MY Place sbayneI'm now using a Border Patrol DAC that is R2R non-oversampling. It has a tube rectified power supply, choke input and Jupiter caps. The sound is very natural and pure with a very large sound sta... posted over 1 year ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneHere is the review I sent to Aria Audio regarding their amazing Signature MK2 amp: "The Aria Signature MK2 power amp is gorgeous! The contrast of the large blue meters with the slight g... posted over 1 year ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneThe Townshend Audio Allegri passive preamp is autoformer based. It gives you vivid transparency but with excellent dynamics and not a hint of harshness. I've used passives in the past but nothing a... posted over 1 year ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI've got some major changes in my system that I've been working on. Not the least of which is going to a Autoformer based preamp. Wow! posted over 1 year ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI've been messing with the location of resonators in my system. Ted Denney recently suggested I lower the Vibratron from where I had it higher up on the wall. I finally settled with it on top of my... posted almost 2 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneAudio reviewer Steven Lefkowicz suggested I use a laser ruler to get my chair placement, speaker distance and toe-in exactly symmetrical. I'm now at 35 degrees toe-in, my listening chair is 10.5 fe... posted almost 2 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI've been messing with speaker toe-in and listening chair placement. I did this when I originally set-up my system but thought I'd check it again. I'm now a little farther from the speakers and hav... posted about 2 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI've been in watts v. current wars with a number of people on other forums. They literally have no idea how a speaker is powered. It's current that drives the cones not watts!! Loudness has very li... posted about 2 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI had some time so I made some interconnects for my subs so they would match the rest of my system. I use GR Research's ideas on cable design (multi-strand, open air with cotton). I was a little su... posted about 2 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneBased on the strong recommendation from the talk in the Forums I've added 2 Puron AC line conditioners to my system. They are in the same outlet as my Puritan 156. They are rather remarkable. They'... posted over 2 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI've added a Stein H2 harmonizer system. I went with one in each of corner of the room with a Stein stone at each and a Stein diamond on the ceiling in the center of the room. They work exactly lik... posted over 2 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI've revamped my digital front end by going to an Innuos PULSE streamer and Network Acoustics Muon system directly to my DAC. Previously, I was running a ZENmini MK3 into an Audio-GD DI-20HE digita... posted over 2 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI've added a couple more Synergistic Research FEQ X4 and and Atmosphere XL4 to my system. People are selling them to move up to the carbon series. Interestingly, the soundstage really hasn't change... posted over 2 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI'd been reading that the Puritan PSM156 Studio Master power conditioner is very susceptible to power cord upgrades. I knew that Puritan offered different grades of power cords but I guess it slipp... posted over 2 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI've updated my system component listings. posted over 2 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI had a good audiophile friend over last night and we listened to the Audio-GD R-7HE for about an hour. He is a BIG analog guy - his analog rig is over $50K. He has chastised me for getting rid of ... posted over 2 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI've now been running the Audio-GD R-7HE MK2 DAC 24/7 for a week. I've listened to it everyday along the way. Like in all audio equipment good power supplies need a lot of run time to sound their b... posted over 2 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneThanks milpai! I use this as my personal blog to document the changes I've made in my system over the years. I've gone through a lot of gear and I haven't put every step of the way in here. As to D... posted over 2 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI've now added the Audio-GD R-7HE MK2 DAC. It's non-oversampling and has its own built-in regenerative power supply. Huge amounts of air around the instruments/voices with rock solid images and sou... posted over 2 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI've taken the Bluetti out of my system. The Puritan PSM156 with an upgraded power cord and proper grounding has really made it not necessary. posted over 2 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI've also added a Puritan PSM156 Studio Master mains purifier to my system. It works very well. To the point where I'm not sure the Bluetti battery power is even needed. The key is to properly grou... posted almost 3 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneThanks David. I've also started using large wool dryer balls for vibration control under my equipment and speakers. The idea came from Ginko Audio that is using something similar in their new produ... posted almost 3 years ago | View comment | |
NOLA BuiltJust checking-in David. I can almost "hear" your system just by looking at it. Very well thought-out. Congrats! posted almost 3 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI've now gone to DIY speaker, interconnects and power cables. They use multi-strand copper, an open weave, cotton cord in the center and ERS cloth at both ends. It's the formula Danny Richie uses f... posted almost 3 years ago | View comment | |
MY Place sbayneI’ve been working on modifying speaker cables and interconnects. It seems lowering the EMI/RF riding on the cable is the key. The off-grid battery I use started me down this path because of the hu... posted almost 3 years ago | View comment |