Babybear's SystemHi Lloyd,The preamp that I am auditioning is called the Absolare Passion preamp. It is made by the sister company of the cables that I use - Echole. I first got a chance to hear it when I v... posted almost 12 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemHi John,Thanks very much and thanks for coming last night. Everyone seemed to have a great time. But we did order a little too much food!Let me know when I can come by your place to... posted almost 12 years ago | View comment | |
cruzeFIRST Audio - Room 1Hi, what are the various acoustic treatments that you are using across the front wall in your main room. Thanks very much,Arnie posted almost 12 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemHi Lloyd,You're most welcome. Let me know what you hear when you put the Ultra 5's under your speakers.Arnie posted almost 12 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemHi Lloyd,Yes, you are certainly correct in that I won't even try to put an Ultra 5 footer (or any other footer for that matter) under the Arrakis - not at 900 pounds for each speaker and gi... posted almost 12 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemSystem edited: I've added a fourth Stillpoints Ultra 5 footer under The Beat turntable. I've also added a Minus K BM8 vibration isolation platform under the turntable. I've added 18 pounds of balla... posted almost 12 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemSystem edited: Changed the Interconnect between the Rockport active external crossover to the VTL Siegfried mono block amps powering the bass drivers of the Arrakis 2 from an Echole Obsession IC to... posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemHi Aaron,I have done the listening comparison in my room between the Platinum Signature DAC IV with the Diamond Power supply and the Diamond DAC IV (with the optional clock) also with the D... posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemThanks Aaron.Which MSB digital setup do you have? posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemHi Zephyr - thanks very much.Hi Luther- thanks and it was great having you over for some good listening. I've ordered the Melody Gardot and Jennifer Warnes LP's as well. posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemSystem edited: Finally got some higher quality pictures (thanks to my friend Luther) that are so much better than my own awful photography skills. A good camera and a skilled person using it certai... posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemHi Albert,Thanks for all of the information. I will definitely look into both the Vibraplane and the Minus K. posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemHi Albert,I've gotten some additional information back from Steven at SOS about the Vibraplane. I am assuming you use the active version of the Vibraplane?His email said that there ... posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemHi Albert,I have a suspended floor but its pretty solid. It is made of 3 layers of 3/4" plywood.It would be interesting to try a Vibraplane under the table to see what it would... posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemSystem edited: I replaced the 4 Stillpoints Ultra SS footers under The Beat turntable with 3 of the newer Stillpoints Ultra 5 footers for a very nice improvement in sonics. With the Ultra 5 footers... posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemHi Bob,I'll certainly keep that in mind. Hopefully you are a young man because it may be awhile. posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemHi Lenny,It was good seeing you as well.We loved the Lyle Lovett concert and really enjoyed hearing him at the new Moody theater for ACL. It holds a good number of people but has a ... posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemHi John,The LP cabinets are really beautiful to see and they are so nice to use. Its so much easier to find the records that I am looking for and to put them away. My friend is really, real... posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemSystem edited: I just took delivery of 2 new LP record cabinets that I commissioned a friend of mine to build for me. He recently retired and has been doing woodworking for a very long time. These ... posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemHi brian,Feel free to email me at:[email protected] to discuss.Arnie posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemHi Lloyd,Yes, it was a wonderful trip. We got to see and feel what Istanbul has to offer and it is a really wonderful city to visit. It is far more cosmopolitan than I was expecting. posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemJust returned from a wonderful trip visiting Istanbul, Turkey. I was there visiting the home location of Echole cables and Absolare electronics, both of which i use in my system. It was a small con... posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
Jfrech's systemHi john,Glad you got to hear the Altairs. I have heard the Wilson XLF'S at Lyric HiFi. Its hard for me to tell if they are better than the X2's without a direct comparison. But, I w... posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemHi Lloyd,Based on what I hear in my system, mastering is always important. There are many SACD's, especially from the early days of SACD that don't sound very good in comparison to the CD l... posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemSystem edited: Updated one additional picture. Also added the MSB UMT (universal transport). I use the MSB UMT for SACD playback and the MSB CD IV transport for redbook and hi-rez PCM playback. MSB... posted about 12 years ago | View comment |