Living Room SET SystemJet, sorry I don't keep up with my system threads very much these days. I have found over the years that, when a system gets PRaT right, it will make any good music sound good - even electric m... posted over 9 years ago | View comment | |
Living Room SET SystemI lost a filament in one of my Sophia Electric Carbon Plate 300B output tubes about a month ago, so I replaced the tubes with a pair of the new top-of-the-line 300Bs from Sophia Electric - the Roya... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Living Room SET SystemSystem edited: The interconnects, speaker cables and phono cables in this system were all recently upgraded to Mike Morrow's new 6-series Grand Reference line. I have found the Morrow Audio cables ... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
The Concert HallDave, yes, the distance between the speakers is nine feet, whereas the distance between each speaker and the listening position is 11 feet. This setup sounds better than an equilateral triangle in ... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
The Concert HallJIm,Sorry for my delayed reply. I have not yet had the opportunity to compare the Wave Kinetics footers to the Harminix footers. However, you might contact Grr6001 as I believe Gary had the... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
The Concert HallPldesautels,Thanks very much for your comments. As for the room aesthetics, I owe a lot to my friend who managed the construction project and our custom cabinet-maker who was critical in im... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Bedroom SystemMjcmt,Thanks for your post and sorry for my late reply. I admit this is a bit of an overindulgence for a bedroom audio system, but I have to say it sounds really excellent with small group ... posted almost 16 years ago | View comment | |
Living Room SET SystemSam,Thanks for your post and sorry for my untimely reply. I'm a CPA in the midst of public company financial reporting season, so I've been a bit scarce on Audiogon lately...Best re... posted almost 16 years ago | View comment | |
The Concert HallEd,Sorry I did not respond to your post sooner. For some reason, I have not been checking into AudiogoN as frequently as usual over the course of the past several weeks.Thanks for y... posted almost 16 years ago | View comment | |
The Concert HallMark, the Power One and PC2One have brought similar improvements in performance to any component I have personally used with them. IME, the PC2One offer slightly better dynamics and clarity/resolut... posted about 16 years ago | View comment | |
The Concert HallGayle, thanks for your kind comments. And thanks for the excellent wines. We enjoyed your company, and you are most certainly welcome to return any time you find yourself in the area.I will... posted about 16 years ago | View comment | |
Living Room SET SystemI added the Nagra BPS battery-powered phono stage to this system yesterday, and the new phono stage appears to match up well with the new Ortofon MC A90 cartridge. The Benz L2 cartridge and Lukasch... posted about 16 years ago | View comment | |
Living Room SET SystemYesterday I took delivery of a pair of the new Ortofon MC A90 cartridges that are the subject of the Fremer review in the latest issue of Stereophile. Today, I took the Benz L2 out of service and m... posted about 16 years ago | View comment | |
The Concert HallI have a pair of the new Ortofon MC A90 cartridge in house to put up against the current residents. Today I installed one of the new cartridges in place of the Benz L2 on the SME arm in my living r... posted about 16 years ago | View comment | |
The Concert HallOver the course of the past month, I have been carefully experimenting with various speaker positions - and complimentary bass module settings - in order to optimize the MMThrees in this room. Ulti... posted about 16 years ago | View comment | |
The Concert HallUnderdog,This room is 23 feet deep x 16 feet wide. The height of the ceilings is ten feet except for the areas under the soffits where the ceiling is 8'9" in a narrow band around the p... posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
The Concert HallGary, thanks for your post. I would like to get together for some listening again some time soon. Maybe we can catch up by telephone in the meantime.Robin and Vito, thanks very much for you... posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
The Concert HallJim, and Henry, thanks for your comments. The new woofers have made for some dramatic improvements in the performance of this system. I intend to post a summary of my listening impressions soon. posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
The Concert HallI updated the system pictures today. The new pictures show the new speakers along with a slight evolution in the room furnishings and electronics. posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
The Concert HallSystem edited: The Evolution Acoustics speakers were converted to the MMThrees with the addition of the top pair of woofer modules yesterday evening. I intend to update the system pictures soon... posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
Living Room SET SystemThe new interconnects and speaker cables in this audio system now have nearly 250 hours on them. So, last night, a friend and I decided to sit down for a bit of critical listening to this system fo... posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
The Concert HallTom,Thanks for your post. We'll see where this adventure with the new bass modules leads. I think there is some room for improvement, and, based on others' experience in experimenting with ... posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
Living Room SET SystemGlen, thanks for your post.This SET system is definitely a different style from the main system. And, while the main system outperforms this little system in essentially every audiophile pe... posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
Living Room SET SystemI received the new SP4 speaker cables and installed them in this system last night. I intend to post some impressions once all the new cables have settled in a bit and I get a good handle on the so... posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
The Concert HallJim, see Mtkhl567's 07-02-09 post for the model number of the Harmonix footers. The RF-900 footers that you mentioned are the entry-level model, while the footers I am auditioning are the top model... posted over 16 years ago | View comment |