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GoldfishX

Almost "Made", Male, 58

Amazed how well-distributed the best Blackmore's Night songs are. I guess Ghost of a Rose is my favorite album, but then its a 10 way tossup May 14, 2025

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    1. GoldfishX
      GoldfishX
      Amazed how well-distributed the best Blackmore's Night songs are. I guess Ghost of a Rose is my favorite album, but then its a 10 way tossup
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      2. HotRatSalad
        HotRatSalad
        I need to check out blackmores night more. Huge Blackmore fan but never listened to all those albums yet.
        May 15, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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      3. GoldfishX
        GoldfishX
        Truthfully, you can listen to maybe 5-10 songs on Youtube to get a a feel. There are few surprises in the catalogue. Biggest (pleasant surprise) is the Christmas album was really good and they made some killer classic rock covers (1-2 on each album...Diamonds and Rust, Celluloid Heroes really stand out)
        May 15, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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      4. GoldfishX
        GoldfishX
        May 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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    2. GoldfishX
      GoldfishX
      The Snake River Cottonmouth Gold and Kimber Palladian are very good PC's. Not cheap, but significantly outperforming their competition rn.
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      3. theveterans
        theveterans
        I'm feeding it with SOtM-sMS 200 (OG, not neo, not ultra) with Uptone UltraCap LPS-1. USB out to iFi micro iUSB 3.0 (ipower 2) and BADA USB Series 2 (Pangea AC-14SE). I'm using Diretta protocol from my PC -> iFi Omni LAN switch (fiber isolated from router) -> NA eno2 streaming system (2.0m streaming cable)
        May 11, 2025
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      4. theveterans
        theveterans
        The ethernet filter + fiber treatment and 2x USB decraps really help maximizing 3Dness without sacrificing dynamics. Add lots of propulsive sound to the DAC. Yggdrasil+ MIB doesn't sound relaxed with that upstream setup, but rather very articulate with more dynamics on both macro and micro dynamics
        May 11, 2025
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      5. GoldfishX
        GoldfishX
        Interesting setup. I had started on that path (messing around with Fidelizer), but I couldn't wrap my head around it. I found I was getting a better and more focused soundstage with the Soundaware than PC/Fidelizer, so I switched back to it full time. Having the single box helps the nervosa aspect. At some point, will A/B it with an Eversolo.
        May 11, 2025
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    3. GoldfishX
      GoldfishX
      Random flashback: Walking around my first real job, blasting "The Game" by Motorhead on the iPod Shuffle I was wearing around my neck.
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      2. GoldfishX
        GoldfishX
        Same. I was very close-minded with music early on, so a lot of early tunes I've heard thousands of times.
        May 7, 2025
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      3. ckhirnigs
        ckhirnigs
        Still use my white pack-of-gum Shuffle while I mow the yard. Honestly can’t believe the battery still holds a charge.
        May 7, 2025
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      4. GoldfishX
        GoldfishX
        Remember the "Do not eat iPod Shuffle" warning label? This was at least a decade before kids were eating Tide Pods.
        May 8, 2025
    4. GoldfishX
      GoldfishX
      Shoutouts to the Shunyata Gamma AES cable. I've never heard one lone system piece suck ALL of the life out of a system like this thing.
      1. Sqveak, Lyander and Gazny like this.
      2. k4rstar
        k4rstar
        That’s why I’m a cable first audiophile
        May 3, 2025
      3. Mithrandir41
        Mithrandir41
        And how expensive was this life-sucking POS?
        May 3, 2025
      4. GoldfishX
        GoldfishX
        About $300. For context, I'm using it in an A1 Yggdrasil and while it did open the soundstage a bit, the dynamics are gone, the bass "rumble" effectively died, words are unintelligible and details I know are there aren't resolving. It's losing to both a fairly generic optical cable and another AES cable. Minor nitpicks on these, but they run circles around the Gamma.
        May 3, 2025
    5. GoldfishX
      GoldfishX
      If you want to see a BAD product launch, look up the Chord Quartet. Floaty release date, ranges from $10-$25k, but promises 4 MILLION taps!
      1. zonto
        zonto
        Just taaaaap it in! Give it a nice little tappy tap.
        Apr 29, 2025
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      2. SoupRKnowva
        SoupRKnowva
        I agree they showed it too early at Munich last year, but they haven't launched it yet and any pricing is just guesses.
        Apr 30, 2025
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    6. GoldfishX
      GoldfishX
      What I would love to see: SD card slot or NVME slot on the DAC's, then something like FB or an app to navigate it. One-box source solution.
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      2. Thad E Ginathom
        Thad E Ginathom
        Well, I'm just a deaf old fart anyway... but I have never done anything other than have just one general-purpose PC that does everything. Simultaneously.
        I haven't hear an hdd in quite a few years, at all. (Honestly though, that could be me) and I think they are still rated best for write few read many data storage...
        Apr 27, 2025
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      3. Thad E Ginathom
        Thad E Ginathom
        ...ie you add a song once but play it often.

