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Post by adaboy on Mar 6, 2019 21:34:30 GMT -5
Just bought myself a second Pangea Vulcan rack. Excellent rack for the money. Nice Vulcan Rack!! He would be proud!
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Post by IronPigsDigs on Mar 6, 2019 21:50:29 GMT -5
Just bought myself a second Pangea Vulcan rack. Excellent rack for the money. That looks really nice!
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Post by teaman on Mar 6, 2019 22:03:22 GMT -5
Just bought myself a second Pangea Vulcan rack. Excellent rack for the money. That looks really nice! Yeah for under $200 they are really sturdy and versatile.
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Post by novisnick on Mar 6, 2019 22:06:45 GMT -5
Just bought myself a second Pangea Vulcan rack. Excellent rack for the money. teaman , very nice indeed. I’d give them a harder look but I need 3 X 13” spaces for my gear.
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Post by garbulky on Mar 6, 2019 22:12:26 GMT -5
LOVE my A-100. Have you tried it with the jumpers engaged? I have not no, I can'r see a reason to as my Shure SRH440's are only 44ohm, and the HD6XX I am borrowing are 300ohm but even without the jumpers engaged I can barely turn the volume knob, with jumpers engaged my SRH440's could get up to 8.5 watts a channel and even the HD6XX are getting almost half a watt. Do you have yours engaged with your HD6XX it's 1.3 watts a channel that way....yikes Yeah I sure did. So they DO sound different. ANd the reason is that without the jumpers engaged the output is 220 ohm impedance which means the amp interacts with the headphones. I wouldn't reccomend engaging the jumpers with the Shure though. That's a bad idea. But for me it's not about volume. The amp had enough power to be as loud as I'd want in either configuration. For me it was about the sound quality which I felt had better dynamics and a cleaner output. So to do so, you'll have to use the A_100 basically as a power amp because of its crazy volume, it's hard to use te knob effectively. I use whatever volume control upstream of the A-100 to control the volume like the PT-100. I set the volume control on the A_100 at about 10 or 11 o clock and leave the A-100 volume. Then I just use the upstream volume control to control the volume. You'll probably get a slgiht hiss with the HD6xx. But it's definitely worth experimenting to see what you think.
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Post by teaman on Mar 6, 2019 22:22:47 GMT -5
Just bought myself a second Pangea Vulcan rack. Excellent rack for the money. teaman , very nice indeed. I’d give them a harder look but I need 3 X 13” spaces for my gear. Each space for the lower shelves is 13" high. Thing is for you, your XPR-1 weigh more than the rated 80 lbs per shelf. My XPA-1 will squeak in under that.
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Post by novisnick on Mar 6, 2019 22:47:27 GMT -5
teaman , very nice indeed. I’d give them a harder look but I need 3 X 13” spaces for my gear. Each space for the lower shelves is 13" high. Thing is for you, your XPR-1 weigh more than the rated 80 lbs per shelf. My XPA-1 will squeak in under that. I didn’t know either of those facts, thanks. I’m seriously looking at two sets of these without the beauty backings. One would have two 13” shelves though. Im looking at an XPR-1 at the bottom then the Oppowith the second 13” shelf with a tube amp followed by my TT on top. The other would have an XPR-1, empty shelf followed by a tube amp on top.
