This is the last system I have put up , with the help of my dealer, CDF Audio, the only thing left from my last system is the turntable.The Monbrison replaced a Copland CTA 305, before the Montrachet my amp was the Pass Lab X250, and the speakers where the Elektra937 BE special edition speakers, much bigger than the Super 8, but the Gibbons are much more musical.
And that is exactly waht my wife and I where looking for.The most musical system we could afford.
Upgraded from the Champion to the Master Solution. All I can say is that it makes beautifull music.
Clearaudio Unify
I simply love this arm.
Benz Micro MC Reference
I have waited some time to purchase this cartridge.It is simply musical.
Shindo Monbrison
When my dealer let me have this preamp to try out, he knew what he was doing.Actually I wanted to purchase new speakers, after I had listen to this preamp, it was a no brainer.
Shindo Montrachet
Simply the most magical amp I have ever owned!
DeVore Gibbon Super 8
My last purchase in the system.Listening to music trough those speakers, is really a treat.
Pure and simple. Nice. Must have been quite an ear opener going from that ss gear to tubes, especially Shindo.
As far as cables/power cords, I would highly recommend you try Ocellia Signature or Reference. I think it would be the perfect compliment to your system.
Thanks for the nice comments, you can't see it in the picture, but a lot of work went into that room, and the results are great. You could ask Danny of CDF next week, he's the one that came to my place to set up the Super, and he said it was the best sound he had ever heard comming out of those speakers. To me , that was quite a compliment comming from him.I'll see you next week in Montreal.
Your room is beautiful (as is your dog--great photo) and you're absolutely right that the room is an important part of the system. If you can get it right fundamentally (replacing sheetrock with solid wood is excellent) you'll have a huge advantage when you finally get the rest of the system set-up.
Hello, I know she looks like a boxer, but isn't. She is five years old, her father was a Boston Terrier, and mother an espagneul breton. It's like having a baby boxer that never gets old.
Hi, the room is about 12 x 19 feet. A lot of work went into that room. Originally that room was all gypse, I ripped everything out including the ceiling, then installed acoustic treatment inside the walls, and covered everything up with 3/4'' pine. I also worked on the ceiling because we only had 7 feet, this was a lot of work but very much worth it. The room is actually part of the system in many ways.
To be honest, yes the change was very big. The first change was from the Copland preamp to the Monbrison, that was a very big change, more musical of course but the biggest change was how solid the musical presentation became, that was almost unreal, when I added the Montrachet, it only got better.
I have tried many cables, the ones that are on now have been with the previous system, we have tried diffirent ic and speaker cables but I stayed with the ones I already had, I don't like changes unless I get a great improvement.The ic's are from Actinote MB 750, the speaker cables are Maple Audioworks Natural. Not very well known cables, but they never the less do a great job, and I do think cables matter.
Hi, no the dog is not a boxer. The breeder was raising espagneul breton and boston terrier and decided to breed the two of them, our dog is one of the reult. She is almost five years old and she does look like a baby boxer. The Shindo gear is very special, everything I have heard from Shindo sounds very good.You have a very nice system Streetdaddy, I like the Living Voice speakers ,I did get to hear them at the Montreal show, but I also love your rack, it really looks cool.
