Post your latest AV purchase(s)......

[Yelamanchili manohar]

Nope. The CDs are worth the purchase, will be writing a post about this, but the recording of every single CD is stunning. It's completely uncoloured.

Gets some time to get used to, but then you realise unlike most classical CDs, here, the recording engineer has not added anything (no reverb, no tilted highs or mids or lows, nada). No noise. zip. no masala. Only pure music, and then you realise, you have clear transparent path straight into the soul of the raga.

The CDs were cheap too, cost me only 470 INR per CD, including shipping, customs, everything: https://indiaarchivemusic.com/

Thanks a ton for sharing . Probably a month back, a senior gentleman paid me a visit with his auditioning CD, which consisted of short tracks of his classical indian music collection. The plan was to listen for 30 mins, as anything beyond that is pure torture owing to the heat. But once we hit play, it ended up being a 2 hr session of pure musical Nirvana. I never paid much attention to Indian classical music before, but it has become my favorite right now. And just when I was searching for ways to get hold of them on CD, your good selves posted the above. Will be getting the entire collection soon. Thanks again

 

[bornfi]

Interesting outcome despite simply ignoring it a few years ago for using ESS.

Now, it is one DAC to listen to before one departs

Weiss DAC 502

 

[thedude]

New addition Sonus Faber Olympica. Pretty good match with the McIntosh!

 

[DB1989]

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New addition Sonus Faber Olympica. Pretty good match with the McIntosh!

Are those concept 500s in the corner?

 

[Yelamanchili manohar]

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New addition Sonus Faber Olympica. Pretty good match with the McIntosh!

Looking lovely

 

[suku_patel_22]

Old tv died on me, so bought a 55 inch LG C4. Should be delivered and installed today.

 

[suku_patel_22]

Old tv died on me, so bought a 55 inch LG C4. Should be delivered and installed today.

Installed and love it.

 

[Yogesh]

Installed and love it.

OLEDs are kinda addictive. Tough to go back once you have used it once.

 

[Saiganesh]

Got a portronics soundbar for 6k from amaon and more than happy with its result. I guess it had 200w of power and 3modes (news, music and movies) gave extensive control over the base it gives out.
The soundbar itself had only speakers (no power supply or woofer in it) and it was as heavy as the woofer ( which had the power supply).

Got a acer tv from amazon for a good deal and the audioand video experience was very good. The sound was amazing which only needed an extra subwoofer to match...hopefully yhere was so.e bluetooth or wireless subwoofer to go along with it.
The google tv was too good to believe.
All in all VFM!! At its best!!

When encouraging product like these, the market would become more price effecient (to performance)

 

[DB1989]

I don't often do "unboxings" but this pretty boy deserved one.

What prompted the buy one might ask? As speakers are also pieces of furniture, i needed a pair of good looking units to adorn my living room, albeit without breaking the bank. Though there were no reviews of this speaker anywhere viz. the Cayin Lyre T30 Mkii (quite the mouthful), the leap of faith was prompted solely on the basis of its piano lacquered wood finish.

The speakers were purchased from HPZ which did a commendable job with shipping the item post haste and the packaging was as robust as i've come to expect of them. What gave me a few chuckles but was also a source of annoyance was the manual which consisted of a few A4 pieces of paper in a file binder with the instructions in Chinese - rather rudimentary for a speaker priced at 70K.

Presently, I have set them up in my main listening room to understand and enjoy them a bit more intimately before they are relegated downstairs. The current stands look less than stellar with the Cayins but they are eventually to be perched on top of the dark wooden ones in the last pic. The chain was Ifi Zen Stream(Source)>Rme ADI-2 DAC FS(DAC)>Eversolo A8(PreAmp)>Wilsenston R800i(Amp)>Cayin Lyre T30 Mkii(Speaker).

Prior to the Cayin, i was running a pair of Mission SX-2s and the difference in presentation is quite stark. Though the sensitivity of the Cayin is on the lower side, it is particularly good at low volume detail retrieval and compared to the Missions whose presentation are on the darker side, they are quite a bit livelier and more dynamic. The Missions require the volume to be pumped for the juices to get flowing whereas the Cayin is just the opposite. Detail retrieval is also clearly a notch higher than the Missions or for that matter, any other speaker that i can think of in this class.

In the short time spent with these speakers so far, I've found it to pair paticularly well with tube amps - tried it with the Wilsenton R800i (pictured below) and the results were fantastic. Switching to a pair of Fosi ZA3 Monoblocks put a fair dent on the overall refinement and lush mid range that these speakers managed to exhibit with the R800i - Cayin advertises them as a good pairing with their tube amplifiers and this suggestion seems to be on point.

 

[CKumar]

I don't often do "unboxings" but this pretty boy deserved one.

What prompted the buy one might ask? As speakers are also pieces of furniture, i needed a pair of good looking units to adorn my living room, albeit without breaking the bank. Though there were no reviews of this speaker anywhere viz. the Cayin Lyre T30 Mkii (quite the mouthful), the leap of faith was prompted solely on the basis of its piano lacquered wood finish.

The speakers were purchased from HPZ which did a commendable job with shipping the item post haste and the packaging was as robust as i've come to expect of them. What gave me a few chuckles but was also a source of annoyance was the manual which consisted of a few A4 pieces of paper in a file binder with the instructions in Chinese - rather rudimentary for a speaker priced at 70K.

Presently, I have set them up in my main listening room to understand and enjoy them a bit more intimately before they are relegated downstairs. The current stands look less than stellar with the Cayins but they are eventually to be perched on top of the dark wooden ones in the last pic. The chain was Ifi Zen Stream(Source)>Rme ADI-2 DAC FS(DAC)>Eversolo A8(PreAmp)>Wilsenston R800i(Amp)>Cayin Lyre T30 Mkii(Speaker).

