Question What's your next HiFi purchase?

[daveh75]

Still, I don't think £125 is a rip off, the materials and composition is of reasonable quality and reviews from customers show some satisfaction for the product (I would mention sound quality, but mindful in avoiding another cable debate )

They're counterfeit, so what makes you think they're not also being dishonest about the materials used and composition of these cables?

Seriously, theres no helping audiofools/cable believers!

 

[Jasonovich]

Not so sure on 97%. The speed of Thunder depends on altitude, as the thinner the air, that faster the speed. It peaks at around 700mph way up in the sky, where Thunder lives. The speed of lightning is around 270,000mph. Hence the bigger the gap between seeing lightning and hearing thunder, the further away they are. That's today's totally useless fact taken care of. Might win the pub quiz though!

I was just amused by this marketing blur, how could any one make such claim!

 

[Jasonovich]

If the pub quiz consisted of one random question, I might have stood a hope in hell of ever winning one.

I have the cure!

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[Revolutions]

Big changes 2/2. Matt goes active with ATC SCM40a.

Spent about a week with the speakers & I’m even happier than what I heard in the demo. I thought I was getting refinement, but in my living room it’s clear that these speakers are a step up from my previous speakers (which I loved). They are incredibly detailed and deliver everything with ease. Coupled with the Linn, everything is alive but not cold or clinical. It’s the best of both for my ears.

even buying the speakers used & amp ex-demo I’ve unsurprisingly blown my budget. I may have gotten lucky here & really scratched the itch. I’m looking forward to getting to know this system really well over the coming years.

In the short-term I’ll probably be getting an ND7 cartridge, so this system has more to give.

I’m loving it 🥰 lots of appreciation for you all here, it’s a great community and everyone is so helpful. Special shout-out to @nopiano for the suggestion to check out ATC actives based on my tastes. Brilliant recommendation 👌🏼

 

[DougK1]

Big changes 2/2. Matt goes active with ATC SCM40a.

Spent about a week with the speakers & I’m even happier than what I heard in the demo. I thought I was getting refinement, but in my living room it’s clear that these speakers are a step up from my previous speakers (which I loved). They are incredibly detailed and deliver everything with ease. Coupled with the Linn, everything is alive but not cold or clinical. It’s the best of both for my ears.

even buying the speakers used & amp ex-demo I’ve unsurprisingly blown my budget. I may have gotten lucky here & really scratched the itch. I’m looking forward to getting to know this system really well over the coming years.

In the short-term I’ll probably be getting an ND7 cartridge, so this system has more to give.

I’m loving it 🥰 lots of appreciation for you all here, it’s a great community and everyone is so helpful. Special shout-out to @nopiano for the suggestion to check out ATC actives based on my tastes. Brilliant recommendation 👌🏼

Really pleased for you Matt, glad it's all worked out so well for you.

 

[Gray]

Big changes 2/2. Matt goes active with ATC SCM40a.

Spent about a week with the speakers & I’m even happier than what I heard in the demo. I thought I was getting refinement, but in my living room it’s clear that these speakers are a step up from my previous speakers (which I loved). They are incredibly detailed and deliver everything with ease. Coupled with the Linn, everything is alive but not cold or clinical. It’s the best of both for my ears.

even buying the speakers used & amp ex-demo I’ve unsurprisingly blown my budget. I may have gotten lucky here & really scratched the itch. I’m looking forward to getting to know this system really well over the coming years.

In the short-term I’ll probably be getting an ND7 cartridge, so this system has more to give.

I’m loving it 🥰 lots of appreciation for you all here, it’s a great community and everyone is so helpful. Special shout-out to @nopiano for the suggestion to check out ATC actives based on my tastes. Brilliant recommendation 👌🏼

Well done Matt, they look great.
I've always fancied some SCM40, even more so the active version.
Good luck to you 👍

 

[Dom]

Nice speakers, man.

 

[Jasonovich]

Big changes 2/2. Matt goes active with ATC SCM40a.

Spent about a week with the speakers & I’m even happier than what I heard in the demo. I thought I was getting refinement, but in my living room it’s clear that these speakers are a step up from my previous speakers (which I loved). They are incredibly detailed and deliver everything with ease. Coupled with the Linn, everything is alive but not cold or clinical. It’s the best of both for my ears.

even buying the speakers used & amp ex-demo I’ve unsurprisingly blown my budget. I may have gotten lucky here & really scratched the itch. I’m looking forward to getting to know this system really well over the coming years.

In the short-term I’ll probably be getting an ND7 cartridge, so this system has more to give.

