Albert Porter's SystemHi Albert.I have Amazon Fire TV running to my mhdt Paradisea DAC currently. I also have Plex server installed on my music server laptop (free) and player app on Amazon Fire TV ($5). That al... posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemHi Albert,Any observations at this point about how the Focal sound might be different than what you had prior and if/how that might be a factor in driving other changes since?Often,... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemCan't go wrong with ARC. :^)Albert, I don't recall what tube amps these are replacing?Also I'm wondering did you ever get the Bel Canto Class D amps to work with the field coils in ... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Fairly simple, but pretty dialed in.Nothing beats "dialed in"! :^)Lovely setup. Enjoy! posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Small Room Small SystemFrazeur,Seikosha lives not too far away from me and we auditioned his KEF ls 50s and my OHMs at my house for several hours that day about a year back. Fun stuff!! posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Al's Eclectic System -- From 7 Decades!AL , do you use the Tandberg cassette deck much? How does it hang in there these days compared to the rest of your system.I would love to put together a nice all Tandberg rig some d... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
TenFold Design Helix speakerNow that is something completely different! Way to think "out of the box", pun intended! posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemDra,I noticed your question here and have pondered the same a fair amount over time.There are two"scientific" rationales I can buy into regarding sound differences from co... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsAdrian Belew.....I'll buy that! Just for the tune "One Time" alone much less all the rest. posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsGD,Would love that someday!I thought of two other rock music "genius" candidates perhaps.Robert Fripp (King Crimson)?Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree)? posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
New room makes all the difference."Their special for sure. They image just as I remembered"Exceptional imaging of Mini2 was their most distinctive characteristic that I remember from my audition as well. posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsGenesis perhaps had at least two extremely intelligent of not genius musicians in their ranks, Gabriel and Tony Banks.Other rock/pop genius candidates? Can't think of any offhand.Lu... posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
Beautiful Music..... updated systemCozy room! Love the Rogue Cronus! Gotta sound good! posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
DeCapo-tating but ahead of most.If not tried for comparison already, might be worth trying the power conditioner with your source level gear, like DAC, etc. and see if any difference.Definitely not a good idea to use it w... posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
DeCapo-tating but ahead of most.Sweet.WHat's the gadget the Jolida tube amp is sitting on?Just wondering if some physical separation between the two if possible might yield even further positive results. posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
adventure continues!!Dat music library!!!Fpoo, can I take a few days vacation in your listening room/music library? :) posted about 11 years ago | View comment | |
Tickled PinkMc, What receiver are you comparing?You don't plug it into the power conditioner do you? posted about 11 years ago | View comment | |
ATC active - Streaming and vinylNice writeup and photos of what must be some very nice sounding stuff! posted about 11 years ago | View comment | |
Frazeur's systemHi Frazeur. Hope all is well.Larson design as an omni to go up against wall makes it pretty unique. Pricing seems pretty competitive. Concept kind of reminds me of late 70s/early 80s pre-wa... posted about 11 years ago | View comment | |
A Lot Of Work To Do at the BeachThe beach and view...no doubt the ultimate tweak!! posted about 11 years ago | View comment | |
New room makes all the difference.Big ARC fan here! posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
Small Room Small SystemNice write-up. Bet this sounds awesome. posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
CuongPham's Systems...and one with a pair of omnis.... :)4 rooms with horns in one, planars in another, omnis in another, and soemthing more conventional in the 4th would be my ideal. I have the rooms but onl... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
CuongPham's SystemsMaybe the neighbors were complaining? :-) The big horns in there prior surely could make themselves heard on occasion. Seriously though, I would also like to know what prompted the ... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemSpeakers obviously play a huge part in how bcs actually sound. It's hard to attribute a specific sound to an amp. Certain basic attributes that will help determine actual sound, yes. Lots of variab... posted over 11 years ago | View comment |