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@adsph Thank you for watching, and talking the time to write... 😁

Hello, Mark. Clearly, we will have to agree to disagree here. Your opening statements, “From an objective performance perspective…” and “If the goal is high-power, high damping, neutral "wire with gain", it's hard to beat today's best class D amps.” indicate two things to me. First, you are more interested in specifications and measurement than listening, and second, you likely have very little experience listening to the class of product under discussion here. I have followed “Class D” audio amplification since its “practical” development. My friend, the late John Ulrich, with Arnie Nudel, introduced the Infinity Systems Servo-Static I loudspeaker in the early 1970s. The Servo-controlled sub in that system was driven by one of the first “practical” audio applications of a Class D amp, which John named the SwAmp - for Switching Amplifier, which yielded 250 watts per channel, and ran at a switching frequency of 500 kHz! I have listened to the progress of this class ever since. And while Class D has consistently and rapidly matured (I had a Spectron Musician II in 2000 - a John Ulrich design that was a game changer, and many other UcD and Hypex devices since), especially with the advances leveraged using GaN transistors or the new Trajectum platform (Mola Mola’s refined Hypex Electronics NCORE® technology), even the very best entrants from this class do not offer the refinement of resolution and transparency one experiences at the feet of current flagship products from the likes of Audionet, Boulder, Soulution, True Life Audio, VAC, and others. Class D, as good as it has become, will continue get better. I expect that at some point, it may encroach upon, rival, or maybe even best the sonic envelope constructed by the most refined Class A and A/B machines available today. But that day is not yet here… Sorry.

I've auditioned and owned some of the best over the last 50 years. At dealers, shows, and my listening rooms. I won't make assumptions about your priorities, preferences, and experience as you did mine, so as you said - let's agree to disagree.

@@markrosenthal9108 Hello again, Mark. So, I’d apologize save for the fact that you needn’t make any “assumptions” about my “priorities, preferences, and experience.” And though I’ve been at this for over five decades now, all those things have been in the public domain in my writing for going on forty years at this point. With that on the table, your proclivities and experiences are completely unknown to us here. While you are welcome to expand upon them, there can be no question that your first statement clearly suggests that you support measurement over listening… And if you have somehow come to the opinion that even the most accomplished Class D amplifier out there (clearly, no one has heard everything, but…) can begin to present the subtleties and nuances of microdynamic expression (among other attributes) like a pair of Boulder 3050 mono’s (or some other equivalent quality electronics), you are only deluding yourself. So while we clearly disagree, I can just as clearly support my position.

Well, as I've never heard the Sanskrit MK3, I have no opinion.

Hello, Charles. I hope it would be clear that I am well aware of both moving iron and the SoundSmith championed Strain Guage cartridge designs. You also must be aware that both methods combined occupy such a minuscule portion of the market that it really made no sense to go into their design and implementation in the limited time restrictions available for the TH-cam format! And thank you for watching, and for taking the time to write! PS - I love your profile image of Reginald Dwight from the cover of his "Honky Chateau" release! 😉

@@theaudioanalyst Thanks. Your reviews are impressively comprehensive and I could have been more clear. My thought is a survey of phono cartridge designs seems to show a trend where lower moving mass yields increased fidelity. Designers pursue this many other ways of course- stiffer less resonant materials, more powerful magnets, even electro-magnets (field coil designs) - but in general they all strive for extreme low moving mass. This seems to be a winning formula. It is hard to believe the LEDs in this design are lower mass than some of the low mass MI or MC, let alone SG. That's not to cast doubt on the design, or your review, which I am sure both are rock solid. It is to say the eddy currents the photo-cells eliminate are probably a much bigger problem than most would think. I for one am certainly surprised.

Hello... And yes, that 2112 with all three signatures is one of my prized possesions! Record grading today is still based on the standards set by GoldMine magazine - linked here. www.goldminemag.com/collector-resources/collecting-101-grading-your-records. And sorry, no formal reviews of any Ultrasonic LP cleaners!

Hello, my friend. Sadly, with the realities of being retired and on a fairly fixed income, that likelihood is slim. It would be up to Master Fidelity to find a way to allow me to afford them. And trust me, the Ideon Suite I am now so lucky to live with, ESPECIALLY since the Absolute Epsilon META DAC update, is nothing to sneeze at! The Ideon Suite delivers TRULY spellbinding performance! 😃

Thanks for watching, and for writing, my friend!

Thanks, buddy. I really appreciate your taking the time to watch, AND to find time to comment! Stay safe, my friend.

