Folkfreak's SystemThanks for your comments @tomic601 and @tcutter. Glad you like the system!My latest breakthrough was to chassis ground the speakers. One of the best and simplest upgrades ever. ... posted 6 months ago | View comment | |
Folkfreak's SystemLatest update is that I’ve swapped out the MFA step up for a Ypsilon MC16L. Other than the downside of having to swap connections for my two arms this is a definite major upgrade. posted 11 months ago | View comment | |
Folkfreak's SystemSo I’ve finally gotten around to updating my system. The big changes are1) Out with the DCS Vivaldi and in with a Wadax Studio2) Replacement of the failed Voss phono stage with a Y... posted about 1 year ago | View comment | |
Folkfreak's SystemThanks for your kind words @serjio I need to post an update to the system as there have been quite a few changes. One thing that hasn’t changed however is the ch... posted about 1 year ago | View comment | |
Folkfreak's SystemSome changes underway -- out with the complexity of a Vivaldi stack and master clock, in with a new one box CD/SACD player. And finally a replacement for the VOSS Phono Stage that has been out of a... posted over 1 year ago | View comment | |
Folkfreak's SystemThanks for the kind words @mclinnguy and @scar972 - I am more than pleased with how everything ... posted almost 2 years ago | View comment | |
Folkfreak's SystemThanks for the kind words @mclinnguy and @scar972 - I am more than pleased with how everything ... posted almost 2 years ago | View comment | |
Folkfreak's SystemThanks for that @mashif!Recent addition of the Marigo Virtuoso Black CD mat has taken digital up another level, this product radically cleans... posted about 2 years ago | View comment | |
Folkfreak's SystemActually my typo -- I was referencing Lindsay of Crawford who fought at Falkirk -- in my wargaming sideline this is one of the battles I'm interested in (just as soon as I get done with the Albigen... posted about 2 years ago | View comment | |
Folkfreak's SystemThanks for the positive feedback @tvad (like the coat of arms -- Scottish Ancestry, Lindsay or Crawford perhaps?)Anyway I have extra chairs if we have visitors -- the addition o... posted about 2 years ago | View comment | |
Folkfreak's SystemThanks so much for the kind words @barrysandy , @mnappi and @hifihandyman -- much apprec... posted about 2 years ago | View comment | |
Folkfreak's System@noromance -- actually the system was assembled while I lived in the USA (where I lived for 25 years paying tax and healthcare) -- and as regards health care and... posted over 2 years ago | View comment | |
Folkfreak's SystemHi @mmcgill829 and @mmark -- thanks for your kind feedback and glad you appreciate the systemAlso posted over 2 years ago | View comment | |
Folkfreak's SystemThanks @milpai - well spotted. I made sure to highlight it there so that the did that did the build got some publicity! posted almost 3 years ago | View comment | |
Folkfreak's SystemThanks for the question @mfaoro The chair is a copy of the Swan Chair by Arne Jacobsen for Fritz Hansen. You can by an original or one of the... posted almost 3 years ago | View comment | |
Folkfreak's SystemFirstly thanks to everyone who looked at and commented on my system after it was featured this weekend. Addressing some of the points raised @yoyoyaya ... posted almost 3 years ago | View comment | |
Folkfreak's SystemThanks for the kind words @rman9 -- sorry we weren't able to connect in PDX and have you round with my old system (https://www.audiogo... posted almost 3 years ago | View comment | |
Folkfreak's System@tomcar -- as ever I'm amused to see things like this https://www.monoandstereo.com/?p=25572 -- wonder what that sounds like, I c... posted almost 3 years ago | View comment | |
Folkfreak's System@honeyooi thanks for your message and question about the Herzan. I actually looked into the Herzan after seeing how Mike Lavigne used them. So no I never tried a... posted almost 3 years ago | View comment | |
Small Room, Big SoundThanks Dan -- I have toyed with the idea of adding subs in my new room (a REL six pack) but the cost/complexity/scale is kind off off putting and the ultimate bottom end is all there, albeit somewh... posted almost 3 years ago | View comment | |
Folkfreak's SystemGreat to see all of the interest in what I've been lucky enough to be able to do here in Kent -- and appreciate all of the kind comments and thoughts.Tom and DJ -- glad you like... posted almost 3 years ago | View comment | |
Small Room, Big SoundThanks Dan. My learning is that it pays to I’ve the room as much as if not more attention than the components. Most of the improvements I’ve gotten over the past ten years have come from improving ... posted almost 3 years ago | View comment | |
Folkfreak's SystemWelcome to a long awaited update to my system now I'm settled in the UK. After four years, several of which with no system and one false start in another location, I finally have a setup that I'm r... posted almost 3 years ago | View comment | |
Small Room, Big SoundI have now move this system over to a description of my current UK setup -- hope to see you all there soon! https... posted almost 3 years ago | View comment | |
Small Room, Big SoundQuick update on the ongoing story of my UK setup. As I mentioned after only seven months or so of use for my new room in West Sussex I'm moving again! posted about 5 years ago | View comment |