Music lover's

by kot on Ever Evolving

Description

Avid Music Lover's (have about 50  thousand  arduously sected albums in various formats) , very neutral and revealing, but mostly with true musical tonality and the sense of "liveness"  that one feels at live concerts ( ala the Absolute Sound). Mac Mini  (updated up to max with  the best SSD , etc) as main server used with the  Array of External Hard drives  connected  thru Airplay to the other rooms to Micromega AirDream , & Goldmund Dac & to MacBook Pro to SMSL D1/second Micromega Airdream DAC  (used with digital volume) to Ensemble Corifeo&AudioPrism Debut/& Eagle  4 by EKSC  & Custom solid state- depending on the time the year :)  Cardas Clear XLR/Rca adapters

Added Chario Sovran....  Bellisimmo!!!!

Added Mastersound Evolution 845 integrated. The synergy is amazing!

Added SMSL M9 Dac with KING REX UCRAFT USB cable .... Reference level analogue like sound .....

Meta Research Convert 1 DA converter SOLD

Devastatingly musical processor, still without peers as compared to most stand alone D/A today....

AudioPrism Debut with NOS CBS /Hytron input tubes and Golden Lion/Philips reissues EL34 output tubes. One of the best EL -34 designs, recently updated by Guo Feng formerly of the Red Rose Music... Truest musical tone compared to the live music, both amplified and acoustic.

Reference quality solid state amp based on designs by the renowned design house Science of Sight Sound of New Jersey.


Cardas Golden Cross and custom speaker bi-wire cabling


Eagle Audio Audience Monitor: One of the best speakers on the market. Obliterated Watt Puppies/Sashas/Goldmunds, etc., at one fifth the cost. Company is of legendary Jon Iverson fame...

Added  a brand new pair of Eminent Technology LFT-8B.... These are simply sublime!!!

Added Rega Mira 3 . Modified it with Cardas copper speaker terminals... Approaching reference levels of refinement now....

Nakamichi TA 2 used as tuner

Nakamichi CR-1a Tape deck
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    • Rega RS-10
    Using these in mine system now
    • Goldmund Mimesis 3
    Managed to find  a legendary MImesis 3 in almost mint condition (cost me alot too, but totally worth it!) and the amplifier is extraordinary! The most exquisite and refined musical color palette  & tonality of ANY  sold state amplifier & most tube amps at any price.....
    • Ensemble Corifeo
    Added the Ensemble Corifeo amp to my "arsenal" hehe..... Amazing musicality!! Why is not modern day Ensemble  capable to produce  this very design these days?!!!
    • Classe Audio DR-3
    Gem of an amplifier
    • Chario Academy Sovran
    Among the top 10 loudspeakers of all times for being able to recreate  an actual musical event , i e ABSOLUTE SOUND, on a bit of a smaller scale  ..... Need I say more
    • Eagle Audio Audience
    One of the best monitors on the market. Obliterated Watt Puppies, Wlison Sasha etc. Comparable to the Chario Academies, Ensemble. Company is of Jon Iverson fame...
    • Bowers Wilking CM1
    Marvels of fidelity, ...Electrostatic like midrange. Using on desktop with mac mini comp  via headphone out with Moon Audio custom Dragon adapter into Audiosource 110 amp....
    • EKSC EAGLE 4 sold :(
    Perhaps one of the best sounding amplifier in terms of the absolute sound, be it tube or the solid state.....
    • MicroMega Aria Dream
    Amazing Dac/Streamer ... One of Daniel Schar's best works ever... Tremendous musicality and analog like ease.....
    • Topping DX7S dac
    phenomenal dac!
    • AudioPrism Debut SOLD
    One of the best EL -34 designs, recently updated by Guo Feng formerly of the Red Rose Music... Truest musical tone compared to the live music, both amplified and acoustic. Now using Golden Lion EL 34 reissues instead of Philipses.  Hytron CBS golden pins series 12AT7 input tubes (these are VERY rare) ....
    • Mastersound Evolution 845
    SOLD A reference quality integrated.. Extremely refined and suave sounding, yet neutral... in tandem with Chario Sovran recreates the musical event right in the listening room, like few components are able, given proper recording of course, nonetheless extemely musical with all source material from 56 kbs web streams to true HD masters.
    • Eminent Technology LFT 8b SOLD LFT-8b
    Eminent Technology LFT 8b, latest versions of this amazing transducer....
    • Goldmund Meta Research SOLD Convert 1
    Devastatingly musical processor, still without peers as compared to most stand alone D/A today....
    • KINGREX Ucraft Y dual head
    Added the amazing KINGREX Ucraft dual USB cable to my digital front end. Witnessed the most transformational& positive effect of any digital or analog interconnect EVER in my 30 years of  the audiophilia nervosa..... I literally am able to look into the soundstage now....  The cable was difficult to procure and I bought it from the Asian retailer but I ve gotten  back 10 times  multiple worth of system improvement than I paid for... Highest recommendation!!!!!!
    • Rega Mira 3
    Modified with top of the line Cardas copper/rhodium speaker terminals. Approaching reference levels of musicality, especially for the solid state design...
    • Apple Mac Mini
    MAc Mini  with Auralic Aries and G Tech server via  AirPlay  with Cardas Digital coaxial to Goldmund Dac.
    • IFI Audio Ifi Pro IDSD
    SOLD    Magnificent new dac... Just little too sweet , very system dependent , on horn and ribbon based system can be  God sent.... Very refined sound....
    • Cardas Golden Cross
    Ideal balance for my set up
    • Nakamichi Nakamichi
    Nakamichi Ta 2 used as tuner
    • Nakamichi CR-1a
    NAk 1
    • Various Professional
    Pro level interconnects , very neutral, yet without sibliants
    • Science of sight and sound Reference
    Neutral and musical , low impeadance
    • SMSL D3 dac
    Fantastic   Burr Brown 1704 based dac , equals much more expensive units.
    • Eminent Technology LFT 6 custom model with cardas wiring and custom high grade crossover

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Depends on your budget... If you can spring for the MAstersound monoblocks, you will get an AMAZING sound, some of the best in  the world, rivaling systems ten time in price in musicality ...I  also heard Sovrans with MAstersound Evolution integrated and it sounded fantastic as well. That is my next purchase, the Mastersound Evolution integrated..... Right now I'm using them with  a custom build  solid state amplifier and cardas golden cross speaker wire... Whats the rest of your set up?

Sorry for late reply, I just saw your post ..

Regards

kot

I have owned Chario Sovrans for 3 years now.  Amazing build quality.  Any amp suggestions? Thanks

kosta123

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