Air Tight explored, AT-solutely!My compliments to a very nice system!Great to hear David's DPS turntable found a nice home - I was considering getting David's DPS when he sold it. Luckily I got Gary (a local Dealer in Cal... posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
A long way from Albuquerque...Karelfd - I am certainly not the first to pair the DPS with an Allaerts cartridge ;) Marco at Soundscape Hifi in Singapore has been pairing the DPS with Schroeder arm and Allaerts cartridge for a w... posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
A long way from Albuquerque...Darkmoebius - it took me a long time to decide going the Shindo route, but after hearing MikeyC's Montille EL84 at my place (many thanks!!), there was no going back. It took all of 2 minutes to hea... posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
living roomHi John,I just had the pleasure to have a pair of your Super 8s in my room for a week - thanks to a good friend and just for fun :). I really enjoyed the evenhanded and uncolore... posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
A long way from Albuquerque...System edited: Replaced my beloved Fi Y and Super X with a beautiful Shindo Monbrison and Montille 6v6. Many thanks to Jonathan Halpern of Tone Audio imports and Matt Rotunda at Pit... posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
My still evolving systemHolly, it's been a while since I stopped by here - I hope you are still enjoying your Cain Abbys!I have come a long way with mine - tried many different amps and preamps and combinations an... posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
Musical JuxtapositionCurious: Just saw your thread; so what speaker are you considering getting shipped all the way from the UK? posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
Musical JuxtapositionHi from a fellow Fi owner - very nice combination! I responded to an old Omega thread of yours back in 2005 and it's nice to see what your system had morphed into.I used to own the Omega Su... posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
A long way from Albuquerque...Darkmoebius - I compared the JLTI and XOno side by side for the last four months ;) - I always live with both pieces, if possible, before making any decision. It was a pretty close one, especially ... posted about 17 years ago | View comment | |
A long way from Albuquerque...System edited: Replaced DPS modified RB250 arm, Denon DL103R cartridge, and Vacuumstate JLTI phono by Schroeder No. 2fw arm, Allaerts MC1B, and Pass XOno phonostage. posted about 17 years ago | View comment | |
A long way from Albuquerque...Darosenb, thanks for the kind remarks. I will check out the SF5 - any place that you would recommend to get the SF5 from?Congratulations on the Fi Y and Yph. The Fi Y is an excellent preamp... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
2 channel setup from ItalyEdigio, in combination with a transformer, I would probably suggest looking into a tube phono stage. I think, the K&K or Art Audio Vinyl Reference would be interesting to look at. One of the bigges... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
There goes the new carDarkmoebius, very nice description of the Slee - JLTI comparison. Very nice observation about the powering up condition. I noticed some similar problems on the JLTI - it is very sensitive to power ... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
2 channel setup from ItalyEdigio, if you like Allen Wright's sound, I would urge you to try the Vacuumstate JLTI phono preamp. It has a very fast detailed sound. Its soundstage width, layering and separation between instrum... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
A long way from Albuquerque...Incidentally my system is in 560 sqft one bedroom apartment. The Abbys work very well in a small space if you decide that you want real speakers. For headphones, the Bottlehead S.E.X. amp is wonder... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
There goes the new carHey Dark, thanks for your comments on my system. I guess I haven't visited here for while either.By the way, what phono pre are you using with the Scheu?I went and compared a couple... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
A long way from Albuquerque...Hey Darkmoebius, I remember you mentioned the Almarro before. I haven't had a chance to try it out yet on my Abbys. The Fi Super X is an extremely good match as well. I tried the First Watt F1, Jol... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
A long way from Albuquerque...Kentchai, is your question, how does the analog system compare to the Brick?The answer to that is easy - neither DAC comes close the analog setup right now: The detail and resolution of the... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Shindo MagicWow, Mikey that was quick - I did not know the Montille arrived already and I already see your system posted :)Nice pictures and I look forward to listening to it soon!!Rene posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Big and Small (Altec A7 & Pionner Pure Malt)David, nice to finally see your system online. It is still one of best tweaked and most carefully put together SET systems I heard to date - incredibly revealing, fast, detailed. Your Altecs are in... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
A long way from Albuquerque...System edited: Huge change, at least sonically: I added a Lyra Argo (i) which Willi of DPS recommended so much for the DPS table. The Lyra Argo very nicely pointed out the differences between my ph... posted almost 18 years ago | View comment | |
A long way from Albuquerque...Here are some comments on the two different DACs and my reasons for keeping both. Overall the difference reflects some of the observations mentioned in the reference DAC thread on Audiogon:... posted almost 18 years ago | View comment | |
A long way from Albuquerque...System edited: Now completely switched over to Mac Mini based digital replacing an Audio Aero Prima CDP. The Mini is connected via USB to the Benchmark DAC1 USB as well as the Wavelength Brick USB ... posted about 18 years ago | View comment | |
My Apple never sounded better.Nice - I didn't realize the Dared had a DAC built in. Very nice simplified set-up.The smaller Fostex drivers are a real treat with respect to detail, midrange coherence and speed. I used Om... posted about 18 years ago | View comment | |
My Apple never sounded better.Nice system. I like the smaller Fostex drivers as well. Excellent budget minded system nicely put together.A good suggestion IMO, that should significantly improve playback would be to look... posted about 18 years ago | View comment |