To RosemarieHi Ryder, sorry I can't give you first hand information on Cerapuc/Cerabase in combination with the Spider. A friend of mine uses Cerabase with the Spider (on wooden floor), though, and is convince... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
Modern System with Retro StyleDuevel are fascinating speakers, the Sirius always leaps to my mind as one of the most memorable performers that I heard durig the last decade. As I have also fond memories of the Luxman amps of yo... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
Simply AnalogueNow THAT is a Christmas present! Congrats. posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
To RosemarieSystem edited: Replaced the PS Premier power generator after I had a few functional problems. It seemed like a good time to test Hans Manfred Strassner's new passive DC filtering power bars (a bit ... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
Getting there slowlyA few months ago, I congratulated on the Sunray, this time, confronted with your full dream-system, I can only repeat in capitals: GEFELICITEERD!Karel posted almost 14 years ago | View comment | |
TIDAL WaveWow that is a truly superlative system. Would love to hear the Stahl-Tek Vekian CDT+D/A combo with Tidal gear, some time. Please, keep us informed. posted almost 14 years ago | View comment | |
To RosemarieSystem edited: For all fellow cable TV sufferers, this is one tweak I have to tell you about. I know there are a lot of cheap ground breakers (I tried quite a few), so why would anyone go for the H... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Main systemWow, seems like we very much appreciate the same kind of gear, you mention some of the names that really make me drool! Simon Yorke 'tables are just fantastic. I heard the full-out-assault set-up w... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Main systemLiking to upgrade: yes; planning to upgrade: certainly not this year. I'd like to ascend in Tidal's hierarchy so to speak: move to the present generation Contrivas and then, perhaps, substitute the... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Main systemThanks for commenting on my own system.The Chario Constellation Ursa Major is one of those speakers, I have been wanting to hear for years and sadly always missed the opportunity (in Munich... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
SET the CONTROL for the heart of bedroomSystem edited: I introduced an Olive4 cd-ripper/server with 1TB hard disc storage in the bedroom system; added advantage: the Olive4 has timer modes to let the music carry you into Morpheus's arms ... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
SET the CONTROL for the heart of bedroomSystem edited: Ever since I have been in contact with Mattijs De Vries of Machmat Tubes I've been intrigued by his second venture, the Pink Faun product line. Very restricted in terms of units prod... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
To RosemarieThanks Ejlif!I have further tuned the video section with edenSound heavy brass damping discs: the Bluray player now sports two, one is on the DacMagic and one on its SPU. That makes a mere ... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
To RosemarieWow, Audiogon added "system edited" to my previous entry, actually I only edited a picture, but perhaps that's a good omen? posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
To RosemarieSystem edited: Munich in May 2010: Hurrah! I had the opportunity to hear my personal dream system, so I've added that to my system pictures, btw the Transparent Acoustic room treatment and Argento ... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
My PreciousSplendid system! I heard the full Source/LITD/Tube set up once with Acapella speakers and it was addicitve. I can only imagine how good it must be with the Guarneri Mementos, imho one of the best m... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Zingali & Gryphon TabuNice system, Yildiray. Zingali speakers really deserve to be better known in the audiophile community. I think they offer a tremendous price/quality ratio. I don't know the Opera in particular, but... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
TIDAL WaveBeautiful system. For me another encouragement towards changing to Argento cabling sometime. I've heard Argento many times now with Tidal gear and it seems like the "natural choice" (in t... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
The caprice continuesSystem edited: Now then, the verdict fell in favour of the KR vt20 amp. It looks ugly as sin next to the elegant Lektor cdp, but the KR fits this system better than the Kharma Matrix 150 monos. Alt... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
To RosemarieThanks for the kudos guys!Ron, a comparison with Maggies (not just the 3.6/R) is a bit tricky since I have never had planar speakers in my own system, so we're talking about comparing diffe... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
My little systemI had to read this a few times: you use a $20k pair of interconnects from the DAC to a $450 headphones amp (to make it worse, balanced runs that you need to use adapter plugs with), the quality of ... posted almost 15 years ago | View comment | |
The caprice continuesSystem edited: Remember back in 2003 when KR Audio introduced the "vacuum transistor", a glass vacuum bottle with a transistor in it? I am not aware if anyone else ever followed and the VT-20 amp t... posted almost 15 years ago | View comment | |
To RosemarieSystem edited: Much as I like the Aktyna isolation feet that will surely find another destiny in the system(s), I wanted additional stability for the amps whilst retaining minimum ambient interacti... posted almost 15 years ago | View comment | |
The caprice continuesSystem edited: Substituted edenSound's heavy brass Bearpaw footers for the Quadraspire acrylic supports under the slabs of slate that carry the Kharma monoblocks. How much of this is triggered by t... posted almost 15 years ago | View comment | |
Joerg's PC Transport Stereo SystemThanks Jörg, that is ample information. It is not an immediate project but I read an interesting article on the Olive Opus 4 hard disk player, ripper, server (easy enough for the computer dummy I a... posted almost 15 years ago | View comment |