Hello. I'm not sure where you've gotten this mistaken information, but the Moya's use mid-woofers that are 175 mm drivers, which are 6.889" or just under 7", NOT 8" as you mistakenly suggest. The same is true with the woofers, which are 225 mm drivers, or 8.858", much closer to 9", and nowhere NEAR the 11" dimension you mistakenly imply. I'm sorry, but you seem completely misinformed on the Maya M1 driver complement.

@@theaudioanalyst First, look up GTT audio video of the Spirits and you'll see how he explains that Lawrence only includes the cone not the surround as other manufactures do WRT driver diameter. It's also mentioned in half the Giya reviews. Second, I literally owned the G2 S2s and own the Spirits so, you, my friend are completely ill - informed. Do a little research next time. Third - the model is Moya not Maya. Lastly, a little advice - do away with the all caps, it's unbecoming unless you're 12 and under.

@@sbonamo First, I clearly mistyped Maya (corrected), as there can be no question that I'm well aware of the what the speaker's name is. Further, I don't need to go back to "look" at anything to understand Dic's choices, as I've known him for over fifteen years. And to that end, the published dimensions are exactly what I shared. The driver's piston area - without the addition of the surrounds or included basket frames, are as measured. If you knew him, you'd understand why he distances himself from such "exaggerated" measurement practices. As to the Giya G1 Spirits, I have had them in my room. I did the first US review of them back in Issue TAS 283, May-June 2018 - www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/vivid-audio-giya-g1-spirit-loudspeaker/ Finally, as to my use of capitalization, or anything else related to how I choose to express myself, I guess we will have to agree to disagree.

@@theaudioanalyst Here's another tip - get off your, "I'm old and have reviewed a lot of speakers and know the designer so I can do no wrong", it's unbecoming and pompous. Second, I've conversed with Lawrence more than once and I didn't just hear some Vivids a few times, I 've owned his products for years. (Then there's your first review, then your second review which contradicts the first review). Thirdly, I never stated your driver diameter specs were incorrect, I said, "The mid - woofers are more like 8" and the woofers closer to 11" as I've owned both the G2S2s and the Spirits and have measured both of their bass drivers." And finally, the caps make you look like a child, there's no agreeing or not. Take it for what it's worth. Have a good one!

@@sbonamo LOL... If I ever even imply I cannot make a mistake, or that I know it all, I'll hang it up. We all must continue to learn. When we stop to be open to growing and increasing our knowledge, we may as well just check out. Here is a tip for you - if you start a conversation by suggesting that the designer of the product under examination is somehow misinforming the public about his products - in particular, by how he chooses to accurately portray the piston area of the drivers he is using, even if it falls outside the parameters used by other manufacturers, perhaps you may see how THAT choice may be viewed as "unbecoming and pompous." And your misunderstanding as to the use of capitalization, italicization, quotation marks, and special punctuation in online communications, to emphasize or to somehow be more expressive, then again, you are the one completely misinformed. I do not enjoy pissing contests, so let's just chalk this one up to misunderstanding, shall we?

Thank YOU for taking the time to watch and write, Tony!

Thank you SO VERY MUCH, Marcus... I'm so flattered!

You are correct on both counts. Logan, Kenzo, and Jeff are approachable, passionate, committed people that revel in sharing their passions with any who care to listen...

Thanks, Henry... You realized that the only thing stopping such a tour at VSA is them having the time to have me there to do it!

Thanks, Hector! So, have you made any progress since our chat last Sunday? 😗

Not yet , found that one of my Focal speakers was apparently dropped and one or two of the wheels is stuck on the floorboard of the crate and I can’t seem to free it yet. Waiting on some muscle to flip the crate on its side and see …

@@hectoralvarez941 YIKES... So sorry to hear that, Hector. Best of luck. PM to keep me in the loop! 😉

Thank you for your kind words, and for taking the time to watch and to write! My current system details may ALWAYS be seen at my website here... www.theaudioanalyst.com/reference-system/

