bugredmachinebugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023The Aluminata out front of the Puritan 156 was not a great experience. It accentuated the treble and the soundstage collapsed.I then moved it to the dac in place of a Tara Labs The One and put... posted over 1 year ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023I have another Aluminata power cable to try this weekend and on Monday I am receiving 2 Elrods to enter into the mix as well. This should be fun. posted over 1 year ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023Good point on bass trapping. I have an idea to get the room to look like I wanted it to look and still have bass trapping. Those 5 foot walls are really "pony" walls with storage behind them (about... posted over 1 year ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023I have a JPS Aluminata power cable coming. I'll have to experiment on placement. posted over 1 year ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023I had my system set up using standard formulas and my experience. Once I had my room responses, I was sure I was good. My assumption was that my Alexia's were dialed in at the midrange and tweeter ... posted over 1 year ago | View comment | |
Zen DenVery nice. Really like the flooring you chose. How do the AR's work with the Sasha's? I went back and forth on new DAW's versus used Alexia's for quite some time. I had to go big this time around. posted over 1 year ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023Douglas, fantastic to hear from you! Haven't shaken your hand in a decade! Love your reviews.My source is a dedicated small computer made by Rich Hollis (Hollis Audio Labs) out ... posted over 1 year ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023milpai, I got lucky! I was looking for technologies that made a difference and I felt that reducing EMI/RFI was key to getting that background noise as low as possible. I was looking at all the usu... posted over 1 year ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023Update on AC cables>I received another Tara Labs The One cable this week. This gave me an opportunity to place it on my preamp instead of the Kaplan HE and put a second NRG T... posted over 1 year ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023Probably delinquent in making some comments.High level, this is the first system I have created where I can honestly say I have soundstage moving outside the speakers. Pretty sp... posted over 1 year ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Kentucky SystemMoved to Tennessee, so a new room is pending Dec 2022. posted almost 2 years ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Kentucky SystemI put my Wilsons up for sale thinking these open baffle speakers would be a good choice and unload 600 lbs of crates/speakers before I get too old for that heft. But that was a stupid idea and I h... posted almost 4 years ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Kentucky SystemWhile working from home I use this room as my office and can only stare at it all day since I'm on the phone. argh posted over 4 years ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Kentucky SystemThanks guys. I have historically built rooms from bare concrete on out. This room pre-existed so I had little opportunity to do much in the way of structural, etc. I added insulation to the fl... posted over 4 years ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Aural Enlightenment III - EspecialeYes, please contact me for some listening! posted over 7 years ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Aural Enlightenment III - EspecialeOrdered a second set of Teo's. Now if I could find more money to buy their speaker cables! The speaker cables require substantially more material so the price is very high due to raw material costs... posted over 7 years ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Aural Enlightenment III - EspecialeJeff, I have to admit that the previous try with Morrows were at a lower performance level like MA2 or so. I am quite smitten with the MA5 but for the price of them jump up to the $500 Teo. The ... posted over 7 years ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Aural Enlightenment III - EspecialeChanges coming to the system. Dude is for sale - time to move on and give someone else a chance to enjoy. Evaluating IC cables right now with a Bent Mini-Tap AVC preamp that allows for just one set... posted over 7 years ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Aural Enlightenment III - EspecialeThank you zephyr for the compliments. It was a lot of work, a ton of planning, thousands of dollars in "abnormal" construction materials, but in the end absolutely worthwhile in the resulting sound... posted about 8 years ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Aural Enlightenment III - EspecialeYes, that was me playing DJ. posted about 8 years ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Aural Enlightenment III - EspecialeThanks! Just finished it Sunday. It does sound pretty darn nice. My 4th listening room. A ton of work, but worth it. My goals were:Isolate the room so... posted about 8 years ago | View comment | |
Aural Enlightenment II - Copper themeNext up is a new dac! posted about 9 years ago | View comment | |
Aural Enlightenment II - Copper themeWell Bill, a very long thread on Audiocircle is nearing 10,000 views on the build and thought process. I'll quote myself a few times here.http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=129981.0... posted almost 10 years ago | View comment | |
Aural Enlightenment II - Copper themeSystem edited: Updates after new speakers and gear changes this past fall. posted almost 10 years ago | View comment |