albertporterAlbert Porter's SystemThank you Lak. My wife tried the remote that came with the installation and could not figure it out. One try with the iPad and she was smiling.It's nice when technology can make things prac... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Ozzy SystemOzzy, Love the watch dog image. posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemHere are two images showing skylight area.Skylight, rear to front posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemLak,They just completed the job about an hour ago and it looks nice. I host music tonight for our group but tomorrow I should be able to capture a couple of images to show the work. posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemProbably not exciting for anyone but me, but a long time problem is going to be resolved Tuesday AM.My listening room has a skylight area that's huge, about 8 feet by 16 feet. This is clear... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Focal Grande Utopia EM glory!!Ulf,You bought your Focal Grande EM about the same time I got mine. I appreciate them more each day, not only due to break in but making adjustments and tweaking the system to the speakers ... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemC1ferrariSo...Cool :-)He's a great kid and I love his fiancée, Kensey. He's graduated now but sticking around Tech until she finishes her EE degree. ... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemEarlier this evening my son sent me this email.Rockin with LP Rocking out and cooking di... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Serenity Now... (latest revision)Keifer the wonder dog looks like he's smiling. Obviously approves of recent changes to the system. posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemGood that all three of us thought the outcome with this DHT tube was positive. With different listening rooms, speakers and components I would not have been surprised at different conclusio... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemChristian, yes the Phillips are cheap compared to the others.Today I ran the system mostly with the CBS Hytron military version of 5Y3 and at first thought it might be better. Later we put ... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemAlbert I mentioned this before without anyone acknowledging so i will mention this again.I missed that somehow, I make a point of responding to posts on ... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemArnie,Thank you for that contribution. I do have an alternate 5Y3 on hand to try in the H5000 but suspect what you say is true, likely it and the Phillips will be more alike than different. posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemChristian,I've worked on a few Allnic and the advice about caps is well founded. I got a jolt on a H3000 doing an upgrade a couple of years ago for a friend.Agree also on order of r... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemI would be shocked if you didn't prefer the GZ 34 Valvo's. That said, if you have the heavy duty diode, I recommend the 1967 Mullard GZ37 tube.Mixed resp... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemI just installed a pair of 1950s Valvo Holland GZ34 double D getter rectifiers in the Allnic H5000 DHT phono power supply.Tomorrow night we will judge results. We have a well established so... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
TenFold Design Helix speakerThe additional photos are fantastic.It's great to read your descriptions and see photos of your creative process. It's a unique blend of physical art, technology and music. I was a ... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemI invited a fellow Audiogon member to my home last Tuesday. Today I received a very nice note from him.Albert,Thank you very much for having me last Tuesday. It w... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
TenFold Design Helix speaker13mm transducer is adhered to the center of each steel disc, thereby creating 24 separate 12"-diameter flat "drivers"Understood now. I... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
TenFold Design Helix speakerI have never seen anything like that. Do I understand there are twenty four 13MM transducers (less than .5" cone area each) that reproduce the music ? posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemYes, nothing but respect for the fine folks at Focal. For me, the only thing lacking is the ease and naturalness of the real thing; still seems a little mechanical. posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemAudioblazer,Umbilical cable is probably a better description. The cable looks like a regular XLR but with four conductors so it's easy to call it first one thing then another.The po... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemOne of our local mastering engineers - one of the three principals in the Tape Project - Michael Romanowski, is using Focal Grande Utopia EMs with the VTL Siegfried Reference Mon... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemSystem edited: Added image and description of Purist Focal EM supply cable. Corrected Oppo to read Oppo Darbee Edition, recently added. posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemChristian,I agree the Stillpoints Ultra SS are excellent. I had them under my VTL amps, turntable (and crossover when I still owned Megalines).I'll give them a try under the Allnic ... posted over 10 years ago | View comment |