Jfrech,
Thanks. It was a very hard decision to keep the woodwork. 1)It's not good acoustically.
2)It costed $12K to repair. Insurance covered this particular item, but I could've used the money on repairs that wasn't covered. My payout was only about 70%.

Ultimately, I felt I was willing to give up some sound quality/acoustics for the beauty. Also I felt bad to just throw out $35K worth of work.

captaincapitalism December 11, 2014 11:26

I spent the night of Sandy in the Hilton Times Sq. I know that was a tough storm..sorry to hear about your system. Just love the woodworking in your room !

jfrech December 11, 2014 05:12

System edited: My system was destroyed in Sandy. Started the rebuild. Still have to get surrounds & 2 channel amp for them. Also thinking of replacing my EQ with Direc Live.

captaincapitalism December 10, 2014 09:16

Wow, Very Nice room - I Love Sonus Faber's and krell - the room is also very classy - one comment if I may - If you have the Showcase Power plugged into the monster you are probably chocking your power - I mad that mistake early on - krell hates power limiting conditioners - I picked up a shunyata Hydra 2 and WOW Drastic Change - Full bodied transparency instead of compression - Good luck

firedrums June 29, 2008 19:10

Thanks - great pics and great room - I think this is one of the most tasteful rooms I have seen - well done. Good gear to - of course!

shadorne April 15, 2008 09:05

System edited: Added Pics

captaincapitalism June 28, 2004 12:13

The DVD player is only used as a transport since it has both a DVI and SPID/IF output. The Krell will take care of all of it. Nice way to save money. I like the player! One of the first with a DVI out yeah? The marantz should make some magis with the V Inc., even with it's rediculous price tag. I love your system, I just had a lengthy audition of the Cremona and am higly considering spending way more money than I have to pick up a pair, and eventually develop an ALL Sumiko surround system.

Good Listening,
Patrick

eclipse911t April 23, 2004 23:00

Allow time for speaker break-in. I don't know about the other gear (literally) but those speakers are awesome.

artmaltman August 14, 2003 14:56

Very respectable, Enjoy!

wvick August 14, 2003 14:28

My $200 DVD player got the best scores of all the players tested in Hometheaterhifi.com testing. So don't judge a player by its price.

joew August 14, 2003 08:51

whoah. A 200 dvd player for that beast of a system? I hope that's a typo or that you've found the deal of the millenium on the dvd player. Anyways, great lookin system. Cremonas are my favorite speaker in terms of appearance.

dubzilla August 14, 2003 01:19

I just ordered the gear today. The dealer told me since I wanted the graphite Cremonas I would have to wait until labor day. When it is complete I will post pictures.

captaincapitalism August 13, 2003 18:43

Would you include some pictures?

bluefin August 13, 2003 17:54