The lockdown has meant that the last few bits of my system ugrade are a bit stalled. I need the Stands Unique back from the workshop to have space for the media server / Director and then insert the new cables and a few other tweaks.

That said, I still can't believe how good it sounds now after the new 555, full recap/service from Mr Tech Guy and the (sssh) ugrade / service to the Linn LP12. I find myself stopping and actually listening to the music. Bits of which I have never heard before. Last night it was Oscar Peterson (Night Train). Right now it's Help (I started through the entire Beatles catalogue a few days ago).

There's a whole new musicality and transparency letting me hear sublety and things in the mix new to me. Such fun smile There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle, as they say. Not bad for an analogue / passive system from the 80s / 90s (yes, OK the CD is digital as is the media server but you get what I mean) smile

Last edited by Mike_500; 2020-04-23 17:55.
*After the GL101, it was a slippery slope to this.*
Main: erm, watch this space smile Meridian Director, Linn LP12/Stack Serene/Basik Plus/K9, NAD 613
Eyes: Sony KDL-32WD, Humax FVP-5000T
Ears: Meridian Explorer, Meze Classic 99, Sony WH-1000XM, Bose QC30, Wharfedale DD1
Network: Marantz M-CR603, JRiver MC26, Intel NUC
Stands Unique, CFIs