Thank you!
Lol! 
This place is worse than the WAM despite the self-proclaimed aversion to hi-fi. 
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Hmmm …best fire up the mince pie thread. …
You’ll also find some familiar faces just with different names.
Sorry, I really should know what those speakers are with the vents at the bottom. Please refresh my memory.
No problem GS. They are PMC 25/23i’s, finished in Oak.
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Surely not!
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Added my Sabaj A20d dac it was annoying me that the balanced inputs on HPA222 weren’t being used but had to buy a new extension plug as I needed more sockets and also an optical splitter to send the feed from the WIIM to both dacs.
It’s been interesting listening to two different dacs - they do sound different unlike what some would argue - but for the near £1k difference in price it does beg the question whether that could be spent elsewhere for bigger differences in sound quality.
Maybe I should hunt down one of these R2R dacs and give that a compare.
The Chord is the better dac, imo, but really shines when the music gets more complex/heavy but funnily enough I prefer the Sabaj when listening to tv shows/podcasts.
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I’ll join in since it’s been a while..
Turntable. Handmade aluminium thingy, bones are from a Rega, arm is an RB300, cart is a Coral MC-81
Phono stage. Trichord Dino mk3
Digital. Wiim Ultra > Topping D90 mqa dac.
Pioneer PDS 703 cd player into the same dac.
Pre amp. DIY Zen Mod Iron Pre. Autoformer (?) I think.
Power amp. DIY Pass labs F5M. 25wpc class A transistor.
Speakers. DIY Frugal Horn XL with Mark Audio MAOP 10 full range driver and a cheapo ribbon tweet for good measure.
Wires. DIY. Van damme, sommer etc..
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Do you have more photos and details of this? Thanks
I really should get round to fitting the MAOP11 to the Pensils but breaking them in gently for 300hrs is going to be a PITA.
Did you follow all the advice with first 100hrs really low and gentle music with no more than 5hrs per session etc?
Yes. I fitted them into the cardboard box they came in and left them playing radio 6 music for a week at low volume while I built the cabs.
Then when I put them in the cabs, I went a bit louder, but nothing silly for another week or so.
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