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Offline Magnaryder

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Chef Magnaryder's System
« on: August 23, 2016, 02:46:39 PM »
EAR Yoshino V20 Integrated
Fogate Signature Phono pre
Rega P3 TT SME 3009 arm/Grado Satement Master1 cart
AMD 9590 PC, Gigabyte 990 UD5 MB, 32Gb 2400hz ram/2-ASUS R9 290 vid cards 3-240gb Samsung SSDs, Corsair H100 H2O cooling in a white NZXT Phantom case
Schiit Yggdrasil
Spatial Audio M3 loudspeakers.
Carver Audio ICs
AK AN-9 hand drawn silver wires
and a plethora of tubeage

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Re: Chef Magnaryder's System
« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2016, 03:57:35 PM »
Pictures, please
preamp: BAT VK-5
amp: Altec 944sa
DAC:  Bel Canto 2.5
CDP: Pioneer Elite DV-47a
Intel NUC server / iFi micro iUSB3.0 / Roon
Spendor FL9

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Re: Chef Magnaryder's System
« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2016, 08:33:14 PM »
EAR Yoshino V20 Integrated
Fogate Signature Phono pre
Rega P3 TT SME 3009 arm/Grado Satement Master1 cart
AMD 9590 PC, Gigabyte 990 UD5 MB, 32Gb 2400hz ram/2-ASUS R9 290 vid cards 3-240gb Samsung SSDs, Corsair H100 H2O cooling in a white NZXT Phantom case
Schiit Yggdrasil
Spatial Audio M3 loudspeakers.
Carver Audio ICs
AK AN-9 hand drawn silver wires
and a plethora of tubeage

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That EAR is still one of the most beautiful amps I've ever seen.  Pictures absolutely do not do it justice at all.

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Re: Chef Magnaryder's System
« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2016, 08:36:27 PM »
There is HUGEcaveat to what you are about to read. These speakers get better as they are played. Most of the current users have noticed improvement up thru 200 hours and possibly longer.

My speakers have less than 1 hour on them.

Clayton Shaw and his team at Spatial Audio have graciously extended their return policy to 60 days to help owners get enough hours on them to make an informed decision about the Hologram speaker line.

All I can say is DAMN!!!! I listened to Jennifer Warnes 'Famous Blue Raincoat' CD and Little River Band's 'Time Exposure' LP and both sounded really good if a bit forward. Now do not take that out of context. I bought my Grado cart to get my TT rig a little more forward, so until we have enough hours on them I AM NOT concerned, shit that's just a tube roll away and I'm already getting seriously fine tuneage.

Sherry's taking a nap before work but what little I did get while listening is quite good. Soundstaging is good and so is the depth of the stage. Bass...well there might be a couple of subs for sale, it's that good. Colour me impressed.

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Re: Chef Magnaryder's System
« Reply #4 on: August 23, 2016, 08:37:33 PM »
on the EAR V20
Thanks Steve! She is a beauty!

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Re: Chef Magnaryder's System
« Reply #5 on: August 25, 2016, 04:09:25 AM »
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Colour me impressed.

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Re: Chef Magnaryder's System
« Reply #6 on: August 25, 2016, 02:23:24 PM »
It's how I fix my roots Jesse 8)

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Re: Chef Magnaryder's System
« Reply #7 on: August 25, 2016, 02:33:56 PM »
Last Night brought some tasty treats from the likes of War, the Moody Blues and Dian Schuur. If you haven't heard the Blues' tune 'Haunted' the Holograms had it spread more than 180 degrees around me. 2Kewl.

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Magnaryder-EAR Yoshino V20 Integrated amplifier, Fosgate Signature Phono pre, Rega P3TT,SME 3009 arm, Grado Statement Master1 cart, 2018 CarverFest 275 Amplifiers, CarverFest 2011 EL84 amplifiers Nos 50/51 Stax Earspeakers, Spatial Audio M3 OB loudspeakers and the Carver Research DarkStar sub.

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Re: Chef Magnaryder's System
« Reply #8 on: August 26, 2016, 12:40:31 AM »
It's how I fix my roots Jesse 8)

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Ha!
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