Most satisfying system change in 2017?

What was your most satisfying addition or subtraction for your audio system this year? Looking for changes in gear, set-up, or listening environment. What floated your audio boat in 2017?

knownothing12-29-2017 4:13pm

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lwal22 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 56 posts 12-31-2017 at 01:03pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Knownothing ill launch a diy speaker thread. Hardly the 1st, but why not. Like to hear about others experiences— good and bad. Happy New Year all. Lou
pmm Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 23 posts 12-31-2017 at 02:54pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete At the start of the year, I swapped out an ADCOM 5400 for a Jolida JD 1501P. This softened the brightness, and made my B&W`s listenable. In 2016, I discovered, that, tubes can make a difference. Teamed a multi-bit Bifrost, with a NAD 515 CDP, which made a great improvement.
winoguy17 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 592 posts 12-31-2017 at 03:10pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete A new Hana SL cartridge
lancelock Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 625 posts 12-31-2017 at 03:32pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Along with the Cerious Technologies Matrix Cables I have already mentioned, I recently brought home a Linear Tube Audio 20 watt UltraLinear amp. This is a new product and I don’t think it’s even on their web site yet but it is transformative in my system. i have owned David Berning’s ZH230 and LTA’s ZOTL40. This is superior to those fine amps top to bottom. I have never heard Berning’s 75K 211 / 845 Monoblock Amplifiers but the UltraLinear must be close. Lance
sevs Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 300 posts 01-01-2018 at 02:27am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete No "satisfying" changes this year. One Seriously Questionable change: Naim CDS3 got packed and went into storage, Wadia 781i became my only spinner for both SACDs and CDs. Nakamichi LX-3 cassette deck took the place of CDS3, to make cassettes for my "barbeque boombox - Philips "The Elephant"" My BestBuy of 2017: AudioDesk CD lathe. This is a MUST for all of us who still spin silver discs instead of streaming/downloading. Shall post my "hard-core" results that Lathe/CD balancing is NOT a snake oil... in a few days... hopefully... the results are so strange that I keep double-triple-checking them "ad nauseum". Happy 2018, my friends!!! Be kind to each other :-)

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