The system gives me a lifelike presentation of high quality recordings. Very neutral and revealing- plays the music as it was recorded and meant to be heard.
Just curious as to the size of your room. Looking at a possible change in speakers and your room looks close in width to mine. Thanks for posting pictures of your system.
Great system I am a great admirer and collector of air tangent arms and have every version built I even have the Airtangent reference which is just stunning to say the least awesome is the word. Just a pointer the arm you have is a 1E which is the predesseor to the 2002 it is a low pressure high flow arm based on the original airtangent design from 1984, this is very different to the high pressure 10b and reference arms as it has a series of holes where the air is released on the main beam. This is very different to the 10b a compleately different arm. The 1E was made in very small quantities it is however a great arm you are lucky to own one. Which pump are you using. I use the airtangent reference on a rockport system 11 sirius LE turntable a rare combo I beleave I am the only one to have tried it out
Soundpurist, thanks for the response. I have read good reviews on the Dino 2 and your assessment has reinforced my belief that the Diablo is a superior unit. Cheers and happy holidays.
Ryder, yes I've tried the Dino 2. The Diablo is a cut above the Dino.Runs so clean/ silent at standby mode projecting a dark velvet background, very dynamic when required due to its easy to adjust multiple gain settings for the MC cart. Mine has a separate PSU and it's one small wonder comparable with some of the finest ten fold its price. I have compared this with sutherland PHd3, rhea aesthetix, and the expensive ASR basis exclusive- and yes it gives them cut throat compitation in SQ.
Soundpurist, may I know if you have tried the Trichord Dino Mk2? If you have, is the Diablo a significant improvement to the Dino? Do you have the dedicated PSU connected to the Diablo? Thanks in advance.
Latest changes in my system are the Clearaudio TT3 on the Thorens 124 replacing the SME Series II 3009s2 and the SME V is now sporting Shelter 90X in lieu of the 501 MkII.
Skuras, hi! I'm a hardcore analog and I can say a lot about this but this Musical Fidelity DM25 transport and DAC combo is there for the sake of having a digital front. Am not good at reviewing but this combo sounds better than my previous shanling SACD cdt200 which has reliability issue. Downside, though, is the tray design/mechanism-somewhat loose when ejecting and closing. However,once closed and spinning there's no sign of any imperfections but sturdiness. The DAC is of excellent design but I can't compare this with others since this is my fist and only outboard DAC.This combo is with me since its initial market release sometimes in 2006 and so far no problem yet.
Just recently, Sonic Frontier Line 3 Preamp graced my system replacing the Musical Fidelity KW Preamp.Stunning character to complement the super quite Halcro of very clean/quite signal attributes not common with tube gears. I found the new pair fantastic at least to my taste. After months of auditioning ( Ref 2, Ref 2 MkII, Ref 3, & VTL 6.5) the less costly 2nd hand SFL3 is right on the dot for me and far outweights the more expensive counterparts. This is a keeper's find.
Wondrous! The first impression is how enticingly this room envelopes the body & visually engages: comfy seating, tailored illumination; even the baffelments compel our study. Sophisticates would try to sound convincing of the necessity to hide everything in walls, cabinet works or condensed into interfacing touch pads. Nonsense! Amazing artifacts of current (even old) reproduction technology challenge us both for efficient arrangement & artistic exhibition -- this "Analogue Den" fulfills that expectation in approach seldom seen.
So, what "Soundpurist" has done here is to fill at least one with a plaintive longing to be invited over, seated before that mountain range of sound and be transported into the experience he has thoughtfully crafted.
Thanks Zephyr and Grr for the appreciations.The room is 4m x 7m and 9ft flr to ceiling. The wall has several layers- concrete, accoustic board,compact foam then the covering carpet. The wall back of the speakers and parctically all other sides of the room, diffuser pannels (6 x 4 ft) of varying depths (alternately 2 columns of 2,4 then 6 inches)are placed. I want the speaker area 1/3 of the music room to be 90% dead thus all columns of the diffuser pannels back of the speakers are filled with accoustic foam (eggtray type).On top of it are 3 pannels of fiber glass to further dampen. I got a tame low frequencies and a very focused imaging. The 2nd third part of the room must be 60 to 70% dead, hence only few foams are inserted into the diffusor pannels, leaving the covering sidewall and floor carpets the only damp. The last third part of the room, the listening spot, must be 80% live. This part of the room aside from the diffusers filled with accoustic foam is covered with plywoods. The LPs, DVDs and CDs on the shelves shall served as diffures too. The ceiling is made of gypson board.
So far, I achieved my goal- a neutral sounding system. I just want to hear the song as they were recorded, as if the artists are before me.
You have a beautiful listening room and a setup, that I'm guessing from the components you've listed, that must sound amazing! It's very well done! What are the sound treatments and construction method on the back wall? How did you arrive at the pattern (different material types, depths, in-lay method, etc...)?
