Beauty and the Beasts! (deceased)

Awesome setup and nice room! Nice "pipe and slippers" (pun intended) arrangement.

posted almost 17 years ago

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Finessa

Wow! Nice system. I bet it sounds great.

posted almost 17 years ago

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My mistress

Nice, simple, clean setup. I bet it sounds great.

posted almost 17 years ago

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SBurton's Audio

Joey V,Sorry, I haven't checked this thread in a while. I'm also using NOS Sylvanias in my SLP-98. Made a nice improvement. The Chinese tubes were a bit brittle sounding. The sylvanias, smooth ...

posted over 17 years ago

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2-channel setup

Sweet setup! Beautiful. Bet it sounds great too. I listened to that same model speaker at the Cary factory a couple years back. Sounded excellent.Steve

posted over 17 years ago

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SBurton's Audio

Artg,Thanks! Glad you are getting back in. You're right about the Sixpacs being "fleshed out." I really like them. I hope you like the SLI80. They are very popular. Oh man... the new ...

posted over 17 years ago

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All In One Room

Wow! EXTEMELY nice.

posted almost 18 years ago

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SBurton's Audio

Albert,Thanks. The Calypso is a fine pre, no doubt. I think it boils down to system synergy and listening priorities when it comes to choosing between the Caylpso and the Cary F1. The standard ...

posted about 18 years ago

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SBurton's Audio

Ozzy62,Thanks. I have a new listening room in a new house now. I'll be posting new photos soon.

posted about 18 years ago

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SBurton's Audio

Aball,I compared the Prima to the new Cary 303/300 for almost a month. I swapped them in and out of my system many times. I tried 2 pair of NOS tubes in the Cary as well but could not get past ...

posted about 18 years ago

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SBurton's Audio

Ron,Sorry it took me so long to respond.The F1 is a hot rod version of the SLP-98. It's offered through Upscale Audio. It has many upgraded parts such as hexfreds in the power supply, oil c...

posted almost 19 years ago

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sbank's Austin City Within Limits

Spencer,I've done no experimenting with padded vs unpadded carpeting. I will be moving my system to a new 14x19x9 room soon. It will have hardwood floors like yours and I am wondering how to tr...

posted almost 19 years ago

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sbank's Austin City Within Limits

Spencer what are the dimensions of your new room? The Merlins look like they are spaced pretty far apart with a lot of space behind them. I bet it sounds great. Have you tried padding under the ori...

posted almost 19 years ago

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Connoisseur's 2.1/5.1 System

Very nice setup. Glad you are enjoying it.

posted almost 19 years ago

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SBurton's Audio

System edited: New pics

posted about 19 years ago

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SBurton's Audio

Gmele,I LOVE the SLP-98L F1. It sounded great right out of the box and is getting better with time. I have 48 hours on it so far. It is VERY involving. By that, I mean it has absolutely no list...

posted about 19 years ago

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SBurton's Audio

System edited: Replaced the Ultech UCD-100 CD player with an Audio Aero Prima. Replaced the Aesthetix Calypso pre-amp with a Cary SLP-98L F1.

posted about 19 years ago

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SBurton's Audio

Hi Artg,Thanks. You're right about the cables. I hope to add some Cardas GR bi-wires when finances permit. Alan B. really likes the Stereovox wires. Has Bobby P ever commented on them? The soun...

posted over 19 years ago

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SBurton's Audio

Hi Ray,Thanks. It's sounding really good! The Merlins and ZH270 amp are new but seem to be broken-in now. I have about 250 hours on them. I hope to write reviews of them soon. My CD player (Ult...

posted over 19 years ago

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