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Nov 8, 2024 at 9:49 AM Post #171,061 of 181,956
I may consider getting a Ghorn if I get back into speaker building. It is nice to try different amps in my shop setup.
I am a great believer in headroom and all of my amps tend to have power to spare.😉
I've always been a big believer in having power to spare as opposed to not having enough.

There are times when I like to Crank It Up! But I still want musicality at low listening levels too...Tyrs!
 
Nov 8, 2024 at 10:01 AM Post #171,062 of 181,956
I've always been a big believer in having power to spare as opposed to not having enough.

There are times when I like to Crank It Up! But I still want musicality at low listening levels too...Tyrs!
Most often I crank up music in my shop since I am already wearing ear protectors and running power tools.🤪 I have the equivalent power of Carver Silver Sevens but I never go quite that far.

I hope to get back on your switch box today after experiencing downtime yesterday due to vaccination after effects. Just aching joints and cold-like symptoms.

I spent much of the day in a recliner watching film noir movies and series such as Lioness.
 
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Nov 8, 2024 at 10:13 AM Post #171,063 of 181,956
Nov 8, 2024 at 10:15 AM Post #171,064 of 181,956
Most often I crank up music in my shop since I am already wearing ear protectors and running power tools.🤪 I have the equivalent power of Carver Silver Sevens but I never go quite that far.

I hope to get back on your switch box today after experiencing downtime yesterday due to vaccination after effects. Just aching joints and cold-like symptoms.

I spent much of the day in a recliner watching movies and series such as Lioness.
No hurry on the model P-79 Custom Digital Switcher :relaxed:
 
Nov 8, 2024 at 10:18 AM Post #171,065 of 181,956
Nov 8, 2024 at 10:29 AM Post #171,067 of 181,956
That's how and why I use roon and my local collection of approaching 700 albums. Even the occasional clunker there is worth a listen every few years.
Roon has been a little on the expensive side for me for what I would currently get out of it but as I am somewhat rapidly building up a robust library of downloaded albums I feel that will change and that Roon will definitely start making sense for me.
 
Nov 8, 2024 at 10:30 AM Post #171,068 of 181,956
I forget are you running the Ghorn with mini-radial speakers?
I am running a single Ghorn with mini-radial speakers, it is a very good match. Ghorn is an underrated amp, it has driven my HPM-100s without strain to uncomfortable volume levels.
 
Nov 8, 2024 at 10:36 AM Post #171,069 of 181,956
I am running a single Ghorn with mini-radial speakers, it is a very good match. Ghorn is an underrated amp, it has driven my HPM-100s without strain to uncomfortable volume levels.
Very cool, maybe in the spring I can build more mini speakers. I am down to Adam’s build, a couple tile related builds, and one last build for a couple of twins. 👩‍🦳👩‍🦳
 
Nov 8, 2024 at 10:52 AM Post #171,070 of 181,956
Yes. A single GHorn with your mini-radials fed by Lyr 3 as a preamp.
Mine is now stationed in my office, it's replacing my 300B set amp, which is sidelined with bad power transformer - a replacement (at nearly twice the cost of the GHorn) is several weeks away.....
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Nov 8, 2024 at 11:04 AM Post #171,071 of 181,956
Nov 8, 2024 at 11:13 AM Post #171,072 of 181,956
Mine is now stationed in my office, it's replacing my 300B set amp, which is sidelined with bad power transformer - a replacement (at nearly twice the cost of the GHorn) is several weeks away.....
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Quite a handsome stack! ;)
 
Nov 8, 2024 at 11:39 AM Post #171,073 of 181,956
Roon has been a little on the expensive side for me for what I would currently get out of it but as I am somewhat rapidly building up a robust library of downloaded albums I feel that will change and that Roon will definitely start making sense for me.
Room was a no brainer for me. Got in relatively early. I believe it only makes sense on the lifetime license. As a monthly fee I'm not a fan.

It excels at unifying multiple hardware under one software. I have a Squeezebox Touch and now a couple raspberry Pi's delivering music around my home.

When I had it attached to Qobuz also was really great integration.

But at the cost now I probably wouldn't go that way.

Although with the new remote option it has become invaluable to me. I travel a lot and am able to download my Room playlists or my favorite albums to my mobile device and use it offline in my car.
 
Nov 8, 2024 at 11:49 AM Post #171,074 of 181,956
Room was a no brainer for me. Got in relatively early. I believe it only makes sense on the lifetime license. As a monthly fee I'm not a fan.

It excels at unifying multiple hardware under one software. I have a Squeezebox Touch and now a couple raspberry Pi's delivering music around my home.

When I had it attached to Qobuz also was really great integration.

But at the cost now I probably wouldn't go that way.

Although with the new remote option it has become invaluable to me. I travel a lot and am able to download my Room playlists or my favorite albums to my mobile device and use it offline in my car.
$830 for a lifetime subscription is definitely a big up-front ask - basically paying for 5.5 years straight up, but then it's free after that, I guess. That's a long-game move...

Roon Arc seems very cool though I'm sure it'd be downsampling any DSD files I'd want to make mobile, yeah?
 
Nov 8, 2024 at 11:56 AM Post #171,075 of 181,956

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