Prior to the Cayin, i was running a pair of Mission SX-2s and the difference in presentation is quite stark. Though the sensitivity of the Cayin is on the lower side, it is particularly good at low volume detail retrieval and compared to the Missions whose presentation are on the darker side, they are quite a bit livelier and more dynamic. The Missions require the volume to be pumped for the juices to get flowing whereas the Cayin is just the opposite. Detail retrieval is also clearly a notch higher than the Missions or for that matter, any other speaker that i can think of in this class.

In the short time spent with these speakers so far, I've found it to pair paticularly well with tube amps - tried it with the Wilsenton R800i (pictured below) and the results were fantastic. Switching to a pair of Fosi ZA3 Monoblocks put a fair dent on the overall refinement and lush mid range that these speakers managed to exhibit with the R800i - Cayin advertises them as a good pairing with their tube amplifiers and this suggestion seems to be on point.

Seeing @DB1989 sir Signature(Growing more faster than Indian Economy rate) , HFV will come with Signature Exceeding Tax in future
Though speakers stands on HPZ are also a class apart.
As usual sir, well write up and nice photos.

 

[chander]

Ifi Zen Stream(Source)>Rme ADI-2 DAC FS(DAC)>Eversolo A8(PreAmp)

Interesting - why not the A8 as the source?

Also congratulations on yet another brilliant find Cheers!

 

[DB1989]

Interesting - why not the A8 as the source?

The A8 was also acting as a source+DAC but the RME was also included in the chain in order to compare which DAC was a better synergistic match with the speaker. This is aided by the fact that the SQ of the streaming section between the A8 and the IFI Zen Stream is virtually identical, especially when the Ifi is powered by the Fiio PL50 LPSU, so the resultant sound that you hear is only the flavour of the DAC.

Though speakers stands on HPZ are also a class apart.

Are speaker stands also available on HPZ?

 

[Amarendra]

Added the new Fiio K 11 R2R DAC. Just received today and heard for about an hour. There’s some magic going on with the vocals

 

[amrutmhatre90]

I don't often do "unboxings" but this pretty boy deserved one.

What prompted the buy one might ask? As speakers are also pieces of furniture, i needed a pair of good looking units to adorn my living room, albeit without breaking the bank. Though there were no reviews of this speaker anywhere viz. the Cayin Lyre T30 Mkii (quite the mouthful), the leap of faith was prompted solely on the basis of its piano lacquered wood finish.

The speakers were purchased from HPZ which did a commendable job with shipping the item post haste and the packaging was as robust as i've come to expect of them. What gave me a few chuckles but was also a source of annoyance was the manual which consisted of a few A4 pieces of paper in a file binder with the instructions in Chinese - rather rudimentary for a speaker priced at 70K.

Presently, I have set them up in my main listening room to understand and enjoy them a bit more intimately before they are relegated downstairs. The current stands look less than stellar with the Cayins but they are eventually to be perched on top of the dark wooden ones in the last pic. The chain was Ifi Zen Stream(Source)>Rme ADI-2 DAC FS(DAC)>Eversolo A8(PreAmp)>Wilsenston R800i(Amp)>Cayin Lyre T30 Mkii(Speaker).

Prior to the Cayin, i was running a pair of Mission SX-2s and the difference in presentation is quite stark. Though the sensitivity of the Cayin is on the lower side, it is particularly good at low volume detail retrieval and compared to the Missions whose presentation are on the darker side, they are quite a bit livelier and more dynamic. The Missions require the volume to be pumped for the juices to get flowing whereas the Cayin is just the opposite. Detail retrieval is also clearly a notch higher than the Missions or for that matter, any other speaker that i can think of in this class.

In the short time spent with these speakers so far, I've found it to pair paticularly well with tube amps - tried it with the Wilsenton R800i (pictured below) and the results were fantastic. Switching to a pair of Fosi ZA3 Monoblocks put a fair dent on the overall refinement and lush mid range that these speakers managed to exhibit with the R800i - Cayin advertises them as a good pairing with their tube amplifiers and this suggestion seems to be on point.

Congratulations on these speakers, I too was tempted to go for these few months back. But no reviews put me off. Thanks for the initial impressions, hope you put a nice thread for these speakers.
They look really well made.

 

[Amarendra]

HPZ has very thoughtfully included some pocket cards in the box containing playlists. I have started creating these in Apple Music and will share

 

[Yogesh]

HPZ has very thoughtfully included some pocket cards in the box containing playlists. I have started creating these in Apple Music and will share View attachment 86677

Yes. HPZ gives such playlist cards for every purchase.

 

[fLUX]

Always wanted to get into high efficiency speakers drivable by 8-10 watts of power , a home demo of Audionote was enough to sway the mind and ended up joining the bandwagon.

 

[alladinkachirag]

Got Chord Mojo 2 after eyeing it for so long, and waiting for the discounts on HPZ...and finally my wallet lost some weight. I am using it with my iPhone 15 utilizing various sources: Apple Music, Spotify, files on NAS - and so far I am impressed! Listening through Beredynamic DT990 PRO. I think one of my better purchases for non-main system music listening. And now my Schiit Magni, Bifrost, HRT Music Streamer II (oh yes, I still have it ) are all in the storage.

 

[Shammi Dang]

Added the new Fiio K 11 R2R DAC. Just received today and heard for about an hour. There’s some magic going on with the vocals View attachment 86675View attachment 86676

Do post a proper review after around one month of usage.