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Sylvie Courvoisier's "Ballad for my Dad" > HQP DSD256 > Holo May > Stellaris Special > ZMF Atrium Open: piano can't get any better Oct 20, 2024

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1. earnmyturns
  Sylvie Courvoisier's "Ballad for my Dad" > HQP DSD256 > Holo May > Stellaris Special > ZMF Atrium Open: piano can't get any better
  
  Oct 20, 2024
  1. zottel, bixby, ilikebananafudge_ and 3 others like this.
  2. bixby
    Inspiring. And for another interesting piano track, try Joep Beving's Ab Ovo.
    
    Oct 21, 2024
2. earnmyturns
  Back to Stellaris Special (Tak 2A3s) > Utopia (2020): double bass and cymbals rule
  
  Aug 11, 2024
  1. zottel, ilikebananafudge_, penguins and 1 other person like this.
3. earnmyturns
  DSHA-3F>Utopia (2020): a different delicious taste
  
  Jun 19, 2024
  1. zottel, M3NTAL, AdvanTech and 4 others like this.
  2. M3NTAL
    now compare against the Nitsch version :D
    
    Jun 20, 2024
    
    earnmyturns and RestoredSparda like this.
  3. earnmyturns
    I've owned a 3F with amorphous transformers (same as Nitsch's), I prefer this 3F with nickel transformers. But I wonder how the 3FN would go with Utopia...
    
    Jun 20, 2024
    
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4. earnmyturns
  Stellaris > Utopia (2020) dominating for high-intensity small-ensemble jazz
  
  May 27, 2024
  1. RestoredSparda, gaspasser, ilikebananafudge_ and 2 others like this.
5. earnmyturns
  Stellaris > Utopia (2020): space expanding
  
  May 16, 2024
  1. zottel, SoupRKnowva, Jinxy245 and 8 others like this.
  2. View previous comments...
  3. crenca
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPX-mW4l1rU
    
    May 17, 2024
  4. Clear Water
    How's the bass extension on the utopia and stellaris? I'm starting to think that my pair is broken...
    
    May 17, 2024
  5. earnmyturns
    Bass is plentiful and accurate, as good or better than the other pairings I have access to.
    
    May 17, 2024
6. earnmyturns
  DSHA-3F (nickel) > Atrium: back to their location, had forgotten how good this pairing is.
  
  Feb 24, 2024
  1. Jinxy245, Cryptowolf, zottel and 10 others like this.
  2. jexby
    having owned that majik pair back in the days of yore, you are correct sir!
    
    Feb 24, 2024
7. earnmyturns
  Sylvie Courvoisier band on "Le Pavot Rouge" is Miles 1970 reborn, with Wadada Leo Smith playing the lead role superbly
  
  Nov 5, 2023
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8. atomicbob
  Captain Renault: I'm shocked! Shocked to find that gambling is going on in here. Croupier: Your winnings, sir.
  
  Sep 23, 2023
  1. earnmyturns likes this.
9. earnmyturns
  Stellaris Special tonal density & layering orgy: EML 5U4G, Sylvania 6BK7B, Tak 2A3
  
  Jul 9, 2023
  1. atomicbob, dubharmonic, Inoculator and 5 others like this.
  2. caute
    !!!
    
    Jul 10, 2023
10. earnmyturns
  Boulez conducting Debussy > HQP > Spring 2 > Hattor passive > Stellaris Special > Atrium: orchestra is 3D on headphones, finally
  
  Apr 30, 2023
  1. Jinxy245, zottel, Cryptowolf and 8 others like this.
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  3. zottel
    Which filters are you using on HQP? I’m currently testing it, and the sheer number of options is overwhelming.
    
    May 1, 2023
  4. jexby
    see posts by Winders some time ago as he collected what is most common IIRC: poly-sync-gauss-*, LS15 (pcm) or ASDM7ECv2 (dsd)
    
    May 1, 2023
    
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  5. earnmyturns
    1x: poly-sinc-gauss-xla, Nx: poly-sinc-gauss-hires-ip, modulator: ASDM5ECv2, bit rate: 48k x256
    
    May 1, 2023
    
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11. earnmyturns
  Back to Linn Klimax Organik > ATC SCM40A, best strings and piano outside a good concert venue
  
  Feb 19, 2023
  1. zottel and GuySmiley'sMonkey like this.
12. earnmyturns
  Water: Stellaris>Atrium. Ice: Oor>Caldera.
  
  Jan 22, 2023
  1. Cryptowolf, ChaChaRealSmooth, RestoredSparda and 2 others like this.
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  3. ChaChaRealSmooth
    Wind? Earth? We need more info
    
    Jan 23, 2023
    
    earnmyturns, wbass, yotacowboy and 1 other person like this.
  4. Boops
    Only the avatar can master all the elements.
    
    Jan 23, 2023
    
    wbass, earnmyturns and JK47 like this.
  5. lagadu
    Everyone's asking about earth wind and fire and everybody forgets what canonically was the most powerful element in Captain Planet: Heart!
    
