From penthouse to poor house.The biggest change Barry, is your room.
not chopped liver.....room was 12' x 18' x 10.5' with a bay window and stepped ceiling. DIY wall treatments. zoethecus racks.
Rockport Sirius III tt, Lamm LP2 Dlx phono, vdH Colibri cart, Emm Labs dac/Philips transport, Transparent Opus MM speaker cables,
Jena Labs switchbox, Placette RVC, Tenor 75 watt OTL mono blocks, Kharma Exquisite Ref 1D's.
the speakers look small; but they were massive and dense, weighed 550 pounds each.
still use the exact same relax-the-back zero gravity chair.
that system would still kick some serious ass today. the tt is now unobtainium. Tenor<->Kharma a dream combo.
Bob, no doubt I'd have stopped w those Trios. Stopped, and never left my house again.
It sounded pretty good with the Viva electronics…Bob, no doubt I'd have stopped w those Trios. Stopped, and never left my house again.
I was being conservative ha haYou didn't go to the third pair of basshorns? Shame on you lol.
Hi Al,Nice system, Bob.
Hmmm, so you went from horns to being a lover of cone speakers? Why?
Hi Al,
I would not say that at all. I loved the Trios, even the Unos and Duos. I migrated to the Diesis horns as they sound more grounded and real to me, with about 85% of the alive sound sound that I got from the AVs.
The Avantagardes sound more ALIVE to me than most things that I have heard, but not necessarily "real" . Maybe a bit too much aliveness. Although give me a pair of Trios/BHs today and I would be a happy camper.
I would never be without a pair of full range ribbons in my life. I truly love the Alsyvox, but that goes back to the 80's when I loved the Apogees. I think I owned six different pairs of Apogees in the 80's and 90's, The Alsyvox were like "living in a past that I loved", except even better with 94db efficiency.
The Bayz omni directional also replaced my infatuation that I had for MBLs in 2003 when I had the 101s. BUT so hard to drive. The Bayz again at 94 db float my boat for the omni room encompassing sound field.
Oh yeah, cone speakers. Since I got the Magico A5's I have a new appreciation for cone speakers and look forward to the incoming M9s.
I'm the same way with cars. I LOVE THEM ALL, if they are early 50's to mid 60's, (artworK) I can never pick one of them that I prefer. Love them all, just like all of the speakers that I have experienced.
I also appreciate pretty much all of the other speakers that exist around the planet and are represented here on WBF by all of the users.
Oh, yes, I'm like that with guitars too Very fickle I am.
I like that stand looks solid as a brick ______ !View attachment 87351
Sony SCD-1
Primare Pre 30 pre-pro
McCormack DNA-2 Rev A amp
Aerial Acoustic Model 10t speakers
Audience Au24 interconnects and speaker cables
Foundation Research line conditioners
My first racking system prototype
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