Kiwicol

How far away is the app looking Damien? Waiting with baited breath

i am keen to resurrect this thread as I am also looking for a 2tb 2.5" sata drive to go into the OWC Enclosure. I currently have around 800GB of music on a lacie rugged 1 tb drive and wondering whether to invest in a good 1tb SSD for now or purchase a quiet 2 TB HDD drive. Is the difference between SSD and HDD really worth the extra money as I already have a SSD in the Mac Mini.

Anyone used the regen yet with a lampi dac?

4vs speaker cable and timbre interconnect

One of the few occasions where living in New Zealand has benefits in terms of sourcing audio gear! Mark Jenkins is local and I run his antipodes komako cables all round. There was a marked improvement from my old kimbers. System dependant of course.

I love the sound of my stock car stereo in my mazda 3 running iTunes off my iPad. Lossless ALAC files though, there are limits of course

I think the speakers play a big part for sure, the matterhorns are horn loaded and very efficient. Even on full tubes they are blisteringly fast. Did you swap the tubes out completely or try tube rolling?

You are spot on it has been a challenge to combine my love of tubes with electronic music. It boiled down to the right amp design. The naf is push pull dual mono with huge dynamics coupled with 100 db efficient speakers. Tube warmth without the woolly bass.

I do think that its largely your ears adjusting to a new sound. I know when I go to a mates and listen to a new setup it takes my ears some time to re adjust to the new sounds before I can assess what I hear. That said there are components that do sound better after burn in such as certain capacitors and for sure tubes.

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Monolake is a great choice

g-audio thanks for the suggestion I often wondered where when many audiophiles strive for an analog sound how digital music factors among us. Jon Hopkins - immunity is a great album. Both James Blake albums are excellent.

Infected Mushroom. Great for testing dynamics of a system.

Good stuff keep it coming. Son Lux, Mount Kimbie, Benga, Massive attack also great stuff. John darko from digital audio review is a big fan and has a few good threads on very well recorded EDM.