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Watchprompt

·Jul 21, 2025

Time to listen.

 

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pkaye6

·Jul 22, 2025

I love the glow of tubes in a darkened room when I'm listening to good music. 🙏🏻

 

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Lazy_Lightning

·Jul 22, 2025

The glow is certainly nice.

 

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Watchprompt

·Jul 22, 2025

845 Linne Magnetic ?

 

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Lazy_Lightning

·Jul 22, 2025

Watchprompt

845 Linne Magnetic ?

It's the Line Magnetic 805IA. I've upgraded the tubes, which improves performance from an already exceptional starting point.

Here's the rest of the system for context.

 

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Vercingetorix

·Aug 21, 2025·Spam Risk

Would like to hear others opinions.
https://www.zuaudio.com/philosophy

 

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sxl2004

·Aug 21, 2025

I have a pair of DW2. Sound great. The bass in the old system was bad in one room and great on another.
Love them. Too big for my wife.
🤷🏻‍♂️

 

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BlackTalon

·Aug 21, 2025·This Space for Rent

Vercingetorix

Would like to hear others opinions.
https://www.zuaudio.com/philosophy

They are not great if you are trying to have accurate reproduction of the recording. I bought a pair of DWs a couple years ago for my wife's studio system. They sound reasonably good at lower volumes but the frequency response issues come to light when you push them a little more. Honestly, I could have done a bit better for the $. But they do look interesting, and go well in her studio. When used just for background they are fine. The definitely would not go into my main system.

 

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Vercingetorix

·Aug 21, 2025·Spam Risk

I haven’t heard their speakers, just thought the marketing was a little over the top.

 

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ghce

·Aug 21, 2025

Vercingetorix

I haven’t heard their speakers, just thought the marketing was a little over the top.

Not to mention the prices, you got to do a lot of spin to try and overcome those prices.

 

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minutenrohr

·Aug 22, 2025

My humble No Nonsense equipment (as the British say...). All components maintained, adjusted and updated, especially the caps in the pre and pre-pre...

 

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vibe

·Aug 23, 2025

minutenrohr

My humble No Nonsense equipment (as the British say...). All components maintained, adjusted and updated, especially the caps in the pre and pre-pre...

Nice, Naim sbls? Are you running them active? What are your preamp and amps? Look like older exposure.

Edited: Aug 25, 2025

 

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30T2

·Aug 25, 2025

Vintage, after a wipe down

 

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minutenrohr

·Aug 25, 2025

vibe

Nice, Naim sbls? Are you running them active? What are your preamp and amps? Look like older exposure.

Hi Vibe,
that's right, they are Naim SBL and I drive them passively. The amplifiers are Exposure 11/12 & two Mono 8. 11 is the preamplifier (one of the last 11 models with tantalum capacitors), 12 is the matching power supply. Both are from 1990, 8 a little bit later.
Regards - HU

 

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vibe

·Aug 25, 2025

minutenrohr

Hi Vibe,
that's right, they are Naim SBL and I drive them passively. The amplifiers are Exposure 11/12 & two Mono 8. 11 is the preamplifier (one of the last 11 models with tantalum capacitors), 12 is the matching power supply. Both are from 1990, 8 a little bit later.
Regards - HU

So cool. I know Exposure is highly regarded in the world of British audio. I’ll have to check them out!. I see they make an active crossover for Kan and Sara’s as well.

 

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minutenrohr

·Aug 26, 2025

vibe

So cool. I know Exposure is highly regarded in the world of British audio. I’ll have to check them out!. I see they make an active crossover for Kan and Sara’s as well.

Active operation is certainly a fine thing, but in my experience it's not as easy as some people hope. A good friend of mine has an active DBL system with a NAIM active crossover (very expensive and complicated) & 6 Exposure 8 power amplifiers, and I don't like the sound as much as his passive SBL system, which is very similar to mine.

 

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Larry S

·Aug 26, 2025·Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.

So , trying to get a bit more detail out of my L82s . Giving these Aperion RST Aluminun Ribbon Super Tweeters a 30 day audition. They are super well made and nice looking. At 12hz crossover and zero attenuation. Most definitely noticing a greater sense of “air “ and detail especially with drums and percussion. Looking forward to experimenting with different music. So far so good.

 

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vibe

·Aug 26, 2025

minutenrohr

Active operation is certainly a fine thing, but in my experience it's not as easy as some people hope. A good friend of mine has an active DBL system with a NAIM active crossover (very expensive and complicated) & 6 Exposure 8 power amplifiers, and I don't like the sound as much as his passive SBL system, which is very similar to mine.

I’ve had aktiv Linn katans (actually still have them in storage)and used them for years. but I have Linn SARAS for my office and those might be fun aktiv but it requires some surgery and more clutter. My buddy has a Naim active Linn isobaric system, which is insane. All chrome bumper with 135’s. His system is like 20 boxes, lol. That does not appeal to me. My main system is just two boxes + TT: LP12 SME IV.VI, nagaoka MP500, Lingo 4 to Linn Akurate DSM/3U, Akurate 2200 into harbeth 30.1 and I quite like it.

 

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minutenrohr

·Aug 27, 2025

This is (in my opinion) a really great stereo system. It's not something you often see at HIFI fairs or on Instagram, but it's perfect for listening to music!

 

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ghce

·Oct 22, 2025

Just purchased these 2 items

An AIWA XK-009 tape decks and a NAD C 427 Receiver.
Both are cosmetically perfect and appear to have minimal to no wear, price paid total US$60.00 for both.