Audiophile Heaven AntwerpDan, my sincerest condolences to you, and your family. I hope music plays a positive role in this difficult time you are going through.This last week, after about 180 hrs, I had two evening... posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemEven if you use a laser leveler to adjust your speakers to say 1 mm exactly, how do you compensate for the fact that your right ear doesn't hear the same level as your left ear (no exception, such ... posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophile Heaven AntwerpThis player will sky rocket past the Emm ... after 100 hrs I have no doubt about that any longer. posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophile Heaven AntwerpMike, I did recently see someone sell his Evolution Acoustic speaker cable in Europe, lucky sod who got those. So keep your eyes open, you never know ... when opportunity knocks!Oh my God. ... posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophile Heaven AntwerpNo problem Cincy_bob, I'm not pressed for time lately, although that doesn't seem to solve my impatience on getting the PD up to its optimal performance level. I guess it only takes time ... :-) an... posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophile Heaven AntwerpHi Mike, I only ever compared them directly with my NO Valhalla cables and interconnects. If my memory serves me well the improvements were in lower noise floor, more natural timbre (not that diffi... posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophile Heaven AntwerpThanks Gary for the advice, like Skamok, its very very hard not to listen to the player before 250 hours are there. Unlike some, I haven't got a long trip planned to help me out with my impatience ... posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophile Heaven AntwerpPut in a CD, turn off the display, and forget about it for a day at least ... then some of the magic starts coming through ... 36 hrs for me now! Sorry, there's no way to speed up time :-))) posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophile Heaven AntwerpI know what you're going through, mine sat in customs for 6 days ... what a pain or rather agony that was. You'll get it today if its planned. OK so you auditioned at Kevin's? My player is indeed o... posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophile Heaven AntwerpThanks Dan for sharing that, in what system did you listen to the PD? I've stopped listening for the moment, the hour to hour improvements drive me mad! I'll have a good listen to it again after 96... posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophile Heaven AntwerpSystem edited: Updated some of the pics posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophile Heaven AntwerpThanks Bob, with less than a day on it ~21 hours its already starting to open up nicely. You do immediately notice the larger and deeper soundstage compared to what I was used to. But also some mor... posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophile Heaven AntwerpDan, I hope you listened to both in your own system/room, there is more to music than a large sound stage ... what strikes me most is its natural tonalityBut yes, you should be getting very... posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophile Heaven AntwerpMike, its been burning in since I received it this morning 11am CET, and believe me after about 8 hours now its already putting a BIG FAT SMILE on my face :-)))Briefly I did an a/b after 3 ... posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophile Heaven Antwerp... ofcourse I'm referring to the Playback Designs MPS-5 CDP, and yes it's powercord is my active Jena Labs Model One. 2 hours into the burn-in its starting to get much better already, highs are op... posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophile Heaven AntwerpSystem edited: CDP arrived today, after spending some time with customs authorities, who eventually decided it was kosher to have it delivered to me. Out of the box it sounds extremely promising, h... posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemAlbert, I saw the Japanese pressing of What's New Acoustic Sounds for $50(!) if money is no option... posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemWish there was that kind of audiophile gathering opportunity where I live ... You can always post more pics in your system component list ...I stumbled across an original vinyl reco... posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
The European PerspectiveWondering how you rate the dCS Puccini against your ARC Ref CD-7, and the Dartzeel (Model One?) against your ARC Ref 110. posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophile Heaven AntwerpSystem edited: Well I finally got a dedicated RCM stand at IKEA with a lamp. Waiting for the RCM cover from HannL to finish it off. Nice little storage cabinet for all kinds of stuff beneath. While... posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemAlbert, this picture must have been taken after a royal sonic treatment, they're all smiling!!! LOLBtw, thanks for the IKEA tip, found something real nice. posted about 17 years ago | View comment | |
This is not a System! But getting there.Mihalis, thanks for sharing your view. It is something quite inexplicable that there seems to be so much misconception to the interpretation of speed. It is (at sea level) 340 meters per second, so... posted about 17 years ago | View comment | |
This is not a System! But getting there.Slow systems, fast systems, the right speed is the speed of sound (clearly defined, and is what you hear when listening to a live source/instrument) ... I have never heard any tubes do the right sp... posted about 17 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophile Heaven AntwerpSystem edited: Record cleaning machine that rotates left and right, with variable torque and suction. Same the the $3600 Acoustic Sounds Ultra, except 40% cheaper in Europe, for a change! Initial i... posted about 17 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemTuboo, I'm no speaker designer but I listen to a lot of opinions about speaker design from people in the biz/hobby. What I've been told is several things. One, in a ported design vs an enclosed one... posted about 17 years ago | View comment |