sbank's Austin City Within Limits

Schiit's in the house! Breaking it in now...psyched.

posted over 10 years ago

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sbank's Austin City Within Limits

Adding a Schiit Audio Gungnir Multibit DAC to replace the Oppo 105D. Although the Oppo is a great all-around player, I was not taking advantage of the great video performance, etc. As a stand-alone...

posted over 10 years ago

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Rethm Saadhana Haniwa VPI Bricasti

Hi Frank,How do you like all the new stuff? The speakers must be broken in by now. What are you hoping the 45 amp will do vs. the 2A3? Cheers,Spencer

posted over 10 years ago

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ESP & BAT or N802 & W4S

Very nice setup and system. The ESPs always have given me goosebumps. I bet the BAT is a nice match. Time to add fresh pics including the amp perhaps? Cheers,Spencer

posted over 10 years ago

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SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).

Hi Charles,Love your well thought out system. As one who's enjoyed plenty of SET listening, glad to see you smartly using Coincidents, one of my fav lines for pairing with SET amps. Fun...

posted almost 11 years ago

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Lak's Music Room 2014

Hi Lak, Such a lovely system! Your analog rig must be heavenly. Always loved the Teres tables you've matched with great arm & cart.How do like the 3.7s? Did you compare them with anythi...

posted almost 11 years ago

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Liszt, Luxman, Esoteric in Dedicated Music Room

How do you like the Liszts? I was impressed when I heard them at a local dealer. cheers,Spencer

posted almost 11 years ago

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Rethm Saadhana Haniwa VPI Bricasti

Sorry, Frank, but IMHO 2A3 isn't going to do it. My understanding is that these are very low power and while 103db should be good in terms of getting volume, the powerful air moving low frequency i...

posted almost 11 years ago

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Rethm Saadhana Haniwa VPI Bricasti

Frank,If the 300Bs still lack a bit of the drive you seek check out amps with either the GM70, 845 or 211 tubes. These are all higher power handling and often end up in amps with ~25-50w/ch., w...

posted almost 11 years ago

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Rethm Saadhana Haniwa VPI Bricasti

Frank, Are you already deciding that the Rethm amp "designed by same co. to be perfect match for the speakers" aren't getting the job done. Have you even run-in the speakers and integ...

posted almost 11 years ago

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Lampizator, Doshi, Joule, Teres, Audio Physic

Your rig makes me drool. One of my favs on Audiogon. You seem to have chosen all the stuff that has been on my wishlist over time. Well done! Cheers,Spencer

posted almost 11 years ago

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Liszt, Luxman, Esoteric in Dedicated Music Room

Goose,Great looking room & rig. You've done a great job on the setup. Bet it sounds super. Cheers,Spencer

posted almost 11 years ago

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sbank's Austin City Within Limits

System edited: Adding Schiit Audio Wyrd and 2 Audioquest Carbon USB cables between the Mac Mini server and the Oppo DAC.

posted about 11 years ago

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sbank's Austin City Within Limits

Hi Steve, Great to hear from you! You are welcome to come by for a listen anytime. Each time I roll tubes I am again inspired by your fastidousness. Think you'll enjoy hearing the B...

posted about 11 years ago

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sbank's Austin City Within Limits

It's all relative. From my perspective, the Darkside is reel-to-reel!

posted about 11 years ago

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sbank's Austin City Within Limits

Both sound good as long as accompanied by a nice chianti. Let's skip the Fine Young Cannibals jokes...

posted about 11 years ago

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sbank's Austin City Within Limits

Scott, thanks. I love the album cover on your system page! Is that really your mom? Albert, that is pretty funny. :-) That makes the player an alleged killer. Perhaps we can make a tweak ou...

posted about 11 years ago

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sbank's Austin City Within Limits

Thanks, Ray. Glad to see your Supratek is still doing the job. I've had many fun hours over the years listening to one in Slipknot's rig.

posted about 11 years ago

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sbank's Austin City Within Limits

Ebm,Thanks for the kind words. Is your system posted, & under what name? Looks like system threads don't appear nowadays when you click on a userid and look at their threads. Cheers,Spencer

posted about 11 years ago

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sbank's Austin City Within Limits

System edited: Added pic with new setup on short wall. Deeper soundstage and better LF. Worth the effort!

posted about 11 years ago

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sbank's Austin City Within Limits

System edited: Updated a bunch of cable changes and tweaks

posted about 11 years ago

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sbank's Austin City Within Limits

System edited: Updated with pics of Aqvox & custom amp stands.

posted almost 12 years ago

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Laser's Edge reference system

Ken,Congrats on the new table! Looking forward to hearing it sometime. Cheers,Spence

posted almost 13 years ago

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sbank's Austin City Within Limits

System edited: Just added an Oppo BDP-105 to use mostly as DAC fed by Mac Mini, connected to my 2 TB network drive. Trying it initially with Audirvana Plus software. Setup was easier than expected....

posted about 13 years ago

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sbank's Austin City Within Limits

Bigamp,Thanks, I'm having a lot of fun listening on it. Just got my van Den Hul Colibri back today from the Netherlands, as A.J. does a free tune up after 300 hours of use. So now t...

posted about 13 years ago

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