Albert Porter's SystemThanks Albert. I really appreciate your comments and invitation. posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
VAC & FOCAL : 2-Channel w/Vinyl 2 com?Good. :-) posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemHi Albert-Congrats on the new Focals. I tried to catch you in Denver at the RMAF, but missed you getting into an elevator. I was at your house a few summers ago with Art S. and we listened to y... posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
VAC & FOCAL : 2-Channel w/Vinyl 2 com?Dev-As you undoubtedly realize, I have no control over production at VAC. :-) The Statement preamps will be ready when they are. I'm not too concerned, since I've got a Ren Sig w/phono in the m... posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
VAC & FOCAL : 2-Channel w/Vinyl 2 com?The new auto-biasing feature VAC has come up with is different than what has gone before. It is completely transparent. More info can be found in the blog section of VAC's website: http://vac-amps.... posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
VAC & FOCAL : 2-Channel w/Vinyl 2 com?Hi Dev-One of the reasons I sent my amps back to Kevin was that I didn't think they sounded the way they should. Turned out that I was correct and that a few things that Kevin thought would cle... posted about 11 years ago | View comment | |
VAC & FOCAL : 2-Channel w/Vinyl 2 com?Just got my Amps back from VAC in Florida last Thursday and managed to get them installed before the RMAF, barely.Kevin and Brent once again performed magic, as both amps now have the onrus... posted about 11 years ago | View comment | |
VAC & FOCAL : 2-Channel w/Vinyl 2 com?Thank you for the kind words. The reason I like the PS Audio P-10 better than the Audience is because the P-10 also re-generates a perfect, steady and accurate current, regardless of the po... posted about 11 years ago | View comment | |
VAC & FOCAL : 2-Channel w/Vinyl 2 com?System edited: Amps hopefully back from Fla before RMAF... :-) Getting SOTA tweakage and tuneup. posted about 11 years ago | View comment | |
VAC & FOCAL : 2-Channel w/Vinyl 2 com?Thanks Lloyd - the "fun" level just keeps going up!! posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
VAC & FOCAL : 2-Channel w/Vinyl 2 com?I plan to put my Esoteric Rubidium clock into the system this weekend and will also be running speaker cable from each of my amps to the speaker level input of my sub, after first making sure these... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
VAC & FOCAL : 2-Channel w/Vinyl 2 com?Added my Esoteric P-02/D-02 combination several days ago; clock synced the p-02 to the d-02 this morning. The change was about as dramatic as I had expected - deeper, tighter bass, better e... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
VAC & FOCAL : 2-Channel w/Vinyl 2 com?Hi Jeff-I just don't think its a priority for him, but he would know better. posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
VAC & FOCAL : 2-Channel w/Vinyl 2 com?Rick created a "balanced-cable" workaround for me to solve a problem, as I described above. I don't think there are any balanced High Fidelity cables in production at this point yet. My s... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
VAC & FOCAL : 2-Channel w/Vinyl 2 com?Hi Dev-One of the switches on 1 of the amps has a dirty contact and is not making a proper single-ended connection. Your assumption is also incorrect re: Rick's ic's. posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
VAC & FOCAL : 2-Channel w/Vinyl 2 com?On a hunch, Rick S. suggested I try his balanced cables between my preamp and amps, replacing a Hi Diamond XLR3, which I liked. We couldn't figure out why the Ultimate Reference speaker cables were... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
VAC & FOCAL : 2-Channel w/Vinyl 2 com?Sure - I don't have it yet - looking at September, last I heard. VAC is very busy right now. posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
VAC & FOCAL : 2-Channel w/Vinyl 2 com?I never said there WAS an end cable, so don't understand your comment. I try what interests me. I'm also not worried in the least about upsetting "this new wire company." Its called profe... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
VAC & FOCAL : 2-Channel w/Vinyl 2 com?James-thanks for the kind words. Mine is the 4.0-Master. My rationale for the Esoteric is from a service/convenience standpoint. I know them, like their products and they are in Cali. I'm sure ... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
VAC & FOCAL : 2-Channel w/Vinyl 2 com?I am thankfully way past the "trying lots of different cables" portion of the audio cycle. What I find is that most are just tuning devices for a preferred sound or presentation. Over the... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
VAC & FOCAL : 2-Channel w/Vinyl 2 com?Hi Lloyd-Thanks for the kind feedback. Each of my speakers consists of 2 "modules" - a mid/treble stacked on a bass unit. The Ultra 5's remain between the 2 modules to isolate them fr... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
VAC & FOCAL : 2-Channel w/Vinyl 2 com?Added Track Audio Isolation points to the speakers this weekend in "coupled" mode. In other words, I want all bass speaker resonances to drain to the floor. It took 3 of us, but after sev... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
VAC & FOCAL : 2-Channel w/Vinyl 2 com?On a tip from AVS, I put 4 Stillpoint Ultra 5's between the upper and lower modules of my 7's, without touching the rubber feet. Speakers totally transformed for the better. Amazing transfo... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
VAC & VSA - 2-Channel Smileage, PMDWhat I discovered was that the way I have the connections set up, even though the sub supposedly wouldn't cross below 40hz, my main speakers can still go down to 18hz. This happens because I am fee... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
VAC & FOCAL : 2-Channel w/Vinyl 2 com?Esoteric P-02/D-02 arrived yesterday. Got them home today to start breaking them in. They are heavier and bulkier than I thought they would be, making me reconsider whether the best place for them ... posted over 11 years ago | View comment |