John,

I’ve been waiting for you to comment on the Spiral Groove Centroid. There are lots of positive comments about it in press and from users.

How is it compared to Triplanar and Schroeder you had? Everyone says noise floor on the Centroid is out of this world but what about tonal balance?

albertporter March 07, 2015 19:41

John,

We need to listen here and your place. I have not heard progress on your system in forever.

albertporter June 16, 2014 06:05

John,

If you want to hear Ricks cable I have them here.

albertporter May 02, 2014 05:00

Really the best I have heard my system..

I have to make a trip there, lets work on that. Seriously.

As for best sound, I was thinking same about my speakers while watching the two movies we put on this evening.

I hope with analog this next week and the new tubes in driver position I'll feel the same way with music.

I think the time Andy spent burning your Rockport was a great head start on your break in.

I just tweaked the VTF on the Lyra Atlas..it was around 1.7...I got it spot on at 1.72 per the instructions...a bit more resolution, ease and dynamics..

That is precisely where I run my Lyra Atlas, 1.72 on my Winds.

albertporter August 18, 2013 06:08

John,

I think that will help but I've heard from several sources that it's good to do a long session followed by some down time.

Supposedly that helps condition not only the drivers but the capacitors and other components as well.

Obviously I have no proof of this concept but I've been putting from 10 to 16 hours a day on the Focal and then giving them a rest overnight.

albertporter August 17, 2013 19:50

Lloydlee, if you visit John you're welcome to my home for music as well.

John and I both live in Texas, a very short flight or few hours by car.

albertporter August 01, 2013 03:01

Jfrech
For all you Grand Prix Monaco and Silverstone owners...don't forget to change your dampers every 12-18 moths. I just replaced the hanger dampers and shelf pads under my turntable shelf...lower noise, deeper bass, better resolution. 10 minutes of work...it's not subtle...

John, I was changing Grand Prix pads at 8 months rather than a year. With the VTL amps being so heavy it was vital to performance to not wait a year.

Probably not nearly so critical on moderate weight equipment since stress is less on the dampers.

albertporter July 21, 2013 22:33

Hi Albert, yes I purchased the Koda K 10. I had it here on a loan for about a month and just couldn't be with out one. It's a pretty special preamp.

It must be to get you to move from the Nagra, I know you liked it.

anyway need to come listen soon!

Lets do that, and if you drive up again maybe you can make time to listen with us again.

albertporter July 03, 2013 04:58

John,

Just tried to call you. Did you buy the Robert Koda K10 or trying it out? Sounds like it replaces the Nagra.

How will the K10 work for you with only one XLR in and one XLR out?

albertporter June 30, 2013 23:24

John, the Rockport Altair look beautiful in your space, I prefer their look over the Wilson.

I hope we can get together at your place so I can hear them. They were nice at THE Show but conditions there are no contest for your listening room, especially now with your acoustic upgrades.

albertporter May 19, 2013 20:57

John,

I miss you living in Dallas, I didn't even recognize your daughter the last time you brought her by. I still think of her as a "little girl" sitting on my sofa with us.

If you're in town Memorial Day come by and pick up the Allnic H3000V. I also have the new baby Allnic 1201 phono and DHT preamp. We can talk about those and you decide what you want to play with.

My Focal are supposed to be here Wednesday and I have a call into a piano mover too. I chuckled when I read that comment in your post, no way can I move my speakers either.

albertporter May 05, 2013 21:39

John,

Appears the month of May is lucky for those of us waiting for delivery of our new speakers.

You owe me an invitation to hear the Rockport after you have them broken in a bit.

albertporter May 04, 2013 06:27

John,

I looked at the K-10 website and appears the preamp has super low gain (6 DB) and only one XLR in and one XLR out. Remainder are RCA.

Is that correct?

albertporter April 16, 2013 03:18

That room would look much better in person. :^).

albertporter December 20, 2012 22:14

John,
The Lyra Atlas was in the Micro Seiki, soon to be in the Graham Phantom and then the SME V-12.

Let me know a good time, I would love to come listen again.

albertporter December 05, 2012 23:29

I need to hear it, when's the listening party?

albertporter December 05, 2012 15:45

Congratulations John, I know that had to make an incredible improvement.

albertporter September 08, 2012 05:54

John, once you have the Maxx 3 broken in and a free weekend I sure would like to come listen.

Are you still traveling in and out of the country for Big Blue?

albertporter August 10, 2009 21:19

Congratulations John, I hope to be able to listen with you again, maybe after you get everything broken in.

albertporter November 20, 2008 22:54

I visited John a week or so ago and heard this system first hand.

I've always respected Wilson Audio due to their construction quality, marketing and customer service, but for me they were always a bit dry and analytical.

Forget that with this system, it's musically involving, has great resolution and almost zero distortion. Too, these speakers only have a couple of hundred hours on them, so I'll wager they improve with additional run in.

John has a wonderful room, even without any acoustical treatment other than tube traps. This has gone from a good system ( with WP 6's) to an amazing system with all the addition of the WP 8's and new room.

No doubt the SME analog rig and all tube electronics are helping but the speakers are a big part of any systems sound. Whatever the design changes implemented by Wilson in this new series, they are very positive.

Congratulations John.

albertporter July 04, 2007 21:20

Congrats on the new house John! I hope to get invited to the new space.

You left your want list behind after our music session, I sent it via email.

albertporter September 27, 2006 03:56

I need an invitation to come back over and hear the changes. Put some of those kitty cats away and make room.

albertporter February 01, 2004 01:20