Winnipeg meets' thread (Ongoing)

Dec 25, 2024 at 10:32 AM Post #4,291 of 4,301
My very first integrated amplifier and first foray into audio was the Arcam Alpha 5 integrated amplifier in 1994. i liked it so much that eventually I upgraded to a used Arcam FMJ A22 integrated amplifier in 2004. Arcam makes great stuff. And I like their sound. Even though I have now moved on, I still have extremely fond memories of their products. I think you’ll enjoy your A25 for many years to come.

Yeah, I'm quite impressed. This is actually my second Arcam in just a couple of months. I bought the A15 to feed Kef LS50 Meta in a new study/desk rig, and liked it so much I grabbed the A25 for the living room.

The class G in the higher-level A25 is really very, very good... It's more compact, cooler running, AND more powerful than it's stablemate. Not sure how the internal DAC stacks up versus high end gear, but I'm definitely not missing anything that the old gamma2 brought to the table.
 
Jan 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM Post #4,293 of 4,301
Been a bit since I've been involved here, but I recently got an Aurorus Audio Australis that I'm enjoying quite a bit.

Dude, you've missed a whole bunch of meetups! Glad to see you're still around though. What are you feeding the Australis with?
 
Jan 5, 2025 at 12:04 AM Post #4,295 of 4,301
Dude, you've missed a whole bunch of meetups! Glad to see you're still around though. What are you feeding the Australis with?
I've been seeing them!! Just been crazy busy with university + work lol, hope I can make it out to one soon. Feeding the Australis with a MOTU M2 + Singxer SA-1 right now, kind of feel like the pairing isn't ideal but it's been really surprising me with just how good it sounds for a closed back.

@-iKa- lives! We all assumed you moved far away lol.
Still here!! I may have also forgot my password and was a little too lazy to reset it for a while..
 
Jan 11, 2025 at 10:29 PM Post #4,296 of 4,301
If anyone is looking to splurge big on some excellent used speakers, Long & McQuade (Pembina) has some used Focal Trio11's at a crazy good deal:
https://www.long-mcquade.com/instore_stock/705575/
Normal price $5.4k each, sale price $3.5k each, and sometimes you can haggle down a bit more.
They are active, reach down to 30Hz, and you can rotate the tweeter/mid assembly for vertical or horizontal speaker placement.
 
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Jan 17, 2025 at 10:09 AM Post #4,298 of 4,301
Jan 22, 2025 at 11:42 PM Post #4,299 of 4,301
Seems like someone local is selling their DCA E3, v curious to try it just can't drop 2k rn

https://www.canuckaudiomart.com/details/650177497-dca-e3-like-new/
Yep, those are mine! If anyone here is interested, let me know. I'm going to post them on here once I'm able to (I hadn't enabled 2FA and now there's a delay for me to post an ad.) I'll also be selling a Questyle M15, a Fiio K9 ESS, and a Cavalli Liquid Gold X once I get around to taking pictures of them.
 
Feb 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM Post #4,300 of 4,301
Any idea how long clear customs if send states?

Thanks,

Chris
 
Feb 2, 2025 at 12:15 AM Post #4,301 of 4,301
Any idea how long clear customs if send states?

Thanks,

Chris

Packages coming up usually only take a day or so, unless it gets flagged. Which carrier did you use?

Sending things down to the US usually doesn't have any delay at all.
 

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