Accession MC Review

Plugged in & warming up, I’m happy...

Has Joe Jackson arrived yet Jonathan? I seem to be getting them through the post daily at the moment! & still ordering, gotta keep the independents running in these hard times.

‘The Name of this Band is Talking Heads’ has gone down rather well.

Back to films for a sec. Very different watching.

Big Easy Express is just bands on a train.

Into the Wild is an amazing & moving true story. Great sound track is a bonus.

& 1 more different one is 

‘August Rush’ Probably classed as a drama I guess, not normally my type of film. But about a young boy with great musical talent, coming to terms with his abilities, good story & music.

Best I can come up with in Science fiction is War of the worlds.

Not sure how long till I can resist putting an album on 😁

How’s where’s that Joe Bonamassa Album.....

Matthew

Bit of background. My current system comprises Roksan Xerxes/RB300/Hana SL, Naim CD5xs and NAD CS1 sources with Naim Nap200/Nac202/Stageline amps and Graham Audio ls6 speakers. Naim cables, Custom hifi cables mains block. 

Primary listening recently has been vinyl with streamer used as secondary source (surprisingly good for discovering new stuff through Quboz if a little “thin” compared to turntable (and the cartridge is 2x cost of streamer after all). Cd used infrequently.

So I thought my vinyl sound was being “held back” a little so decided I’d like to try a better phono amp, and stumbled across GS products and the loan scheme through a Naim forum. I wasn’t really considering trying/changing the remaining Naim pre/power as prefer to enjoy listening to music rather than upgrade-itis. But then again didn’t want to get a case of “what if” had I not tried the Majestic/Proprius (and reviews were positive).

So got in touch with John and after a reasonably short wait the kit including interconnects were dispatched after delivery paid for. The whole lot in a cardboard box I could pick up!

Set up was super simple and after a short while leaving it powered up got to do some listening.

First off I listened to the Majestic mc through the Naim kit and there was a definite improvement. Not “night and day” but everything sounded more airy/lifelike. Found myself tapping along more. Some tracks played were Robin Trower “In this place”;John Grant “Pale Green Ghosts”; Elvis Costello “Shipbuilding”;ELO “Wild West Hero”;Kate Bush”Breathing”;Bill Withers “Grandmas hands”; Suzanne Vega “Luka”. Only issue is I did get some hum, maybe earth issue?

Next up I played most of the same with the Majestic/Proprius hooked up. Again a definite step up in soundstage/realism. Felt like this is the “endgame” really in terms of vinyl side of things. So that’s really good

So then I hooked up the cd player and streamer with coax into Majestic/Proprius. Golly oh gosh that was amazing. Cd tracks played included Gomez “Tijuana Lady; Shack “Reinstated”; George Michael “Roxanne” and streamed tracks included Dominique Fils-Aime “Strange Fruit”; Madeleine Peyroux “Tango till they’re sore”; Megan Henwood “Our little secret” plus some streams of the other songs listened to on vinyl/cd.Such a big improvement with Majestic DAC. Can’t really believe how realistic/enthralling a £300 streamer can sound hooked up with this stuff, and cd sounded great too.

Lastly I’ve made some changes to room with addition of GIK acoustics panels to ceiling above speakers and wall directly behind where I sit. Got to say they are a bit aesthetically challenging (ceiling brackets quite ugly, will re-jig in time) but make a BIG difference to sound presentation. To anyone who hasn’t tried anything like this - do it. Like spending £ks in hardware.

So that’s it basically end game now reached. It’s the best I’ve heard a hifi sound ever, anywhere.

Save for a bit and put the order in.

I have moved it into an existing topic reviewing the AccMC.