I might actually be done. I find that this is the system sound I have been looking for. It can be played from very low volume levels to very high volume and gives me what I am looking for. The mid range defines the system and it is all there. The low end is present but not overwhelming and the system can be listened to for hours without being fatiguing. I have it tweeked with my room. My concentration has been on buying music. . Thats it for now. Stephen
Golden Reference Speaker cable, Interconnects: Golden Reference amp to pre am, Golden Reference CD to Pre Amp, 300B Microtwin DVD to Pre Amp, Power Cords: All Golden Reference except Twinlink on DVD Player
Running Springs Audio Haley & Duke Power Conditioners
Power Conditioners Haley for pre-amp, cd player, and dvd player Duke for amps
Stephen. Looking at "The Room", I noted that we have/own the same Indian blanket, fortunately, it's not currently hanging in our audio room like yours. Instead there's one with a different pattern in a similair location. I found that by hanging Native American Indian artifacts in the audio room increases natural aural awareness and therefore adds to the audio experience, didn't you? This of course along with our Shumann frequency generator set at 7.83 Hz...
I agree with Timrhu, post in the amp section. It's certainly interesting to me owning the X350.5.
Excellent review and much appreciated. Darn it I'm thinming of downsizing amps and now you got me thinking about mono's.
What have you been playing Stephen? What is your musical passion?
The D1's are making music, serious music. I just spun John Klemmer Touch. Never sounded better. This followed Frank Sanatra "The Concert Sanatra". Pretty special evening and I just learned that Bin Laden has been killed. A special evening indeed.
Took delivery of the D1's yesterday. According to Ty, he put ~100hrs on them. I've put ~8 hours.
Slight damage on 1 speaker where the finish was rubbed smooth. Bummer.
These speakers are so transparent I'm blown away. Familiar music isn't so familiar anymore. I can hear so deep into the recording. I wonder if part of this is the Jantzen Z-Superior caps? More breakin to come!
Pass Labs XP-20 Audio Research Ref 3 Esoteric C-3 Accuphase C 2400 as the dark horse
The Pass makes sense because it would get married to a Pass amp and more importantly, the word is that this pre works especially well at low volume.
The AR is a reference standard, works great presumably with any future amp such as amps that aren't heaters like my X350.5, discourages tube rolling and will always have a high resale value
The Esoteric is a very neutral, high performance highly regarded amp in its own right and you don't have to buy tubes
The Accuphase is wickedly handsome, has a lot of functionality and reportly solid performance just can't find any comparisons with the fore mentioned top flight pre's.
Others I thought about were the Aethetix models Your capri The Dude and Audio Horizons.
I owned the Cary SLP-05. It was a great preamp but some idiot (me) sold it.
My room measures about 15' X 20' with a large opening at the rear. Lot's of room treatments - bass trap at all corners and acoustic panels in the usual spots. My wife is very forgiving when it comes to stereo. She'll be the one opting for the bigger speakers.. a very dangerous combination.
Pettyfeversk, Nice system, very nice. The Woodmeres look BIG and I'm sure give what I've been missing since I sold my line arrays, top to bottom extension.
My Decade D1's have shipped. I had Ty build me outboard crossovers then sent him a set of Jantzen Superior Z1 caps to install in the fore mentioned crossover boxes.
I too am running a Pass Amp, the X350.5. My current speakers are MBL 121's so I except a very differnt musical presentation. The MBL's are awesome really, but need a second sub I don't have room for. I have 1 JL Audio F113 which should perform nicely with the D1's, you'd know better than I. I am hopeful that the D1's will perform well close to the rear wall.
