Albert Porter's System

Vicks7 quote:have no vibration control platform under the Raven AC at the moment. I enquired as to the price of a Minus K but unfortunately if one considers the absurdly high...

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Ho ho ho...Merry Xmas, Albert -- Santa's arrived with a gift...BUT, you were supposed to open it no earlier than Xmas Eve!Sam & SonnyI'm ...

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Vicks7, thank you for the holiday well wishes !It may be awhile before I have qualified impression of the NVS. I plan on mounting the Talea II on it but currently Talea is on my MK3 where I...

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Received my NVS a few hours ago. There is a new wooden crate plus rigid foam, replacing the (previous) instrument case. Great packing job, everything in good order.

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Thank you for the Christmas wishes Mary. What will your Grandson's name be?

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Typing correction, I purchased a Micro Seiki MAX 282 AU. Not a MAX 283. Typing skills on numerals were never as accurate as the letter keys :-).Also Mary, I don't think the Kuzma 4Point wil...

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I would love to be able to listen to them. But that is almost impossible nowadays, at least in Europe for what I know. I do not think they stock any of these at all anymore. They...

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Merry Christmas Mary, good to hear from you. You have not shown up for music in a long time.Regarding:(1) I have a Nikon D40 & D60 with assorted lenses, and looki...

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Eelii08, I have not heard the 600 other than audio shows. No doubt the (smaller) Omicron is excellent and since it's a different design than the current direction at Omega, if you favor tha...

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System edited: Talea II with longer tonearm cable arrived on Saturday. Today I began running it in and adjusting. The new Air Tight Supreme fresh out of the box was installed, impressions will be p...

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System edited: Corrected text. Mat and damper are TTM brand.

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11-13-11: Maril555Thank you Albert,Any specific Canon and Nikon models?IliaThe 2010 Nikon D7000 is a monster but super quality and highly ver...

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Do you mean that for your 12 dedicated HIFI circuits you use 12x 20A circuit breakers plus 12 lengths of Romex cables connected to 12x 20A Porter Port outlets?

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Maril555, A working pro such as a dentist is better off with an SLR. The two top choices are Nikon and Canon. Both of those systems have specialty macro lenses with close focus and ...

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Hiho,Mine had a separate power supply, it was natural color aluminum with grained finish, much like faceplates of stereo gear. There were two computer or telephone type plugs, multi...

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You did not ask but I forgot to mention that the two 240v runs are terminated into Hubbell 30A, twist-lock females. These cryo treated females are in wall (plastic boxes) on either side of ...

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I guess your Hi Fi dedicated electrical consumer unit is in parallel to your house electrical consumer unit.I have three dedicated panels inside my home....

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Bruce,Shunyata power cables are very popular and have a following just as other major brands do. You will have to try a few and see what suits you. I will refrain from comparisons beyond th...

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Bruce, now I understand. The system has fourteen dedicated lines, two are 8 gauge 240 volt and twelve are 12 gauge 125 volt. All runs are to twin Square D commercial panels with copper buss...

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Albert, did your write-up mention power conditioning accessories, e.g., dedicated lines, special dedicated power wiring (e.g., Transparent), sockets, conditioners and power cable...

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Hiho,I just got word, my Talea II is shipping early, so I won't have to wait until late December as I originally thought. I can begin testing Talea II and SME on the MK3 and when the NV...

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Peter,The best laid plans as the saying goes. Although the Kuzma 4Point is an 11" arm, the spindle to mount is only 212mm (8.35 inches). The large VTA tower almost collides wit...

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Perhaps not an ideal place to share photo talk, but I am very excited about a new camera that just arrived. The new Sony NEX-5n with 18~55 zoom lens.This is a tiny, lightweight package but ...

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Radicalsteve,That's good for you, with more hours the amp will improve quite a bit more. You may have read in my system thread where I mention Classe with admiration. If I were goin...

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Stahl~Tek DAC and Transport are $72K total. The split is $35K for one and $37K the other.

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