System Pics 2016

Hi Alba,

Thank you for your comment,

For the record,i have now a DVD on trial instead. I watched a movie yesterday night and everthing was fine. i tried a couple of cd early this morning and ironically the copy protected one was played faultlessy while with the other one,  it struggled to read the TOC and while it was playing, despite it was not skipping, had a sort of black holes or fraction of seconds without sound at all.

Regards

Roberto

P.s. Forgot to say that it was fresh from Naim factory service

Massimo highly recommends the DVD5...

(Runs for cover along with Alba...)

Hi Adam,

I' ll try to elaborate

First of all i have no patience with electronic gadgets  and this is in part one of them

2 It has not  a lot of sense and convenience if used only with the remot and i hate tablets at all.

3 The  musical genres assignement has a mind a categorization of his own, i tried to get rid of some of them

(Children Music, Christmas,  Gay ? ) and add other genres like i' m used with Discogs but i didn't succede

4 For the above when you browse the music library for Arstist order, you have for example Current 93 side by side with  Cassandra Wilson (the latter was ripped by its previous custodian) a little annoying don't you ?

5 If i rip a substantial number of albums of the same artist, the albums are catalogued in alpabetical order and not chronologiacally

6 Of a certain number of albums i ripped it didn't reproduce the album sleeve.

7 If i start to play a record i can only see the total number of tracks but not all the tracks title at once, so of a given record if i want to play a specific track and don't remember exactly which one i want, i have to scroll the entire album. 

8 I tried to configure it in Playing cd mode but without success after a few seconds reading the TOC, it spitted the cd out. Ok, probably a glitch to sort out.

I don't want comment about sound quality but at this price level doesn't seem extraordinary

Regards

Roberto

DrMark posted:

Massimo highly recommends the DVD5...

(Runs for cover along with Alba...)

Sure, but it doesn't sound like a good start for me 

Regards

Roberto

My set up and enjoying vinyl again with Rega RP1 performance and Fono mm MKII.

SuperNait | Naim CD5italic | Naim NAT05 | Naim Allae | Naim Fraimlite | Rega RP1 Performance Bias2 mm | Rega Fono MMmk2 | Sonos Connect

rsch posted:

Hi Adam,

I' ll try to elaborate

First of all i have no patience with electronic gadgets  and this is in part one of them

2 It has not  a lot of sense and convenience if used only with the remot and i hate tablets at all.

3 The  musical genres assignement has a mind a categorization of his own, i tried to get rid of some of them

(Children Music, Christmas,  Gay ? ) and add other genres like i' m used with Discogs but i didn't succede

4 For the above when you browse the music library for Arstist order, you have for example Current 93 side by side with  Cassandra Wilson (the latter was ripped by its previous custodian) a little annoying don't you ?

5 If i rip a substantial number of albums of the same artist, the albums are catalogued in alpabetical order and not chronologiacally

6 Of a certain number of albums i ripped it didn't reproduce the album sleeve.

7 If i start to play a record i can only see the total number of tracks but not all the tracks title at once, so of a given record if i want to play a specific track and don't remember exactly which one i want, i have to scroll the entire album. 

8 I tried to configure it in Playing cd mode but without success after a few seconds reading the TOC, it spitted the cd out. Ok, probably a glitch to sort out.

I don't want comment about sound quality but at this price level doesn't seem extraordinary

Regards

Roberto

Welcome to Metadata Madness!

I rip stuff with dBPoweramp which generally picks up good data on artist, album and tracks but occasionally I have to edit it.

Most new music I download (in HiRes or CD quality) but occasionally (like I just have for a Sophie Solomon album)) I have to fix broken metadata.

I find that an iPhone driving my Superuniti (from a Melco music library and, before that, a NAS) is quite easy.

I'm a lover of technology but how streaming can be made simple and trouble free for others I don't know. It is much easier with iTunes/iPhone and Amazon so somehow the high resolution music and player industry needs to catch up.

rsch posted:

DrMark posted:

Massimo highly recommends the DVD5...

(Runs for cover along with Alba...)

Sure, but it doesn't sound like a good start for me 

Regards

Roberto

Lui in realita non lo consiglio...e' un scherzo.

