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    Joe’s Vitus Reference System

    Marten and Vitus are a super match…. Coltrane are my favorite, but too big for my room, never mind the $$…..
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    Joe’s Vitus Reference System

    Great write-up. I’ve used Vitus - SIA 25 integrated amp, SP101 phonostage, SCD/2 cd player and more recently the MPd201 Mk3 DAC. I enjoyed greatly these devises with various loud speakers. depending on the synergy with the speakers I found the sound a little dark….. but I really enjoyed them...
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    Single box CD player

    I’d recommend the VITUS a SCD-mk2. great transport and DAC with a great sound
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    Tidal Intra Stereo Amp

    Just a quick update. In the end I added a single Rel #31 sub woofer to my system. Quite an amazing improvement - more body, greater depth to the sound, more texture and harmonic in the base, better sound stage, and somehow a more relaxed and believable sound…. Very happy, but it’s a rather...
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    Marten Mingus Quintet 2 speakers

    I interesting that you compare Tidal and Marten as being essentially the same.. That’s not my experience. Both are very very good, I have tidal piano g2 and found them superior to equivalent martens even at a higher price. I recently compared Contriva to Coltrane Tenor and the Contriva was...
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    Shelf or individual component....?

    It’s a good topic. I have use for years two Quadraspire svt with different combinations of Stillpoints, Finite Elemente, Ansuz, HRS couplers plus isolating platforms from Project, HRS and vertez aq. Im generally happy with the Quadraspire - looks and performance seem ok, and I can hear the...
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    Phono cables - the most sensitive and critical cable in your system

    I’m using a Stealth Helios on my Glanz / KeoCoralstone Diamond it was a significant upgrade over my Ansuz C2 and various Glanz / Japanese staples… Hard to compare phono cables, and whilst expensive, it was a big upgrade. hard to say it’s the best, but I’m happy with that.
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    REL No. 32

    Very interesting discussion. having never used a sub before, I’ve recently added a REL #31 to my Tidal based system. I was originally looking to add some body and a little weight to my Tidal G2’s that can be a little lean, in my 11ft by 20ft room. I borrowed first one than a pair or Carbon...
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    Got New DAC - MSB Premier

    are you using the Melco as a server in both cases - i.e. also with your MSB?
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    Tidal Intra Stereo Amp

    Thanks Doug, I borrowed one and then two Carbon specials and they were really good in adding body and weight, but much more clarity and depth to the sound that makes it easier to listen and the music more intelligible and relaxed. I have order two which I hope to have delivered at the end of...
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    The Lord of the Switch

    I bought a Ansuz D2 switch, rather against my better judgement, but honestly it’s transformed my listening with music streamed from the internet (Qubuz) where with the normal computer switches, even daisy chained with LPS, I couldn’t listen beyond finding new music, which I I liked it I would...
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    SMT Wing Diffusors vs. QRD Diffusors? Effective?

    Hi, I recently purchased two transparent wing diffusers from KJ West One in London. they were the only place I found in the uk.
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    Tidal Intra Stereo Amp

    Hello Doug, very curious about the use of sub-woofer with Tidal. i have a pair of Piano g2 powered with prisma/impulse. Very open and transparent real sound, but sometimes I’d like some more body. my room is 10 ft wide by 19 long with the speakers firing down the room, so I listen quite near...
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    New to music servers - Melco N1zs vs the rest…

    Thought I’d update where I’ve got to. after adding my Melco and the Tara grand master evolution usb, ripped files (CDs or downloaded hi-res) streamed files sound better than the drive in my Vitus SCD. More detail, tighter focus, larger deeper sound stage, articulate bass). my turntable still...
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    What's the best nas server? Innuos or Melco???

    I have a Melco N1ZS which I preferred to an innuos statement. sound is better, at least to my ears. Having a built in drive is good, but it’s super easy to connect a usb drive and rip a cd.
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    Melco HA-N1Z / 2EX-H50 Digital Music Server - Owner Review (Part1)

    Thanks for the great write-up which échos my own experience with adding a Melco to my integrated CD player. In my case I added a Melco N1Z S - 40 to my Vitus SCD mk 2. l listened to the N1Z H in parallel, but the S version was just plain better in All the areas you describe. I also listen to...
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    New to music servers - Melco N1zs vs the rest…

    I eventually bought a Tara Labs Master Evolution usb cable, rather than the shunyata omega. very big jump in sound - everything better. I don’t listen to my CD transport any more and I’m thinking of changing my DAC to a Vitus Masterpiece 3.. im having the Ethernet hard wired to my music room as...
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    Anyone got any experience of the Glanz MH-124S tonearm?

    I’m using a Koetsu coralstone diamond and or a Urushi vermillion with really excellent results, couldn’t be happier. i also upgraded the phonocable from the blue Glanz to a Stealth Helios - amazing i had toyed with changing my other arm, Brinkmann 12.1, but right now with my Etsuro Bordeaux...
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    New to music servers - Melco N1zs vs the rest…

    After trying a number of options (innuos/aurender/Melco) and not being fully convinced that a server was better then the transport in my Vitus scd-2 (Philips pro), I finally pulled the trigger on a new version Melco N1Z-ES-S40, 6 months old… what I’d found listening to the various products...
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    Koetsu

    Hi Ron, only topic with a diamond cantilever is that they are very fragile - one of my cats managed to knock my arm while playing - good bye cantilever, hello large bill.... on a sound front you loose nothing and gain a lot as others have commented....
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    Koetsu

    Hi Wayne, Generally, your right in your conclusion, but with the Vermillion on the Glanz/Helios I listen to this also in preference to the 12.1/Bordeaux. but this can also be lazyness on my part.. when it’s autumn, I’ll changing things over and see what I prefer. One caviat regarding the...
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    Koetsu

    Re koetsu vs my Bordeaux, to be honest I have changed too many variables - different arms, and different phono cables with my new brinkmann balance. what I can say is that the Glanz/coralstone diamond/ stealth helios is by far the best combination - by far my go to for best sound serious...
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    Koetsu

    Here are my Urushi Vermillion and a new Coral stone diamond .... very nice and defiantly not lifeless..... i use mine in a 12 inch Glanz with a stealth Helios phono cable (the most amazing improvement upgrade - like changing a phone stage to a much higher level). simon
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    New to music servers - Melco N1zs vs the rest…

    Thanks for that… no love for Melco on this site? really appreciate feedback on these three servers?
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    Are Transports Obsolete?

    Thanks for the feedback. I’ll use the transport of my Vitus SCD -2 which is very similar to the MP-T201, via SPDIF… Let’s see how it sounds when my MP-D201 arrives Thanks simon
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    Are Transports Obsolete?

    Interested in the Vitus MpT201 as I’ve just purchased a MP DAC and can find a used T201 or a DSC Vivaldi transport…. how do you find the t201 and has it been updated as it’s a bit hard to follow vitus upgrade history?? Thanks
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    New to music servers - Melco N1zs vs the rest…

    Dears, I’m in need of some guidance. I have purchased a new DAC - Vitus Masterpiece which I hope to take delivery this summer. But I’m unsure how to feed it - I was thinking of buying a transport - DCS/Esoteric level and to just listen to CDs of which I have some 000’s and am generally happy -...
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    Best SPDIF cable recommendations

    Any thoughts or guidance?
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    Best SPDIF cable recommendations

    Dears, I’m going to add a external DAC a to my Vitus SCD and to use it as a transport for a while. But to connect the two I need to use SPDIF - rca. As I don’t have such a cable, and no experience with digital cable, I was looking for some advice? you’ll see from my signature that I’ve got...

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