Grannyring's SystemClassy room from a classy guy! I was hoping someone I know would try out that dac. Very nice. Looks like Colin has hooked you up with many fine pieces. And we both miss our Dudes. See you soon. posted 17 days ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023Thank you for recognizing the effort and the results. I wish I could build a new room from scratch in a large enough space to actually splay the walls, build in deep bass traps that were within the... posted about 1 year ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023I never say never, bit Dec 2024 with addition of SR Excite SX power cable and SR Atmosphere X Euphoria level 3 IC's has kicked my system up to a level I did think I could ever achieve. It feels lik... posted about 1 year ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023Shiny object: finding Synergistic Research to have some stupendous cabling. Moving to SR speaker cables, 2 to 3 power cables, and at least one set of IC's. Will see how they play with the Siltech's. posted about 1 year ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023Also, slowly moving to Siltech cabling this week for IC's and SC's. Adding back in 2 Hijiri Nagomi PC's in combination with my BMI Whale Elites and Harmonix PC's thanks to Grannyring. posted over 1 year ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023Just added in a conversion to HT. I didn't want to do this, but I have no other room in the house to put my HT gear to work. A simple 5.2 set-up. I have more surrounds to go 7.2.4, but not sure I n... posted over 1 year ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023Stealth M5000 power cable 9/1/2018 Verastarr 4 foot PC 1/11/2019 Verastarr 5 foot PC 2/23/2019 Verastarr silver foil ... posted over 1 year ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023Stealth M5000 power cable 9/1/2018 Verastarr 4 foot PC 1/11/2019 Verastarr 5 foot PC 2/23/2019 Verastarr silver foil grand illusion PC 6/9/... posted over 1 year ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023Here is a list of the cables I bought and sold over the last few years. I kept copious records of purchase price, shipping costs, fees, etc. and then selling price, shipping costs, and fees in a sp... posted over 1 year ago | View comment | |
motorcitym3's SystemKen, hello! You have been busy. Love all your set-ups. Pete posted over 1 year ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023Well, between Dec 2022 and January 2024 I have outlaid over $24k on cables. I have gone through JPS, Cardas, Purist, Kubala, Wireworld, Clarus, BMI, Stealth, Cerious, Oyaide, Silversmith, Elrod, Ha... posted almost 2 years ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023Now using 100% KS cables on dac and preamp. Considering KS speaker cables although the PAD Venustas I am using are triple run cables for tri-wiring and do not disappoint. It's the curiosity aspect ... posted about 2 years ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023Using KS Elation PC on the Puritan. Have used many different PC's with equal success on the input side. I don't see anything special about the Puritan cable and for that kind of money I'd look side... posted over 2 years ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023Everything is plugged into the PSM156. This unit does not constrain current flow IME. I have tried it both ways and prefer the PSM noise reduction. I have done this in two houses now with similar r... posted over 2 years ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023They are 3 inch thick maple (butcher block) slabs. Years ago I had Salk Sound paint them black for me to tone down the look to a more modern gray-black combo. I have toted those things around to ma... posted over 2 years ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023I don't believe I ever posted about my DIY cable risers. I made them back in about 2006 out of bowl blanks. A little router work and some lead weights on the bottoms. I wanted to organize power cab... posted over 2 years ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023Updated photos. About 99% of where I need to be on IC's. Saving my sheckles for a 3 meter Venustas. Wrapping the cabling around the left speaker is much better, ala original layout. posted over 2 years ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023I updated my description with a list of the power cables I have bought and auditioned in 2023. Paypal thinks I am a business now due to my volume! posted over 2 years ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023I am way behind taking new photos. Lots of cabling changes, added an Aurender, etc.Everything I play sounds incredible. I played a Playlist not spun in 10 years and everything w... posted over 2 years ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023Yes. I have way behind in updating my components. LOTs of changes.The ARC is the best sounding preamp I have ever owned. I have had several very nice pre's like the TRL Dude, wh... posted over 2 years ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023I need to make some updates i.e. power cables and new ARC preamp. posted almost 3 years ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023One night this week I put a 20 foot Transparent pc to the amp and placed the Nagomi and a Studio Master on the preamp and dac. The sound was nice but there was no bass to speak of. And the tone was... posted almost 3 years ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023I added a third Elrod to the other two in the string arrangement and it was not good. Tubby bass and hazy top end. I'll post a pic of that if I can.I swapped the Nagomi into the middle Elrod p... posted almost 3 years ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023More changes coming. Have another Elrod to make my daisy chain power cable 3 Elrods long.Have the ARC Ref 5SE coming next week.Also have an Aurender X100L coming so I can see if it ... posted almost 3 years ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023On Sunday I let the system run for several hours while I did some landscaping. I did not notice any changes. At that point I decided to try my experiment of daisy chaining 3 power cables together t... posted almost 3 years ago | View comment |