Wow, it is always such a humbling experience to revisit your ever changing system ramy. Thanks for your candid remarks on the effects of the various high end interconnects, powercords and powerconditioners in your system ... very rare to hear this truth in the audio industry, and also very sad for the people who fall into it believing that higher cost ALWAYS guarantees better sound. The only thing that surprised me was the MBL preamp fatigue in your system, especially since I have heard it drive a pair of Tenor amps/Kharma speakers and the presentation was SMOOTH and NATURAL on a rendition of Carmen-Fantasie by Anne Sophie Mutter, Wiener Philarmoniker conducted by James Levine. I say this because I know, from previous experiences that the Kharma speakers can sound very fatiguing in some systems, but in this particular case they sounded wonderful ... a truly memorable experience that I'm sure you would have savoured as a classical music lover. The source for that system was the MBL top of the line cd player so maybe that's where the synergy came from.

best regards and many thanks again for your impressions

remy

amperidian August 10, 2012 13:03

Congratulations Ramy, your experience in the industry is a revelation to all people who appreciate music!

My father runs an Audio Capitole CD player with it's preamp straight to a pair of YBA mono's into a pair of Martin Logan Statement 2 speakers for a 2 channel system. He uses Nordost Valhalla cables with Shunyata Powerconditioning throughout. Results are outstanding! Like you, he never went on to look for a turntable after what he heard in his home.

Happy listening ... and like the other reviewer said, "buy your wife some flowers" and spend as much time with her as possible. Congratulations to you both.

Remy

amperidian February 02, 2005 18:37