the electronics and most of the cables are pretty solid. finishing the rives design (I specified a mostly diy solution) and playing with isolation a little.
System edited: crude pictures for a crude room will post more polished ones when there's polish to show... am about to close a deal for 1.25" butcher block shelves for my rack...
I was confident that the Supratek pre would stand up to more critical speakers... had some small question about the Maccormack, so I'll relish away... (I always relish "new toy time".
Will also keep anyone interested posted in the progress of the rives design--they are working on my final design, but I completed the gross layout to their specs... so far so good.
Don't mind Diddy. He's insane (for real) and if your speakers don't radiate in a figure 8 pattern you lack something in his mind, like a backwall reflection.
What he does realize is that your speaker have a controlled dispersion pattern too.
Diddy's kinda like that "5 minutes to Wapner" guy in that movie except he is not savant, just an idiot.
I got the Gallos because my room is too small for the SC-3's: sound was not integrating from the drivers. I am amazed at how good the Gallos are--I think they sound better than the Dunlaveys...
For the Syrrah, I have had it almost 18 months, and at that time, had to wait about 6 months for the unit (would have been less, but Mick ran out of wood and had to go cut down more trees).
The Shelter has been a pleasure. The JMW arms are very easy to set up, but the Shelter seemed to fall right into it's own sweet spot. It's very neutral and very fast (now). To get the speed on the transients that I like, I have gone to great lengths to isolate the table--an MDF sandbox, 25 lbs sand, a granite slab on the sand and then 4 3X4" stainless steel blocks between the granite & the plinth of the table.
