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• Docfoster July 2012

  Moderator

  
  
  As part of my own personal Stone Roses renaissance I spent this afternoon digitising my old Stone Roses vinyl singles. The main purpose was to get them on to my iPhone. But, they went via Audacity and then into FLAC files (for JRiver on the TFS) before being formatted for Apple...
  
  Anyway, with the neighbours away and the family out I took the opportunity to crank up the volume to...ahem...check the recordings...
  I cranked it up quite a long way. All the way in fact... @-)
  
  My goodness, 'twas good!!! 'Sally Cinnamon' through to 'Fools Gold' (9 minute version of course) and 'Something's burning'. Bloomin' marvelous tunes. Especially Something's Burning - now there's a track. There was much booty shaking, Bez style stepping, bongo playing and general lunacy that was not befitting a man of my years.
  
  Of course the TSS didn't miss a beat. It always amazes me that when loud sound has little distortion It doesn't sound loud. Then one tries to speak (or play bongos) over it, and one can't make oneself very easily heard. The TSS did break into a bit of a sweat though, that heat sink was earning it's money! By the end it was almost too hot to touch. (It's fine now.)
  
  Anyway family home now, so I'll have to put the beans back on the gas hob... ;-)
  

  Pioneer PL-71 (Decca SG), NVA Phono 2, NVA TFS, NVA P90SA pre-, NVA TSS mk3 power-, NVA Cube 1. (Also an NVA AP30 powering the 12inch bass units of a pair Goodmans Goodwoods. Just for some extra slam.)
  TechniSat HD Freeview into Musical Fidelity A3 24 192k DAC and InFocus X9 720p DLP projector.
  Power Inspired AG1500 mains regenerator.
  Mainly NVA cables, but with TQ Ultra Black speaker cables.
• uglymusic July 2012

  Administrator

  I knew that thing had some use :-)
  

  Take a look at these hands!
  Main: White MacBook/SSD/OS X Lion/Audirvana Plus -> Tellurium Q Digital Interconnect -> M2Tech Young/Super TeddyReg PSU -> TQ Blue Interconnects -> TQ Iridium Listen Pre-amp -> TQ Blue Interconnects -> Green Goddess Single Ended Class A 12 wpc Power Amp -> TQ Ultra Black and Graphite speaker cables -> Royd RR3 speakers/Royd stands
  Ugliness depositories: Synology DS411slim NAS and FireWire Drobo
  Office: KingRex USB DAC and PSU -> Passive pre ->TQ Atom power amp -> Mission 761 speakers/desk
  Visit my website, Writing For SEO
• Alan July 2012

  Moderator

  I am glad I am not the only one to get that heatsink hot sometimes! Mind you my Royds are only 83dB sensitivity!
  
  Oddly, it runs significantly cooler after I changed my speaker cable.
  

  Life: Trek it or Wreck it.
  
  
  Main: [ Qnap TS 110 NAS ] > Modified Apple MACmini (Mountain Lion, Audirvana +) > M2Tech Young DAC > LightSpeed Attenuator (LDR) > XIV 10W SECA Amplifier > Royd Revelation RR3 Speakers
  Belkin PF40 Mains filter for all digital gubbins
  Cables by Tellurium Q and DIY.
  
  Office: FooBar2000 > HRT Music Streamer 2 > NVA AP20 > JPW Sonata
• uglymusic July 2012

  Administrator

  That cannot be!!!!!
  

  Take a look at these hands!
  Main: White MacBook/SSD/OS X Lion/Audirvana Plus -> Tellurium Q Digital Interconnect -> M2Tech Young/Super TeddyReg PSU -> TQ Blue Interconnects -> TQ Iridium Listen Pre-amp -> TQ Blue Interconnects -> Green Goddess Single Ended Class A 12 wpc Power Amp -> TQ Ultra Black and Graphite speaker cables -> Royd RR3 speakers/Royd stands
  Ugliness depositories: Synology DS411slim NAS and FireWire Drobo
  Office: KingRex USB DAC and PSU -> Passive pre ->TQ Atom power amp -> Mission 761 speakers/desk
  Visit my website, Writing For SEO

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