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that wood finish looks sweet. How do they sound? I've never heard any grahams. They do some BBCstyle monitors right?

@ufospls2 I love the ebony finish on these! Wouldn't have been my choice, but scored these used LS6Fs, and it is pretty stunning. I am a bit biased at this point, as I have become a huge Graham Chartwell fanboy. The LS3/5A has been my reference rig speaker for over a year now. Something about the thinwall BBC construction, they just sound so supremely "right" and natural, hard to want anything else.

I know we have at least a couple other LS6 owners around here. They are really just a stunning speaker that does so much right. LS3/5A magic realism, but with modern treble and bass extension. I like that it seems much less picky about amplification than my LS3/5A as well.

Can’t wait to hear more impressions!

Gonna save rest of my thoughts for some written impressions, but the LSA Warp 1 is a toe-tapper for sure. The more class D sounding of the two amps, some extended listening time will tell whether that gets fatiguing, haven't done a ton of class D listening.

I remember buying several tubes (WE 396A, 2C51s, 12AX7) from a vendor I think called GreenGirl from Jersey. Each and every tube I received from them were the noisiest I've ever heard. Had to put her on the no fly list.

@Phantaminum I had the same experience with GreenGirl616. The two "bogey" tubes were trash. Oh well.

Decades of buying tubes on ebay taught me a few lessons. High price does not always=good. You have to know the seller on anything that has a measurement. And Green Girl has always been one of the most expensive sellers on ebay.

This is not a bitter/whiney post though! Just a funny observation. Very happy with the A2, but dang, I am going to need to hear that LIM at some point. Glad Schiit does not just sit back content, and keeps finding ways to provide tremendous value products.

LIM strikes me as similiar (similiar enough) to the Soekris DAC2541...

Welp, poor impulse control day for me. Going to upgrade the A2/Gen 5 USB to LIM/Unison. Figure this being a used Yggdrasil, a trip back to schiit for the swap is worthwhile anyway. Can always switch back if I need to!

Happy with Qobuz and Roon, even if i have to restart the service every time i boot my system. And Qobuz not working through a vpn, probably some licensing stuff with that.

I’m giving Roon another try now that there’s the Qobuz price drop too.

I would buy a Qobuz lifetime subscription. I have now paid for 2 years and roon completes the system.

That is one dialed up stack. I bet it looks gorgeous too...

Thanks @Qildail! I am pretty excited about how it all came together on the new custom rack I built for my office closet. https://i.imgur.com/Q9QEkDL.jpg

ha! Even the rack is pretty.

I'll have to check back in with you on the Aegirs. This might be my upgrade path next year, minus the Yggdrasil (bit too much on the eye-watering price for me).

Enjoy the music, sir!

@scblock Always unfortunate people can't help but worry about that. I trust Schiit to have listened and decided what the best sounding chip was at the price point. I have enjoyed the 9028 PRO in the NAD M33, musical and detailed.

It's nice to see it's now Unison USB.

I was just about to pull the trigger on sending my second-desk Asgard 3 in for the Multibit card (I bought it with the AKM DAC). Here comes the Decisionitis...

This is also after putting in a couple dozen hours listening to the NAD M33 paired with Graham Chartwell LS6f over the past few days, which is the nicest/most natural-sounding setup I have ever had the pleasure of hearing in my home. Yggdrasil to SW51+/Autuers just about has me in tears/jaw on the floor.

You upgraded to the LS6f? Nice.

@EagleWings They are truly remarkable, will be sharing some photos and thoughts around here soon. My reference rig is still running the LS3/5A as it is a nearfield setup, but I scored the LS6f to use in my living room until my Ohm Walsh 4000 comes and to use in a downstairs den eventually. Loving them so much tempted to just bail on the Ohms. Surprisingly great synergy with the M33.

Nice. The portapro low mid-centric congestion gets a little overbearing to me. Some day I’ll have my main setup back! Whether it be because I return to Asia or it returns to me.

I bet it’s heaven! What does the Freya+ do in that chain? I see a lot of users doing this and I’m always curious.

