Analog DelightRhirsch,It is an amazing piece. I agree with everything you said. This has been the biggest upgrade in my system since I went from digital to analog. posted about 19 years ago | View comment | |
Analog DelightSystem edited: Rarely is there a piece of equipment that goes into my system and makes my jaw drop on first listen. Well the Messenger preamp is one of those rare cases. The best preamp in the worl... posted about 19 years ago | View comment | |
Analog DelightSystem edited: I have sold my beloved CJ Art II preamplifer and have bought the world class Messenger preamp. posted about 19 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemAlbert,Whoever criticized the Pioneer circuitry is crazy. My Pioneer Elite 59 AVI produces an amazing picture. Especially when you upconvert to 1080i.Justin posted about 19 years ago | View comment | |
Analog DelightSystem edited: Put in Ei Elite 6DJ8EG's in my preamp. Removed all of the harshness in the high frequencies that the Sovtek 6922's had. These are very nice tubes. posted about 19 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemAlbert,What made you decide to upgrade your digital? I was under the impression that you didn't listen to CD that often. posted about 19 years ago | View comment | |
Wall of SoundHey Putty,Nice system. posted about 19 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemHey Albert,The Shunyata is $2,495 new plus a power cord. You can get them on Audiogon for about $1,500. It has a 2400 watt continous power rating. It was recently reviewed in Absolu... posted about 19 years ago | View comment | |
Analog DelightDarren,Yeah Bea's opinion is they should go right in the wall. I A/B/A'ed the amps with the Hydra and the wall and they sounded better with the Hydra. Really the reason is that plugging int... posted about 19 years ago | View comment | |
Analog DelightDarren,By the way that Monster Voltage Stabilizer was really ruining the sound of my VTl's. In fact it did more harm than the Monster Power Cleaner. They were pulling way more juice than th... posted about 19 years ago | View comment | |
Analog DelightHey Darren,The Hydra is really nice. The background is pitch black and there is no constriction in dynamics like there was with the Monster Power Cleaners. All the instruments sound a littl... posted about 19 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemHey Albert,I just got a Shunyata Hydar-8 power cleaner. It is very impressive. I get a very black background but with none of the typical loss in dynamics associated with power cleaners. Th... posted about 19 years ago | View comment | |
Analog DelightSystem edited: I have gotten rid of my Monster Power Cleaner and Voltage Stabilizer and replaced them with the Shunyata Hydra 8. posted about 19 years ago | View comment | |
Analog DelightHey Bob,Thanks for the tip. I have never heard of that particular table. I will ask my dealer about it.I probably won't replace the turntable until I do one more cartridge upgrade. ... posted about 19 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemHi Albert,I am really enjoying my MB-450's right now. The sound quality is amazing. I plan on keeping them for about a year and then upgrading to the 750's. I usually like to keep a new pie... posted about 19 years ago | View comment | |
Analog Delight$70,000???? What is this the Mercedes of turntables? Oh excuse me sir would you like seats with your Mercedes? That will be another $10,000.The one my dealer had was $30,000 plus a $10,000 ... posted about 19 years ago | View comment | |
Analog DelightTvad,Actually, I was wrong. It made a huge improvement. When I first listened it was right when my amps were turned on. Once they warmed up it was incredible.Thank you for bringing ... posted about 19 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemThey have MIT's in them. They sound amazing so I don't want to send them to VTL for 3 weeks if its only going to be a minor improvement. posted about 19 years ago | View comment | |
Analog DelightGood Question...I have contemplated upgrading the turntable. It's hard though. The only turntable I want besides this one is the Walker Audio Proscenium Signature. When I bought my turntable the de... posted about 19 years ago | View comment | |
Analog DelightTvad,So I moved the turntable into the hallway. I would say it produced a 2% improvement in sound quality. Bass was a little more natural. Soundstaging an imaging omproved. I think the reas... posted about 19 years ago | View comment | |
Analog DelightTvad,Believe me I didn't want to put the turntable there. If you could see the whole room you would see that I had no choice. Not unless I wanted to run 15 ft of cable across the room. Not ... posted about 19 years ago | View comment | |
Analog DelightDgad,I have a couple of Bright Star Audio Big Rocks under the amps. They made a night and day difference. Interestingly when I had used a big rock under my transistor amp it made little to ... posted about 19 years ago | View comment | |
Analog DelightDgad,The only thing I do for the amps is run them into a voltage stabilizer because I can get some pretty low voltages at my house.I have heard from friends that the Elrods are amaz... posted about 19 years ago | View comment | |
Analog DelightSystem edited: I just hooked up my Shunyata Pythons to my VTL-MB 450's. These cords have just started to break in and man do they produce a quiet background. I am very impressed. I love Shunyata. T... posted about 19 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemHey Albert,I spoke with VTL and they said it would be $1,200 to upgrade the multicaps to the infinicaps. What do you think? posted about 19 years ago | View comment |