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Yes sure that would be a good Idea and i may do that once , but the better my speakers became the less interested i became in doing a show , i did IT only 1 time in 2005, plus i have a good job already .
M Lavigne said IT once , the best way to make a small Fortune in high end audio is to start with a large Fortune.
Another reason is that the dutch audio Bizz is not my kind of Bizz as you know what i mean , snobby and what not , no respect for a new comer at all
 
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I hope you'll forgive me for daring but... you really need some cables!
 

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I have cables already thank you, CAT hasnt designed a blue tooth amp yet , i need another tapedeck or pre amp may be. , Lol

Changed the set up around. I now have around 10 meters behind the speakers and it sounds very open relaxed and free .
Did a extensive tapecomparison, basf spr 50 LH sounds the best most dynamic , its a studio tape made in the seventies
From ultra analogue which is SM 900 ( i have about 7 )i think Chopin ballade NO 1 with yun yang Lee on piano sounds very good too.
I also spun 7.5 inch per sec i have about 60 tapes
Part of why piano sounds very good is the hard / dead speaker housing which makes for beautifull decay plus it can portray the whole freq spectrum, its a full range ls

PS cheaper tape although it might be more limited in bandwidth sounds awesome too

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First of all merry X mass everybody.
And no i havent forgotten about hifi.
But to busy travelling / working over the last 2 years with my new occupation.
But my investments go very well lately so there is a good chance Holland will have a ultra high end dealer over the next 1 - 2 years 3 years at the most.
Custom listening room design.
Some tubes some solid state
Stuff like Latest CAT ref series Vitus dartzeel lamm.
On my speaker designs off course .
Plus a new (old)tapemachine
The ballfinger thorens designs look like a serious product.
Respect
 
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Nothing new but i rearanged my system , I cleaned the JL 2 sign as well , i took all the tubes out ( no replacement ) then sprayed contact 60 spray in the sockets / rca contacts etc.
Actually there is a small item new ,i swapped the only boxed transparent I C cable i had for a normal ¨ Roland ¨ studio RCA -RCA connector .
No more mysterie boxes anywhere .
The noise floor of the power amp has come down to almost 0 noise now , no hum through the speakers anymore .
Pre amp has only a very slight hiss with the new tubes , ear to tw
My system sounds like new , actually i think it has never sounded this good before.
I played tape all day , turns out while listening (in the new more quit- better acoustics place )that my B62 is still not good sounds wise , it overloads / distorts with some tapes after about 5-10 min of playing , i need to bring it for repair.
But boy does this thing sound good , the telefunken is no comparison dynamics wise ( although i dont know if the M 15 A is 100% either ).
I made a picture specifically of the speakerconnectors , pure copper goldplated ( CARDAS) connectors on the speaker , with also pure copper but cheap shrink fit cable connectors from the electricain at work , i spend only if i have too .
CD player is a Meittner MA 2
I changed the speaker position , it sounds best against the long wall , with the fireplace in between , breaks up reflections I guess

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I might when the tubes need to be replaced in the JL 2 go for the 6550 C tubes and give those a try , when i have those tubes installed i can put the tube cages back on, they dont fit now with the KT 120 , the slight reduction of power is no issue in my case .
They say they have a very seductive midrange as compared to the ¨ cleaner ¨ KT 120 , the JL2 was also off course designed around the 6550 C
 

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I have arrived .

Although i didnt buy the Nagras .
 

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You could buy a nice amplifier for what i paid for it , but im very happy.

Hemiolia, ( pavarotti ) Horch House 5 tapes , hugh masekela coal train , Made in Japan deep purple , the doors , master tape sound lab , vd HUL , Eternal arts open reel records analogue audio association etc :)

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My telefunken and studer are back , i picked them up yesterday which was not that easy .
I got stopped crossing the border going into belgium from germany .
I told the (very difficult ) belgium police i had a recording studio , something regarding essential travel bla bla.
I also picked up 13 rare mastertape copies and a demagnetizer

My restored M15 a is actually a very good measuring machine
Best they had seen

Changed parts: caps / belt , new card
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Studer B62 VU .
New replacement counter has been placed and some caps were changed , both my studers are not as flat as the telefunken.
My telefunken was actually a machine that was used for mono .
It had a card missing for stereo .
So it costed a bit more then expected but both machines should be 100 % now.
 
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New dac in the house mark levinson 360 S.

I heard the mark levinson 32 again on 90 k tad mono blocs ? 100 k dcs , magico q5 and 60 k cables .

My own speakers are quit a bit better .
The mark levinson 32 pre will be in my transistor system eventually .
Power amps not sure hope to use a show for that .
They need to be fast, so not the old ml poweramps .
Something like halcro and i want to hear the other contenders more like d agostino vitus dartzeel ch precision , the gryphon etc
 
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I think i have my digital where i want now , i ve got of course lots of cds .
Before there were years i didnt even spin a cd at all / partly due to work .
I ve always tried to lay the finger on what exactly made me like the madrigal / levinson sound from the late 90 s early 2000 s design team .

Now i know the dacs had a very large part in that , probably more then the pre 32 for example.
This 360S is one of their latest designed dac s or the latest for that series not sure.

My digital finally is starting to sound like music .
I think im done with the whole audio / sound investigation:)


Ps besides a room
 

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Picture .
Although the protective felt doesnt make it pretty.
I should have bought a Ml 390 S 12 years ago instead of a wadia 581 i it would have given me a lot more pleasure
Old school ml dacs are musicmachines

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ML versus meittner .

Completely diifferent bass and bass definition , with the MA 2 i actually thought with some CDs that my speakers were slightly exaggerating bass but luckily my speakers are near perfect , it was the meittner that mudied things .
Detail retrival is much better with the ML
Soundstage layering has become enourmous with a lovely spacey sound
The ML provides exactly the relentless drive/ rhytm that is needed for house music Tiesto etc.
 
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Andromeda design speakers ¨ walk around ¨ playing Hugh masekela on a Telefunken M15 A with eternal arts tape stage .:)

Recorded with a samsung A70 phone, sorry for the noise the wooden floor is noisy when you walk on it .

 

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