Happy new year too!

Owning Lejonklou devices is more like owning artisanal musical instruments than consumer electronics, and the knowledge of the care and precision that goes in to making each one adds to the enjoyment that the music brings.

I went through a similar thought process, and added a surround processor to my stereo for a centre channel and rear surrounds. However I had a limited budget and could not buy the additional processor, amps and speakers without compromising the quality of my main stereo audio. For the centre I used ...

I tried a couple of combinations, but have now settled on: Axis Källa Kinki Boazu Amplifi+Netgear I removed the spare shelf, and this alone seemed to bring a small improvement. This makes me wonder if moving the Axis on to a separate stand and removing another shelf will bring a further improvement....

I have sheepishly returned the rug to its owner. The folded arms, raised eyebrow and imperiously tapping feet were too much...

Later my wife switched between the 3 services so I could test blind, and again you could easily pick out Spotify as the best and Tidal as the worst.... great effort! :) Thanks for sharing, would be interesting how Qobuz rank in this competition. I did that test today with Glen Campbell Wichita Line...

That is disappointing. In fact you've pulled the rug out from underneath me. I expected everyone to flock to the same conclusion ;)

Tendaberry wrote: ↑2023-12-15 21:04 To sheep or not to sheep, which one do you like more?
Video 1: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/9gz7w1ab ... a2zpx&dl=0

Video 2: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/wjzvt5vp ... z03ej&dl=0

2 for me.

My rug is straight, tho doesn't look quite as luxurious or healthy as yours

He he! I was prompted to browse through Beck's CD player journey because my son asked if he could play CDs through the system. He loves vinyl and music on physical media and has started buying very cheap CDs. I thought: maybe I can pick up a cheap Arcam CD player and Beckify it. Hence the rather fli...

I came across a suggestion on Beck's thread to try placing cables on a sheepskin rug. Happily my wife has a sheepskin rug which I borrowed to support the power cables. Unhappily, my wife was quick to spot the theft and is unimpressed. Even worse, to my ears it makes an improvement and now I don't wa...

1.) K400/Majik 109: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/r7yrm52cpe8kfv6rzlkma/20231130_151740.mp4?rlkey=vzddmm7mvlsbpya9ee7tvymoz&dl=0 2.) K20/Kan (serial 16,xxx): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/xybkkfp1f874belgphgka/20231211_122943.mp4?rlkey=uv858km2sy0ivsrs9tc15l04g&dl=0 Well they sound a bit differen...

Azazello wrote: ↑2023-12-06 21:51 A or B?

A: https://photos.app.goo.gl/LBoqeVVbJ7v6WxBfA

B: https://photos.app.goo.gl/pWH27ffyf6cfJbnz6

What were we listening to ?

I have listened to them a few times.

While I can hear a little of what people describe as out of tune in B, I prefer B. I listen to my response to the music. I am more engaged with B than A.

Last night I followed the guidance in points 5 & 6 here: https://www.lejonklou.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/A-few-hints-about-power-cords1.pdf : 5. Don’t bunch up, pinch or squeeze any cables. Don’t put them into tubes. Let them lie and hang freely. If possible, try to keep power cords and signal ...

This hobby is so funny. I remembered some old posts on the forum about checking fuse orientation, so decided to test the orientation of the fuse in the power strip for Kalla and Boazu. To save time I decided not to reattach the top of the plug, leaving the fuse exposed as it is plugged into the sock...

Check out this post: viewtopic.php?p=64135#p64135

Have you tried powering the Källa up while disconnected from the network? I wonder if that would cause Källa to ignore its network settings and revert to DHCP.

Thanks for your comments. One week in and I'm starting to understand what Källa does. Right now two of my kids are lounging in the living room singing along to "Sledgehammer". Källa is playing quietly in the background but somehow it draws us in to participate, by dancing or singing along. Earlier I...

I'm not sure what 'slam' is. Perhaps I've never heard it, or if I did hear it, didn't value it. Do you mean bass that you feel? Quite a lot of my music produces that, and it is fun, but for me not what I enjoy most. I can tune my speaker positions to produce more bass that shakes the room, but I opt...

It took me a while to find a preference on '1' - in the end I settled on B - but only because I knew I was looking for a difference.

For 2 it was pretty easy A: "I'm not sure I like this" vs B: "This is good!"

Thanks. I've used it to satisfy my curiousity and prove that my speaker frequency range is within spec. I'm also going to see if it can help me track down bass resonances in my room. I also discovered that entering 3 instead of 30 makes the page take a loooong time to respond to the 'stop' button (p...

What is the purpose of the tone generator option on the Källa web page?

Thanks Spannko. My wife and I had the first listening session last night, which was thoroughly enjoyable. When Boazu arrived it seemed to really improve in enjoyability after the first week, so I'm leaving Källa playing Radio Paradise full time to settle him in. In some respects Hakai is a hard act ...

Källa has landed. Currently playing the warm up playlist.

Congratulations on your Källa and other new components. I have one arriving this week so I am encouraged by your impressions, Using a Hakai, I have heard worthwhile musical benefits by following as closely as possible the guidance given for both network and power set up, so I suggest you would also ...