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[dolynick]

Not sure what Rel model that is (s/510)? I did not like the standard feet on my HT1205 mkii as the sub would actually move on my LVP floors during spirited listening sessions. Ended up replacing them with some SVS isolation feet and solved that issue. The hanging pots and pans in the kitchen still vibrate once in while.

You are correct. It is an s/510. I was looking at a T9 but decided to go up their line a little bit as the room is relatively large and open and this system has been doing more mixed music and HT duty in the last few years. Despite weighing 75lbs, the s/510 can still shake itself around on the floor too if things got intense. I blame the downfiring woofer doing just enough to offset the weight enough to reduce the grip. I would have gone with the SVS feet as well but the s/510 has more a rail style support and surely wouldn't work with those. This works well becuase it still provides a solid base for the downfiring passive driver without changing the expected clearance.

After I posted, I did a quick test with a couple sequences from movies that normally shake the poop out of the room. It seems this platform is having more of a positive effect than I thought it did at first. Currently feeling a fair bit more positive about it. I should have given it the Edge of Tomorrow test but forgot as I ran out of time. I'm thinking of starting a Nolan Batman cycle tonight, so that should be a good broad test evening.

With the new amp, I was able to get ARC to give me an F6 (or F0 depending on how you want to look at requested room gain vs reference level) of 15 Hz. That's driving things pretty hard below their rated bottom end though, so I've backed off a bit and set a roll off targetting that point at 20Hz now, but it's still only 3db down from the refernce level at 16Hz, so there's plenty of low level stuff going on to rattle that border wall around it.

 

[Cos]

Managed to preorder one. The 30th anniversary edition, which mimics the look of the original PS1 sold out in a few seconds, but no issue ordering a "regular" PS5 Pro. Releases Nov 7.

Confused did you get the 30th Anniversary one? If so I would flip it for 3k and buy more home audio gear...lol or hold on to it an sell it in 10 years for 5k.

I tried and had it in my cart but no luck!

 

[j_garcia]

Confused did you get the 30th Anniversary one? If so I would flip it for 3k and buy more home audio gear...lol or hold on to it an sell it in 10 years for 5k.

I tried and had it in my cart but no luck!

I actually wanted one so I skipped the 30th The 30th was only 1300 units and sold out super quick. The regular one took about 4 hours to sell out.

 

[KenM10759]

Do records count, even if 4 of the 11 were a gift?

This morning our son Brian stopped in with an early Birthday gift for me. He brought me 4 albums he'd carefully selected, which surprisingly enough...not any of which I already own!

I then went over to the Sturbridge (MA) Host Hotel for a record sale going on there today and picked up 7 more. Proof that my son is better at this than me, is the top left one which I already own. Oh well. What I do is pick the one in best playing condition and offer the other to Brian first and if he doesn't want it some other friend friend will get it.

Yesterday I sold a cartridge headshell holder that I made for $100, and these 7 records cost me $95. It's a wash and I'm happy!

Top, left to right then 2nd row L-R, then bottom row L-R.

John Lennon & Yoko Ono "Double Fantasy", Supertramp "Brother Where You Bound", Robert Palmer "Nova", Sade "Promise"

Alice In Chains "Jar Of Flies", Beastie Boys "Licensed To Ill", Black Sabbath "Paranoid", Billie Eilish "When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go",

System Of A Down "Toxicity", John Coltrane & Miles Davis "Copenhagen March 24 1960", Neil Diamond "Hot August Night II"

BTW, the 4 in the middle row and first in the bottom row are all new, unopened.

 

[afterlife2]

Ordered a used JDS dac for my JDS amp on eBay for cheap. Should be here next week.

Review: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/jds-labs-atom-dac-review.14002/

 

[adk highlander]

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Ordered a used JDS dac for my JDS amp on eBay for cheap. Should be here next week.
View attachment 69842Review: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/jds-labs-atom-dac-review.14002/

No issue with lack of volume control?