Babybear's SystemSystem edited: I've made a couple of changes in the past few weeks. 1. Replaced my Echole Obsession speaker cables with the new Echole Obsession "Signature" speaker cables. The "Signature" cables f... posted almost 14 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemSystem edited: I've made a few changes to the acoustics in my room - additional bass traps as well as some additional acoustic panels around my projection screen. As a result, I've adjusted the pos... posted almost 14 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemHi Jeff,You are very welcome and thanks for the kind words about what you heard here last week. I am in the process now of tweaking the acoustics in my room as well as breaking in t... posted almost 14 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemHi Lee,Thanks for the kind words. I'm glad you could make it and meet Steve Dobbins. I knew you were really enjoying the music since you were the first to arrive and just about the last to ... posted almost 14 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemHi Ish,It was a pleasure meeting you and I am very happy that you were able to drive down and join us. We all had a great time visiting with you. And thank you so much for your gracious and... posted almost 14 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemHi Dev,I have not compared the Adona rack that I use for my analog front end with any other racks. I like the Adona rack - it solidly built, very stable, easily adjustable for the spacing b... posted almost 14 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemHi Dev,Thanks very much.I haven't had a lot of critical listening time yet with The Beat as we had a quite a few folks over the past few days to meet Steve and to do some listening to t... posted almost 14 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemSystem edited: System Update: After having Steve Dobbins here for the past 2.5 days and listening to his wonderful "Beat" turntable, I went ahead and purchased it. Steve also did the transformer up... posted almost 14 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemHi Ish,"The Beat" and Steve arrived yesterday afternoon and we had a wonderful time last night. Quite a few local folks came by to meet Steve and hear The Beat. I look forward to ... posted almost 14 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemSystem edited: I have made a few additions to my system in the last few weeks. First, I've added 3 additional Appogg Breve Reference Platforms in piano black. I had 3 of these previously and now I ... posted almost 14 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemHi Elescher.The Elrod Statement Gold power cords are doing very well. They replaced a pair of the previous generation Elrod Statement power cords which I always preferred to other power cor... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemHi G,Thanks very much.This is actually my first analog front end in about 35 years, so I can't compare the Allnic phono stage to my previous ones. However, when Steve D was here a few weeks... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemHi Elescher.The Elrod Statement Gold power cords are doing very well. They replaced a pair of the previous generation Elrod Statement power cords which I always preferred to other power cor... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemThanks Art,Your new room looks great!! And I am sure it sounds as good as it looks. Congratulations. posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemHi John,Thanks very much. I am very happy that I went with Steve's table and the Reed arm along with auditioning the cartridges that he recommended. It was great fun when he was here. And I... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemHi Art,We're doing fine and I hope you are as well.Thanks for the kind words.So far I am enjoying the analog experience - both in terms of the sound as well as all of the other ... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemSystem edited: I finally added an analog front end consisting of the Steve Dobbins Garrard 301 TT with Steve's copper platter, the Loricraft external power supply, the Reed 2A tonearm with silver w... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemHi John,Thanks for the very kind words. I'm glad that you could come by.I look forward to hearing your system and also having you back to hear some vinyl once I have my analog front end... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemHi Lapierre,I've read the various postings sbout the Q5, but other than that, I haven't done any further inquiries about it. There doesn't seem to be much information about it and certainly... posted almost 15 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemSystem edited: I also hope to have an in home audition of some of the new Elrod power cords very soon. I want to try these on the VTL Siegfried amps and see how they compare with my current older m... posted almost 15 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemSystem edited: I have made some system changes. I have gone ahead with the VTL Siegfried amps to pair with the Magico M5 speakers. I then went through a long auditioning process for a preamp. I was... posted almost 15 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemHi Dev,Thanks very much and thanks for the additional feedback on the Ref 5. I have spent about a week with the Criterion and compared it to the VTL 7.5 Series 2 using the VTL Siegfried amp... posted about 15 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemHi Art,Thanks for the kind words. It was great having you, Ken and John over. We will definitely have to do it again. posted about 15 years ago | View comment | |
Jfrech's systemHi John,I am in Austin. Take a look at my systems page as I answered your questions there. Let me know if you want to stop by for a listen and we can discuss further room acoustics, power d... posted about 15 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemHi jfrech,Thanks very much. Your system looks great as well.I was lucky that we could tear my old room down and basically start from scratch. Reinforcing the floor was a huge improvemen... posted about 15 years ago | View comment |