Planning to buy Accuphase E-480
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This has already been covered in pages 1 to 11 of this thread
Not yet. Amba tells me it'll get cleared today.Back to the main topic
Has the Boulder 866 arrived yet ........
RajithKumar
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Surprised to see Accuphase e480 on Hifimart listing. I think our FMs made this e480 model very famous 
by this thread.
by this thread.
audiodelic
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wow .... drooling .... high end stuff
you belong to a very exclusive club .... kudos
you belong to a very exclusive club .... kudos
Nice! More pics please
congrats waiting for more pics pls.
Congratulations
Finally, I have the 866 and the Spendors running. Coming from the back of playing music through a relatively high end AVR, this is completely a new ball game for me. To say the least, the sound is clear, gratifying and where music comes to you rather than straining to hear the known notes. I am yet to completely set up, with the 508 Phono and my turntable. Also, the roon core on my NAS is not recognising 866 as an endpoint despite being on the same network, so I am playing through the Boulder app and an ethernet connection. I am yet to position these properly, as I am waiting for the furniture to arrive. I am sure the sound could get better, but what's already there is itself elating.
Edit: Managed to start Roon, just had to enable 866 on the Roon app.
Edit: Managed to start Roon, just had to enable 866 on the Roon app.
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A fantastic, minimalistic setup that makes green with envy. I guess the analog coming in will muddy the minimalism, oh well!
Any more updates, sound wise?
once upon a time.. Heard spendors at pune... They played a pretty familiar track from eagles... That it rocked is one thing... It revealed a guitar part which to this date I have not heard in most systems. You have an amazing system in play..
Earlier Accuphase were rebranded with slight improvement from Successfully Running 'Kenwood' models, Because Accuphase initially started as outfork to consolidate home hifi business of Kenwood, because Kenwood as a brand involved in too many line extensions, even entering home appliances business.
Then as they say, Rest is history, Accuphase made their own mark in hiend hifi amplifiers. As @Ramanuj mentioned Engineers in those days were more dedicated in producing a Rosy Picture of sound ( the noise control from the source like TT etc was a main concern) overlooking the Transparency, Accuracy in the process.
I have been away from home for more than two weeks now, so nothing on sound otherwise. Though I am planning to add a Lumin U1 (not mini) to the mix. More streaming options along with Roon.
It was actually. But this only works as a Roon endpoint and through Roon, Tidal. I was thinking of adding more streaming protocols.
Is there a possibility of Getting Digital Out from Boulder ? Buy a highend DAC Process the Digital out and feed the Boulder via XLR inputs.
Other option is to Get a Better Streamer with a DAC and feed Boulder via XLR inputs.
On a Extreme End one can Get a Streamer, DDC And a DAC and feed Boulder via XLR inputs.
Is there a way to disable Streamer and DAC component of Boulder and Run it only as a Analog Integrated Amplifier?
BTW, I will agree with @essrand , that it will defeat the purpose of buying a all in one. What seems to be lacking? I think you should give it at least 300 hrs of running to start thinking about critical listening.
A beautiful, well-constructed speaker with class-leading soundstage, imaging and bass that is fast, deep, and precise.
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