Musical Joy - Money PitHi Arthur Nice system yourself. I have read quiet a lot of your informative posts as well and it is obvious you have played with Mac amps for a bit longer than myself. You are right re when... posted about 17 years ago | View comment | |
Musical Joy - Money Pitthanks Lobnik. Your room is awesome as well, I especially like how you have infused some room acoustic devices into the room. BTW, How far are your Strad's apart and how far is your... posted about 17 years ago | View comment | |
Musical Joy - Money PitHI Undertow My room dimensions are approx 22ft wide by 25 ft long and a standard 8 ft ceiling. However, next to my listening position, I have an alcove which the kitchen comes into the room... posted about 17 years ago | View comment | |
Musical Joy - Money PitAh, I will have to check that function on mypage. The specs show the Strads go down to 22hz. At the moment they don't seem to have as much weight as the mahlers, however that is different t... posted about 17 years ago | View comment | |
Musical Joy - Money Pitthanks Keith Why I went for the Strad's - mainly I guess for the musicality, slightly higher efficiency for my tube amps and I got a pretty good price from my dealer in Sydney ( still a shi... posted about 17 years ago | View comment | |
Musical Joy - Money Pitthanks Darren How do you guys get to know my updates so quickly??? I only updated last night :-) posted about 17 years ago | View comment | |
Musical Joy - Money PitSystem edited: Vienna Mahlers traded in for a pair of Sonus faber Stradivari's. Very different speakers to say the least posted about 17 years ago | View comment | |
Sleepless in Seoul ^^*Thank's Hugos. BTW, great system. You don't have both speakers in the same room do you? That will cause some issues, especially in such a high end system. I just ordered a pair of Strad's, ... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Sleepless in Seoul ^^*Hi HugosCould you give me your impressions between the Stradivari's and Savoy's.Do the Strad's have as much bass impact and depth as the savoy's?. posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Room Built for MusicHow do you find the Strads??I also have Mac MC2102, except I have 2 of them. I also have the C46 pre amp, but just replaced it with a cj ART. I am looking at the Strad's as my next spea... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Musical Joy - Money Pitthanks Opus for your kind comments.Frankly, I have too many cartridges. I have been listening to the dyna XV-1 and Koetsu rosewood lately. I'll put the concerto on the HRX this week and let... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Musical Joy - Money PitHi ScottYea a lot of time = a lot of money :-) After a few false turns, I think I am just about where I want to be. Dyna cartridges are great, I have owned them for the last 12 years, w... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Musical Joy - Money PitSystem edited: Sometimes you need to look backward's to move forward. After selling my luved cj prem 16 3 years back I have come full circle and bought a s/h cj ART. No 56 to be exact. That is now ... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Musical Joy - Money PitHI SbayneNice system yourself. Is the TT that high, or is it the angle of the photo??. It looks as thou your stand is 7ft high.The denon 103R is an excellent cartridge which excels ... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Musical Joy - Money PitYea, I am Shane From AUS in the asylum. Who are u in the asylum?? Nice to see that Niki is a least consistent as Rob says he can be difficult as well :) Rob is a nice guy. He bought my dyna... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Musical Joy - Money PitNo probs Aaron Compromise is what audio is all about. your yamamoto's were in a different class musically than the atmosphere. I guess the point I was tryig to make, not so successfully was... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Musical Joy - Money PitHeh Aaron, didn't mean to dis your system. It sounded better than OK :) My only point was it was underpowered for what we played. AT higher volumes it started to run out of headroom, at lower v... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Musical Joy - Money PitHi there, nice system yourself. I would guess your speakers are close to 100db sensitive?? so immunity to noise would be a must.Yes, I know Aaron. he has tried to get me to buy the big Zu s... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Musical Joy - Money PitGpgr4bluI really wanted to like the 501's more than the 2102's. But to my ears the 501's were just sterile and boring compared to the musical 2x2102's. the 2102's just bloom nicely in the upper... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Musical Joy - Money PitGidday Gpgr4bluThe c1000 is very expensive, so that will be on the backburner for a while. I have an orginal Hydra but don't like it, so it is a boat anchor at the moment. But then agai... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Musical Joy - Money PitYea, I think you are right. I only really play with the 4k and the 20 and 35hz tone controls. I find they make the biggest diffeence to the sound without stuffing up the midrange. pumping up the 20... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Musical Joy - Money PitHiI have had the Mac combo for about 3 mnths now. The tone controls work, especially in the bass. To be honest I have not used them that much so far. Still fine tuning the sound of the syst... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Musical Joy - Money PitYea I know about too much money invested in hi fi.I bet the Jade sounds nice :)Got the big Maxx's dialed in yet?I have plenty of vinyl, just bought 12 albums over the weekend as... posted almost 18 years ago | View comment | |
Musical Joy - Money PitHi Darrren, good to hear from youThe MAC's are excellent. the tube amps have excellent bass control, transparent with enough tube warmth to keep me happy and are very quiet with no reliabil... posted almost 18 years ago | View comment | |
Musical Joy - Money PitSystem edited: got rid of the noisy, unreliable cary 500MB's and have gone to McIntosh. C-46 pre amp. Actually preferred the C46 to the C2200 which amzed me considering I have used tube pre amps fo... posted almost 18 years ago | View comment |