from LSA/Defiant (a very inexpensive house brand) the system is singing like never before. Just shocking. (And I’ve previously had AQ’s top speaker cable to audition)
I’ve owned the CR1’s for 10 years now and it’s been quite a trip to hear them evolve as the rest of the system catches up with their potential.
I’ve saved the factory boxes (not an easy task in NYC) just in case I ever decided to sell them, but at this point I don’t think I ever could. Even If I bought some other amazing speaker (like a Soundlab) I just don’t think I could part with that CST driver!
On another note, had been away from home for a year and assembled a small system to listen to. It was quite excellent for a modest under $10k system and the well reviewed bookshelf LSA Reference 10’s had a beryllium/copper tweeter (though I don’t know exactly what that entails) The receiver/streamer/Dac was the great Hegel H-190, all plugged into a Furman ref15.
Upon returning home, and firing up the TAD CR1’s (supplemented with dual Velodyne DD10 + subs and Sopranino super tweeters, I realized how much a difference there was between excellent audiophile grade sound and the utter realism the TAD’s can provide with the right material.
Shortly after, I cleaned all the tube pins, tube sockets, and power supply umbilical cable/socket on my Atma-sphere pre amp, which ashamedly I’ve never cleaned previously.
Between that cleaning and replacing my quad wire (mostly) home made speaker cables with ones from LSA/Defiant (a very inexpensive house brand) the system is singing like never before. Just shocking. (And I’ve previously had AQ’s top speaker cable to audition)
I’ve owned the CR1’s for 10 years now and it’s been quite a trip to hear them evolve as the rest of the system catches up with their potential.
I’ve saved the factory boxes (not an easy task in NYC) just in case I ever decided to sell them, but at this point I don’t think I ever could. Even If I bought some other amazing speaker (like a Soundlab) I just don’t think I could part with that CST driver!
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