sbank's Austin City Within LimitsSchiit's in the house! Breaking it in now...psyched. posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
sbank's Austin City Within LimitsAdding 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 | View comment | |
Rethm Saadhana Haniwa VPI BricastiHi 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 | View comment | |
ESP & BAT or N802 & W4SVery 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 | View comment | |
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 | View comment | |
Lak's Music Room 2014Hi 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 | View comment | |
Liszt, Luxman, Esoteric in Dedicated Music RoomHow do you like the Liszts? I was impressed when I heard them at a local dealer. cheers,Spencer posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
Rethm Saadhana Haniwa VPI BricastiSorry, 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 | View comment | |
Rethm Saadhana Haniwa VPI BricastiFrank,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 | View comment | |
Rethm Saadhana Haniwa VPI BricastiFrank, 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 | View comment | |
Lampizator, Doshi, Joule, Teres, Audio PhysicYour 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 | View comment | |
Liszt, Luxman, Esoteric in Dedicated Music RoomGoose,Great looking room & rig. You've done a great job on the setup. Bet it sounds super. Cheers,Spencer posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
sbank's Austin City Within LimitsSystem 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 | View comment | |
sbank's Austin City Within LimitsHi 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 | View comment | |
sbank's Austin City Within LimitsIt's all relative. From my perspective, the Darkside is reel-to-reel! posted about 11 years ago | View comment | |
sbank's Austin City Within LimitsBoth sound good as long as accompanied by a nice chianti. Let's skip the Fine Young Cannibals jokes... posted about 11 years ago | View comment | |
sbank's Austin City Within LimitsScott, 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 | View comment | |
sbank's Austin City Within LimitsThanks, 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 | View comment | |
sbank's Austin City Within LimitsEbm,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 | View comment | |
sbank's Austin City Within LimitsSystem edited: Added pic with new setup on short wall. Deeper soundstage and better LF. Worth the effort! posted about 11 years ago | View comment | |
sbank's Austin City Within LimitsSystem edited: Updated a bunch of cable changes and tweaks posted about 11 years ago | View comment | |
sbank's Austin City Within LimitsSystem edited: Updated with pics of Aqvox & custom amp stands. posted almost 12 years ago | View comment | |
Laser's Edge reference systemKen,Congrats on the new table! Looking forward to hearing it sometime. Cheers,Spence posted almost 13 years ago | View comment | |
sbank's Austin City Within LimitsSystem 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 | View comment | |
sbank's Austin City Within LimitsBigamp,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 | View comment |