System Pics 2021

It’s definitely not the record, put on an other one and same thing. So no worries.

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Aren’t the Qutest and the Hugo more or less the same , with the Hugo being more portable ?

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Apparently Ian, the Qutest doesn’t have the headphone amp, isn’t battery powered and has more inputs.

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Had the Qutest in the AV rack when I was thinking of replacing the UnitQute (which acts as a stand alone DAC ) as a complete opposite I also tried the new Arcam streamer/ DAC.

The Qutest was good but I would have bought the Arcam . Didn’t get to try the RME but there are very good reviews of this as well

In the end went down different route

I suspect from the question comes because the Xerxes 20 can look like it’s on an isolation platform, rather than it being a two part plinth.

Yes, that makes sense.

arrived today and proved itself immediately once the first tunes of “Liberty” kicked in. Happy.

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I rather like the vibrant green — not Naim on this occasion but in the garden. :slightly_smiling_face:

Congratz @JanW with the N8 and Forester. Good choice !
Iver

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Indeed! Even more air and detail to the music. Very convincing!

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A friend came over for dinner a few weeks back and was so impressed by the sound of my DIY speakers that he ended up making me an offer I couldn’t refuse. He likes music played loud and has spent years trying to find a good pair of large speakers that can go loud and still sound HIFI.
He has now purchased a Nova to go with them.
I can attest that it sounds super powerful and plays very loud without distortion and he is rather happy.

This has left me without speakers so I am on to my next build.
These are going to be pretty special I think… 91db, 2 and a 1/2 way top section with 6” + 8” top level seas nextel drivers playing in first order crossover config. The top section will be powered by my Atom internal amp. They also have a 12” downward firing bass drivers powered by a 250 watt hypex plate amp fed from the speaker connection. So a semi active speaker very much like some of the vandersteen speakers. I’ll post a few more as the build progresses.
This is another of Troels Gravesens designs. The CNO4. They are larger than they look in the picture.

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Will enjoy fallowing your build !

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Was away for four weeks last trip (extra week OT for annual summer shutdown) come home and find my better half is trying some new room treatment…

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It’s good to see another Minky - that like ours has lost one of its corner pegs.

Any chance of a separate thread documenting your project?

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Congratulations on the sale of your speakers, that is a great endorsement! Would you be willing to create a dedicated post / thread for the build? I’d certainly be curious to see more.

I’ve looked at Troel’s site a few times, but the choice is somewhat daunting for the uninitiated. Ideally I’d like him to design a kit for some sort of floor standing efficient Larsen / Shahinian omni type, corner / boundary positioned speakers, but that could be a little challenging!

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Yeah I can do that. :+1:t2: Won’t take me long, I have all parts on the way.

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You speak for many

Thanks for the encouragement! I have started a separate thread.

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Gasp

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