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  1. 1 hour ago, bjarnetv said:

    Looks great, and i bet it sounds pretty good too! ;)

    A bit unpractical placement of the right side acoustic plate blocking the records, but i guess it's worth it sound-wise :D

    Super light and lifts on or off in a matter of a couple seconds. Held on with one screw in the Ikea record storage.  

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  2. After many, many years with BAT/Avid/SME YG Acoustics systems this is what my wife and I have spent the last year building for listening to records through. VPI HR-X w/12.7 arm, and VPI ADS power supply.  Air Tight PC-1 Supreme cartridge. AudioNet PAM G2 phonostage w/ AudioNet EPS G2 power supply. AudioNet PRE G2 preamp, AudioNet AMP Monoblocks and YG Acoustics Anat III signature speakers with a couple upgrades.

    Back up cartridge is Benz LPS. Mono is Ortofon Cadenza mono on seperate  12.7 armwand.

    Digital (Dac, Rdbook, SACD) all done with Marantz SA11s3.

    Cables are a blend or Kubala-Sosna and Audioquest. Power cords are Signal cable reference and DH Labs Red Wave. Room treatment from GIK. Audio Desk Systeme record cleaner.  Adona rack

     

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  3. Avid Volvere (black) with Airtight PC-1 Supreme and Avid Sequel SP (silver) with Airtight PC-1 Supreme and back-up Benz LPS. SME V arm and Kubala-Sosna Emotion phono cable on both tables. Going to unload the Sequel SP and move to a better table for stereo and then use the Volvere for mono listening. 

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  4. Numbers I think are right. Why I don't know? You can email the designer and probably get exact answers to design, probably by Monday or teus.

     They blew me and wife away. We went to GTT audio in NJ to spend the day listening to the new Sonja XV speakers. We listened to the Sonja 1.2 with the small AudioNet  "AMP 1 v2" stereo amp. Bought it, brought it home sunday. By weds called and asked if he had  the AMP monos in stock and would he give me my money back on the stereo amp. He said yes and drove back up to NJ and picked up the monos.  I had never heard the gear with anything before that day. Now I'm saving and selling stuff to replace my BAT preamp with one of the AudioNet pre's.

  5. 1 hour ago, swt61 said:

    Have not yet had the opportunity to hear any of their speakers myself, but have never read a review that wasn't extremely complimentary.

    Ever in the N. Virginia area, look me up.

    http://en.audionet.de/machines/amp/

    Here's some info/specs on the amps if anyone is interested. DC coupled, control and power way above there watts. The finest electronics I've heard to date.  The BAT REX tube amps and the Tenor hybrid amps were the best I had heard with the YG speakers. But these are a cut above.

     

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  6. 52 minutes ago, swt61 said:

    It's a good thing my actual penis is large, 'cause ain't no way I can run with those dogs. 

    I guess I've got the best of both worlds.  ;)

    Six years of saving and waiting for the right chance to hit. Started with the Carmels, then the Kipod II signatures, and now these. They are the exact same speaker as the Sonja 1.2 only in the pre Sonja skin (Anat). Paired with  my BAT front end and the AudioNet amps, just great music.  Have not stopped smiling in a month.  Crazy good with the all BAT gear, even better now.

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  7. On ‎6‎/‎28‎/‎2015 at 1:53 PM, Leonardo Drummond said:

    Hey everyone, quick question for the speaker guys:

     

    I assembled my speaker system around a pair of KEF XQ40s and later on upgraded to the Jamo R907s, but never got round to upgrading the integrated amp (Marantz PM11-S2), which wasn't really up to the task. However, a few weeks ago I managed to snatch a pair of Bel Canto REF1000s monoblocks and couldn't believe how much of an upgrade it was. Turns out I had never really heard those speakers. My first idea was to use the Marantz as a pre-amp, but when I set-up the GS-X there I realized that the Marantz wasn't really up there as a pre either.

     

    So now I'm wondering about what options I should entertain at around $2K, maybe slightly more? My GS-X won't leave my bedroom system permanently, and I figured I'd sell the Marantz and use the money I get from it to get a better pre-amp. Another option would be to sell the DAC as well (ECD-1) and get a DAC with a built-in pre-amp.

     

    Any ideas?

    I've had great success with the BAT tube preamps with  SS amps. In every case they have added a touch of warmth, lots of power, body and texture to the music. You could probably get VK-31se in that price range. I have driven input loads as low as 3K with them, no problem. Reliable too. Good Luck

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  8. I preferred the DeJa Vu room with the Nola speakers to the horn room set up. I have been a couple times to the store and heard great horn and Audio note systems.  The Oddysey room was very good!  Listening to tape in the Classic Audio room was next level source stuff. if the media was easier to get and not so costly I would get into it.  I think with VPI taking such a big interest/involvement in this show combined with it now being in the fall (next year) instead of key summer vacation time this show will really take off.  I'm 20 minutes away so good news for me.

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  9. Thank you very much everyone!! Sorry I missed this but have not been around much for a while. Moved up another notch on the YG speaker ladder and don't come up for air much. Talk to Brent through facebook a lot though. :) I'll post some pics on speaker porn today. Again, thanks everybody, maybe see some of you at RMAF Canjam if you go  

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