System Pics 2021

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Looks good, but it looks like there is plenty of room for an XPS DR in the rackā€¦:wink::grin:

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Looks great @Andyblain. I am sure it has been said before but your system would benefit from having your black boxes separated with a different rack. You donā€™t want the units on top of each other ideally. It looks good. If it was me I would invest in a different rack to separate the black boxes. Ideally a Fraim, but there are other racks.

You will get a big benefit from separation and ultimately it will look better.

Ha yes. I had idly wondered that and Iā€™m sure it would benefit the S/PDIF output but whether the uplift would be worth the cost of an XPS DR :thinking:

Iā€™m keeping rack space spare for that two box SN555 amp or if that doesnā€™t materialise then I could always buy another Devialet amp, load up the Kudos config files and go active :grinning:

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From the bottom:
SN2
XPS-DR
Newly installed Hicap-DR
NDX 2
(The clock is on a digital video recorder).

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I was going to ask who is the interloper who arrived at 11:51? :wink:

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I am extremely sceptical when it comes to these matters. Frankly, in a blindfold test, I doubt whether anyone on this forum could audibly tell any difference, from different rack arrangements.

Besides, I do not like Fraims, aesthetically. Ugly and wide. All just my opinions, of course.

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Yes, I can imagine that Devaliter is a tough opponent to beat even for Naim :wink::grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: but an XPS DR will lift the sound on your NDX 2 to unimaginable heights. Even when using the S/PDIF output, worth a demo IMO.:+1::grin:

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Iā€™m sure in a blind test between 2 options the difference would be apparent 50% of the time.

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I would tend to disagree. Either way, 50% is unconvincing, and Iā€™ll stick with my rack, which I much prefer to a FRAIM, thank you.

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Andy, you kind of missed my point - 50% is the result one would get on flipping a coin, i.e., based on pure chance.

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50/50 is not great odds when considering a more expensive purchase which is ā€˜perceivedā€™ to be better. I would not spend Ā£2,500 on a rack (FRAIM) which looks worse (in my view) with a 50% chance of it sounding worse.

If you have FRAIM, and like it, and itā€™s right for your room, then thatā€™s great. Itā€™s just not for me.

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:man_shrugging:

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:thinking: :rofl:

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OK, I wonā€™t try to explain my post again.

I guess in this day and age you canā€™t even agree with someone without seeding contention.

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As long as we both enjoy the music Mark. Lifeā€™s too shortā€¦

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Andy, I think even someone with cloth ears would hear the benefit of putting the 282 where the 555PS is. The preamps benefit so much from having their sensitive bits away from transformers. The power amps and supplies are far less sensitive. Itā€™s well worth giving it a go, even with your existing stand.

I may well give it a go one day, but itā€™s not burning away at me to be honest. If I hear a difference, I will let you know. Thereā€™s just too much nonsense spouted off about these things, in my view.

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Not my room, if you read my post you would know thisšŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø

Sorry for not paying attention to every word in a thread about pictures with 5900 posts and bothering you with a questionā€¦ :man_shrugging:

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