Guillaume
Really appreciate your reply.
Am I doing the right thing getting an Entreq box and cables??? (lots of people think snake oil). It may help in varying degrees in my system (small to large change - who knows), but unless I give it a go I'll never know. Realise lots of people say the Entreq takes time to 'work their magic', so not so easy to appreciate the benefits (like you said more likely to notice when taking out, not when adding).
I'm settled with my 1000Pro (can't afford to start over again with pre-amp, amp, interconnects, etc.) so will be sticking with that. Changing my Antipodes DS Server to an Antipodes CORE model (has the more robust processor so better for Roon, and will be using an SSD instead of HDD). Settled with my speaker cables (have Lenehan Audio Foiltek SC's, no one out of Australia would have tried these, and even on these shores not many people), and having my speakers ML3Ref's upgraded to ML5Ref's (ML5 Crossover). Got a Gigawatt PC-3 Evo Se for my Power Conditioner, so thought why not give it a helping hand with an Entreq Ground box (read goods things on this thread and also via the web).
I had a chance of a 2nd hand Poseidon (good price, but from Italy so big $ to ship), but this only came up after ordering the Telus 2 box, so didn't want to stuff around the dealer over here. The Poseidon are 3 times the cost of a Telus 2 here in Aus, and would have got it for just less than double the price (still big money for me), so hoping I've done the right thing sticking with the Telus 2 (at least the Telus 2 has only been out since last year so a newish model, and happens to just squeeze into my cabinet - the Poseidon wouldn't). I'm getting an Everest to use on the middle connection of my Telus so hope this gives it a boost (will be running both 2 RCA connections from both my mono 250's to this one connection so thought worth giving it a helping hand). Hoping the Everest will help, as the Telus 2 is one large box, but with 3 seperate chambers so hoping it helps as the Everest only has to boost a 1/3rd size chamber it will give a nice boost.
Just wondering if I should look at adding a pair of K2's to the outside connectors for the -ve speakers binding posts as currently getting not too bad a price from our dealer ($250 for K2 & $350 for Everest), go all out for the Everest on all 3 connectors, or just wait and try what I have 1st (realise this is probably best option)? Would love to get the Apollo earth cables instead of the Silver cables, but the Apollo's are double the price here in Aus ($550 a pop for Apollo old style compared to $275 for Silver old style). Realise the Apollo would be better, but where do I stop (that would be another $1k to upgrade the cables). One thing maybe in my favour going with the Silver is the dealer only had one Spade-to-Spade cable left of the old style, so he agreed to get me a pair of the new style Silver Infinity cables for the same price (nice wee bonus there).
Hope things are going well with your Absolare Integrated Signature, now you changed over from the Od'A, and your enjoying your music (that's why we're all on here to help learn new choices and garner new knowledge). Also good to see you haven't given Devialetchat a miss (realise you stil have a D200).
Cheers
John
Really appreciate your reply.
Am I doing the right thing getting an Entreq box and cables??? (lots of people think snake oil). It may help in varying degrees in my system (small to large change - who knows), but unless I give it a go I'll never know. Realise lots of people say the Entreq takes time to 'work their magic', so not so easy to appreciate the benefits (like you said more likely to notice when taking out, not when adding).
I'm settled with my 1000Pro (can't afford to start over again with pre-amp, amp, interconnects, etc.) so will be sticking with that. Changing my Antipodes DS Server to an Antipodes CORE model (has the more robust processor so better for Roon, and will be using an SSD instead of HDD). Settled with my speaker cables (have Lenehan Audio Foiltek SC's, no one out of Australia would have tried these, and even on these shores not many people), and having my speakers ML3Ref's upgraded to ML5Ref's (ML5 Crossover). Got a Gigawatt PC-3 Evo Se for my Power Conditioner, so thought why not give it a helping hand with an Entreq Ground box (read goods things on this thread and also via the web).
I had a chance of a 2nd hand Poseidon (good price, but from Italy so big $ to ship), but this only came up after ordering the Telus 2 box, so didn't want to stuff around the dealer over here. The Poseidon are 3 times the cost of a Telus 2 here in Aus, and would have got it for just less than double the price (still big money for me), so hoping I've done the right thing sticking with the Telus 2 (at least the Telus 2 has only been out since last year so a newish model, and happens to just squeeze into my cabinet - the Poseidon wouldn't). I'm getting an Everest to use on the middle connection of my Telus so hope this gives it a boost (will be running both 2 RCA connections from both my mono 250's to this one connection so thought worth giving it a helping hand). Hoping the Everest will help, as the Telus 2 is one large box, but with 3 seperate chambers so hoping it helps as the Everest only has to boost a 1/3rd size chamber it will give a nice boost.
Just wondering if I should look at adding a pair of K2's to the outside connectors for the -ve speakers binding posts as currently getting not too bad a price from our dealer ($250 for K2 & $350 for Everest), go all out for the Everest on all 3 connectors, or just wait and try what I have 1st (realise this is probably best option)? Would love to get the Apollo earth cables instead of the Silver cables, but the Apollo's are double the price here in Aus ($550 a pop for Apollo old style compared to $275 for Silver old style). Realise the Apollo would be better, but where do I stop (that would be another $1k to upgrade the cables). One thing maybe in my favour going with the Silver is the dealer only had one Spade-to-Spade cable left of the old style, so he agreed to get me a pair of the new style Silver Infinity cables for the same price (nice wee bonus there).
Hope things are going well with your Absolare Integrated Signature, now you changed over from the Od'A, and your enjoying your music (that's why we're all on here to help learn new choices and garner new knowledge). Also good to see you haven't given Devialetchat a miss (realise you stil have a D200).
Cheers
John
1000Pro (Matte Black), Lenehan Audio ML5 Reference's, FoilTek Speaker Cable's, Paradigm Sub1, Entreq Poseidon, Antipodes CX, Roon (Lifetime), Curious Cable USB, Aqvox Switch, Gigawatt PC-3 Evo Se, Mad Scientist Link Cable (RCA/AES), PSC Power Cords
Australia (Perth)
