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Sb/ri upgrades done for my silverbacks
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    • Oppo Bdp95
    Universal player
    • Auditorium 23 Auditorium 23
    Auditorium 23
    • Shindo Silver
    Shindo silver
    • Shindo Masseto
    Shindo masseto
    • Shindo Montrachet
    Shindo Montrachet
    • Bob' devices 1131 blue
    Step up transformer
    • Stefano bertoncello Garrardzilla bearing
    Giant bronze bearing
    • Stefano bertoncello 12.5 kg bronze platter
    12.5kg bronze platter
    • Garrard 301
    Audio grail garrard 301 with 12 kg bronze platter, custom bearing and bronze adjustable arm base to take A and G style spu
    • Devore fidelity Silverback reference
    Silverback reference
    • Shindo Labs 753 field coil speakers
    Added the shindo 753 field coil speakers

Comments 28

Lovely setup.

artk

Thank you for the update. Regards.

jetrexpro

Owner
Yep, had the 096 for a home trial but the silverbacks sounds better especially after the i upgrade

tristannatalie

Tristan Did you ever get a chance to compare the o96 with the silverback? Regards Jet

jetrexpro

Beautiful wood finishes make the system pop.

donbagley

Owner
System edited: Just added the sb/ri upgrades for my silverbacks which involves changing the crossovers and silver wire harness.

tristannatalie

I heard the Silverbacks not long ago and was deeply impressed.

jetrexpro

Owner
System edited: Added 2 shindo mr t and waiting for my devore silverbacks upgrade

tristannatalie

An Air tight 300b? Must have been good! I imagine the Shindo sounds
different but beautiful also. Like you I clearly prefer high efficiency
speakers with high quality lower powered tube amplifiers.
Charles,

charles1dad

Owner
Exactly Charlse. I will audition it first. The silverback upgrades results are pretty vague at the moment. Having said that, the silverbacks are quite efficient as I have used the airtight 300B amps on them for awhile and it was awesome. I guess it would probably have a different presentation due to the different designs of the 2 speakers. The Montrachet is rated into a 16 ohm load and in ultra linear mode. I hope to have a single ended shindo so having high efficiency speakers is a must for me.

tristannatalie

The O/96 Orangutan would seem an easier load for the Montrachet amplifier. I wonder how much the presentation differs between the two speakers.
Charles,

charles1dad

Owner
Devore silverbacks. Will either upgrade the crossovers and tweeters and bring tip to specs with the current production silverbacks or (upgrade or downgrade?) to the 0/96 orangutan.

tristannatalie

What Devore speakers? Picture please.

jetrexpro

Owner
The schick has no problem tracking the Mickey hart dafos album whereas the SME will always produce distorted sound when the chains hit the floor.
My SME is rewired with cardas cables and mounted on a bronze base yet the schick still sounds more refined and the music is natural sounding. It's a well made arm and I have mine mounted on a solid bronze arm base that is adjustable to take Spu G and A style cartridges.

tristannatalie

Can you please give us a brief review of the Schick vs Sme? Lovely system btw!

jeff1225

Owner
Rack manufactured by guizhu from china, it's good and cheap, the oppo cannot hold a light to the garrard 301 which sounds more like music than any digital especially in a shindo set up. I feel that any shindo set up has got to involve vinyl playback to really maximize the shindo magic.

tristannatalie

Hi Tristannatalie, I have just put into place a similar system. I was even considering an oppo 105 and was wondering how you like your oppo vs. the analog and with the shindo?

truemaineiac

Who manufactured the component racks?

lapierre

Well planned out system.

lapierre

Owner
System edited: Just replace the SME 3012 with a Thomas schick tone arm with a custom made bronze arm base that is adjustable to take both A style and G style spu.

tristannatalie

Tristannatalie, could you please tell me more about your Guizhou rack? I was planning to get a Box Furniture rack but this one looks very interesting also. If you prefer, please PM me. Many thanks.

mikeyc8

Thanks.....and once again....great system

catfishbob

Owner
Catfishbob,
Did not really compare with any other sut but I initially wanted an A23 sut but decided to go with bob's because it can be customised to fit my Emt Xsd 15 and my Denon 103.

tristannatalie

Tristannatalie......did you compare the Bob's device with any other SUT? How did you decide on that one? Great looking system!

catfishbob

Owner
The brand of the rack is guizhu from china and it doe have a discerning effect on the sound. Dan, you should contact Stefano or the bearing and platter but do remember to check if your plinth can take the extra length of the bearing. I was prepared to drill through the base of my cherrywood plinth which I did . Stefano is a great guy to deal with, you should check out his blog and see his 301.

tristannatalie

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