500 v 2x300 active?

Geoff never liked to see you leaving the shop empty handed. Even if you you were there to pick up one box, he’d suggest another one to go along with it. :smiley:

I pretty much did all my ‘end game’ upgrades last year through Acoustica. The only thing not upgraded are the speakers but we don’t have a listening room big enough to get the best out of 808s or suchlike so it’s SL2s until we’re able to move to bigger place hopefully sometime in the future all being well.

Having heard DBLs, Dynaudio Confidence 50s on the end of 500 series kit, I know there’s plenty more to come so your system should be sounding pretty special. You won’t be giving the 500 back, that’s for sure!

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You make Geoff sound like the son of auntie Wainwright and Arkwright :rofl:

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He removes himself quite happily without any help from me :crazy_face:

Listening a bit this evening (worked all day) and I think “joyous” is the word for it. We are getting into the best system I have heard territory here

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Yeah I went to Acoustica for my second ps … they made me an offer I could not refuse…delighted…it was a young lad in shop…think Peter was out… they seemed to have a good selection of speakers there…

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You’re right, Best to be honest, I broke the news about the new NAC 552 arriving Jan (after gettting NAP 300DR and Focal Sopra 2 in Oct/Nov) and my wife replied…
Ah I am glad you have told me, I have a new foal and Great Dane pup arriving in Feb…

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Yep, Geoff was very good at arranging man maths that seemed to work in your favour. Somehow. I’m staying away from the place until I’m in a position to arrange a demo of speakers that would be an upgrade on my SL2s. That could be a while though.

Halfway through the reading this thread> Very interesting, and could be expensive. I too know naughty Pete !

What is the Melco ? Sorry forgive my ignorance

There is review here…

Yeah I got the impression it’s a dangerous place for your wallet and flexible friend to visit!!!

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So good if you have ripped music ? What about streaming , i just use wi if on Qobuz,
what’s the advantage

I can only say that music from the melco sounds better than qobuz. Which might not answer your question

So you don’t run streaming service through it Tim ? I don’t have anything ripped . Just happy to stream hi res, although I have some vinyl lying around in outbuildings itching to be revived…

I think the streaming goes through the melco - but it’s not “needed” for that and I really don’t know if it is affected in any way by going through it

I’m an old git and I like to own my music…

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Years ago, working in Oddbins in Sheffield, an elderly customer told me that he had been sharing a good bottle the other night with a friend “from t’other side”. My initial inclination was to assume that the wine had some kind of Charon-ic powers and that he was being transported over the Styx into the underworld to communicate with a dear, dead friend.

It was only later that I learned his friend was very much with us, and was from Manchester.

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Just a quick update - I mentioned an intermittent problem with the right channel / speaker. Current theory is that it is the dem superlumina speaker cable not seating correctly in the 808 (bottom) terminal. Have swapped to the top terminal and no recurrence of the problem as yet, though wedding anniversary and death of our dog have reduced my interest in things hifi for the moment… and am currently working in the loft listening to the Atom

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I prefer the Super Lumina connected to the top box with SL links down to the bottom. I wonder if you are hearing any difference having swapped over? I appreciate that you are not in much of a listening mood at the moment.

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Thanks - not noticed any difference but wasn’t concentrating yesterday and been working upstairs today. To some extent am happy just to have got rid of the problem (at least I hope!) and get some hours on the 808s. It all needs to get some time on it.

That said I am getting some hints of the potential from the system - felt too sad yesterday to be very interested in anything much but on Tuesday I got some good time in and enjoyed it very much whilst still trying just to get some time in - and also have a break from work which has been pretty all consuming

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