as good as i'll ever need!!I imagine the Chalice sounds outstanding based on the design,part quality and implementation.Last week at CES and THE SHOW I heard an amplifier of similar design, PSET with 845 tubes and cost no ob... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Hi Zephyr,Thanks again for the compliments.I took a look at your system and it`s very impressive and well thought out to say the least. Although our systems follow different approaches I`m ... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Zephyr,Thank you, I really appreciate your kind comments.Perhaps I`m just lucky but the sound is no different with the pictures compared to when the wall was bare.The Miles Davis was a gift... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Hi Spirit,Many people experienced with various capacitors say the Duelund VSF(and theVSF Black a step above VSF) are some of very top caps available. The CAST is considered better yet. I don`t ... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Onemug,I`m cautious with recommendations due to the varibles of different amplifier/system compatibility and of course different ears. In my amplifier the RP was truly special and close to the ... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Onemug,I agree with gary,the RP is better than the BT tube by a significant margin.The RP is closer to the Takatsuki(both occupy a higher plane) in overall sound.The BT is a good performing 300... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).I`m going to fine tune my system, I very happy with my current components and just have no desire or reason to replace them. The Duelund experiment actually exceeded my expectations.The Star Ground... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemSorry, meant supreme not sumpreme. posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemBaby bear,I certainly agree with jeff, this was the best sound I heard at the show.We heard some very fine systems at this year`s CES.The system make up was Rockport Altair,MSB digital,Echole c... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).That white rectangular item in the crossover is the Zobel Network.It`s used to smooth and even out the impedance and thus decrease fluctuations(limits wide impedance changes with varying frequency ... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Hi guys,Thanks for the feedback on the Sistrum platforms.Saying something is 'Duelund like' is enough tho get me hooked.Regarding the crossover components the white object is a non elec... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Grannyring,Well if the Sistrum stand has the 'CAST' effect then that`s very good news. I`m interested in true organic sound(CAST) not false warmth coloration .I want the natural tone and body o... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).In an earlier post I wrote that full burn-in time for the Duelund CAST was 75-80 hours. At 75 hours they sound sooo nice!They continue to improve I discovered,but have`nt reach their peak.Now I`d s... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Grannyring and Agear,Do either of you hear any subtle changes to the natural character of your sound with the use of these Sistrum platforms? IOW with their insertion have you noticed any effec... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Grannyring,Thanks, I`ve read good comments about them.Some have compared them to the SRA amplifier bases and say the SRA 'might' be a bit more natural(less influence on the sound character vs t... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Agear,Do you us the Sistrum amplifier stands in your system?Regards, posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).The Solen cap was replaced in the speaker crossover. There are no resistors in the crossover at all, not sure what you`re referring to.Regards, posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Agear,Glad you like it.I wish he and Sarah Vaughan could have done a few more recordings together.How sad a MVA took his life at age 26.Regards, posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).The Duelund CAST capacitors address the issue of lowering resonance in their design. The benefit of such effort is to lower noise.Well this approach is highly sucessful!The improvement in increased... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Abruce,what are you referring to? posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
Tannoy & VAC in an old-world loftRobertwolfee,Some say that in order to drive the Tannoy to its 'full' potential requires at minmum 50 watts of push-pull tubes or solid state power. Do you feel you`re missing anything with a 9... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Hi Onemug,I`m not sure if you`re a jazz nut as I am but just in case... Last night I listened to my girl,the beautiful Sarah Vaughan.1)"Sarah Vaughn with Clifford Brown" 1954 recording Mono... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Hi Agear,Yeah you had multiple variables at play for sure.Interstage transformer vs capacitors won`t be solved and will forever remain a matter of choice as is 'every' other aspect of audio... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Hello Onemug,Interesting question I`ve actually comptemplated on that myself.Here`s the problem,I`m no engineer or electronics builder.All I can do is listen(but I can`t hear every componen... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Meant to type epitome not epitomy. posted over 13 years ago | View comment |