Albert Porter's System

Gregg, it has been a long haul. When the Dali Megalines showed up at my door, they sounded absolutely awful. High frequencies were bright and there was NO bass below 60 HZ. Fortunat...

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Linn , If it's nae Scottish, it's Crap.

LOVE the title of the thread, I was prepared to like the system before I looked. Nice to see someone with a sense of humor.

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Albert Porter's System

Craig,Not knowing the sound of your Sim Moon gear it's difficult to know what direction I should suggest. What cable is in the system now and what do you wish you could change about...

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Ahhhh

I think you should get rid of your Pioneer Reel to Reel and send all your old tapes to me, that would give you more space.Other than that, the system is very beautiful, looks like you put i...

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My first rig

Change? To me, the component list suggests yours would be a musical system, allowing you to listen to for long periods of time without fatigue.

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Less crappy for slappy

You make me smile Slappy. You live in a beautiful place, got a beautiful nephew, beautiful dogs and a very beautiful car (I bought my son a Mustang too). At your age you probably spend some...

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Albert Porter's System

I received a preliminary report from the analysis of my Dali Megaline's crossover. There is more than 16 DB difference in gain between the ribbon, high frequency section and the 12 dynamic ...

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Albert Porter's System

Since I'm leaving for CES next week and unable to listen at home, I packed up and shipped off my Dali Megaline's electronic crossover to be "reverse engineered." It is going to To...

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Albert Porter's System

Perhaps the solid state crossover is doing the best job but experimentation is the only way to know. Worst case, I wind up with two crossovers to experiment with. Modifying my original cros...

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Albert Porter's System

Now that I am at 315 hours of break in on my Dali Megalines, I am becoming more and more pleased with the bass response. 500 hours is reported to be the absolute minimum but I am already ge...

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Albert Porter's System

You guys are something else :^).

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Albert Porter's System

Hello Sirspeedy. I can't offer any first hand advice about the TAD. The only time I've heard it is at audio shows were the set up and sound is typically not good. The Graham 2.2 arm is wond...

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Albert Porter's System

Tom, I wish you would visit me and listen to some tunes. I am gaining ground on the break in issue every day. I just received a Phillips CD player and a stack of burned CD's from Sean. ...

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Albert Porter's System

Mejames, I think Zaikesman has answered for me. The input drivers in the VTL 750 have a great effect on sonics. Even switching brands (same tube number) between Telefunken, Brimar and Sylvania alte...

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Albert Porter's System

Zaikesman, your correct about the cathedral ceiling and it's effect on speakers. Luckily the Soundlabs and Dali Megaline are both good candidates for this architecture. The only effect (wit...

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Albert Porter's System

Yes the Dali is a dipole, at least the ribbon is. The woofers are ported and the design and driver size reminds me of the Dynaudio Evidence Temptation, a speaker I very much respect.My Soun...

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Albertporter Lenco project

Johnnantais,Platter and top plate restored with a polish from Germany called Polier. It is manufactured by the same people as Semichrome. Unfortunately it has been discontinued.The ...

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Albert Porter's System

So it was an intentional decision to go symmetrical. It's been a while. I was taught the ideal room shape would be a trapezoid ( no sides parralell)More ...

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Albert Porter's System

According to the acoustics designer, reflections can be controlled by either asymmetrical dimensions and / or damping.To completely restructure the framing of my home (built in 1956) would ...

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Mike Lavigne's System

Mike, I don't know if I should be more envious of the excellent equipment, abundant software collection or the perfect room.Wish I was traveling there for business, I would impose on you fo...

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Albert Porter's System

Nrchy, thanks for the offer but too much risk for you. I appreciate your thoughtfulness.Alex, could be, I don't know. This same disk played with my previous Sony DVD, CD player, including t...

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Albert Porter's System

Nrchy. I have the Purist disc and yes, it works better than music at speeding up the break in process. Problem is, my Sony 9000es will not play it because it's a CDR. I borrowed a Toshiba f...

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Albert Porter's System

Thanks for the positive review of my images Alex.Nrchy, I still don't have enough hours to have this beast smoothed out. The high frequencies are a bit too forward and deep bass has not sho...

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Albert Porter's System

System edited: Air Tight ATM3 added to component list. Image of VTL 750 and Air Tight ATM3 together with Dali Megalines.

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Albert Porter's System

Reviews? Now were believing reviews?OK, here's a quote from Art Pfeffer's review of the VTL MB-750 Reference Amps. For those that don't know, he is also with Absolute Sound.

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