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Post by creimes on Mar 6, 2019 23:05:48 GMT -5
I have not no, I can'r see a reason to as my Shure SRH440's are only 44ohm, and the HD6XX I am borrowing are 300ohm but even without the jumpers engaged I can barely turn the volume knob, with jumpers engaged my SRH440's could get up to 8.5 watts a channel and even the HD6XX are getting almost half a watt. Do you have yours engaged with your HD6XX it's 1.3 watts a channel that way....yikes Yeah I sure did. So they DO sound different. ANd the reason is that without the jumpers engaged the output is 220 ohm impedance which means the amp interacts with the headphones. I wouldn't reccomend engaging the jumpers with the Shure though. That's a bad idea. But for me it's not about volume. The amp had enough power to be as loud as I'd want in either configuration. For me it was about the sound quality which I felt had better dynamics and a cleaner output. So to do so, you'll have to use the A_100 basically as a power amp because of its crazy volume, it's hard to use te knob effectively. I use whatever volume control upstream of the A-100 to control the volume like the PT-100. I set the volume control on the A_100 at about 10 or 11 o clock and leave the A-100 volume. Then I just use the upstream volume control to control the volume. You'll probably get a slgiht hiss with the HD6xx. But it's definitely worth experimenting to see what you think. Upstream of the A-100 is my Modi Multibit so no volume control, I'm pretty amazed at how it sounds as is, a buddy of mine has a $40 off card for Massdrop that he said I could use, been thinking hard on the AKG7XX cans, he has the Sennheiser HD6XX, HD600, HIFIMAN HE350, HE4XX, HE400i and Oppo PM1, which I can borrow at anytime I want to so the only thing missing are some AKG cans haha, I'm really liking the looks of the red ones over the black ones.
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Post by LuisV on Mar 7, 2019 8:31:03 GMT -5
Upstream of the A-100 is my Modi Multibit so no volume control, I'm pretty amazed at how it sounds as is, a buddy of mine has a $40 off card for Massdrop that he said I could use, been thinking hard on the AKG7XX cans, he has the Sennheiser HD6XX, HD600, HIFIMAN HE350, HE4XX, HE400i and Oppo PM1, which I can borrow at anytime I want to so the only thing missing are some AKG cans haha, I'm really liking the looks of the red ones over the black ones. The AKG7XX are a nice set of cans... a little more comfortable than my HD6XX and they have a slightly wider sound stage.
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Post by creimes on Mar 9, 2019 11:45:07 GMT -5
Purchased some new vinyl albums from the local music shop, was buy 3 get one free, oh and also ordered up a U-Turn Orbit custom in green with acrylic platter and Ortofon 2M Blue cartridge, and their record weight and an extra belt.
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Post by LCSeminole on Mar 11, 2019 22:08:01 GMT -5
Just ordered me up an early birthday present to compare to the Oppo UDP-203, loser may just get sold off or returned to BestBuy(in the case of the Panasonic DP-UB820 which goes for $449). Panasonic DP-UB820
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Post by geebo on Mar 12, 2019 8:05:07 GMT -5
Just ordered me up an early birthday present to compare to the Oppo UDP-203, loser may just get sold off or returned to BestBuy(in the case of the Panasonic DP-UB820 which goes for $449). Panasonic DP-UB820Very much interested in your thoughts.
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Post by davidl81 on Mar 12, 2019 8:21:23 GMT -5
Just ordered me up an early birthday present to compare to the Oppo UDP-203, loser may just get sold off or returned to BestBuy(in the case of the Panasonic DP-UB820 which goes for $449). Panasonic DP-UB820Very much interested in your thoughts. I have had that player for about three months and I have been very happy with the quality of it. I have never owned the Oppo, so there is not much for me to compare it to. I can tell you that the load times are very fast and the HDR adjustments do seem to work very well.
