Nothing is SacredThanks CY, much appreciated. My experience in building this system has certainly taught me that every component impression is *completely* system dependent, and I think the PSA DSD is a great exam... posted over 6 years ago | View comment | |
Nothing is SacredUPDATE: Replaced my MIT XLR interconnects for the DAC -> Preamp connection with VH Audio's DIY silver interconnect. Built using VH Audio's "UniCrystal OCC .99999 Solid Core Silver Wire w/ Cotto... posted almost 7 years ago | View comment | |
Nothing is Sacred@r_f_sayles Indeed. Brutally revealing is certainly a proper descriptor. They let you know about every mm of the chain. I'd love to hear more about what you'v... posted almost 7 years ago | View comment | |
Nothing is Sacred@billheiser Those are the Coincident Super Eclipse IIIs. posted almost 7 years ago | View comment | |
Nothing is SacredAnd sorry, power cords are 12ga Furutech FP-S032N based power cords from member Grannyring's Acoustic BBQ line. They've got Chinese copies of the furutech carbon/rhodium connectors. He sells ... posted almost 7 years ago | View comment | |
Nothing is Sacred@scott_wolff Thanks, wish I'd tried them, but I didn't do anything besides the duelund vs stock comparison. I've actually pm'd a couple other owners of the PRE'... posted almost 7 years ago | View comment | |
Nothing is Sacred@4581 You're not into cheap knockoff rugs?? posted almost 7 years ago | View comment | |
Nothing is Sacred@islandmandan The m2 will actually have 15 db more gain than the F4. The transformer in the m2 provides more gain, but increases noise and distortion. posted almost 7 years ago | View comment | |
Nothing is Sacred@islandmandan Looks like I'm on the right track, just read this from zen mod at diyaudio in discussion the m2 (he designs his own pass inspired amps and gets rar... posted almost 7 years ago | View comment | |
Nothing is SacredAnd here's the link: https://diyaudiostore.com/ posted almost 7 years ago | View comment | |
Nothing is Sacred@islandmandan Honestly, if my speakers were run properly with a 300b I'd still be using the Frankenstein's. Unfortunately they suffered at the frequency extremes... posted almost 7 years ago | View comment | |
Nothing is Sacred@grannyring Thanks for all your input! You saved me so much money and improved my sound by pushing that beautiful Duelund wire. And I love the Duelund tinned c... posted almost 7 years ago | View comment | |
Nothing is Sacred@thosb Thanks for the compliments... wish I could say it was a purposeful journey, but it certainly feels very unplanned. I guess that's why I ended up with the... posted almost 7 years ago | View comment | |
Nothing is Sacred@islandmandan Also, when I sold off my Frankensteins and associated tubes, I got around $4500 back in the account. The pair of F4s cost $1600 and are essentiall... posted almost 7 years ago | View comment | |
Nothing is SacredHi Dan. You can order the circuit boards, power supply boards, & chassis directly from the DIYaudio.com store. Unfortunately there's no standard kit, but the parts list isn't too crazy. I ca... posted almost 7 years ago | View comment | |
Nothing is Sacred@islandmandan & @jond. Thanks for the comments. Prior to this year I didn't really trust myself to open up any equipmen... posted almost 7 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Wow, SA, apparently I have been. I'm very curious what I've been doing to the amp/sound with that mistake. I bought my amp used and think it came with a 6SN7. Unfortunately the system is in stor... posted almost 9 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Hi Charles, I think I've read that you haven't noticed any significant changes from rolling the 6sn7/6em7s in your Franks... I had a pair go pretty far out of balance and ended up buying some RCA v... posted about 9 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Hey Charles, do you have any experience with the Coincident speaker cable? I've been getting close to upgrading in that area and saw some of the standard CST-1 posted. I know ... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).RE: Tidal. Unlike many others out there, I personally did not like the service (at the lossless setting). It sounded a lot better than the other streaming solutions, but had some underlying issue t... posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Also, I just saw a pair of the EML-XLS tubes up on Agon and once again you dead on about how much these amps would improve with a 300b upgrade. I'll be curious to see how this whole Elrog situation... posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Well, that's unfortunate (re: system details). I guess Agon is too busy making money to provide forum support. Too bad. posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Hey Charles, just wanted to say I decided to use your system as a blueprint and the switchover to Coincident has been everything you so politely advertised. The SEIIIs and Franks are really just lo... posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
Rethm Saadhana Haniwa VPI BricastiHi, in response to your comments about DSP and EQ in Jriver in the Bricasti thread, I would very much like to know what kind of processing you're doing on that end.Thanks,Chris posted about 11 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Great. Thanks for the input. posted about 11 years ago | View comment |