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mrehorst said:
Nice to see I'm not the only one who puts casters under speakers!
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Yea, the OHM's were a bit of a rescue 10 years ago. Someone had painted them white and the guy I bought them from had stripped the white paint but the original feet were trashed. I decided to go with casters instead of new feet. They might not be the sexiest things in the world, but it makes speaker positioning easy!
 
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krautmaster said:
How do you like the Freya+ teamed with the A21+ ? I am contemplating buying a second Freya+ to use in the office to replace the Parasound P6 I'm currently using with my A21+.
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They pair great! I'm quite happy with the sound. Its a basic preamp compared to the P6. There's no bass/treble controls, no bass management, no DAC, no phono, etc. I do run rca out from the Freya to a Schiit Loki before going to the A21+. I have a small, treated, listening room and some recordings just need an eq tweak here and there. But I'm a hopeless EQ guy, so your mileage may vary.

The Freya responds well to tube rolling and I need to get some more Tung Sol's. I'm running the stock JJ's, which are good, but Tung Sol's really make it pop (to my old ears).

The passive non-tube mode on the Freya is pretty cool too. If I'm working and just want to run the system as background music, I'll switch it to passive mode to save tube life.

In my small room the A21+ barely gets warm and I'm sure it runs in class A under 5 watts. I could have used a A23+ in this room and saved some money and space, but hey, at least I'll never be under-powered in the room.

EDIT - there's a 200+ page thread dedicated to the Freya+ over at head-fi. Tube rolling, cooling options (heat sinks, drilling holes in the chassis), and cap upgrades. Most of it is all beyond me except the tube rolling.
 
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lokerola said:
They pair great! I'm quite happy with the sound. Its a basic preamp compared to the P6. There's no bass/treble controls, no bass management, no DAC, no phono, etc. I do run rca out from the Freya to a Schiit Loki before going to the A21+. I have a small, treated, listening room and some recordings just need an eq tweak here and there. But I'm a hopeless EQ guy, so your mileage may vary.

The Freya responds well to tube rolling and I need to get some more Tung Sol's. I'm running the stock JJ's, which are good, but Tung Sol's really make it pop (to my old ears).

The passive non-tube mode on the Freya is pretty cool too. If I'm working and just want to run the system as background music, I'll switch it to passive mode to save tube life.

In my small room the A21+ barely gets warm and I'm sure it runs in class A under 5 watts. I could have used a A23+ in this room and saved some money and space, but hey, at least I'll never be under-powered in the room.

EDIT - there's a 200+ page thread dedicated to the Freya+ over at head-fi. Tube rolling, cooling options (heat sinks, drilling holes in the chassis), and cap upgrades. Most of it is all beyond me except the tube rolling.
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I have a Freya+ in my main stereo out in the living room paired with a set of Schiit Tyr mono block amps and a Loki Max EQ, but I never gave the Freya a good listen with the A21+ amps I had. I used to have two A21+ bi-amped, but I sold one and moved the other to the office with the P6. The Freya+ in passive mode sounds the same as the P6 to my ears, but I'm missing the tube magic in the office and am considering replacing the P6 with a Freya+ (I also use a Lokius EQ in the office).

I used to have a JC3+ and a JC3 Jr but sold them and replaced them with Schiit Skoll phono preamps which have far more adjustment for MM carts than either of the Parasound phono amps which have a built in 150pF capacitive load which can be too much for many AT MM cartridges. (with the Parasounds you pretty much get what John Curl wants you to hear, not necessarily what you like to hear).

The modern Tong-Sol tubes sound pretty good in the Freya, as do some NOS tubes (1950's Sylvania "Chrome Top" ones are really good- the GTA/GTB versions- the older GT tubes sound a bit dull- (I have a Schiit ton of tubes to roll).
 
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krautmaster said:
I have a Freya+ in my main stereo out in the living room paired with a set of Schiit Tyr mono block amps and a Loki Max EQ, but I never gave the Freya a good listen with the A21+ amps I had. I used to have two A21+ bi-amped, but I sold one and moved the other to the office with the P6. The Freya+ in passive mode sounds the same as the P6 to my ears, but I'm missing the tube magic in the office and am considering replacing the P6 with a Freya+ (I also use a Lokius EQ in the office).

I used to have a JC3+ and a JC3 Jr but sold them and replaced them with Schiit Skoll phono preamps which have far more adjustment for MM carts than either of the Parasound phono amps which have a built in 150pF capacitive load which can be too much for many AT MM cartridges. (with the Parasounds you pretty much get what John Curl wants you to hear, not necessarily what you like to hear).

The modern Tong-Sol tubes sound pretty good in the Freya, as do some NOS tubes (1950's Sylvania "Chrome Top" ones are really good- the GTA/GTB versions- the older GT tubes sound a bit dull- (I have a Schiit ton of tubes to roll).
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Ah, gotacha. Yes, the Freya+ can add some of that tube magic. I love my JC3 Jr, but everyone hears things differently.
 
S391 said:
Interesting set up. What is the story with the turntable and the massive plinth?
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Thank you.
I built it by myself using several ideas about how the plinth could be done.

I hope I would write full explanation here:

Music in my life - system history

Hi al, Finally I decide to start my small thread like a blog about of music and system in my life. I will update this thread with some key moment. From start I can only say - my family wasn't melomaniacs. :) My first tape I got only when I was 13. It was stereo, but only for headphones. The...
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It's much nicer now to have a place to set a book, phone, or drink while listening and the coffee table also acts as a footrest on the bottom shelf. I've picked out a shelf for the CD player and R2R but I just haven't ordered it yet. I'm also looking into some GIK acoustics diffuser panels to place behind the L100Ts, one on the door, and one on the wall left adjacent to the door.

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A humidifier is also in consideration, it's dry enough in the room that after sitting down and listening, you build enough charge to shock the equipment. It's not damaging but it certainly is annoying
 
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