Jvvita's music room

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I am spending my first weekend with the Cascade. The performance is incredible!

I came from a full Vivaldi, which I found to sound “too analytical”. It almost made the music sound boring. Then I swithced to a Nagra HD-X. The Nagra sound and the musicality was there. The tubed output stage gave the overall result a most enjoying presentation.

But some precision was missing. And whilst I preffered the Nagra over the Vivaldi by miles. But I felt something was lacking.

The Cascade combined both worlds. The presentation is precised and resolved to the last detail, without being boring. The musicality was not lost over precision. I am really impressed. Some photos of the setup.

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Simply marvelous, congrats! I envy you. Even if it’s silver (and you know how much it costs me to say that).

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Yeah. I know this evil silver makes your aesthetics hurt bad.

But who knows? Someday you might convert. I never had the chance. The nagras only come in silver (as that famous Ford quote:you can choose whatever color, as long as it is black).

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You are right: never say never! Enjoy your gorgeous system!

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Cool system and a great combo whit the yg :pray:

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Very nice setup and a beautiful listening room you have got! Enjoy the great sound.

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dream system right there! :heart_eyes:

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I know everyone is oohing and awing over the audio gear, but I love those lego sets and artwork! Very similar to my house. We have an entire wall dedicated to Star Wars art :wink: I really love everything about this setup!

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@jvvita , you have a marvellous system! I understand that the Nagra monoblocks would have the best synergies with the Nagra Preamp, but have you tried using the preamplifier in the Cascade to drive the power amplifiers directly?
Thanks.

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I too would be curious to hear your results. The synergies between the same branded preamp + amp are near impossible to beat since they are exactly matched, but we would love feedback on how the new Cascade Preamp is holding up.

Also, if you are using the Nagra preamp, you can turn the volume off on the DAC so it won’t display the 100. Just an FYI.

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I will definitely try it out. I am only getting accustomed to the sound of the cascade, and trying not to change a lot of things at the same time.

The nagra will be a tough one to beat. This preamp is truly special. To me, it is the real jewel of the HD line.

I will keep you posted.

As a note, I already configured the bypass of the volume control. This picture was taken as soon as I turned on the system. Thanks for the advice!

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Noted on all counts. enjoy!

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What a beautiful set-up, also from the aesthetics point of view.
Love also the YG’s, if you think that there is someone who says that aluminium “doesn’t sound correctly”, while those speakers are really a gem among the others in the music offer.
Congrats and … may the force be with you ! :+1:t2: :joy:

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Thanks! The YG are in fact sensacional speakers.

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