The new speakers are gorgeous. I have listened to Tidals a few times at audio shows and they always left a lasting impression (and covetous thoughts…). Congratulations on the changes both north and south. Love the ME1s also but might not be able to head south at the right time of year if I was listening to the Piano G2s…. Congratulations!
The new speakers are gorgeous. I have listened to Tidals a few times at audio shows and they always left a lasting impression (and covetous thoughts…). Congratulations on the changes both north and south. Love the ME1s also but might not be able to head south at the right time of year if I was listening to the Piano G2s…. Congratulations!
Patrick - so great to hear from you and thank you. System has settled in well with the normal fine tuning. The Tidal G2 have a unique adjustable configuration that requires a bit of attentive listening to settle on an optimal setting and so the journey goes…
Those Tidals are drop-dead gorgeous, especially in that Ebony. I am sure they sound heavenly in that well treated room. Congratulations on acquiring them. Have a blast and enjoy your music!
Some changes ; Sold the Delos and gifted the Fidelity Research cartridge… Picked up an Ortofon RS 309 D for tge second arm on the DP-75 along w Koetsu Urushi - Black and Entre SUT…. Core Audio diffusers on order for Spring room fun…..
Jim, Spencer, thanks for the updates. What a pleasure it is to hear another's excellent system. I am sure it was a blast. Salmon is the king of fish—I love it hot smoked.
@noromance This rig sounds so natural! The analog setup unflappable, heard mostly w/ the Kuzma cart. No aspect of the sonics jump out as overly prominent, #goldilocks. Over 5 days I logged a good number of hours, hogging the sweet spot( sorry @tomic601 ) with a huge smile. Across genres every record showed its own nature with remarkable timbre and timing. Most important of all, everything came together to create that remarkable pull that makes you want to listen to MORE, MORE, MORE. My experience was an important data point in my subsequent decision to purchase Vandersteen 5As.
@noromance Hi Brian - it’s heavy salmon fish season so sorry for sloooooooow response. thx for asking. I got it fairly well sorted w HRS isolation base and couplers. The Kuzma likes the arm. I am holding off on investment in 12” arm for a bit as in Fall.. whole system moves to a dedicated room…. Best to you. Both @spiritofradio and @sbank heard the system during Pac Audio fest and can provide an unvarnished opinion…..
Jim,Lost your contact info since discussing steelhead, surf and dogs. Looking for an opinion on a piece I just picked up in the digital world. Thanks Dave H, MTK NY.
@sbank Thanks Spencer - coming from you that is high praise ;-) The Arm on the SOTA is a modified Sumiko FT3. Buddy has it in his system now. I may haul the Brinkmann / Triplaner / Lyra North this Spring….
@mglik Mike - thanks for the + comments and improvement ideas. Vandersteen make a base for the speaker made out of granite w constrained layer sandwich ( HRS technology ) and 150# of mass. The amps have built HRS hanging truss dampers built in. Essentially a constrained spring. As you probably know, spring on springs can yield 60 db + as well as cut, so will not be adding. The HRS dampers are the blue donut on the amp photo. I understand Townsend, i use HRS on most of my gear.
I would only highly recommend Townshend Podiums for the speakers and amps. I have never had such an improvement with them.
It is like your $70K speakers turn into $140K ones. I know it is hard to imagine better with those but I don’t exaggerate. The Podiums would replace the spikes. The improvement in the amps is not as much but also great.
