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 3 years 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 3 years 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 3 years 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 3 years 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 3 years 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 4 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 4 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 4 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneThe Bluetti AC200MAX is working out extremely well. It handles my system like it is nothing. The cooling fans have not kicked on even once which is important. I threw some very loud bass heavy musi... posted almost 4 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI purchased the Bluetti 200MAX 2,200W AC Pure Sine Wave Inverter (4,800W Surge) 2,048Wh Capacity LiFePO4 Battery with 3,500+ Life Cyc... posted almost 4 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneBrain fart on the ACSS interconnects. I bought the "mini" size which is wrong and now another audiophile has pointed-out my preamp doesn't even support ACSS! Total stupidity on my part. Urgh! posted almost 4 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI'm going to try Audio GD's ACSS connections between the R8, HE1 and the 3A. I decided on The Reference by Robertson Audio. The cables are 24AWG 99.99% solid core pure silver. Most "si... posted almost 4 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneEric Alexander makes very high value Tekton speakers by using well known physics and science. He uses large band tweeters in an array that are wired in and out of phase to reproduce the midrange fr... posted almost 4 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneThe DI-20HE and R8 have been playing for 9 days straight, so over 200 hours. The sound is now "reach out and touch it" real. I think it's the lower midrange that has changed the most. There is a so... posted almost 4 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbaynePeople really don’t seem to understand how their stereos work. There is a guy I’ve encountered (who designs and builds amplifiers!) who seems to think if sensitivity is high then low impedance spea... posted almost 4 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneIt took me awhile to get the DI-20HE going. I was using a RCA coax into the R8 DAC and outputting XLR balanced from the R8. Well, duh, the R8 doesn’t convert the signal!! After I realized what the... posted almost 4 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI'm adding Audio GD's DI-20HE that has its own regenerative Class A balanced power supplies for the digital interface. Should be interesting. posted almost 4 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI went ahead and got the Audio GD Master 3A. It’s a 50 watt pure class A amp with massive power supplies and transformers. 80lbs worth. The sound is lush and real. Now fully understanding why peopl... posted about 4 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbaynePictures of the new system are now posted. I've decided to go with 30 watt Class A mono-blocks for the time being. The new Audio-GD vacuum tube HE-1 preamp is fully balanced with regenerative power... posted about 4 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI've made some fairly significant changes to my system. The biggest change is going to a balanced tube preamp and a different GaN amp. Everything is still breaking-in and I'm making some rack/confi... posted about 4 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneA guy on Facebook in the Tekton group was trying to tell me an output transformer in an amp has nothing to do with impedance matching. I cited him an article I found literally within 30 seconds and... posted about 4 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneAnother one I'm saving: This is a very relevant discussion since many folks are driving their Tektons with low power tube amps and low power solid state amps - if you do t... posted about 4 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI have moved up the line of Audio-GD DACs. I now have the R8 MK2. Its mind-blowing how good these DACs are for the price. Extreme build quality. posted about 4 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneOn another forum, I recently had a guy go nuts about me using a "cheap Class D amp" to power my system and also claimed there is no way I'm getting the best sound without using a preamp. I'm going ... posted over 4 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneThe new cabling from Network Acoustics and Synergistic Research are simply amazing. Musicians have taken on a "wholeness" with subtle details completely surrounding them in the soundstage. All of t... posted over 4 years ago | View comment |