Pagan G2G at Richidoo's

Started by richidoo, May 25, 2016, 03:40:38 PM

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richidoo

Pics coming. Good time was had by all!

mresseguie

Congrats, Rich!

I'm still hoping I can arrange a miracle this time next year.

I'm keenly interested to hear what folks thought of your upgraded Kairos speakers.

Michael
Daedalus Audio Apollos; Fritz Loudspeakers LS/5-R
SW1X NOS DAC III BAL/SPL; Holo Spring3 KTE
Don Sachs Model 2 preamp
Don Sachs dual mono 300b; Nuprime Evolution STA
Hapa loom
PI Audio UberBUSS, DigiBUSS, Uber-MiniBUS

richidoo

Hey Michael, I do hope you can get by here someday, that would be big fun.

Everybody had only positive things to say about the Kairos, which was very gratifying to hear. Those who have heard them before said they sounded better than before I did the port and tilted down the tweeter a little bit. They did sound really great with the visiting "big boy" super high end sources and amps, but also great with 100W tubes and vinyl. Midrange is fuller and bottom is more solid than closed box. One person said they sounded better than his Joseph Audio Pulsars.

richidoo

#18
As promised, pictures:

1. front: Auralic Vega DAC, Apple Airport, Vinnie Rossi LIO
   back: NEC cdp, ARC Ref1 preamp, AR VT100k3 amp, Concept TT

2. Kairos with new ports, JPS SuperConductor 3 cables

3. shy jtwrace, poseidensvoice, stereofool, nc42acc

4. jtwrace's foot

5. Cranking the LIO up to MAX, but still not loud enough? Hmmm. Sol figured out JRiver volume was turned down.

6. ATSAH (boy) NC500 monoblocks. Take no prisoners control, minimal class D head squeeze.

7. Alice in Chains Unplugged LP spinning. When changing the preamp source select suddenly we heard a Strauss waltz. Someone said, is that the vinyl?  :rofl:  My Sonos had an alarm set to play classical radio stream.

8. left: PI Audio Digi-BUSS, Samet I-60, Kairos, ATSAH (boy) NC500, stack, top down: Aurelic Aries Mini, Schitt Yggydrasil, Gustard DAC, NEC cdp, Aurelic Vega DAC front right.

dflee

Rich:
Who's DigiBuss?
Comments?
"Enjoy pleasure, not because it is fleeting, but because it exists at all." Sacrament, Clive Barker.

Carlman

Very nice! Wish I could've been there.
:)
I really enjoy listening to music.

mresseguie

What's up with jtwrace's shyness? I'm sure I've seen a pic of him before.
Daedalus Audio Apollos; Fritz Loudspeakers LS/5-R
SW1X NOS DAC III BAL/SPL; Holo Spring3 KTE
Don Sachs Model 2 preamp
Don Sachs dual mono 300b; Nuprime Evolution STA
Hapa loom
PI Audio UberBUSS, DigiBUSS, Uber-MiniBUS

richidoo

Quote from: dflee on June 20, 2016, 03:25:21 PM
Rich:
Who's DigiBuss?
Comments?

jtwrace. We just used it as a power strip, no comparisons. sonicxtc (Steve) brought UberBUSS for a couple hours but sadly it never made it into the soup. I missed my big chance!

richidoo

Quote from: Carlman on June 20, 2016, 03:49:14 PM
Very nice! Wish I could've been there.
:)

We missed you! And you missed some good sounds! The speakers sound awesome with the port we talked about adding more than a year ago!  :duh 

richidoo

Quote from: mresseguie on June 20, 2016, 10:08:59 PM
What's up with jtwrace's shyness? I'm sure I've seen a pic of him before.

He's not shy. Maybe he's a fugitive?