Incoming! The New Equipment Thread

Took ownership of JBL 4309 and a KAB RF-1 today. Bought the HDI-1600 speakers a few months back and they're good, but wanted to try the front-ported 4309 as they're essentially the same speaker, just slightly more sensitive so a bit easier to drive, and easier to manage in small spaces. Will likely spend the weekend breaking them in as much as possible before getting too critical.

KAB RF-1 is to hopefully get rid of some woofer pumping accompanying a new Sutherland phono.
 
kvetcha said:
After REALLY eyeballing a Parks Audio Waxwing but deciding I like my 20/20 too much, I am getting the SU-320. Should be here next week.
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The Wax Wing is interesting. I’m curious, but still digging my DL MP7B. I’m debating getting another or trying a Sutherland phono pre. I was going to sell my Project DC Evo, but decided to keep it for a 2nd system because it sound so good with the MP7B. Thus, I need another phono pre. My old Project Phono Box S2 doesn’t cut it for me anymore.
 
Got the KAB RF1 a few days ago but installed it today. First tried without to see if isolation did the trick (it didn’t). I don’t have a fluid damper and not planning on adding one anytime soon but I’m fairly sure it wasn’t resonance anyway. Either way, RF1 eliminated woofer pumping. Early impressions are it isn’t degrading sound. Best of all: I can use my Sutherland again .
 
ngower said:
Got the KAB RF1 a few days ago but installed it today. First tried without to see if isolation did the trick (it didn’t). I don’t have a fluid damper and not planning on adding one anytime soon but I’m fairly sure it wasn’t resonance anyway. Either way, RF1 eliminated woofer pumping. Early impressions are it isn’t degrading sound. Best of all: I can use my Sutherland again .
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Glad to hear that the RF1 worked for you! There can be a number of reasons for low frequency aberrations, filtering is the best way to handle all of them regardless of source.
 
Welp, my Denon AU-320 arrived, but...uh, the transformer doesn't work. The passthrough functions fine, but as soon as I engage the SUT the volume actually DROPS by a ton. I've reached out to the seller in Japan to arrange a return. Bummer!

The Zephyr goes back on the shelf for now.
 
kvetcha said:
Welp, my Denon AU-320 arrived, but...uh, the transformer doesn't work. The passthrough functions fine, but as soon as I engage the SUT the volume actually DROPS by a ton. I've reached out to the seller in Japan to arrange a return. Bummer!

The Zephyr goes back on the shelf for now.
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What load setting did you use on the 20/20 with the SUT?

Also, why shelve the Zephyr? The 20/20 is perfectly capable of playing it without a SUT.

Edit: Nevermind on the second question - I saw in an earlier post that you were going for flip-switch convenience. So I presume the loading was 47K and 40 dB gain for both the pass through and SUT settings?
 
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Angsty said:
What load setting did you use on the 20/20 with the SUT?

Also, why shelve the Zephyr? The 20/20 is perfectly capable of playing it without a SUT.

Edit: Nevermind on the second question - I saw in an earlier post that you were going for flip-switch convenience. So I presume the loading was 47K and 40 dB gain for both the pass through and SUT settings?
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Yep.

The seller (in Japan) is refunding me half the cost of the device, so I will probably open it up and Deoxit some switches and attempt to troubleshoot. Hopefully I can figure out a fix.
 
kvetcha said:
Yep.

The seller (in Japan) is refunding me half the cost of the device, so I will probably open it up and Deoxit some switches and attempt to troubleshoot. Hopefully I can figure out a fix.
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This is a bit of grasping at straws but, is it wired backwards?
 
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