MY Place sbayneI've also gradually moved to a full-loom of Synergistic Research Foundation power cables, interconnects and speaker cables. I was using very high value Western Electric cables before but, as should... posted about 5 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneMassive overhaul of my system. I changed pretty much everything except for the Moabs. The biggest change was to my amp. I had an excellent Melody AN845 integrated that gave glorious sound but I wan... posted about 5 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneLike I've discussed many times before the key to getting good sound is to manipulate the power feeding our system and the audio signal itself. Science shows electronic signals (which obviously incl... posted over 5 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneWorking on some fairly major updates and changes. It's a grand experiment but so far so good. posted over 5 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneThe previous post had a strange light font. Weird. I have no idea what that’s all about. Whatever. posted over 5 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneAfter reading a lot of comments about placement, I decided to put the Tranquility Pod over the very back of the Lumin D2 so that it covers the back-panel connections. I also added some ... posted over 5 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI found some good deals on a used Synergistic Research ground box and Tranquility Pod. I built my own "high-def" cables for the grounding box. I must say it works very well. Absolute blackness betw... posted over 5 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneSnuck in a short listening session today. Hard to believe a fuse could make such a big difference in sound. Also guessing the Lumin wasn’t fully broken in when I got it. Whatever the case may be i... posted over 5 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneMusic is just exploding out of this setup! The Lumin D2 with the Synergistic Research Fuse/ECTs, Supra LAN cables and Perfect Path E-mats/E-Cards is getting to the point of REAL! This combo has ove... posted over 5 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI've switched the BlueSound NODE 2i out for a Lumin D2. I'll be adding a Synergistic Research Orange fuse to it. Already, the sound is bigger, more layered and open. Things have calmed down on the ... posted over 5 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI bought a set of fairly expensive "used" rectifier tubes that supposedly had about 100 hours on them. There is absolutely no way these tubes have that amount of hours. They sounded weak & thin... posted over 5 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI'm now trying different rectifiers from the 5U4 family. The Melody AN845 lets you hear every little change. I've also added a SOtM iSO-CAT6 isolator & Supra Cat 8+ ethernet cable to my BlueSou... posted over 5 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI've got about 125 hours on the Melody AN845. I'm gobsmacked by this amp. It's only 22 watts but it has complete control over the Moabs drivers. When the music calls for slam its there instantly bu... posted over 5 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneWell it’s happened again. This used amp I just bought wasn’t fully broken-in! At about 75 hours it transformed into a jaw dropper. Easily the best amp I’ve owned and possibly have ever heard. The ... posted over 5 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneThanks David. I use this as my stereo diary, blog or whatever. Basically so I can go back and look on specific dates what equipment I had and my thinking at the time. I know people read it because ... posted over 5 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI finally finished this "rebuild" of my system. It was a lot of work and took a lot of patience but it was REALLY worth it. The sound is huge and sweet. Very clear and authoritative but never harsh... posted over 5 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneWhy the f did I go back to tubes??? Got the Melody AN 845 and one of the tubes is bad and I don't have a replacement tube on hand. Another week of waiting. Arrggghhh....... posted over 5 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI'm picking-up a Melody AN 845 this weekend. It's a very high quality 90lb integrated thats based on the 845 tube. 22 watts of Class A SET power. The seller is including a pair of Elrog 845s. I'm e... posted over 5 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneThere have been some major developments on the amplifier side. For a number of reasons I won't go into publicly I have to go in a different direction. I am staying with tubes, however. I also un-ex... posted over 5 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI've now added pictures of all the new equipment. Everything is sounding great! Going to let it cook for awhile. posted over 5 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneAudiogon just gave me an Application Error and duplicated the post below. As you can see two posts were placed in the log on the exact same date and time. Weird. (I've now edited it) posted over 5 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneThe Erhard Basie arrives tomorrow! I've gotten updates and pictures from Holger throughout the process. I'll need to break-in the Lundahl OPT’s and Mundorf EVO Oil caps. I also have a quad of Sophi... posted over 5 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI recently purchased a used piece of gear that has some very high quality transformers in it. Its gotten rave reviews but each reviewer said it needs at least 100 hours of break-in time to sound it... posted over 5 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneWhile I've been waiting for my Erhard Basie to be built I've been messing with my analog rig. I have a number of different SUTs left over from my Shindo days. Even though the Ortofon Blue is a MM I... posted over 5 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneThe Thorens TD-124 is obviously idler based and when it's coupled with Wayne's Outer Ring/Mat it makes for a very solid sound. The instruments and voices come from a completely black background and... posted over 5 years ago | View comment |