MY Place sbayneI've been messing with the location of resonators in my system. Ted Denney recently suggested I lower the Vibratron from where I had it higher up on the wall. I finally settled with it on top of my... posted 6 months ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneAudio reviewer Steven Lefkowicz suggested I use a laser ruler to get my chair placement, speaker distance and toe-in exactly symmetrical. I'm now at 35 degrees toe-in, my listening chair is 10.5 fe... posted 8 months ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI've been messing with speaker toe-in and listening chair placement. I did this when I originally set-up my system but thought I'd check it again. I'm now a little farther from the speakers and hav... posted 9 months ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI've been in watts v. current wars with a number of people on other forums. They literally have no idea how a speaker is powered. It's current that drives the cones not watts!! Loudness has very li... posted 11 months ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI had some time so I made some interconnects for my subs so they would match the rest of my system. I use GR Research's ideas on cable design (multi-strand, open air with cotton). I was a little su... posted 11 months ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneBased on the strong recommendation from the talk in the Forums I've added 2 Puron AC line conditioners to my system. They are in the same outlet as my Puritan 156. They are rather remarkable. They'... posted 12 months ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI've added a Stein H2 harmonizer system. I went with one in each of corner of the room with a Stein stone at each and a Stein diamond on the ceiling in the center of the room. They work exactly lik... posted about 1 year ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI've revamped my digital front end by going to an Innuos PULSE streamer and Network Acoustics Muon system directly to my DAC. Previously, I was running a ZENmini MK3 into an Audio-GD DI-20HE digita... posted about 1 year ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI've added a couple more Synergistic Research FEQ X4 and and Atmosphere XL4 to my system. People are selling them to move up to the carbon series. Interestingly, the soundstage really hasn't change... posted about 1 year ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI'd been reading that the Puritan PSM156 Studio Master power conditioner is very susceptible to power cord upgrades. I knew that Puritan offered different grades of power cords but I guess it slipp... posted over 1 year ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI've updated my system component listings. posted over 1 year ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI had a good audiophile friend over last night and we listened to the Audio-GD R-7HE for about an hour. He is a BIG analog guy - his analog rig is over $50K. He has chastised me for getting rid of ... posted over 1 year ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI've now been running the Audio-GD R-7HE MK2 DAC 24/7 for a week. I've listened to it everyday along the way. Like in all audio equipment good power supplies need a lot of run time to sound their b... posted over 1 year ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneThanks milpai! I use this as my personal blog to document the changes I've made in my system over the years. I've gone through a lot of gear and I haven't put every step of the way in here. As to D... posted over 1 year ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI've now added the Audio-GD R-7HE MK2 DAC. It's non-oversampling and has its own built-in regenerative power supply. Huge amounts of air around the instruments/voices with rock solid images and sou... posted over 1 year ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI've taken the Bluetti out of my system. The Puritan PSM156 with an upgraded power cord and proper grounding has really made it not necessary. posted over 1 year ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI've also added a Puritan PSM156 Studio Master mains purifier to my system. It works very well. To the point where I'm not sure the Bluetti battery power is even needed. The key is to properly grou... posted over 1 year ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneThanks David. I've also started using large wool dryer balls for vibration control under my equipment and speakers. The idea came from Ginko Audio that is using something similar in their new produ... posted over 1 year ago | View comment | |
NOLA BuiltJust checking-in David. I can almost "hear" your system just by looking at it. Very well thought-out. Congrats! posted over 1 year ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI've now gone to DIY speaker, interconnects and power cables. They use multi-strand copper, an open weave, cotton cord in the center and ERS cloth at both ends. It's the formula Danny Richie uses f... posted over 1 year ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI’ve been working on modifying speaker cables and interconnects. It seems lowering the EMI/RF riding on the cable is the key. The off-grid battery I use started me down this path because of the hu... posted over 1 year ago | View comment | |
dpop's System(s)Very nice Dave! Balanced power and filtering everywhere. Your radio station background is showing! I had a pair of Altec Valencias for a few year so I get the use of horns in your main system. Is t... posted over 1 year ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI don't know why I even bother with the Audiogon Forums. There are some people on there who are truly nuts. All the way from saying the US isn't on AC power to talking about 800lb flywheel UPS syst... posted almost 2 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneSeems like the Bluetti thread is back on track. We think the main offender has been banned. We will see - he may have just been restricted for a while. posted almost 2 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI started a thread here on Audiogon about going off the grid and how impressed I am with the Bluetti AC200MAX. As what normally happens it quickly turned into childish bickering. I tried to broker ... posted almost 2 years ago | View comment |