How much is the AGS mini Michael ?

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Mike, noticed you mentioned “hours of break in”. The Pulsar in particular requires over a 1000hrs of music play. Pulsar owners have experienced a huge waking event at around 5-6 weeks. After full break-in the Pulsar sound’s like it has had sonic testosterone injection. Personally, I’ve never experienced this leap of improvement after 45 days of break in from any audio component.

Thank you for commenting on the “Artist Intended” nonsense.

I like the new name Mike! Enjoy it!

This channel sounds perfect for me, as I have heard significant sonic improvements to my system from multiple tweaks. The latest and possibly greatest being plugging a grounding cable into my power conditioner, which improved the performance of all components I have plugged into the power conditioner - transport, dac, amp and subwoofer(!)

Much love from Greece Michael! 😁 Να είσαι πάντα καλά!

Knew you had Greek ancestry when i saw that evil eye charm in a previous video 😀

Abzorbaing.

Hi Micheal ..greetings from Toronto ☕️ Sometimes ..you need to reinvent yourself..to be your better self . Ancient Greeks were there OG Geeks. Have a great evening.

I purchased a little over a year ago tannoy mini autograph gr. It says on mine that they are made in Poland. It would be appropriate on the part of tannoy to make it clear of where actually not only the assembly work is done but also where the drivers are produced. the price that also for the smallest is not exactly low, more transparency to the customer would be appropriate. I would point out that before I got my speakers it was really many months since I ordered them. We are talking about almost a year. exasperated by this situation I had contacted both the distributor and Music tribe . I also asked to Music tribe where the speakers were made and I was told that manufacturing had been moved to Sweden from Great Britain. The fact is that instead in the speakers that arrived to me after a long time the words Made in Poland were marked on them. I have proof of everything I am stating if you are interested. They are excellent speakers with a splendid sound for sure and worth the price I paid for them, however having waited so long for them and the lack of clarity on the part of Music tribe's customer service did not leave me with a good impression of customer handling

I would like to thank you Michael for pointing out one of the most important features of this preamp. In fact, IMHO, one of the most if not the most, important thing when I design audio toys. Which is allow the listener to emotionally connected to the music. The attitude knobs as Michael put it allow the user to adjust their music to where it is more emotionally connected. The attitude knobs have been dubbed as "seasoning knobs" and "personality knobs" by others. No matter what names they have been given, they serve only one purpose.

Are you speaking about 110 ohm xlr cables?

The whole concept behind those two controls is fascinating to me. After learning about them a while back, I immediately realized I could see them being useful to any audiophile. I almost always have gear/ speakers coming in and out of my place. It's possible something like this could put an end to that. (lol, ok THAT won't happen; I'll always buy gear/ speakers. But those controls sure would be useful to dial things in just the way I want 'em)

It is so true what you said about listeners who make comments about 'what the artist intended'. lol The end result in home listening is never the way the artist or engineer wanted, exactly. And the end result is so room-dependent that it varies (sometimes quite drastically) from home to home to home.

The C312 really is a game changing preamplifier that can change your perception of what you consider high end audio to be or what is possible. I do wish there was a little more talking on the capacitor pack and sound comparisons to similarly priced components.

So true about what the artist intended. I’ve heard interviews from producers, engineers, artists where the recording was finished, the artist is back on the road, and after hearing the final product, the producer feels it needs something, so they bring in a pedal steel player (for example) and add one more track to fill out a part of the song. At the end of the day - as you say: does it move you or not?

Hi Michael, thanks for your video. As you know I bought (and love) the STEALTH Double Tune but I’m wondering if you really made an apple to apple comparison. I mean: best USB cable vs best AES/EBU cable within our beloved brand lineup. Why don’t you try the Octava T (price apart)? And remember my previous suggestion: you need to try the Sakra V17LE, believe me, these XLR interconnects will blow you away!

The only way to hear it as real as can be is to use top notch pro gear ! Same as artist uses ! Does not sound like the so called ultra high end gear sounds.. 😮😮😊

What the artist intended. David Bowie admitted that he was never able to reproduce in the studio the sound he had in his head.

