Most extreme Von Schweikert system on the planet?

[Steve Williams]

Jack, is this the brother that is coming with you next week to the SF Bay Area? I am looking forward to meeting the two of you. Dont forget to bring with the music that you know well and use to compare systems

 

[JackD201]

Gavin, If you don't mind a third of the system, I'll adopt you

Hi Steve,

Yes he's the one that will be meeting up with us. When you see us for the first time, I'm the better looking one. Hahahahaha. I'll burn a compilation of familiar tracks Can't wait to meet you too.

Jack

 

[Steve Williams]

promises to be fun.

i was hoping to have my outboard head amp for my Studer up and running but doesnt look that will happen by then. My bypass switch was done several months ago but I have been dragging my feet trying to choose which head amp to go with. The gentleman who built my switch wants to build his own head amp which I am leaning towards although I am intrigued by the new one from DeHavilland which people are saying emulates the Ampex sound

 

[JackD201]

Cara is doing a tape head amp? Looks like the tape community is growing more than I had thought.

Their stuff always has wonderfully rich tone. I can imagine what they say about emulating the Ampex sound. Jim had a couple of Revox R2Rs back in the day and we're both eyeing the Tape Project catalog. Our only stumbling block is the lack of qualified technicians in our country.

 

[Dimfer]

just wondering if the Emperor ever considered ML3 for this system, and why he picked VAC instead.

 

[JackD201]

Jim is about headroom Ding and the ML3 delivers it best with a partnering Lamm pre especially the LL1. This is sort of where the stumbling block lay. He has a lot of sources and for him a remote is a must. He also likes the 7.5 series of Pres from VTL for their extremely neutral presentation and fantastic ergonomics.

I'm the one considering the ML3 + LL1 down the road and have been kicking around ideas with Albert for a ~105dB semi-active loudspeaker to deliver the goods. He's been doing some stuff at the cal-tech lab to investigate some things I can't really disclose.

 

[Ron Party]

I'm the one considering the ML3 + LL1 down the road and have been kicking around ideas with Albert for a ~105dB semi-active loudspeaker to deliver the goods. He's been doing some stuff at the cal-tech lab to investigate some things I can't really disclose.

What a tease! Very interesting.

 

[microstrip]

He has a lot of sources and for him a remote is a must.

Jack,

I share this "lazy" view ! I can not imagine a good preamplifier without a remote. I like to adjust the level of the music from my seat, most of the time without looking to the preamplifier scale.

Although I believe that doctors can consider that this regular walk to turn the volume knob is good for our health!

 

[Steve Williams]

It's true.Vladimir will not make a preamp with a remote

The LL1 however is worth walking for

 

[JackD201]

The L2 is worth walking for, the LL1 is worth climbing a mountain for

 

[mullard88]

Hi JackD201,

I heard a wonderfully synergistic digital system using the Lamm L2 Reference linestage, the Lamm ML 3 mono blocks and the Gemme Vivace speakers. You can play around with this wonderful little system while waiting for Albert to cobble up a speaker for you.

 

[jadis]

I was privileged to have entered this most extreme VS set-up last Saturday. Words are not really enough to express my feelings after listening to this carefully thought out and designed audio system and fantastically well treated room. It is really like walking into an 'emperor's music palace. Being in there listening to music is so pleasurable time is the main obstacle. It flies so fast. There is so much to listen to in here, what with the multiple analog combinations. Each record sounds different. You can just pick your best strawberry and eat it. Mighty impressive.

 

[jadis]

I few months ago, I got an invite that I had been waiting for more than 2 and a half years - a return trip to the the most extreme VS based system I've ever heard to listen to the MKII revision of the astounding VR11SEs and the second 'city premiere' (the first was from Jack) of the Tech Das Air Force 1 turntable.

I took a few pictures, and here is the view from the listening chair.



Big tube amps from VAC, WAVAC, and VTL.



Closer look at the VAC and WAVAC amps.



The front end. Too many to mention.



TechDas AF1 with 2 fabulous looking tonearms from Durand - the Telos (back) and Talea (right side)



Again, I have to repeat that words are not enough to describe the musical experience. We played lots of genres of music and music I am very familiar with. The scale and dynamics is incredible, and the music sounds fantastic from almost anywhere in the room. Prior to this, I visited Jack a few weeks before and I found the sound already awesome enough but I told Jack, this one is very much like yours but BIGGER! And for me and the NBA, bigger is better. Sorry Jack, but as I said before, Shaq is Shaq. But wait a minute, Shaq is tapped to MOVE to your house soon. I may have to revise my line.

 

[GaryProtein]

The system looks great, the set-up of the room is beautifully executed.

 

[JackD201]

I changed the stuffing density of 4 of my in-wall bass traps in preparation for Shaq's attack, in the meantime I have to raise the crossover point above factory flat. I sure can't wait!

 

[LL21]

Love the system and the room...wow...

 

[jadis]

The system looks great, the set-up of the room is beautifully executed.

It's truly a beautifully constructed building, from the outside to the inside, and once inside, I always felt like I didn't want to go home. Very cozy, comfortable and cold. 6 hours is like 6 minutes.

 

[XV-1]

WOW, what an amazing system!

 

[MylesBAstor]

What's in back of the WAVACs? Is the system triamped?

Guess no one told your friend that tubes amplifiers ring.

What's he got for tapes?

 

[microstrip]

Jadis,

Great system. Tubephile gets a new meaning!
Most of the cabling was hidden - a very nice feature. We can see some Shunyata vestiges - what was the remaining of it?