Babybear's SystemHere are some of my impressions of the sonic improvements that I have heard with the Schroeder LT arm in my system.1. There is no inner groove distortion that I can hear at all. I used seve... posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemHi John,I think you said it well - I wasn't really sure what to expect from the change in arms. I knew it would be better but not this level of improvement. posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemThanks Peter.I will post my impressions about what I heard fairly soon. John and I live about 30 minutes apart so it was convenient for Steve to come down and set up both arms. John and I h... posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemSystem edited: I made some upgrades this past weekend for my analog front end. Steve Dobbins flew down to visit with me for a few days this past weekend to make some changes. First he added a fifth... posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemSystem edited: I've changed the IC between the MSB Diamond DAC and the Absolare preamp from an Echole Signature XLR IC to the new Echole Omnia XLR IC. I've also cleaned up the descriptions of where... posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemI listened to my Allnic H3000 again after hearing the Allnic H5000 DHT. The Allnic H3000 is a great phono stage. But the Allnic H5000 DHT is very special. So I ordered the H5000. Looking forward to... posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemHi John,I was very happy to finally meet Albert and we had a great time. He and I hear things very much the same and value the same sonic attributes in an audio system. I plan to vi... posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemHi Jeff,I gotta agree with you on that!!Arnie posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemHi Albert,Thanks again for driving down to visit me and I am glad you enjoyed what you heard. I had a great time meeting you and I look forward to hearing your system very soon.Than... posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemI just wanted to thank Albert Porter for driving down to visit me this week. We had previously spoken by phone but had never met and we had a great time listening to vinyl and just talking. He also... posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
Altanpsx evolving systemHello,You have put together a very nice system so congratulations. I read your description of what you have heard for the all of the speakers that you have auditioned. I have heard ... posted about 11 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemSystem edited: I've just recently added the new Echole Omnia XLR IC between my phono stage and preamp and the new Echole Omnia power cord to power the Absolare Passion Signature preamp. Both of the... posted about 11 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemHi Spirit,The few folks that I have corresponded with including you and Lloyd relative to the Entreq product and Booboobaer with the Tripoint Troy have certainly convinced me that these typ... posted about 11 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemHi Booboobaer,I would very much like to learn what the Tripoint Troy has done for the sonics of your system. I will send you a PM. Thanks very much,Arnie posted about 11 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemHi Duane,The audio world is very small indeed. I was at Goodwins a fews years back auditioning the Altair and the Magicos and I do remember meeting someone in one of the other listening roo... posted about 11 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemHi Albert, I definitely agree that with a dedicated transport from same manufacturer the sonics are usually better than with music servers. My opinion is that this is generally true for at ... posted about 11 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemHi Albert,John and I still both use silver discs. We have both experimented with computer audio and came to the same conclusion that we both get better results using the matching transports... posted about 11 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemI am looking forward to getting both hear and hearing what they do and how they compare to each other. Should be great fun. posted about 11 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemAlbert that sounds like a great idea. John and I live about a 25 minute drive from each other so we can compare it in both our systems - both to John's DCS Scarlatti and the MSB stack that I have. ... posted about 11 years ago | View comment | |
Jfrech's systemHi John,I definitely agree that your system has made a major sonic improvement since the last visit. The change in speaker position (and perhaps further speaker break in) coupled with the o... posted about 11 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemHi Albert,Absolutely correct. Similiar to you, I was looking for a digital front end that would allow me to enjoy digital again as my vinyl had a reached a level where my Esoteric P03/D03/G... posted about 11 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemHi Albert,I have not heard the Modwright modded Oppo, but I have heard several of the MSB stack configurations that Jeff mentioned in my system (and I ended up purchasing one of those). The... posted about 11 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemHi Agear and Charles,I have no doubt that someone must have done the comparison between these 2 products already, but like most of us, I would of course want to compare them in my own syste... posted about 11 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemHi Knghifi,I have been thinking along those same lines as well - try both of these products at the same time and see what I hear and then have John try them in his system and see what concl... posted about 11 years ago | View comment | |
Babybear's SystemHi Spirit,Thanks for the information. I would like to try at least 3 connections - from the preamp, the dac and the phono stage, starting with the preamp and then adding the other 2 sources... posted about 11 years ago | View comment |