albertporterAlbert Porter's SystemRockitmanAlbert,I know you have been dabbling with stillpoints as of late. My latest success with them has been LP1's placed on top of each of the H5000's dual power ... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemPeterayerAlbert, I'm really interested in reading about the progress of this project. As an advocate of preloaded Vibraplanes with steel ballast plates, I'm curious to kn... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemIsochronism,It was a very interesting experiment. Good and bad came from it. It's amazing how sensitive the isolation is and how it changes dynamics, image size and even tonal balance.<... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemToday (Monday) with help from guys in my audio group we pulled my turntable plinth and cables and then hoisted the 20" X 24" X 1" thick steel plate on to the Vibraplane.Havin... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemIf you ever try a Tripoint, I will be most interested in your impressions. For the money, if I can't get a demo, I have little interest dumping 15-20K with cables just to see how... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemI am curious as to what the scientific rationale lies behind a power cable making a significant sonic difference (and by extension an electrical difference). I suspect many will ... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Rockitman's SystemChristian, I'm already working on that. KS and David have an idea that they think will provide the flexibility you want without sacrificing performance. They ask if you would provide a diag... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Rockitman's SystemChristian,Yes I'm referring to the Allnic L5000 DHT preamp. I would like to hear it with the new Kron tubes before posting additional comments. You know the outstanding performance ... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Rockitman's SystemChristian,An amp for consideration is the new Allnic DHT 100 Watt per channel using custom Kron tubes. Today we discussed a name and I think it will be Allnic A-10000 DHT.Two Kron l... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemLloyd,Maybe I'll have a chance to hear one. Until this past 6 weeks I was still breaking in and making serious adjustments to the Focal and associated equipment.Adding somet... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemLloyd,I've read many rave reports about the Tripoint but have not heard it in my system. Isnt it about grounding? Wonder if that applies after all my dedicated electrical work?Also... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemThanks Lloyd. Being obsessed with music it seems this never ends, the desire to make it real.I know It cannot be done, a stereo as perfect as live music but there are so many artists we can... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Rockitman's SystemChristian,I have the latest version Allnic DHT preamp and the new custom Kron tubes for it are on the way from KS Park.If you want to demo it I can arrange. posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemPeter,If I add Vibraplanes for my amps I will either contract a local shop to deliver a finished product or purchase from Kinetic Systems. I won't finish two more 140 pound slabs of steel.<... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemJazdocCongrats Albert! Enjoy all your efforts. Good excuse to buy more software and celebrate ;-)Funny you say that, I just purchased Carmen McRae Da... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemPeter,Actually that conversation came up last night when we were marvelling over the beauty of the music.I wish I had paid someone with proper tools to grind and finish the steel. I... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemWith additional hours plus perfect bias on my new Wing C 6550 tubes, installing Stillpoints Ultra 5 under VTL amps, Focal EM Grande and turntable, Ive reached an unprecedented performance level. posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Rockitman's SystemChristian,I'm hoping the results of Valvo GZ-34 are better on the Allnic 5000 DHT than I got with the Allnic H3000. For whatever reason the performance of the Valvo in that situation was te... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemJeff,You are absolutely correct on that point. If I were buying a large quantity of used, dirty LPs that process might well pay for itself.For mint records the Audio Desk and KL Aud... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Rockitman's SystemChristian,I'm going to order the Valvo GZ-34 F31 tube tomorrow since you and Arnie both approve of it. The only reason I did not move quicker is I have the original metal base Valvo that I ... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemJeff,That might provide better results, I have not tried that combination. I had VPI 17 for many years and it provided faithful service and did a good job. I also owned the Odyssey ... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemLloyd, regarding Purist 25th Anniversary AC...and in the last5 hours, it has settled in with all the propulsive power I have come to expect, with the PAD density of midrange ... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemI will be interested in your impressions going from SS to 5's with the amps.If the Ultra 5 is not better on the amps I'll try them under some other compo... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemPeter,Thanks for the suggestion.Lloydelee, I'm not surprised by your comments on Ernest Lau's system. The description resembles Babybear's Arrakis, even down to the four VTL Siegfri... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemI've heard your system so feedback on that tube would be helpful. Wish I could hear Rockitman's system some day. posted over 10 years ago | View comment |