Less chat, more pictures !

hi all, new rack, bought s/h, hard to find!

the position of the vpi is not forever, but at the moment, i like the look and the sound.

and multi-media, old style...

christoph posted:

hi all, new rack, bought s/h, hard to find!

the position of the vpi is not forever, but at the moment, i like the look and the sound.

Very nice indeed. 

christoph posted:

hi all, new rack, bought s/h, hard to find!

the position of the vpi is not forever, but at the moment, i like the look and the sound.

Very nice indeed. Just missing a pair of socks crossed on the table. Any prospect for going demat and bring an NDS in?  

Chag -

Christophe: is that a Scoutmaster II? Nice turntable. I've had a Scout II before, and now a Classic 1 (with Nordost wiring). What card are you running? I use a Koetsu Black...

edit: should have checked your profile first ;-).

Nac 42-5  & 140 just after cold start with DVD5 and S400

Boy, these old little things  really sing beautifully !

The 140 also shows  enough grunt for the 400. Apparently is not second to XS on this . Bearing in mind that this was only a quick trial, cable dressing and positioning was  far from ideal and i didn't even connected the HI-Cap, this is a really good start.

P.s  Now i'm on the way to LASA service centre to give 'em   a full service.

Regards

Roberto

Chag... posted:

christoph posted:

hi all, new rack, bought s/h, hard to find!

the position of the vpi is not forever, but at the moment, i like the look and the sound.

Very nice indeed. Just missing a pair of socks crossed on the table. Any prospect for going demat and bring an NDS in?  

Chag -

there is no place for feet (and socks) on the table; and - no need for a nds, i have all i need... a beer, a cigarette and good music 

Jumping Jack posted:

Christophe: is that a Scoutmaster II? Nice turntable. I've had a Scout II before, and now a Classic 1 (with Nordost wiring). What card are you running? I use a Koetsu Black...

 

edit: should have checked your profile first ;-).

yes, it is a scoutmaster II; and the koetsu black is so good!!!! the little wooden box near the superline is the box of the koetsu; what are your experiences of this cart?

Upgrades!

Roberto, is that a Technics RS-M250 I spy hiding behind the DVD5??

christoph posted:

hi all, new rack, bought s/h, hard to find!

the position of the vpi is not forever, but at the moment, i like the look and the sound.

One of the best on here in recent times. Very nice indeed.

Robiwan posted:

My set up and enjoying vinyl again with Rega RP1 performance and Fono mm MKII.

SuperNait | Naim CD5italic | Naim NAT05 | Naim Allae | Naim Fraimlite | Rega RP1 Performance Bias2 mm | Rega Fono MMmk2 | Sonos Connect

 

Ah, I see another member of the Allae club. I have now been about a year on my Allaes and continue to love them. I trust you are enjoying yours as well.

Gary

Love my Allaes as well, they're on the end of my Superuniti, maybe we should start an Allae appreciation thread ?

Nick

christoph posted:

Jumping Jack posted:

Christophe: is that a Scoutmaster II? Nice turntable. I've had a Scout II before, and now a Classic 1 (with Nordost wiring). What card are you running? I use a Koetsu Black...

 

edit: should have checked your profile first ;-).

yes, it is a scoutmaster II; and the koetsu black is so good!!!! the little wooden box near the superline is the box of the koetsu; what are your experiences of this cart?

I absolutely love it. It's midrange is so sweet, and it's a great tracker too (I'm not using any anti-skating). 

Richard Dane posted:

Roberto, is that a Technics RS-M250 I spy hiding behind the DVD5??

Hi Richard,

Yes it is, it belonged to my uncle, he bought it in 1983 and was part of a Technics system. I refurbished it 3 years ago but never used since then.

I have this dvd5 from a week now. It's very fine like dvd player, less so for audio cd (btw seeing the Naim green logo on screen is soo cool ! )

Last Monday i also introduced a new 24" led  Toshiba tv set and and carried away 42.5/HC/140  for full service.

Regards

Roberto

And Richard once again flexes his encyclopedic knowledge of all products hifi - truly amazing!

Is there anything you have not seen Richard?