Your timing is perfect 
In this moment I'm doing the following:
In an attempt to make the tests folder more useful I modified the security settings to allow anyone with the shared link to access the files. That required renaming/refreshing the links.
Members should still create their own FREE account on Box.
The new links for the classical files posted earlier are listed here. Look in the title bar for the "Download" button to get the files on your system/computer.
FE Audio Tests
1812 Music
Dialogue
Please try again and post if you have a successful download.
Hunting Wabbits in the jazz section is the only other file in the larger tests folder. It is another example of a wide range of instrument voices and dynamics. One of my favorite fun files. Very clean and accurate recording.
In this moment I'm doing the following:In an attempt to make the tests folder more useful I modified the security settings to allow anyone with the shared link to access the files. That required renaming/refreshing the links.
Members should still create their own FREE account on Box.
The new links for the classical files posted earlier are listed here. Look in the title bar for the "Download" button to get the files on your system/computer.
FE Audio Tests
1812 Music
Dialogue
Please try again and post if you have a successful download.
Hunting Wabbits in the jazz section is the only other file in the larger tests folder. It is another example of a wide range of instrument voices and dynamics. One of my favorite fun files. Very clean and accurate recording.
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Well the good news is that another My Ref FE is alive and well and sounding really good.
Yes, a very good news indeed
Absolutely, reading the My_Ref threads is a great source of info and insights.
Wow! A really intriguing review
Grey? I would not say so...
Compared to DC coupling the Supremes sound fuller and more direct, IMHO, I would call grey the sound of K71s instead but probably is our different interpretation of colors....
Sorry, never tried them.
Mauro Penasa for a great design. It’s a great shame that you feel unable to join us here but if you are reading this. Come back and be amongst friends.
Dario for all of the years of hard work experimenting and also the great boards you produced. The wonderful build guide you produced made life so much easier.
Everyone who contributed to this and all of the other threads. Those posts have helped to understand this amp.
You're welcome
Yes, expect them to change a lot in the first 100 hours (some days gorgeous, some days horrible) and finally settle around 500 hours.
You can have a (much) shorter burn-in using the IsoTek full system enahancer CD.
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Hi Dario
''Grey? I would not say so...''
Compared to DC coupling the Supremes sound fuller and more direct, IMHO, I would call grey the sound of K71s instead but probably is our different interpretation of colors....
I've not tried any other C13 caps or DC coupling the IP but I have some K71 on order just out of interest.
Grey
Well yes grey compared to the AN coppers that I usually end up replacing the Mundorfs with.
Those Jantzen silvers look interesting but I’ve not tried those yet.
‘’You can have a (much) shorter burn-in using the IsoTek full system enahancer CD.’’
Interesting
Unfortunately I use a PC Jriver front end but I wonder if it would work as a rip.
Worth trying maybe or I’ll need to dig deep to find my CD player.
All sounding really good and improving over time.
Thanks for the tip.
''Grey? I would not say so...''
Compared to DC coupling the Supremes sound fuller and more direct, IMHO, I would call grey the sound of K71s instead but probably is our different interpretation of colors....
I've not tried any other C13 caps or DC coupling the IP but I have some K71 on order just out of interest.
Grey
Well yes grey compared to the AN coppers that I usually end up replacing the Mundorfs with.
Those Jantzen silvers look interesting but I’ve not tried those yet.
‘’You can have a (much) shorter burn-in using the IsoTek full system enahancer CD.’’
Interesting
Unfortunately I use a PC Jriver front end but I wonder if it would work as a rip.
Worth trying maybe or I’ll need to dig deep to find my CD player.
All sounding really good and improving over time.
Thanks for the tip.
Still working on making the FE Tests folder accessible to all. Would someone who does not have an account at BOX please test this link and post or PM me the results. Thanks
1812 Test Track
Hunting Wabbits
1812 Test Track
Hunting Wabbits
Just got a confirmation from Daniele, so access should be clear. For those who have some test examples, please upload to the relevant category and post ONLY a notification here (with Dario's approval?) and use the comment tool at the folder for descriptions of what the file shows and any related responses.
Please report any problems to me so uploads and downloads can flow unencumbered.
Please report any problems to me so uploads and downloads can flow unencumbered.
I'm downloading Classical, Vocal and Jazz but... what ?! 
... what ?!
I know, ain't it a shame.
Sadly some of my sources don't offer HD tracks. If I rip from CD I use flac to try to get it all. If the download source is a top quality format I try to match it.Nonetheless, users of the FE test folder are most welcomed to upload any format they have. Free and professional translators are readily available.
Siva, Thanks - looking forward to your analysis.
Ok, OK - I'll stop for a while after this one. Just had to add my top vocal test track. I've used this one for many years with speaker building due to the purity and range.
Vocal Test #1
Vocal Test #1
Hi All
It’s been a few days now since I completed my build in which time I’ve managed to clock up about 24hours of burn in. Isotek cd is on the way which I expect to receive tomorrow.
So a quick progress report.
Well all sounding pretty good this end with the soundstage depth growing quite noticeably. I’ve been really impressed with the pin sharp imaging which makes it so easy to identify the location of instruments and vocals etc. the top and bottom seem to be filling out very nicely with bass noticeably fuller without losing definition and tunefulness.
PRAT is also first rate and the amp stays musical even when pushed hard. It also unsurprisingly runs cool on those big heat sinks. This amp seems to be a really good match for my PMC transmission lines and the combination makes for a clean dynamic sound.
So I’ve gone from being impressed to gobsmacked.
I built this amp based on what I’ve read which made me a little curious.
Time to try one I thought.
One case where curiosity definitely gave the cat the cream.
I’ve learned something from this build.
Fewer preconceptions and more ears
Thanks again Dario.
It’s been a few days now since I completed my build in which time I’ve managed to clock up about 24hours of burn in. Isotek cd is on the way which I expect to receive tomorrow.
So a quick progress report.
Well all sounding pretty good this end with the soundstage depth growing quite noticeably. I’ve been really impressed with the pin sharp imaging which makes it so easy to identify the location of instruments and vocals etc. the top and bottom seem to be filling out very nicely with bass noticeably fuller without losing definition and tunefulness.
PRAT is also first rate and the amp stays musical even when pushed hard. It also unsurprisingly runs cool on those big heat sinks. This amp seems to be a really good match for my PMC transmission lines and the combination makes for a clean dynamic sound.
So I’ve gone from being impressed to gobsmacked.
I built this amp based on what I’ve read which made me a little curious.
Time to try one I thought.
One case where curiosity definitely gave the cat the cream.
I’ve learned something from this build.
Fewer preconceptions and more ears
Thanks again Dario.