@rhythmdevils Only have it in my headphone chain to convert BAL to SE for Yggdrasil to SW51+. Luckily the SS buffer mode is transparent enough to not sweat it (at least that is what I tell myself) and then can kick into tube mode if I want that extra flavor. This setup is 2 channel nearfield and headphone, so Freya+ is the hub everything flows through.

Needless to say I am still not a subwoofer guy. But the metas needed it, and these will eventually get kicked to a home theater setup.

Never an easy task with ported top speakers.

I have always loved Anker cables and products. Never let me down.

for slightly above nice generic Anker $, check out Supra cables. very high quality without spending audiophool money. Available thru Madisound.com: https://www.madisoundspeakerstore.com/wire/cable/supra-high-speed-usb-2.0-a-b/

Gah, realized you said 3-4 METER. Disregard.

Haven't gotten to listen to my nearfield reference setup in 3+ months, what a breath of fresh air. This chrome bumper Nait 2 is the little shoebox that could, holy cow. Going to spend a couple days with it, and then compare to Freya+/monoblock Aegir setup. Might just be I missed my LS3/5A.

Welcome back to WFH.

Kind of surprising for me as I usually prefer a much more lush, romantic sort of presentation. Bass is pretty lean/clean on this. For sure not a meat on the bones sort of sounds. Has elevated every speaker I have thrown at it though, even if ultimately not the "right" pairing with everything.

Go NAD Go!

But seriously, although it is nothing like the NAD amps I recall from a long time ago, the brand was highly respectected, especially at its price, back then, and I'm happy to see it again. Balls'n'all.

Fun trying out all these cult/hyped speakers. Hoping the LS50 Meta impresses more than the Zu did. The Zus were fun in their own way though even if ultimately a let down.

I can't remember where I posted it, but I wrote up a screed trying to capture the nuance of jock-ish bro-dude type sound. It's entertaining, but Zu doesn't convince me that's what any album/song actually was supposed to sound like.

RIP Art Dudley. His poetic write up of the Nait 2 and his use of it in his Falcon/Graham LS3/5A review always had me convinced I needed to hear this combo. I think the olive version is heinous though so had been holding out for a chrome bumper version which looks more timeless. Will try built in phono first and if I dig it need to get a DIN to RCA cable for DAC

I hope you’ll share impressions of the combo.

Art was a word sorcerer. Many times reading Listener magazine I’d get an audio boner for something that I would never hear, and yet believe it would cure all my worldly problems.

I like that it has DIRAC. All integrateds should have DRC.

Pls let us know how it is. Not much reliable feedback on it out there.

I have similar thoughts about the Omega 3 XRS and sub in my 2.1. For less complex music, they are magical. The Omega would not be my first choice for complex orchestral works, extreme metal, fast paced industrial, or big band. I hope to get Spatial Audio Speakers some day.

@Cryptowolf good call on Spatial Audio, I would love to go that route, but can't get away with speakers way out into the room for this setup (toddlers and all that). Have some Ohm Walsh Tall 4000 on order I hope do the trick for quality but family friendly. These Zus are just a fun detour/distraction I always was intrigued to hear.

I really like the Omega 3 XRS as nearish field speakers. I bought them used for $600 and they are a fantastic bargain. I figure they will eventually go in my home office when I upgrade to either Spatial or PAP in the next 10 years or so. I’ve heard the Zu and they are similarly fun.

My impressions so far, the people that love these speakers and hate these speakers are both right. They are what you have read. Very "fun", great with live music and image nicely as long as you are in the sweet spot. Some smearing at the edge of details, but they are not really inviting you to swim in the details anyway. Bass is meh, at least in this very large room. Shy, rounded, and weak slam.

Don't draw any firm conclusions until you get rugs, furniture and bookshelves in there.

@Biodegraded For sure. I actually drug a small but thick old rug to put on floor in front, have couch coming tomorrow, and have a few boxes sitting around...but with vaulted ceilings and open floor plan, it is echo city in here. Luckily I get to spend the next 60 days getting acquainted and deciding if these are worth keeping! For sure very dynamic, I get the appeal even in these suboptimal conditions.