Nice report Ked, thank you ! Did you take out the Subs and keep them out on the second day ? Maybe part of the improvement was the so-called “Tang effect”. Any compares with production arms ?
The Vyger seems to have the production arm fitted. Did the conversion of the Vyger eliminate the air-bearing ? How did the overall system compare to Mikes ?
The system improvement was better even with the subs on, and when we took them out things became clearer.
On a side note, the Subs I have seen subs work best was when Marty set up his big JL Gotham subs with room correction. Generally, like Steve mentioned with his system I prefer them off.
In multichannel, I have heard some superb sub implementations by those who do datasat implementations, they will have 4 subs around the room working flawlessly. Check with Mark Seaton he might know more. But they use correction.
The AG trio subs seem to work but they use correction too.
If you want to stay all analog and not use DRC, you will probably need a full integrated speaker. Though there can be some excellent sub set ups, I haven't made an effort to seek out sub implementations..
The sub implementation in this system has to be managed. They might need to be retuned with every change in gear and the Alieno valves. For comparing, I preferred to leave them out so as not have the set up, positive or negative, influence the sound.
The linear tracker you see on the Vyger is not the Vyger LT but he replaced the arm with his own using the linear tracker system. I was unable to compare his arms to mainstream arms. But they seem to suit all carts and the owner says are better. He has also made them to have the ultimate flexibility in set up... Change azimuth, VTA, etc.
He had the Anna set on the LT. I decided not to compare that because it would confuse the compares I was having with other arms and carts. Also listening to Anna on Beethoven's 9th made me yearn to go back to Mike's... possibly the best moment in audio was listening to it on his GFS, and his Durand GFS made the other Durand Anna sound broken on that track. We could not listen to other music after that, it was so intense. Also at Steve's the Graham elite Anna did not sound as good as the SME 3012r with Zyx universe premium. That seemed consistent with what other visitors and Steve found as well