        NVME, though, is of course best for speed, which is not even necessary for an audio box. Oh... can't get much neater if one wants small.
        Apr 27, 2025
      4. darmok
        darmok
        The Chord streamer modules (Poly/2go) do exactly this. It’s not a built-in solution per se, but it’s the closest thing I can think of short of a streamer box or RPi.
        Apr 27, 2025
    7. GoldfishX
      GoldfishX
      Last note on the Shunyata loom: Gamma speaker cables were pretty dead-ish sounding overall. For Audioengine 6's, preferred the stock cable.
    8. GoldfishX
      GoldfishX
      Got a crazy deal on Sigma V2 RCA's. I'm afraid to let the Tap modules dangle! First impression: The smoothest "bright" I've ever heard.
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    9. GoldfishX
      GoldfishX
      Going Shunyata Gamma to Theta on the RCA interconnects (no other changes) was like night and day. Complete win for the Theta.
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      3. rhythmdevils
        rhythmdevils
        I got some Shunyata RCA's used and found them way too smooth sounding. I preferred my much cheaper Audio Envy IC's. But those Shunyata models are now discontinued. I'm not sure how different the new models are, they have the same designs. but cables are like fairies God knows
        Apr 13, 2025
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      4. GoldfishX
        GoldfishX
        AE is on my short list. They are the cheapest I've that use OCC. Cable Company didn't have them for audition. $150 for an RCA and $250 for a PC, I might take a flier on them. I just feel like I got burned on cables in the past, so trying to tread carefully. Smooth is definitely the Gamma line!
        Apr 13, 2025
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      5. rhythmdevils
        rhythmdevils
        Only thing with AE is they tweak the design with each batch. The batch I bought a bunch of was much better than a previous batch. So it’s a bit of a gamble but they can sound very good at least. My favorite I’ve heard.
        Apr 13, 2025
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    10. GoldfishX
      GoldfishX
      Shunyata Gamma PC's are incredible. Better than the Theta PC (which has silver). Probably getting two more then calling it quits on cables.
      1. rhythmdevils
        rhythmdevils
        I wil take 10 of them thank you!
        Apr 11, 2025
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    11. GoldfishX
      GoldfishX
      I put a Shunyata Theta NR in my source component. It makes the music so fast, it's fatiguing. Sounds GOOD, open and resolving, but too fast!
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      2. Armaegis
        Armaegis
        Speed holes make the music go faster!
        Apr 7, 2025
    12. uncola
      uncola
      uncola life update: shinjutsu hiro speakers arrived, all the hot glue in one of the two speakers failed for some reason and the crossover, an offboard air core inductor and the foam all moved around inside and broke at least one wire. sent them back today. I might be done with audio after this disaster and the shipping costs to me in hawaii :( I do have a custom subwoofer in progress from jwm acoustics though lol
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      2. GoldfishX
        GoldfishX
        Good luck!
        Mar 14, 2025
      3. Thad E Ginathom
        Thad E Ginathom
        I cannot believe anybody using hot glue in anything but super-cheap stuff of any kind!
        Mar 15, 2025
      4. Thad E Ginathom
        Thad E Ginathom
        Sorry, post in wrong place
        Mar 15, 2025
    13. GoldfishX
      GoldfishX
      LS50 Meta w/ SQ-10 pairing is a go! Distorts past 10 on the dial (9ish is perfect), but great imaging and is loud enough for a small room.
      1. joch likes this.
      2. Armaegis
        Armaegis
        Time to upgrade to the LS60!
        Mar 14, 2025
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    14. GoldfishX
      GoldfishX
      Proud owner of new LS50 Metas. After passing on 3 local pairs at 900, got them new in blue for 1000. Now just need a decent integrated amp.
      1. zottel, SoupRKnowva, joch and 2 others like this.
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      3. GoldfishX
        GoldfishX
        I think that's the one thing that's missing from Schitt's current lineup. Rag2 was always a solid package. I never bought one, but probably considered it a few dozen times (I've preferred their tube amps to their SS amps for headphones)
        Mar 7, 2025
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      4. joch
        joch
        I wish for a Rag3 with a slimmer profile and sounds like a MJ3, but that would probably compromise the power. The toroid in the 2 is huge. The Rag2 also darn good for headphones.
        Mar 7, 2025
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      5. Beefy
        Beefy
        Thanks @Armaegis, I never see profile posts. I have the LS50 Meta hooked up to an Arcam A15, and my DIY Soekris. I really like it.
        Mar 8, 2025
    15. GoldfishX
      GoldfishX
      More experimenting with the Shunyata Defender. ONLY good in the outlet with the conditioner. IN the conditioner = noisy. No Defender = noisy
    16. GoldfishX
      GoldfishX
      So I can run a 750 Watt gaming PC full blast and it won't affect sound, but the overhead kitchen light a room away destroys my sq. w.t.f...
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      2. Riotvan
        Riotvan
        Mar 1, 2025
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      3. Armaegis
        Armaegis
        Older light fixtures? good chance it's a fluorescent with a nasty ballast inside which is like the angry caveman cousin of a switch mode power supply.
        Mar 1, 2025
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      4. Thad E Ginathom
        Thad E Ginathom
        I'd say that a PC, however beefy, is well shielded from things around it.

