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Definitely would be very interested in hearing these speakers and comparing them to the likes of Martin Logan and Magnepan. Of course the price point will also be a factor in how competitive they will be. I would hope that making them in Asia would significantly offer them an advantage on price, but...

AnotherJohnson wrote: ↑Thu Dec 08, 2022 3:53 pm Thinking out loud, it seems like Roon is just HEOS on steroids.

The benefit of Roon over HEOS (or other player apps such as BluOS which is what I use) is the recommendation engine and the album info. Otherwise not much.

I don't see any issue with the downloads. You do have to be a member of CJO to download files. I see this is your first post and you just signed up. Please try again following the instructions in the schematics download post. If you are still having issues, please let me know with as much detail as ...

The 30.7s appear to have spiked in price. They’re nearly $40k at this point. Wow, that is a big jump from $30k which is what it was before. Magnepan made a name for itself for being a "budget" speaker company. Not sure if that is still a valid claim when you are charging $40k a set. But, ...

Lots of options to pursue,... if desired. I'm not a big MQA fan so Tidal I have not been a big fan. If you really want to go the roon route, you may want to check out quboz as a streaming service. At the end of the day, the cost of the streaming service will be the least expensive part and many offe...

I've found that no format holds superiority in all cases. Sometimes the CD sounds the best, sometimes vinyl, and sometimes streaming. It's fun to experiment when one has access to the same material in different formats (or releases). Streaming doesn't take up a massive amount of bandwidth but can be...

Very exciting. I agree with you, you will most likely get a bigger bump in performance from the speaker upgrade all things considered. I run a pair of maggie 20.1's and love them. The 20.7 design upgrade I am sure you will find give you an even higher level of performance. Keep us informed.

Very nice and well deserved. I have to admit I usually don't put a lot of faith in these "best of" lists but I think it's good for brand recognition and to emphasize that CJ is really some of the best hardware that can be had in the industry. Congrats to CJ and the entire team.

That's an incredibly complicated setup. If all those tweaks make it sound better, then at the end of the day, that is what is important. But I will say that I think what sounds best is going to come down to experimentation. There are just to many variables to account for to make accurate predictions...

Gregorioo, If you really want to see what the full potential of the Premier 140 is going to be, I would use it alone to drive the speakers as roberto is suggesting. I'm not sure of what the advantage is of biamping your system unless you really feel you don't have enough power and your experiencing ...

Wow, that's a monster of an amp. The cost of retubing it as much as many high end amps cost alone.

Yeah, I heard about this as well. Very sad. RIP.

I agree. The 150B is an amazing unit that does tons of stuff,... but most of which you will not utilize on a regular basis.

I read the first review before. The 2nd was new. It's definitely and interesting unit. I liked the pictures in the 2nd review, especially with the Rose's screen being an old style tuner. This thing even plays radio,... it truly does a lot of stuff, perhaps more than any streamer I have seen. Still, ...

AJ, I think you are a little. Also, I think you may be approaching digital in the wrong way. You have built a top of the line system for you analog playback. Really some of the best gear available (and with the new Wilson's arriving shortly, even better). But keep in mind that you did not start your...

Just listened to the White Winds album. This is some really great stuff. I have to sample more of his catalog.

And that’s the part that’s so confusing. If all the services are sonically flawed in some way, then the attraction must be due to the issues like catelog size, search and suggest software etc. Is that a naive or jaded view? I don't think this statement is necessarily true. Whether vinyl, CD, or str...

I dunno … it looks like an expensive and steep learning curve for someone with high expectations. I suppose like all other things in our hobby. But I still subscribe to the concept that you don't have to necessarily jump into 5 figure gear to get great digital audio. I think the only component that...

I don't use Roon personally but a lot of people in the audiophile community do. I don't think it is a question of whether Roon is "good or bad", but rather do you need the functionality of what Roon offers. It's basically a front end to playing music from multiple sources and offers a lot ...

We do have the PV10 schematics in our database so that may help identifying a signal path specifically to look at.