After 7+ years of sticking w/ my piega and vac setup, I decided to downsize both in size as well as value. Turns out this system sounds absolutely fantastic and is very satisfying.
The Transmission Audio's sound like Piega's but with better bass if you can believe it - not only more of it, but better integration.
The Magnetic Line amp is incredible for the price, and once you drop in some NOS BugleBoy 12AX7 in there it beats the VAC on tone, tho not in ultimate control and precision. Still, tone is a lot for me and I'm listening to more music now than I have in a very long time.
damn these GRIP like a pitbull! not sure they make any difference in the sound tho!
Sonos w/ Wyred4Sound mod ZP90
Mod consists of: High-end sample rate converter made by TI Low jitter clock with less than .5ps jitter Low noise power supply for the clock and SR Micro processor controller Input & output digital buffers
Bel Canto Design 3.5VB mk.II
Latest top of the line Bel Canto DAC. Has separate power supply that acts like a virtual battery.
Gabriel Gold Rapture
1m
Line Magentic Audio 218IA
22 watt per channel 845 SET. Driver tubes can be switched to adjust flavor. The options are 6V6, 6L6, 6550, EL34, KT88, 5881 etc. Remote control, adjustable bias using built in meter. 4, 8 and 16 ohm output taps.
I'm using NOS Amperex ECC83 Bugle Boys and they made a huge difference.
Audience Conductor 2.5M
I needed thin cables that sounded great, these fit the bill.
Transmission Audio M1i
System Type Bass reflex/Dynamic Propulsion (dipole) ribbon tweeter. Circuit Type First order Butterworth Enclosure Type Compact bass reflex with dipole tweeter on top, freely radiating. Driver Compliment A-periodically damped high definition woofer Bass Driver 1 - 5" super-duty diecasted aluminum woofer, 300 watt peak power dissipation (10ms) Tweeter 1 dipole ribbon tweeter with 4 separate ribbons in a 5 magnets Neo motor structure. Rear Ambience Dipole configuration Frequency Response 40Hz - 30kHz (+/- 2dB) Impedance 6 Ohm nominal Sensitivity 87dB @ 1 watt, 1 meter Power (per channel) Min - 10 watts rms Max - 100 watts rms Peak - 250 watts 10ms
Very nice and well configured system you have. I agree with you on the importance of natural and realistic tone. A number of components/speakers fall short in this vital area. The fact that you`re listening to music more than before pretty much says it all.
