Small Room, Big SoundThanks for the comment on my systemThese are the CD sleeves I use -- they are cheap, well made and work well posted over 7 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's System@bdp24 the minusK is a passive technology, see here<... posted over 7 years ago | View comment | |
ozy's systemJust wondered if you had ever tried a 10MHz clock in your Vivaldi system -- I just added one to mine and the benefit is pretty considerable despite relatively modest cost (at least in the context o... posted over 7 years ago | View comment | |
Jfrech's systemJust wondered if you had ever tried a 10MHz clock in your Vivaldi system -- I just added one to mine and the benefit is pretty considerable despite relatively modest cost (at least in the context o... posted over 7 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemActually the rationale for the Herzan was a little different. My house suffers from a lot of seismic activity (mostly construction and traffic) and no amount of mass will deal with that hence the n... posted over 7 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemMy turntable sits on a Herzan platform, itself on a Grandprix wall shelf which in turn is isolated on dedicated wall studs with stud dampers ... vibration is in all places a problem to be avoided. ... posted over 7 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemI’m with you completely. Crazy how much all these things matter. My current setup is the quite insane1. Grand Prix apex footers with SiNi balls2. Grand Prix Monaco stands with stock... posted over 7 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemAlbert -- your experience with amp stands mirrors mine, tube monobloc power amps are very sensitive to what's under them. If you did want to keep the Billy Bags you could try a couple of Ron Heydri... posted over 7 years ago | View comment | |
Small Room, Big SoundActually as Jonathan uses the same case for the Classic step up and pre the confusion is very understandable! posted over 7 years ago | View comment | |
Small Room, Big SoundThe Classic V2 is not a passive preamp. It’s a step up. It provides 20dB of gain and then I use 45dB gain in the phono stage and a final 12dB from the preamp. We had quite a long discussion of thi... posted over 7 years ago | View comment | |
Small Room, Big SoundJust added up to date pictures and details on my latest additions: the MFA Classic V2 Step-up, AQ Dragon power cords and GIK GOBO. Descriptions of each of these, and detailed comments on all of my ... posted over 7 years ago | View comment | |
Small Room, Big SoundThanks so much for the detailed, personal and accurate description of my room. Frankly I feel that over the past couple of months the system has really come along in such a way that I find, irrespe... posted almost 8 years ago | View comment | |
Small Room, Big SoundI need to take some new pictures of the current setup but did want to comment on a recent, cheap and simple, change that has moved the system forward one giant step. The change ... posted almost 8 years ago | View comment | |
Small Room, Big SoundThanks for the kind words Mike - it was great to see you today and i especially liked the Scarlatti you brought. I’m hoping to make some more ticks up in the system as soon as Ron Heydrich can get ... posted almost 8 years ago | View comment | |
ViVid SystemNice system. I don't see what you are using for digital cables in your DCS stack. Like many I've found that it's hard to beat Transparent Ref XL, costly but well worth it. Isee you have some third ... posted about 8 years ago | View comment | |
Small Room, Big SoundJust posted updates on my new approach to record cleaning (KL Audio Ultrasonic plus Levin Labs dry brushes) and also a pic of how I finally routed the ground cables for the SR blocks. Note how I us... posted about 8 years ago | View comment | |
Small Room, Big SoundYes, I was going to suggest the ground block but didn't want to seem too pushy on SR stuff. The issue with the ground block is it takes some work to dress the cables correctly -- I'll post some new... posted about 8 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI did try the red ATM in one of my slots where a single HFT (or 2 or X!) sits at present but found it WAY TOO MUCH -- it drew attention to itself in a way that didn't seem natural. Albeit this is i... posted about 8 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneNice system. Have you tried the new SR green Atmosphere tuning module? Compared with the red it seems much more open and natural. Kind of expensive but may make sense in the context of your system posted about 8 years ago | View comment | |
Small Room, Big SoundJust documented the addition of a grounding solution, the SR Active Ground Blocks. A very profound impact and highly recommended -- see notes in the details against the components. I've still to ad... posted about 8 years ago | View comment | |
My Audio SystemNice system. Given my experience with these products a few suggestions on potential nice add ons for what you have Replace all the spikes on the Grand Prix Stands with Apex footers,... posted about 8 years ago | View comment | |
Small Room, Big SoundYes the dealers here in Portland aren't quite the same as the LA area. In fact I still do most of my business with Brian and with Scott Walker. If you are in a more esoteric (and deeper pocketed) f... posted over 8 years ago | View comment | |
Small Room, Big Sound@bdp24 The Si Nitride is an available upgrade for the GrandPrix Audio Apex footers posted over 8 years ago | View comment | |
BBC sound with tubes for Analog blissNice system -- if you ever get the chance do explore picking up another ATM-2 and having them modded for dual mono use. This puts them in another league entirely. I would have happily lived with my... posted over 8 years ago | View comment | |
Small Room, Big SoundJust wanted to relay a very positive experience I just had. My room is small (18x10x9) and fully enclosed (and sound proofed). Sounds pretty good but low bass (bottom 1/2 octave) is limited and the... posted over 8 years ago | View comment |