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Post by highfihoney2 on Mar 13, 2019 16:27:39 GMT -5
I've bought so much new stuff it's ridiculous ,I bought up quite a lot of unobtainable Emotiva speaker wires , 3 pair of XSS wires & 4 pair of USS wires ,I bought a new McIntosh C-2500 tube preamp ,a pair of near mint McIntosh XRT-28 line arrays,a pair of McIntosh LS-350s ,a McIntosh MCD-550 CD/SACD/Preamp ,a McIntosh LB-100 display piece ,I bought 3 Jeff Rowland 201 Monoblocks , a pair of JBL-L250 ,a pair of Klipsch Lascalas,another McIntosh Mc-300 amp ,a McIntosh C-38 preamp ,a McIntosh MX-132 processor I'm going to keep ,a MVP-841 CD/DVD ,a useless brick McIntosh MR-85 tuner nobody uses anymore but it came with the system I bought ,going by weight & previous owners memory I'm guessing I bought somewhere around 10,000 CD's ,I got my 7th Emotiva CMX-2 along with a box full of screw on spade lugs and banana plugs that should screw right on to any of the Emo USS wires I have,oh and I bought another Harley Fatboy 103 CI stroker & my cool ass brother gifted me his beloved anniversary edition Screaming Eagle 2003 Harley Road King with every option available ,I bought a new 15 drawer tool chest ,4 new VTI amp stands and 3 new VTI side by side racks,all black frames ,gold hardware with cherry shelves ,I bought a spare microphone for my DBX EQ's room correction program & a 5 point stand for it ,I'm still awaiting better weather to rebuild 2 listening rooms ,one room is just getting carpet while the biggest room is getting 4 Hemholtz accoustic chambers,2 will be built into where there is currently a floor to ceiling picture window that's getting the bottom 4ft removed ,new sills installed and the lower portion of the 16 ft long window will become a 30" deep bump out ,the interior of the bump out will contain 2 Hemholtz accoustic chambers while the outer wall will be encased in artifical stone of which the top will become a new 20" by 14' raised flowerbed for my wife, the 3 clouds hanging from our cathedral ceiling will be coming down & the other 2 Hemholtz chambers will be 48" long by 10" wide & 30" deep into attic space,this will be the 1st time I've ever built Hemholtz accoustic chambers so I will be gathering pictures every step of the way as well as before & after measurements ,if it works out as long planned I will be able to remove all visable accoustic treatments with exception of 2 side walls ,the rear wall is 56 feet away with a 6 sides bay window I've had UV & accoustic lamination installed on last October in preparation of this final room build of my life ,I'll gather a ton of pics & when finished go use a Kinko's computer to upload to the forum,the app is just way too cumbersome to post pics from .
The taptalk app is horrific to use from my phone so no pics unless someone wants pics emailed to them ,most of what I have gathered as far as equipment will be going on Audiogon within 60 days with exception of the XRT-28 line arrays,the MX-132 ,the C-38 and C-2500,all of which I'm keeping ,even the brand new current model Mcintosh MCD-550 preamp/CD/sacd player will be listed at 60% of MSRP .
I'm extremely busy getting these 2 rooms done but as soon as I can I'll get pics up & have more time .
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Post by vcautokid on Mar 13, 2019 16:33:20 GMT -5
Just ordered me up an early birthday present to compare to the Oppo UDP-203, loser may just get sold off or returned to BestBuy(in the case of the Panasonic DP-UB820 which goes for $449). Panasonic DP-UB820Very much interested in your thoughts. Me too! I am also interested how much we use our blue ray players compared say 3 years ago. I love my sony sure, but I stream on that with music and play a CD. Seldom do I play a blue ray in it. Last Blue Ray in it was John Wick 2.
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Post by geebo on Mar 13, 2019 17:25:55 GMT -5
Very much interested in your thoughts. Me too! I am also interested how much we use our blue ray players compared say 3 years ago. I love my sony sure, but I stream on that with music and play a CD. Seldom do I play a blue ray in it. Last Blue Ray in it was John Wick 2. Been looking at some of the Dune players as a possible 203 replacement. Playing ISO's from a hard drive would be nice.
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Post by emofrmcgy on Mar 14, 2019 11:22:25 GMT -5
Delivery is in about a week. Sure hope it’s as good as I think it’s gonna be.
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Post by simpleman68 on Mar 14, 2019 11:36:47 GMT -5
Delivery is in about a week. Sure hope it’s as good as I think it’s gonna be. Killer!! That should be a blast. Scott
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Post by adaboy on Mar 14, 2019 11:53:34 GMT -5
Delivery is in about a week. Sure hope it’s as good as I think it’s gonna be. It should be, wear your protective gear plz and thank you.
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Post by emofrmcgy on Mar 14, 2019 12:51:15 GMT -5
Delivery is in about a week. Sure hope it’s as good as I think it’s gonna be. It should be, wear your protective gear plz and thank you. Don’t worry. I wear full gear, plus knee braces. Had a buddy who tore up his knee couple years back after his bike fell on his leg. After that, I invested.
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