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Post by klinemj on Sept 2, 2012 0:08:41 GMT -5
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Post by klinemj on Sept 2, 2012 0:10:14 GMT -5
Goodnight, all...hopefully that's enough photos to hold people over until tomorrow or Monday. Anyone who complains they want more or that the quality is not good enough owes me a beer...wait, make that a bottle of the finest bourbon available.  Mark |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2012 0:11:27 GMT -5
We want more pictures ;D
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Post by klinemj on Sept 2, 2012 0:14:14 GMT -5
oh man...you owe me now!!! Actually, I think these Lounger Members who didn't attend owe both of us big time for all our reports! What do you think we should charge?
Mark
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2012 0:15:07 GMT -5
oh man...you owe me now!!! Actually, I think these Lounger Members who didn't attend owe both of us big time for all our reports! What do you think we should charge? Mark Well i would charge a TT and you could charge some Ncores ;D |
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Post by paintedklown on Sept 2, 2012 0:15:57 GMT -5
Awesome! Thanks for the pics. The XSP-1 is the product I have been wanting to see most of all. It is nice to see such great pics of it, and know that it will be shipping in around a month...long before I will have the funds to pick it up anyway.   ;D |
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Post by klinemj on Sept 2, 2012 0:19:20 GMT -5
Matt - I like your thinking... PK - glad to post what I had...it took some effort and some bourbon...but I pushed through and pulled it off. Thanks to Ancient Age and coke...  Mark |
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Post by chaosrv on Sept 2, 2012 0:26:19 GMT -5
The phono pre-amp...the XSP-1 (don't confuse w/XSP-1!!!): Mark Don't confuse the XSP-1 with the XSP-1? |
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Post by rclark on Sept 2, 2012 0:48:53 GMT -5
Awesome, thanks for all the info Mark, you pretty much provided all the key coverage. You should pull it all together into one large post. *THUMBS UP*
And make an EMOFEST thread on AC and put in all the detailed info and those pics.
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Post by creimes on Sept 2, 2012 1:27:16 GMT -5
I'm soooooooooooooooooooooooo jealous, I should try for next year's Emofest and do a little touring of the sights there, maybe hit up some pubs for some micro brew and if lucky...Third Man Records....Thx for the pics.
UPDATE....I need to win a lotto to make my Emo dreams come true...lol
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Post by Nemesis.ie on Sept 2, 2012 1:41:40 GMT -5
Ha I called it! Media Player, I just had the strongest hunch all along. I WILL own that device. Done deal, sign me up. Erc-2 for backup duty. That was definitely the most exciting thing I've seen from the fest. |
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Post by Nemesis.ie on Sept 2, 2012 1:52:19 GMT -5
Please excuse my ignorance here guys, but I am still not sold on the idea of why to buy a media server. Is it to eliminate the need to have a computer as a server?  If that is the case, the idea of a media server would be best implemented if it was able to also rip the media to its internal drive (and/or external drives attached to it). Even if it were a proprietary codec for DVDs and BDs (to eliminate piracy), I would still be in. Without the ripping capability, I don't see how owning one would be any more beneficial than an Oppo (and to a lesser extent, the PS3) with an external drive hooked up. The big display (touch screen) built in to allow music navigation without the main display on is what I like - an Oppo does not have that (yet). I'd still have my media stored on a NAS - this should be a pure player with ports for external drives and maybe a single internal one only - an optical drive for ripping/local playback would be cool, but then you are back to BD/oppo territory and you can use any computer anyway. So IMO, keeping it as a pure media streamer (with support for as many codecs as possible) is the way to go. A slick interface allowing easy access is key, e.g. setting custom paths that are direct access from the top menu for example as well as a "fancier" tiled covers display format etc. I'd be very happy to beta test/assist with interface design. But this should really be in the chat thread I think ... |
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Post by rogersch on Sept 2, 2012 2:25:25 GMT -5
mark: thank you for the pictures and written report! By the way you won't regret the NCore's!
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Post by paintedklown on Sept 2, 2012 4:12:47 GMT -5
Please excuse my ignorance here guys, but I am still not sold on the idea of why to buy a media server. Is it to eliminate the need to have a computer as a server? If that is the case, the idea of a media server would be best implemented if it was able to also rip the media to its internal drive (and/or external drives attached to it). Even if it were a proprietary codec for DVDs and BDs (to eliminate piracy), I would still be in. Without the ripping capability, I don't see how owning one would be any more beneficial than an Oppo (and to a lesser extent, the PS3) with an external drive hooked up. The big display (touch screen) built in to allow music navigation without the main display on is what I like - an Oppo does not have that (yet). I'd still have my media stored on a NAS - this should be a pure player with ports for external drives and maybe a single internal one only - an optical drive for ripping/local playback would be cool, but then you are back to BD/oppo territory and you can use any computer anyway. So IMO, keeping it as a pure media streamer (with support for as many codecs as possible) is the way to go. A slick interface allowing easy access is key, e.g. setting custom paths that are direct access from the top menu for example as well as a "fancier" tiled covers display format etc. I'd be very happy to beta test/assist with interface design. But this should really be in the chat thread I think ... Interesting, but I must admit that I do not know much about media servers, nor do I know what a NAS is.  I suppose I can wait until it is released, see what the capabilities are, and how it works...then decide weather or not I need one in my system. I do like the idea of having all of my music and movies at my fingertips, so that is appealing to me. I assume a device such as this would have HDMI, toslink, and digital coax outputs. Run to the XMC-1 via the HDMI and be fully connected to all of your media at once. Additionally, if your able to use the digital coax, and/or toslink outputs simultaneously, then you could run the audio into a high quality DAC for 2 ch playback. Not a bad idea, now that I think about it. I will be looking forward to seeing how this develops, along with all of the other goodies in the pipeline. |
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Post by klinemj on Sept 2, 2012 6:23:12 GMT -5
See - I did already! Corrected the mistake...should be XPS-1 with XSP-1!!! X-phono-stage vs. X-stereo-preamp (at least that's what it seems the letters stand for!)
Mark
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Post by klinemj on Sept 2, 2012 6:25:39 GMT -5
LOL! I have a list of 7 follow-up questions I will ask today. Once I have the answers, I'll add that to the big post and re-post it to keep it all together.
Mark, your Emofest reporter...along with Matt Kraemer!
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Post by eliwankenobi on Sept 2, 2012 6:26:41 GMT -5
And now...amps... 3 Monoblocks!!!  XPA-1L (note smaller RU chassis...vs. XPA-1...)  Mark Is there an open XPA-1L ?? would love to see inside that baby!! |
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Post by klinemj on Sept 2, 2012 7:23:21 GMT -5
I didn't see one.
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Post by cgolf on Sept 2, 2012 7:30:45 GMT -5
Great pics Mark. Looking forward to more, more, more!!!! ;D
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Post by ottaone on Sept 2, 2012 7:44:37 GMT -5
Great photos Mark! Looking forward to more photos and report. Well, it is a long weekend so I'll just put on a good CD and lurk on the forum waiting for updates.
Two products I'm waiting for: new DAC and XMC-1. I saw the sign "DAC ... coming soon" so I guess it's not ready yet. But no rush on either product. I just want them working right.
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