What do I need to upgrade now???Nrchy,Things are looking awesome! One question for you, did you ever consider the Klyne phono stage when you were looking for one? When I saw you had the Klyne linestage, I might have guess... posted about 20 years ago | View comment | |
sbank's Austin City Within LimitsSystem edited: Bought a Pioneer Elite DV45a universal player to use as a transport, and just settled on trying out the Red Wine Audio Monica 2 dac. The combination of battery power and non-O/S have... posted about 20 years ago | View comment | |
sbank's Austin City Within LimitsSystem edited: Just sold my Metronome CD2V Signature. I'll be buying an inexpensive non-oversampling DAC and a DVD transport. Motivation is desire to help me finance an amp purchase of Joule Electr... posted about 20 years ago | View comment | |
TWL's SystemHi Tom,Always happy to see a posting with your moniker! Hopefully, we'll see you getting in on the many analog discussions of late. Plenty of hoo-ha that could use your straightening out. I... posted about 20 years ago | View comment | |
sbank's Austin City Within LimitsDavid, Whichever one best meets at the crossroads of "I Dream of" Ave. and "I can barely afford it" St. My eyes are open and fingers crossed...Cheers,Spencer posted about 20 years ago | View comment | |
sbank's Austin City Within LimitsSystem edited: Sold the CAT preamp. Next move will likely be to sell my CD player to help finance an amp upgrade to the nice, but more expensive Joule Electra amps. posted about 20 years ago | View comment | |
sbank's Austin City Within LimitsAronsss,Heres exactly what was used for the rack:Qty/Item/Description/Source/PriceFooters: 4 2.0AP-1oint 2Audio Point Internal Thread 5/8[email protected] Depth Star Sound Technologie... posted about 20 years ago | View comment | |
Gunbei's Messy Listening RoomGunbei, still listening to the AudioMirror dac? Whatcha' think of it vs. Ack etc? Thanks,Spencer posted about 20 years ago | View comment | |
Music Sweet Music!!!!Hey Ray,Just noticed you had the AudioMirror DAC. Did you compare to Scott Nixon, Ack or other similar dacs? Thinking about trying something like this myself. Any suggestions? Thanks,Spencer posted about 20 years ago | View comment | |
Music Sweet Music!!!!Hey Ray,Just noticed you had the AudioMirror DAC. Did you compare to Scott Nixon, Ack or other similar dacs? Thinking about trying something like this myself. Any suggestions? Thanks,Spencer posted about 20 years ago | View comment | |
sbank's Austin City Within LimitsSystem edited: System edited: Just added a Joule Electra LA100mkIII line stage and OPS1mkV phono stage. Hoping to eventually add Joule Electra monoblock amps, and I've always thought the Joule amps... posted about 20 years ago | View comment | |
sbank's Austin City Within LimitsHi Robert,Using Cardas Golden Reference. Spencer posted over 20 years ago | View comment | |
Lampizator, Doshi, Joule, Teres, Audio PhysicOutlier,Perhaps a wall-mounted shelf for the turntable would work for you. I've seen a few ads here from a company called quadraspire, or something like that. They looked pretty nice. Cheers, posted over 20 years ago | View comment | |
Music Sweet Music!!!!Ray,Audiopoints are pretty cool, huh? Have 'em under my rack, too. The only others I've seen that are equal or better are the Walker Valid Points. Your system has come a long way fast! Don'... posted over 20 years ago | View comment | |
Music Sweet Music!!!!Ray,Audiopoints are pretty cool, huh? Have 'em under my rack, too. The only others I've seen that are equal or better are the Walker Valid Points. Your system has come a long way fast! Don'... posted over 20 years ago | View comment | |
Lampizator, Doshi, Joule, Teres, Audio PhysicOutlier,Love your system. I'm listening to a friends' Supratek Chenin right now, as an experiment in system. I also have an Airy 3, and love it. The 255 is one of my favorite tables, great both... posted over 20 years ago | View comment | |
sbank's Austin City Within LimitsDavid,I agree that room treatments can make a huge improvement. I first tried some Roomtunes products, but they did little in this room. Chances are that I didn't have enough coverage of surfac... posted over 20 years ago | View comment | |
sbank's Austin City Within LimitsSystem edited: A couple of minor tweaks added to system description...comments, suggestions welcomed. Cheers, Spencer posted over 20 years ago | View comment | |
sbank's Austin City Within LimitsMark,Thanks. I like you system a lot, too. I had Quad 63s prior to getting my Merlins. In fact, the midrange of the Quads were Bobby's starting point when he designed the Merlins. The Supra... posted over 20 years ago | View comment | |
sbank's Austin City Within LimitsJoe, thanks for the kind words.Larry, I'll check out the rollerblocks. right now I'm using the DH ceramic cones under the Berning. Others have recommended Stillpoints. All these details add... posted over 20 years ago | View comment | |
sbank's Austin City Within LimitsHi Steve,It's 23.5x16x9'. I haven't tried anything under the rug. Have you experimented with that? You might not have seen them in the photos, but I do have two absorptive ceiling panels on... posted over 20 years ago | View comment | |
sbank's Austin City Within LimitsGlenn & John,Thanks for your comments. Glenn, you will be amazed at how much better things sound than in the other room. Come on over anytime; I've got my Clash records ready to cue up!... posted over 20 years ago | View comment | |
sbank's Austin City Within LimitsSystem edited: Just moved to a new larger room, and spent the last month working out the kinks. Custom room treatments, designed by Bryan Pape of Sensible Sound Solutions, were the key to taming hu... posted over 20 years ago | View comment | |
sbank's Austin City Within LimitsLarry,Wow, a pair of ZH-270s will be awesome. You should post you whole system when you get a chance. I've read plenty about your tonearm ;-) posted over 20 years ago | View comment | |
sbank's Austin City Within LimitsHey Larry,Just saw your note. The Extreme SST lives up to the hype in my opinion. I've only had it on through about 12 hours of listening, about 6 each analog and digital. I've not yet treated ... posted over 20 years ago | View comment |