    Jan 23, 2023
    
    earnmyturns and wbass like this.
13. earnmyturns
  Andrew Cyrille on "Music Delivery/Percussion" is what Oor>Caldera were meant for
  
  Jan 21, 2023
  1. Cryptowolf, gaspasser and dubharmonic like this.
14. earnmyturns
  HQPlayer>May>Oor+Hypsos>Caldera brings guitar strings right here
  
  Jan 16, 2023
  1. Jinxy245, jexby, Cryptowolf and 3 others like this.
  2. jexby
    no surprise.
    
    Jan 16, 2023
    
    earnmyturns likes this.
15. earnmyturns
  Returning from travel to HQP>May>Stellaris>VO blackwood with Joe Irabagon's new "Rising Sun" -- wow!
  
  Jan 6, 2023
  1. Jinxy245, Cryptowolf, dubharmonic and 3 others like this.
16. earnmyturns
  Patrician Brennan's "More Touch">HQP (DSD256)>May>Serene>Stellaris (RCA JAN 5U4G, Sylvania 6BK7B, Takatsuki TA-2A3)>VO blackwood!
  
  Nov 21, 2022
  1. Cryptowolf likes this.
  2. Maven86
    Did you prefer the the sound with the Serene in the chain?
    
    Nov 21, 2022
  3. earnmyturns
    I had a Freya S there before, which is going to a different system. The sound *seems* more open, but it may be cost-driven placebo ;)
    
    Nov 21, 2022
    
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17. earnmyturns
  "Boubacar" (Frisell's "Intercontinentals")>HQP DSD256>Spring 2>Stellaris Special+Sylvania 6BK7B>Atrium: so many layers
  
  Oct 30, 2022
  1. Cryptowolf, pavi, Case and 3 others like this.
18. earnmyturns
  HQPlayer>Spring 2>Stellaris>Atrium intoxication: Patricia Brennan's Maquishti
  
  Oct 15, 2022
  1. Jinxy245, Cryptowolf, Ksaurav402 and 5 others like this.
19. earnmyturns
  Stellaris+Atrium made for Miles Okazaki's The Sky Below
  
  Jul 30, 2022
  1. Jinxy245, Qildail, RestoredSparda and 2 others like this.
20. earnmyturns
  Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra by Reiner+CSO, remastered Living Stereo 88.2/24: what HQP>Holo>DNA>ZMF was really for
  
  Jul 7, 2022
  1. zach915m, Jinxy245, Clear Water and 6 others like this.
  2. Clear Water
    Is this a recent remaster? Where did you get this recording? I am a fan of Reiner/CSO but sometimes the mastering is a little hard panned L-R and brittle sounding.
    
    Jul 7, 2022
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Gear List:

Soekris dac2541
Holo Audio Spring 2 KTE
Holo May KTE
ecp DSHA-3F (nickel)
Holo Bliss KTE
Schiit Mjolnir 3
Ferrum Oor+Hypsos
DNA Stellaris, Stellaris Special
Hattor Ultimate Passive Pre
Holo Serene KTE
Schiit Kara
A&ultima SP1000M
Chord Hugo2 + 2go
ZMF Verité open silkwood
ZMF Verité open blackwood
ZMF Verité closed momkeypod
ZMF Verité closed stabilized maple burl
ZMF Atrium LTD koa
ZMF Caldera LTD kingwood
ETA Mini C
ETA Ada
Focal Utopia (2020)
Focal Bathys
MrSpeakers Ether C Flow 1.1
MrSpeakers Æon 2 closed (x2)
InEar ProPhile 8
Linn Klimax system hub + Klimax 360 Organik active speakers
Linn Klimax Organik DSM + ATC SCM40A active speakers

I listen mostly to contemporary jazz (Dave Holland, Eric Harland, Brad Mehldau, Jason Moran, David Virelles, Charles Lloyd, Mark Turner, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Vijay Iyer, Wadada Leo Smith, Chris Potter, Brian Blade, John Scofield, Julian Lage, Bill Frisell, John Abercrombie, Ami Elsaffar, Warren Wolf, Dave Douglas, John Taylor, Craig Taborn, sadly late Charlie Haden, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Ralph Towner, Joshua Redman, John Surman, Danilo Pérez, Brad Shepik, Antoni Sanchez, Ethan Iverson, The Bad Plus, Marc Ribot, Lionel Loueke, Billy Hart, Joe Lovano, ...) recorded and live (thanks SFJAZZ, Yoshi's, Kuumba!), West African (Toumani Diabaté, Ballaké Sissoko, Rokia Traoré, Nuru Kane, Orchestra Baobab, ...), North African (Anouar Brahem, ...), Persian (Kayhan Kalhor, ...), early/baroque/Iberian/Mediterranean (Jordi Savall, ...), classical baroque (Bach interpreters like András Schiff, Richard Egarr, Midori, Pierre Fournier, Helmut Walcha, ...), late 19th-20th-21st century classical (Debussy, Bartók, Stravinsky, Berg, Ligeti, Boulez, Glass, Adams, Saariaho, ...).
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