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post #61 of 73
1/2/09 at 9:18pm
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Thanks for asking, yes I received it yesterday. Sadly not many people posted their reviews, some due to technical difficulties, others due to illness, and some for one or another reason.

After doing it I am amazed that some like ASR did so many. I say so because it is hard work and there is a level of disillusionment w/ the lack of response by some members.

But I am silly enough and although I will not do another one like this I will loan to a select and small group of people that I know.

Let me know when to send you the SR71 or the MiniBox-E+.
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post #62 of 73
1/2/09 at 9:23pm
That is good news, Miguel. I will take you up on the SR71 as soon as I am done with the D3, D2, and NuForce amps

You are a good man for having done this! Sorry more people didn't follow through with the reviews. I enjoyed my time with it
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post #63 of 73
1/3/09 at 11:57am

Anyone

Anyone compare this to the LISA III

Very curious...
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post #64 of 73
1/12/09 at 11:30pm
So anyone here compare the novo and the ef1 directly with the hd600s
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post #65 of 73
1/13/09 at 12:30am
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Originally Posted by donunus View Post
So anyone here compare the novo and the ef1 directly with the hd600s
Contact vorlon1, I believe he did. If I know his tastes in music reproduction I would venture to say he really liked the EF1 with the HD600. But I could be wrong.
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post #66 of 73
5/17/09 at 4:46am
I thought switching Power supplies were a bad idea? Or is there some sort of power conditioner/supplier built in to the amp? could someone explain how the ground wire is connected?
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post #67 of 73
5/17/09 at 11:04am
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Andrew, on the back of the Novo there is a ground post. You connect one end of a wire (I believe in overkill and use an stranded 18 gage wire) to it. I then hook the other end to the grounding post on the back of my Monster HTS 3500MkII.

I am not a technical person so you may have to visit Graham's site and ask there. I can tell you that Graham has been working for at least 3 years to solve any issues w/ switching PSU's and IMO the sound demonstrates he has been successful.
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post #68 of 73
5/17/09 at 11:20am
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Andrew, on the back of the Novo there is a ground post. You connect one end of a wire (I believe in overkill and use an stranded 18 gage wire) to it. I then hook the other end to the grounding post on the back of my Monster HTS 3500MkII.

I am not a technical person so you may have to visit Graham's site and ask there. I can tell you that Graham has been working for at least 3 years to solve any issues w/ switching PSU's and IMO the sound demonstrates he has been successful.
So the power supply that ships with the "Beta Novo" is Mr Slee's own design? Am I correct in thinking that the amp runs off a 24 volt supply? If so I have a spare "Firestone Supplier" that might work.
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post #69 of 73
5/17/09 at 1:23pm
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There are two power supplies available. The cheaper one is a switching wallwart. See attached picture.

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post #70 of 73
5/17/09 at 1:54pm
Thank you Miguel, you have been very helpfull. I have a short list of amps I would like but can only afford one. I think I will be getting the "Beta Novo" but am I right in thinking that I don't need to use a "grounding wire" if I use a "Firestone Supplier" as an alternative power supply?
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post #71 of 73
5/17/09 at 4:26pm
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Originally Posted by andrew3199 View Post
Thank you Miguel, you have been very helpfull. I have a short list of amps I would like but can only afford one. I think I will be getting the "Beta Novo" but am I right in thinking that I don't need to use a "grounding wire" if I use a "Firestone Supplier" as an alternative power supply?
I did not need the ground with my 24v Sigma 11 PSU or my Travagans Black power conditioner (which I think is a capacitor bank).
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post #72 of 73
10/19/10 at 3:41am

Does novo synergy with hf2?

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post #73 of 73
11/9/10 at 2:21pm
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Originally Posted by donunus View Post

It would be great If this could be loaned to someone with other amps in its price range like the gilmore lite with dps to compare with




Thanks very much! Could you give more details? I'm new here.
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