This is more gear dependent in my experience. Try them all and see what sounds the best in your system. I do not believe there is any right or wrong answer here.

Angela-Gilbert Yeung is a living legend! Genius audio electronics designer/builder, originally from Hong Kong but many years in Canada. I gather the super-cap packs take things to a whole, new level. You’ve been raiding the piggy-bank lately!

The phrase, "Music as the artist intended" got started as a marketing strategy.

Nice “review”. Music is subjective. We all hear things differently. Being able to tune to your enjoyment is one of the best parts of building a home audio system. Enjoy the pre!

YOUR APPROACH IS THE RIGHT ONE !

The designer's name is actually Angela-Gilbert Yeung, formerly known as Gilbert Yeung.

This looks interesting but I couldn't find your response to Jungtarcph regarding the use of wifi or playing from NAS as an alternative. Could you please repeat it?

First job I had was at Tannoy in Coatbridge, Scotland. The first time I heard music played through a Tannoy speaker was life changing and gave me a whole new love of music. It's disgraceful that the board of directors of Tannoy sold out and effectively sold Tannoy down the river. Some companies are part of the fabric of being British and Tannoy was one of those companies. Now it's just another example of a company where a few shameless people who only care about lining their own pockets decided to dissolve a once great national institution. Shame on them! PS. It breaks my heart to say this but I will never buy a Tannoy product!

Excellent, very objective review, Michael. I’m a huge fan of Antipodes for all of the reasons you cite here. I have both the K22 and K41, and unlike your K41 connected to the wall with a stock PC, mine is connected to my Niagara 5000 and I’m using what I regard to be superb power cords - especially for digital gear - the Cerious Tech Lumniscate. Couldn’t be happier. The K41 is one brilliant server!

Also - a tweek that creates loads of heat from the audio commentators who never hear a difference - lucky them - are cable lifters True - Some are eye wateringly expensive I improvised with toilet roll cardboard inserts put together with parcel tape All my cables are now off the ground on those things It really looks crap - terrible in fact But sounds amazing! And free

Hi I agree They are great I use the Townsend Audio seismic springs also The Stack Audio pucks are just as good and half the price

Very nice equipment rack ? Do you use specialty footers under the equipment rack ? Do you still use the Isoacoustics footers under any components ?

Michael welcome to my world. You needto try Stacks under your speakers 😉

Did wonders for my amp. I also got surprising results with them under everyting power related. LPS and power strips. Great value for money for sure!

Good afternoon from Toronto ☕️ I went with ISO Acoustics …between the exchange rate and availability …😑 Isolated components are big in my audio book.

Damn I wish my system (or ears) was able to be dialled in that much. It's still nice listening to someone who actually appreciates it ❤

I appreciate you sharing your personal experience of what works and why. KZfaq can be an echo chamber of people sharing the same information to fit in with everyone else. I’ve stated in the past that I felt, with a specific setup, that ISO Acoustics took life out of the music. “Experts” claimed I’m insane and that their isolation products would only improve the sound, not tarnish it. Well, selfishly, I’m glad to hear someone else state the same. I’ll be checking out a set of SA’s and run it through the same system. With a 30-day money-back guarantee, I feel like it’s a no-brainer experiment.

Subscribed! Tweakers unite :) Big on anti vibration ++ Yes, on leveling and measurement matching speakers in toe and from back walls especially ++ I like weight appropriate sorbathane half spheres or disc shaped dampers. Cool channel Michael!

Gingko audio vibration stuff was superior over the isoacoustics for me. Solid for the price.

I have a DAC review suggestion for you...Reach out to me privately I will organize it. I think you would be great for this product as a reviewer.

As you also pointed out, my main problem with buying feet under my components is having X type of materials. It varies the results. But I've also been starting to experiment more in the past months, as my system is getting more and more resolving, every change just becomes more noticable. (Under my floorstanders small Viablue ufo rubber absorbers didnt make a difference against stock spikes. Didnt notice much under source components either. Case vibration damping there helps more.)