The only thing laughable here is your complete ignorance on the matter. I’m surprised that you aren’t embarrassed to reveal publicly just how little you understand about it… The source, in this case, the final LP pressing being played back on our turntable, is what it is, regardless of what cables - or whatever other components and electronics for that matter - were used to master, cut, and press it. NOTHING after it is stamped and on your turntable can improve upon its best possible sound… But what you don’t understand is that it is the process of extracting everything that is cut into that LP that makes the difference. Consider birdwatching a Robin in a tree in your backyard with DIFFERENT binoculars, an analogy to playing back the same LP with different cabling - or any component for that matter. Watching that bird using a pair of $40 TASCO 7x35 binoculars will allow you to readily see more than your bare eyes, and to see that it IS a Robin, revealing much of its individual detail, like its individual characteristics and plumage features… Moving to a set of $250 Bushnell Marine 7x50 Illumin Compass Binoculars, a very common high-quality set of birding binoculars, with considerably more attention paid to the quality of the glass and grinding of the lenses, tighter tolerances in assembly and interaction, and with the use of chemical coating on the lenses to reduce glare and lower the light lost through transmission, will allow you to see more relevant differences in EVERYTHING about that very same Robin, offering both a brighter and sharper image, with a better ability to express a wider, more faithful range of color hues and differences in patterning, and more clearly exposing bill, eye, and head features, etc. Yet, switching to a $10,000 pair of Zeiss 20x60 binoculars, which maximize EVERY CONSIDERATION in the construction of a fine set of optical binoculars will advance all those characteristics further yet… Not only will they offer greater magnification, but they also offer an enhanced ability to more clearly render color variation, feather patterns, and every possible detail about the Robin under examination. While the Robbin (our LP) NEVER changed, our ability to have a clearer, more faithful representation of it CAN be shown to be improved by changing the quality of the binoculars (cables) used to view (listen to) it. You really shouldn’t speak out on matters of which you have no understanding…

You deserve as many likes as the cost of all them cables combined👍👏

@@johnbravo7542 LOL... Thank you so much! ☺

Hello, Marcus. Funny you should mention that... Jeff has revealed to me that he IS working on such a product. Stay tuned! 😉

Where did you buy the RCAs?

@@a.s.2426 From Jeff @ Silversmith. Give him a call or send an e-mail he is selling them even though they are not listed on his website yet.

I have not... Thanks for the suggestion.

Hello. You are correct. Sadly, until he locks in a manufacturing deal with someone, his ability to produce them is limited. As such, he has chosen NOT to post them at the sight and have rampant orders that he cannot adequately fill right now. If you are interested, write him directly. Use his "Contact Us" link at the website - silversmithaudio.com/contact-us/

LOL, surely you jest! The price is given in the system detail outline in today's description...

I currently use them between my DAC and Linestage. I still use the hand-made limited edition Stealth Śakra v17 between my phonostage and linestage.

Hello... I too use the Audience frontRow cables and have to agree with you that they are excellent... They were, in fact, one of the meter-and-a-half ICs I demoed these Fideliums against. I really feel the Fidelium's are more refined, and offer better transient properties...though the frontRow's seem to have a narrow edge in the body and bloom departments. 😉 But, you are right; pricing will ONLY go up...

@@theaudioanalyst The refinement and transient properties you talk about are what really sold me. I listen to a lot of classical orchestra masterpieces and in loud complex passages, the separation and details were lacking a bit with the Audience. But with the Silversmith, there is detail and separation without the brilliance normally experienced with other cables (although the Audience were not aggressive, they did not provide the same level of refinement). Refined, detailed and smooth...What more can I say...

I have heard, and am VERY impressed with Andreas' designs, but sadly, not in my system... And in fact, had has been on the channel twice.

Welcome back to the channel... I hope the R&R time was well spent, and highly relaxing! Thanks for watching, and for writing!

Salutations to London Town, my friend... Like doesn't even BEGIN to cover it, my friend. This system is revelatory in its ability to release relevant musical detail, scale, and nuance from the LPs groove... 😉

LOL... What would you expect it would take to connect all this flagship gear in such an exceptionally transparent and articulate system in GTT’s 20′ by 35′ by 11′ primary listening room? There are some long runs, and the system is biamplified, so... ☺

@@theaudioanalyst evidently not 350k

Um, as expressed during our conversations, it sounds fabulous...from 16 bit/44.1 kHz to 11.2 MHz! It never once sounded like typical digital gear, even some of the best I've heard, like the Ideon Absolute Suite that I use, the Spanish WADAX Atlantis three-box stack, or the Esoteric Grandios five-piece suite. And it so clearly bests the well-known and regarded three letter systems like MSB and dCS... These products set a new standard - in my personal experience - for making significant advances in the sound of digital playback.

​@@theaudioanalystwow, great pitch 😅

Hello! I'm so glad to hear from a long-time reader. Welcome! Thanks for watching, and for taking the time to write...

Really! The first thing I talk about is the dead silence from which all music emanates from... NO cartridge, at least, not a good one, alleviates the pops and ticks from poorly maintained LPs. If you don't what to hear those, don't buy abused records...

Hello, Aki! I am SO honored to hear you enjoyed my presentation... And, I apologize if I totally mispronounced your name! I tried my best... Thank you for taking the time to watch, and to write!

Hello Tony. Thanks for this... And tell Jose I got his message and am struggling to find time to call him back! 😉

Sure thing Greg, Jose is sponsoring an event at his shop Tuesday. I'll be sure to give him your message.

Thanks for tuning in. And if you watch any more of my content, you'll soon find out that is the way I do things... Thanks again.