        Nothing in it works direct from mains. Do PC PSUs provide some measure of isolation? Never thought about it but I suspect they might.
        Mar 15, 2025
    17. GoldfishX
      GoldfishX
      Heard Magnepans for the first time. 1.7 was too bright for me. Textured bass was cool, imaging was flat/meh, tinnitus kicked in quickly.
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      3. Tchoupitoulas
        Tchoupitoulas
        I heard the 1.7 at CAF and found them bright and fatiguing; they had a shit room though, long and now, with the speakers facing across the narrow side. I wonder if they'd have sounded better 15' back, not 6' away.
        Feb 22, 2025
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      4. GoldfishX
        GoldfishX
        My potential room is long and narrow, but the audition room was wide open. In the middle of a large square (I was right in the sweet spot, maybe 6 feet away). I'm skeptical if their nature changes that much, to overcome the overall meh.
        Feb 22, 2025
      5. GoldfishX
        GoldfishX
        I also want to be clear...I'm a fan of their look and affordability and their business model/longevity. I think people should give them a try. They just didn't cut it for me, sound-wise.
        Feb 22, 2025
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    18. GoldfishX
      GoldfishX
      Amy Grant is a litmus test for any pairings. She is either going to sound warm and soothing or etched and obnoxious...no inbetween.
    19. GoldfishX
      GoldfishX
      Looking hard at the Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum III. Opens up speaker options and headphone potential with big toobz. And is affordable-ish.
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    20. GoldfishX
      GoldfishX
      Luxman SQ-10 (w/stock tubes) survived 6 years in storage. Hurray! Seems congested/warm for HD650, but liking it with HD800 (no mods).
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