What New Stuff Have You Bought? If You Care To Share Thead! :)

[John Parks]

Just picked this up from my local dealer:

 

[afterlife2]

Just picked this up from my local dealer:View attachment 37595

I had a Parasound they are fantastic. In spanish it means “For Sound”. Can’t wait to see pics when setup.

 

[John Parks]

I got a new watch to add to my G-Shock collection! Oh, and new shoes.

 

[afterlife2]

Recent buys Blu-ray’s Dollar Tree $1 each. Thrift CDs $1.50 each.

 

[Kvn_Walker]

Baby, you had me at "transmission line."

Pair of DCM TF-1000's I just picked up. I pulled the caps and socks to inspect the drivers. They will need some work, but I'm looking at them as a summer project to dabble with when I have small bits of free time. I do actually have an idea of how I want them to look after it's all said and done. More to come...

 

[afterlife2]

Baby, you had me at "transmission line."

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Pair of DCM TF-1000's I just picked up. I pulled the caps and socks to inspect the drivers. They will need some work, but I'm looking at them as a summer project to dabble with when I have small bits of free time. I do actually have an idea of how I want them to look after it's all said and done. More to come...

Whoa congrats DCM speakers. Did they come with those covers? Looking forward to your work on them.

 

[Kvn_Walker]

Whoa congrats DCM speakers. Did they come with those covers? Looking forward to your work on them.

Thanks! Yes they had an inner foam wrap, and outer cloth wrap, and the wood end caps. One has to remove the top caps to get the cloth off. They looked like this new:

DCM TF-1000 Speaker System Review price specs - Hi-Fi Classic

www.hifi-classic.net

It's easy to tell that time has taken a drastic toll on the foam sock. Probably the only thing I'll get to do in the coming months is strip down and clean up the cabinets. They will have a vastly different look when I get them done- New stain for the end caps and new color for the cloth sock. I have something in mind, which might change.

 

[MR.MAGOO]

 

[afterlife2]

Got the 2nd Star Wars Blu-ray trilogy on the bay for $9.65. Should be here this week.
Added these Eastwood classic 4 Dirty Harry movies for $3.99 at the thrift store. The 5th Dead Pool is not included. I’ll get that one later.

 

[MR.MAGOO]

Picked up a new pair of glasses, bought this defogger too. Almost fainted when I saw it's Made in the USA.

 

[GatorPigDog]

I ordered a pair of these Flare Calmer. Curious to see how they work in my office with the phone constantly ringing. I usually wear headphones, but I think the receptionist is getting fed up with having to walk to my office and physically shake me when I have a call. Is this sound science? Will it soften the voices in my head, lol?

https://www.flareaudio.com/products/calmer

 

[KenM10759]

Picked two relatively low-powered amps for $120.

The Audiosource AMP 1/A is 80 or 85 watts per channel and is fed solely by the Bluesound Vault 2 sitting next to it. It will live in our guest bedroom, powering a pair of KEF iQ10 bookshelf speakers. They were the first KEF speakers I ever got, a gift from my then 24-year old younger son. They have never sounded better, the bass out of them now from this high-current amp is shocking! Those speakers are going nowhere.

The Luxman M-111 is an even-lower powered 4-channel amp. Rated at a nominal 25 watts per channel, I have it running in 2-channel bridged mode to my main KEF R500 front speakers. It's fed by the pre-outs on the NAD T758v3 AVR, and I did have to boost the analog audio pre-amp output for those two speakers by +3dB to get them back to the same level they were at with the receiver itself. In the receiver's "analog bypass" mode (similar to a Marantz-Denon "pure direct" mode), it does drive the R500's bass better than the AVR did in the same mode. Like all amps, it's not watts that matter, but current and the total design of the amp. No, it doesn't sound profoundly better, just a little more bass control.

The Luxman will probably get upgraded to a more powerful yet similarly-structured Class A-B amp in the future. The only analog source I have remaining on that system that can take full advantage of this amp is the analog outputs of my Sony CD player. This was a cheap way to learn more about what power amps can and cannot do, and I think it was worth the effort.

 

[afterlife2]

DCM getting the carpet treatments. I detected some rattling recently and saw this thick rug at the Dollar Tree and also a 3D Blu-ray on Sharks, cool man.

 

[KenM10759]

PB-3000 has arrived, should have my Kef LS50 tomorrow.

Nice! The sub is a little overkill for LS50's finesse, but much depends upon your situation.

What's the room like and what's the application for the LS50's? What will you be using for an amplifier and source, if they're not the wireless version?

 

[panteragstk]

 

[afterlife2]

PB-3000 has arrived, should have my Kef LS50 tomorrow. View attachment 37852

You lucky guy you. Congrats

 

[Kal-El21]

Stormbreaker (SVS) and friends (RP-8000F, RP-504C & 2 pairs of R-51M)

 

[afterlife2]

Stormbreaker (SVS) and friends (RP-8000F, RP-504C & 2 pairs of R-51M)
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Where the heck are you guys getting all these funds in these rough times? Enjoy!

 

[KenM10759]

I have a 4k Blu-Ray player that's maybe 2 to 2-1/2 years old, an LG UP875. It was a gift from my son when he realized I had a 4K TV but no 4K player. It's got probably less than 40 hours on it, and now there's NO audio output. We tried every possible source of the problem, swapping cables, inputs on the AVR, direct to the TV, nothing.

Well, since the network features of my now 4 year old 55" Samsung UN55JU6500 TV have failed and can't be repaired, I figured I'd look for something in a player that could also stream. I just want the minimum number of components here, I'm really not into video stuff the way I am music.

Got this Sony UBP-X700 for under $240 from B&H Photo & Video of NY. Ordered Tuesday around 5PM, here by 4PM Thursday. Works GREAT!! Hope it lasts longer than the LG. Is that meaning "Least Good"?

 

[KenM10759]

Ls50’s have arrived.

Initial impressions are...?