I’m loving it 🥰 lots of appreciation for you all here, it’s a great community and everyone is so helpful. Special shout-out to @nopiano for the suggestion to check out ATC actives based on my tastes. Brilliant recommendation 👌🏼

Your system Matt has really evolved and very glad you found the right balance. I didn't know ATC done active speakers and these really look spectacular and I so love the minimalism. This was something Pod was trying to achieve with his system.

There's something about active speakers, I can't quite put a finger on it or how to describe it but it somehow brings you closer to the music, more immersive, I suspect this is how the ATC's come across?

Yes and there's the cables, never underestimate the Jedi, feel the force.... hahaha, it's taboo on this site but do experiment, don't spend a lot of money but see which one's give the right sonic tonality. Or, if you're already happy with your cabling, just send this paragraph to the file 13 cabinet

Yep Congrats, great job Matt.

 

[Revolutions]

Your system Matt has really evolved and very glad you found the right balance. I didn't know ATC done active speakers and these really look spectacular and I so love the minimalism. This was something Pod was trying to achieve with his system.

There's something about active speakers, I can't quite put a finger on it or how to describe it but it somehow brings you closer to the music, more immersive, I suspect this is how the ATC's come across?

Yes and there's the cables, never underestimate the Jedi, feel the force.... hahaha, it's taboo on this site but do experiment, don't spend a lot of money but see which one's give the right sonic tonality. Or, if you're already happy with your cabling, just send this paragraph to the file 13 cabinet

Yep Congrats, great job Matt.

Thanks everyone for the kind words 🙂

At first I thought the idea of active speakers was a bit out there. There must be a reason they’re so popular in studios, and when I started to think about monoblocks it started to click that everything ‘audiophile’ is a move towards exactly what actives offer. A separate amp designed to specifically match each the speaker. I’m more than happy with the result - and now the number of boxes totally transformed to 2 + speakers.

Ah, cables 😂

I have quad balanced xlr cables that cost me £60 & I can’t see any reason to pay more than that. The shop I bought the Linn from have offered to lend me a Chord Clearway power supply & cat5 filter, so I can try both those to see if there’s any improvement without having to shell out first.

 

[gasolin]

an easy to place subwoofer

 

[Amormusic]

I've just bought a KAB Fluid Damper for my Technics 1210GR. Should give a nice jump in SQ when it arrives.

 

[Al ears]

I've just bought a KAB Fluid Damper for my Technics 1210GR. Should give a nice jump in SQ when it arrives.

Hope it works for you. The Townshend Rock used similar damping but at the cartridge end of tonearm which, to my mind, makes more sense.

 

[Amormusic]

Hope it works for you. The Townshend Rock used similar damping but at the cartridge end of tonearm which, to my mind, makes more sense.

Should hopefully do. I know several folks that have done this on G and GR technics decks to great effect, according to them.

Ah well, done now anyway. The only megafaff will be getting it all absolutely perfectly set up again afterwards.

 

[gasolin]

Might be tidal related but tidal kept stopping,changed out put and stopped, something like that

Thought it was the soundcard

Wanted something 24 bit, 192khz but found a audioquest dragon fly black (24 bit and 96khz) in a store (online) outlet, just the unit, 40% off, forgot to look at what's equal to crecks list for a dragon fly.

Bought it so i didn't have to use my asus xonar se pci e souncard and DH LABS toslink cable into my amp

Inakustik premium minijack to rca and i got better sound, if it fixed my tidal problem i have yet to test for a few days

Better bass and something about the highs, it's the 1.5 version , i had the first version but didn't feel it was super (differenet system) now i fell it changed my sound in a positive way and is very good for the price, just what i needed and it's plug n play

 

[nads]

Just bought a UPS as we keep getting micro power cuts that two of my NAS don’t like. Also got a stack of albums that need listening to.

 

[gasolin]

Different amp, i wanted the option to have pre out together with sub out

 

[jjbomber]

Different amp, i wanted the option to have pre out together with sub out

REL subwoofers work off the stereo speaker outlets.

 

[gasolin]

Not gonna but a subwoofer, my subwoofer can do it

 

[ToppingSMSL]

I currently use a Fosi Audio V3 amp and I'd like them to make a new version with balanced inputs

 

[gasolin]

Fosi Audio V3

 

[ToppingSMSL]

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That's the V3 Mono power amp

 

[gasolin]

yes it is

Ups did you for get about this amp ?

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[ToppingSMSL]

yes it is

I dont want that. I like just the V3 on its own.

 

[gasolin]

I dont want that. I like just the V3 on its own.

 

[ToppingSMSL]

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That's the ZA3. I want a mk2 of the V3.