After a more than a year of leaving my system alone, the BUG hit again. I was asked to try Richard Gray's 400 AC Filter... well ok. When i got it home before connecting it I removed all HT components from the system. I also removed my HD Widescreen television which was in between my speakers and listened for a while... a long while. It was great my system sounded completely different without the tv and Monster HTS2500 filter. I then plugged in the Richard Gray unit and it got even better. Imaging, detail, transparency, dynamics and soundstaging all improved. As I was enjoying this new sound I started to think of all that I've been missing. I now want to further improve my listening experience. The weakest link (I think at least) is my CDP. So I hit the posts on Audiogon for suggestions and the Wadia 861 CDP seemed to have alot of great reviews especially when upgraded by Great Northern Sound. The next day I ordered a new Wadia 861 w/ the reference upgrade from Steve at GNS. I'm told it should take around 10 days. Great, thats 10 nights I won't be able to sleep. If there are any Wadia owners w/ similar equipment your input would be great.
System edited: Added (2) 120v, 30a dedicated electrical circuits today. What a difference. Used MC cable which is armored, wrapped and has a seperate ground. Was on a shared 120v, 15a circuit before.
Hey Jfrech, I haven't used my MV-55 in a while and I wondered what it would sound like bi-amped with the 12's working the bottoms. EL-34s on top and either KT88, 6550, or KT-90s on the bottom. While not sounding all that bad it was a little thin. I don't know if it's because I was using 5751s instead of 12AX7s (realized after I disconnected and removed it from the rack) which I've heard have a higher gain or just that the 802s require more power. I'll have to try it again with 12AX7s.
Vinyl... I'm thinking about it but I don't have a TT, phono pre-amp or LPs nor do I even know how to set one up. I hear they sound real good though so... maybe one day. What would a decent setup go for?