Recent content by Entrigo

Interesting to hear the 540ML sounds bassy. I have it and I always found it a bit lean (some say neutral - as might be), especially .compared to the 95ML. Better (overall) with a RigB body but it still leaves me desiring something a little fuller. Once again, it could well be the acoustics...

Absolutely. Which is why I always say when people shout "DEMO DEMO" that, unless you can demo at home, asking for advice online is almost as effective as demoing a component in a shop. I demoed my Focal Aria at Richer Sounds in London and it's fair to say wasn't bowled over. They were good but...

Well not now. Literally got the Vertere a couple of weeks ago and it's really good so far (apart from maybe being a little quieter than others on MM /40dB) so not likely to change for a while.

Nice! Was really tempted to buy the 20 - then came across a better than half price Vertere Phono 1.. But still very curious to try one of Michael Fidler's units one day.

Good to know. I have no surround speakers anymore but I will try if I ever get some again (which I'd love to)

Blister in the Sun, Violent Femmes. From their amazing debut album. View: https://youtu.be/JE-dqW4uBEE?feature=shared

Tbh I think I am fine with the Elex after all haha. It was more a thing of convenience, looking to combine amp and CD player...

Well I am a full paid member of Spotify and have been for years. I also get AM for free through a family account and occasionally pay for a Tidal subscription (a month here and a month there). Tidal is the best of the three in terms of SQ, but Spotify has just totally nailed the interface and...

Same but with records. Since upgrading CD player, I have taken most of my CDs out of wallets and put them back in brand new jewel cases and reunited them with booklets etc. And of course put them all lined up on display like it's 1999... I thought it would encourage me to listen to them more...

Haha yes indeed. As soon as I got it I bought a Pink Floyd DSOTM SACD and did a bit of a side by side between the SACD, I believe a 96/24 stream and the original first pressing on vinyl. Much to my chagrin, the SACD was the best of the three. 1s and 0s beat sonic waves beautifully carved in...

Leema Pulse IV got pretty slated by WHF in the 2019 review. Not that I take WHF as the ultimate truth, but I recall seeing very very few such low ratings...

I don't know. I had asked many people - a lot of whom on this forum - whether I could expect an audible improvement going from a Marantz CD6005 to a SA8005. It was a very mixed consensus, with more than one person saying - from their own experience having gone the same upgrade path - there...

Or there's people who like both depending on album, mood etc ;) !

I was in pretty much the same position. Really liked the sound of Spotify/Apple Music and occasionally Tidal through my Wiiim Pro Plus, and while I did enjoy playing CDs on my Marantz CD6005, the Wiim had the edge. Then fairly recently I upgraded to a SA8005 and the difference is substantial...

Just unpacked, plugged in and played the Phono1 for 10 minutes and - unsurprisingly, it blows all the other phono stages away, including the Aria (though who knows if it did not have that hum...) And although it was initially listed as MK1, confirmed as MKii after I queried it - as it said MKii...