Merhaba Aram,

I usually listen to Classic, Rock, good Pop, actually everything except Jazz. I live in Kandilli

muratc April 10, 2007 19:14

Yes, I did, but Von Schweikert is not distributed here and I didn't want to order something so important, so expensive without listening. I used to have Wilson Audio Maxx2's before and I think Gryphons are a huge improvement.

muratc January 05, 2007 23:09

OK, believe it or not, the equipment rack and the shelving are designed by me. Equipment rack was manufactured in our factory (lucky to be in the metal business:)) It's all hollow stainless steel beams welded together. The tubular legs are filled with very fine sand and lead shots. The feed and spikes are made of machined brass.

Shelving was done by my very creative carpenter. They consist of 3 layers chestnut (maybe some other wood, I'm not sure) strips. On each layer the direction of strips are changed to prevent warping. The shelves also have their brass spikes.

muratc January 02, 2007 10:26

Thank you for the advice. I'll definetely try some different options, but not in the very near future. I'm happy as for now and also a little tired of upgrading and tweaking :-)

muratc December 29, 2006 06:51

Boulder doesn't recommend Transparent or any cable with boxes.

muratc September 08, 2006 19:41

It's a IsoClean Zero-Ohm panel from HongHong. All the breaker metal parts, bus bars, connectors, screws, etc are pure copper and gold-plated. For my A/V room it was custom made for 3-phase, 220V 63A. Each phase has its own 5 separate breakers.

muratc September 06, 2006 19:17

I've never tried Tara Labs but I used Synergistic's Absolute Ref. cables for many years. I can say that Stealth cables perform much better in my room with my system

muratc August 18, 2006 17:12

Hello Schwinnidia,

We have tried the Gryphon amps and Boulders at my dealers showroom and we all liked the Boulders much better. More power&control, more smooth detail and extermely well bass control were the differences.

muratc August 13, 2006 21:27

Hello Jim,

You're right that it also has killer looks beside its awesome sound. People who come to my room just couldn't believe it's just a CD transport.

I also heard that Metronome is coming up with a new power supply for the Kalista. Do you have any information about it?

muratc August 11, 2006 07:59

Thanks Ozy,

Actually, I didn't do anything to the breaker box. It's a custom-made, tri-phase, breaker box from Isoclean, HongHong. It has all gold plated contacts, very thick gold plated bus bars, etc.

muratc July 11, 2006 11:48

Thank You

It's a custom made stand. Actually I designed it and had it made in our factory. It's sometimes good to be in the metal business :-)

muratc July 09, 2006 17:35

Hello Ron,

Thank you. As expected it sounds just great. It's very fast and detailed. Due to the big Boulder amps and big Gryphon speakers, authority and power is very well controlled with any kind of music. I also think Metronome transport also delivers very nice sound, very analog and detailed at the same time. It looks like I'm done for a long time. I just need to tweak it further with some details, like different cable combinations, play with acoustical treatments and try different platform alternatives.

muratc June 03, 2006 19:15

System edited: More pics added

muratc June 02, 2006 21:23

Hello Soundnote,

Thank You and you're right. I live in Istanbul, Turkey.

muratc May 30, 2006 19:40

Thanks for the nice compliments.

I did the most designing both for acoustics and aesthetics.

I hope to put more pics of the rest of the room and equipment next week.

muratc May 19, 2006 20:15

Finally some pics added. More to follow soon

muratc May 16, 2006 22:19

I hope to post some pics in a few days. I was waiting to replace my speakers.

muratc May 05, 2006 21:34

Oh and the reason I didn't go with the Metronome DAC was Boulder has a superior processing power and I've thought it would give a better synergy with the rest of the system. I haven't had a chance to try the Metronome DAC but I'm just very happy with the Boulder DAC

muratc April 22, 2006 19:46

Hello Gary,

Thank you. Kalista sounds just as I described in the system component describtions. Just awesome, very analog like. Before Kalista I used have the EMM stack but this is one at another level (pricewise too) It doesn't have the metallic sound of the EMM but still delivers with accuracy and great detail.

As for the pics, I'm still trying to finish a few things in the room and hope to take some photos ina few days.

Murat

muratc April 22, 2006 19:14