Tell you what,, you know its my hobby to do shootouts,,so tell ya what,, i will conisder (my paypal is a bit high) look for a used pair of Syngeristic Inters,,maybe not your $1K,,but something i can buy and resell and not take much of a loss. The shootout will be w/o bias, fair and equitable.
@ oldhvmec
Yeah i did note the embrassing shot of my socks in the vid,,, was too late, vid was posted,,, speakers are not perfectly aligned, will work on that,,,maybe another 6 inches will be a good balance for that narrow room.
Look all I am trying to show in this video is that these IC's, really have impressed me to the point that i can not even imagine going higher. OK lets say Millercarbon's SE's present the music ~~miniscule~~ superior to my navsships,, ,,and ,,so,, thats a mod wayyy out my budget, I paid $1500(maybe less, have to ck with tech geek) , which was well worth the money. All high quality modern tech components,,,I just can't justify spending more than say,,,well $50 on a excellent IC,,,If navships had asked $100, I'd feel I got a good bargain, considering what other high quality IC's are going for. I spent over $300 in my DIY all high quality(??) parts, yet failed to acheive high fidelity results,
This tech geek somehow found the right IC conductor and I went ona hunch after cking out hundreds of IC's on ebay,, that i may have found the one that i am happy with.
There may be others out there in that vast market at a price near equal,, perhaps,, but after spending on mods past year,, my experimental budget is busted.
Later on I will ck out a few others,,perhaps navships are not anything special,, its just that the no name generic copper IC's are that bad.
All I am trying to do is report that if audiogonners are looking fora hifi IC w/o breaking the bank, these navships should be in your consideration.. Thats all this topic is about.
That hifi does not always have to break the bank. Some DIY mods can actually be as good /superior to the big names.
I've noted others here promoting these same opinions about DIY vs big names.
Last, I noted when i opened the box, the cables had small plastic sleeve covers on the term ends,,,shows this tech geek takes pride in his IC;s. He just didn't throw them in a box, so that right off let me know,, these indeed might be ~~winners~~~, Heck you've paid $$$$ for big names,,why not try navshisp for under $50,,make a shootout,, don't find any better/equal to your $$$$, send them back for a refund....tongueincheek...which ones are you going to return, the $$$$$ or the $ :-))
