What was the last bit of gear you bought in 2024?

Delivery today,.Monday at: 09.00…

:diamond_suit:Mana Acoustic
Reference wall-shelf

The best wall-shelf ever,.and it was sold by a guy from Boden to me in the morning.
Never met him before,.but now there will be a visit with coffee and music.

Okay,.I know, the glass needs to be polished :smiling_face_with_sunglasses::partying_face:.

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Some welded together angle irons, four M6 screws and a glass plate?:thinking: Thought you did that yourself up there in Norrbotten…:sunglasses::rofl:

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Cor, remember the Mana Wars?

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Or the Lavry battles…! :roll_eyes::rofl:

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Peder, don’t tell me you have compared a dozen of wall shelves, with a dozen of friends, during a dozen of days ? :grin:

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Peder Goes for the best!

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Experimenting

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Yes, but what ?

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The WiiM Ultra and it’s internal DAC vs the Auralic Aries G1.1 into the 272 DAC…

The time it takes before the unit on the armrest crashes to the floor?

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Dynavector XX-2a. Running it in now.

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Letting in run in for a few days, tucked behind the rack, then bringing it out occasionally to see how it’s going…

I have done similar things :grinning: On this occasion I was just trying to have some fun with @frenchrooster who seemingly got the joke.

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:+1::+1::joy:

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Hmm, can’t see any marantz kit in that photo. Has it not arrived yet?

Hah. No the Marantz isn’t here yet.

I’m putting the Wiim Ultra streamer and it’s internal DAC up against my Auralic Aries G1.1 into the 272 DAC…Just to see what its like.

It looks to be a stunning cd player at that price👍

Hi Did you have the WiiM pro plus before the ultra?
If so, a noticeable improvement?
Mike

I have the + in the study system and it’s great in there.

I haven’t got round to comparing in main system yet, I was more interested in seeing what in can do as a stand alone in place of the higher value/larger box Aries or feeding DAC of Marantz when it arrives.

At the moment I’ve just left it running in for a few days. Right now it’s a noticeably different sound signature from the Aries/Naim DAC, but not ‘bad’.

What I can say so far is that the Ultra is incredibly cable sensitive.

Flashback vs Atlas Hyper RCA’s for example sound like two different units.

I also took the Audioquest NRG Y power cable off my Mu-So just now and put that on the Ultra. Within seconds my first two words were ‘F… me!’ If anyone’s thinking of getting one, I’d suggest swapping that power cable out right away.