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Its your birthday, its your birthday

Last post Nov 22, 2008, 2:23 PM by Mike_Schmidt. (12 replies)
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Posted on Nov 19, 2008, 3:43 PM

Its your birthday, its your birthday

yes its my Birthday and today I should be getting my Cyrus CD 8SE in Canada What a present! This is a question I should know but over the years since I have a generation 1 cyrus Cd 8X did cyrus ever tune it up as it was critized for being lean. I cant remember through the awards if it was or not like some of there other products have been through the years.
Parasound JC2 Pre/Parasound A21 Power
Cyrus 8SE/PSX
Rega P5/Moon LP3 Phono
Cardas golden cross/reference
Proac D28's

Posted on Nov 19, 2008, 5:15 PM

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Re: Its your birthday, its your birthday

Happy Birthday Mike. How old are you?

Not heard the Cyrus myself, but the newer Cyrus stuff has supposedly got a lot more balls in the bass, but apparently they're still not what you'd call warm.
A/V: Sony KDL-V40A12U & BDP-S350, BT Vision, Onkyo 875, B&W MT-30 7.1, QED A/V cables, R.A power cables

Hi-Fi: Arcam CD192 & A65+, B&W 602S3 (& the PV1), Partington stands, Grado SR125, Kimber I/Cs, Rothwells, QED speaker cables, R.A power cables.

Posted on Nov 19, 2008, 6:18 PM

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Big Chris:
Happy Birthday Mike. How old are you?

Not heard the Cyrus myself, but the newer Cyrus stuff has supposedly got a lot more balls in the bass, but apparently they're still not what you'd call warm.


He is 54 apparently Wink Only joking Mike........

Hope it has come/will come today for you. You have waited long enough. I will expect a thorough post reviewing it once in place, warmed up and broken in......
Cyrus 8SE, MF A3.5 amp, Monitor Audio GR20s, Atlas Voyager, Monitor Audio Pureflow Biwire, Tacima CS929 and Tacima shielded mains cables. Sennheiser HD595 and Pro-Ject Headbox Mark II.

Posted on Nov 19, 2008, 9:04 PM

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Hey Big Chris im the big 32 today!!! I love my cyrus kit, especially for metal it has the speed and dynamics that I love, but with some extra weight would only bring a bigger smile while listening to some Tool and metallica!

I cant wait to do my review on a all metal basis only!!!
Parasound JC2 Pre/Parasound A21 Power
Cyrus 8SE/PSX
Rega P5/Moon LP3 Phono
Cardas golden cross/reference
Proac D28's

Posted on Nov 19, 2008, 9:22 PM

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Mike_Schmidt:
Hey Big Chris im the big 32 today!!! I love my cyrus kit, especially for metal it has the speed and dynamics that I love, but with some extra weight would only bring a bigger smile while listening to some Tool and metallica!

I cant wait to do my review on a all metal basis only!!!


Happy Birthday Mike. Wink 10,000 Days and Lateralus must be in that review.
Cyrus 8SE, MF A3.5 amp, Monitor Audio GR20s, Atlas Voyager, Monitor Audio Pureflow Biwire, Tacima CS929 and Tacima shielded mains cables. Sennheiser HD595 and Pro-Ject Headbox Mark II.

Posted on Nov 19, 2008, 10:08 PM

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Cold is the new warm.

Cyrus 8vs2, Cyrus CD8x, 2 x Cyrus PSX-R, Cyrus X Power, Chord Chameleon Silver Plus, Cyrus AV Master 8, CA Azur DAB, Dali Suite Floorstanders, Chord Epic Super Twin speaker cable, Merlin Tarantula Block and cables.

Posted on Nov 19, 2008, 11:31 PM

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Happy Birthday Mike, hope its a good one.

Enjoy the new cd player.
"Watching the label, spinning on my turntable
There's no call waiting in my headphones"

Posted on Nov 19, 2008, 11:45 PM

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Happy Birthday friend, keep on listening to music Yes


btw, I mention elsewhere that I love Canadian's hifi brand as much as you love the Brit's disign Beer




NOTE: I don't benefit from anything in this post. All my posts are based on my personal views and musical tastes.

Posted on Nov 20, 2008, 6:56 AM

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Mike_Schmidt:
I cant wait to do my review on a all metal basis only!!!


That's how I review everything I own! Metal gets short shrift by elitist musos and snobs, who believe the classical or jazz is the only music of merit. Shame really, as a lot of people are missing out on some excellent music due to their misconceptions.
A/V: Sony KDL-V40A12U & BDP-S350, BT Vision, Onkyo 875, B&W MT-30 7.1, QED A/V cables, R.A power cables

Hi-Fi: Arcam CD192 & A65+, B&W 602S3 (& the PV1), Partington stands, Grado SR125, Kimber I/Cs, Rothwells, QED speaker cables, R.A power cables.

Posted on Nov 20, 2008, 7:03 PM

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I couldnt agree more. Tool's 10000 days or Lateralus were well recoreded and maybe the some of the best of all time.
Parasound JC2 Pre/Parasound A21 Power
Cyrus 8SE/PSX
Rega P5/Moon LP3 Phono
Cardas golden cross/reference
Proac D28's

Posted on Nov 22, 2008, 2:40 AM

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Alright I just plugged n played my 8SE and loaded 10 different discs.......wait for wait for it.....no problem so far so good....so what! But for a fair review that will come sunday once it has had three full days of spinning right now it sounds cold.

For those who dont know we just got our shipment into Canada so to say the least were a little behind the times.
Parasound JC2 Pre/Parasound A21 Power
Cyrus 8SE/PSX
Rega P5/Moon LP3 Phono
Cardas golden cross/reference
Proac D28's

Posted on Nov 22, 2008, 2:51 AM

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The only thing colder than Cyrus here in Canada is the weather... Though I've not heard the 8se yet so I shouldn't talk..
Pre: Linn Wakonda
Power: Linn LK85 & LK100
Speakers: Mission 731 Pros (from the way-back machine)
TT: Pro-Ject Xpression III
TV: Samsung LN32A450
BDP: Sony PS3

Posted on Nov 22, 2008, 2:23 PM

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Im still out in a T-shirt and shorts today in Alberta! My machine has warmed up and indeed does have some beatings on the 8X. I had a first generation 8X and found this morning that the bass is alot stronger and fuller. But it still needs at least one more day of full playing before anything fair can come out of this
Parasound JC2 Pre/Parasound A21 Power
Cyrus 8SE/PSX
Rega P5/Moon LP3 Phono
Cardas golden cross/reference
Proac D28's
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