A Woman's Perspective

by twopippis on Ever Evolving

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I guess I'm in my third year now working to put together a high end system. I am finally at a point of being extremely happy with the choices I've made and reference quality I've achieved. Changes over time have been numerous but with a lot of diligent reading of various user threads and talking with other audio friends, I believe the trek has been well worth it and definitely a fun one! I'm still tweaking a bit but think I'm at the end of the big changes for awhile. And it sure sounds good! Thanks for all the help! (updated comments 6/21/04)
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    • McIntosh MC-1201
    1200 wpc monoblocks $9000 ea
    • Dartzeel NHB-18NS Preamp
    Battery powered. Reference Audio Mods replaced existing internal battery system with external 12v batteries with cabinet casing
    • Esoteric P-03
    SACD/CD with DSD signal processing
    • Esoteric D-03
    SACD/CD with native DSD and PCM to DSD up-conversion
    • Esoteric G-0s master clock
    With Rubidium Oscillator
    • Halcro SSP-100 Processor
    With upgraded MPCM (LPCM) 7.1
    • Halcro Amplifiers MC-30
    Three channel for center and rear surround speakers
    • Escient Fireball E-120 Digital Music Mgr.
    Used in conjunction with a Sony 400 Disc CD changer plus an internal harddrive which allows 1800 hours of digital recorded music. I run this setup through the Goldmund DAC and get amazingly high end audio output!
    • Talon Audio Firebirds
    full range with diamond tweeters
    • Talon Audio Hawk Center
    w/Talon stand
    • Talon Audio Hawk Surrounds
    Amazing monitors that I'm using for rear surround channels
    • Talon Audio Thunderbird
    With external 1200 watt Crown amp
    • Harmonic Resolution Systems M-3 Isolation Base
    I'm using these under each amp. Nothing short of amazing!
    • Pioneer Elite Pro FHD-1
    50
    • Tara Labs Omega Gold Speaker Cable
    10 ft.
    • Tara Labs Zero Gold
    1.5m between amp and preamp (16k) 1m between DAC and preamp (14.5k)
    • Tara Labs Cobalt A/C cable
    Used on the DAC and the conditioner
    • 6sonsAudio Windigo
    Using one on the transport and one on a power condition. Really excellent.
    • Nordost Thor
    One on the audio and one on the video. Amps go straight to the wall.

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Twopippis,

Thanks for your reply. You have me tempted. How do you have your cables positioned. Side by side or separated by a few inches or a foot? Do you find the bass fuller? More speed would be ideal but the Onyx are so fast it is incredible. Esp compared to other speaker cables. I would add that I have a massive soundstage, but do lack the last bit of three dimensionality. On the other hand, if I had more treble extension I wonder if it would be a good thing. I might just do it. Thank you again.

dgad

Wendy,

Another Agon member mentioned you had Omega Golds. I switched from Transparent to home made to Omega Onyx/Black or whatever it is. I was thinking gold. I see you went for the new Zero Golds. I am curious if you compared them to the Zero Onyx and same for the Omega. I am just curious what the differences are?

dgad

What did you compare your Firebirds to? I am very interested in them. I am looking for a speaker with full extension that sounds great at both low & high volumes. They are on my short list from a design point of view.

dgad

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