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 about 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 about 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 about 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 about 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 about 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 about 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 about 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 about 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 about 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 about 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 about 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 about 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 about 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 | |
MY Place sbayneI got the Ortofon Blue mounted and calibrated on the Thorens TD-124. It's sounding extremely good. I've been trying an outer ring by Wayne's Audio and have been communicating with Wayne. He is send... posted over 5 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbaynemillercarbon, thanks! Yeah, I need to do some more work with the E-Mats. I'll probably do what you suggest by wrapping the wires. I already have E-Cards inside the cabinets on the center tweeter (t... posted over 5 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI've been doing a lot of reading about cartridges and phono cables looking for the best values out there. I'll be placing orders for an Ortofon Blue cartridge and Audio Sensibility copper phono cab... posted over 5 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneLast night, I switched out the Pro-Ject Xtension 10 for the Thorens TD-124 I also have. Based on reputation alone the Thorens should walk all over the Pro-Ject. I've been using the Pro-Ject because... posted over 5 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneAfter much discussion and going back/forth about tube amps I placed an order for a Basie integrated in natural cherry by Erhard Audio. I upgraded it with Lundahl OPTs wound specifically for 4 ohm s... posted over 5 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI've sold a lot of equipment lately. I hooked my Fisher 800c up to the Moabs and really liked the sound! Over a month ago, I agreed to sell the Fisher to someone I've known for awhile but I think I... posted over 5 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI added another set of clarifiers, this time to the amp end, so now there is a set at the amp and the speakers. The Moabs took a jump sonically when I did that. I had tried it with the Impact Monit... posted over 5 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneEven though the Moabs I purchased were used at an audio show and by a previous owner I decided to run them in for awhile. I'm glad I did. At the 72 hour point they really opened up! I'm going to le... posted over 5 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneHi - I've been reading about your cabling method for years but I don't think we have ever talked! I was using your method on both my CD player and Phono but I ended up selling the extra sets of cab... posted over 5 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneSounding very nice. The Moabs throw a big soundstage behind, in-front and to the sides of the speakers. Center-fill is excellent. They seem to sound better decoupled v. coupled. Bass is excel... posted over 5 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbaynePicked-up and got the MOABs hooked-up today. Similar to the pair of Impact Monitors with stereo subs I had. A little more coherent. Overall, very nice and excellent value! posted over 5 years ago | View comment |