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Nervous and excited

Hey all,

So, I just unexpectedly maybe upgraded my system, selling my beloved Sophia Baby Electric integrated and buying a Rega Mira 3, then putting up for sale my beloved Triangle Titus and buying a pair of JM Lab Focal 807v's. I also went from Mapleshade Helix speaker cable to Clear Day.

Now I'm nervous. Will the 807's be all that I think they will? The Clear Day are already a huge difference in presence and projection. I'll keep you posted. Feel free to chime in with any experiences you have with any of these components.
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simao OP
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Interesting. Outside of my very first audio components which I bought after listening to them at my awesome, local hi-end store, just about everything I've owned has been bought without hearing it.

That's the adventure of hi-end audio - what soundscape will be painted next?
phaelon
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Simao: "Nervous and excited"

Elizabeth: "Be prepared to be unhappy."

Wow! Aren’t we quite the little harbinger of doom today.

C’mon Elizabeth; excitedly soliciting opinions after a purchase is like a woman asking how she looks moments before going on stage.

Don’t listen to her Simao... yet :-)
schubert
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Elizabeth, I just bought a Pangea AC-9SE for my new AVA Synergy 450 because you said it was 'da bomb on some things.
Well it is considerably better that the Acoustic Zen TsunamiI was using, which was not bad, so I guess I found one of those things.
I have a Sophia Baby which is one of the last things I would ever sell, even thought I don't have any efficient speakers at the moment, At $500ish, I know of no greater value in audio.
isochronism
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I put my total system together from scratch, bought from here.
Never heard any of my components, before.
It took about six months to put together.
I did much previous research, but just dove in. Tho, cables were purchased in brands/models that I can sell and re-coupe. I needed something to tie it all together and hear the music! That will be my next/last component to finalize.
The cabling choosing is simple, right???
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simao OP
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Schubert - truthfully, it was the second Baby I'd owned. They pop up on Agon every now and then for between 400-500 and are worth every penny. SO why did I sell it? Curiosity, I guess. There's always the "What else is out there that I can afford or trade-up on?" mentality that bites us every now and then.

And yes, Phaelon, I chuckled at the first two downer responses. But whatever. If the Mira/JM Labs/Rotel combo doesn;t do it for me, I'll try, try again...
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