Updated and Upgraded. Custom made plinth of Phenolic and aluminum. This is probably one of the best turntables in the world now! I have heard a lot, but I have heard few better!
TriPlanar VII
black and silver. I've never seen an arm so versatile and easy to setup.
Soundsmith Strain Gauge
Not moving magnet or moving coil. The best I have ever heard regardless of price.
Sony SC-D777es
sacd, 1 bit. Modded by Richard Kern in Dec 2005. added new superclock and replaced all caps with Black Gates. The sound is much less 'digital.'
Pursit Audio Design Venustus
1.5 meter interconnect.
Soundsmith (custom made) SG - 400
Phono section with line stage single input. Custom Cocabolo cabinet.
Purist Dominus, 4 meter
4 meter pair of the liquid filled Dominus between the pre-amp and amp. The best cable I have ever heard.
Atma-Sphere M 60 mk III
60 wpc class A OTL mono blocks with V-Cap Teflon caps, power supply boost, Caddock resistor package, and stainless steel front panels.
Purist Dominus PC - 2
Using two Dominus PCs on the Classe amplifier
Purist Venustus
1.5 meter pair
Harmonic Precision Caravelle
Smallish two way with the original stand.
Sistrum SP-1 (?)
I bought five shelves with the solid top for the Sota Cosmos table. This is a great rack. If a person spent twice the money they might be able to get something better, but is it twice as good? The picture is just the top shelf. [url]http://starsound.biz/multiplatforms.HTML[/url] gives more info.
Purist Venustus PCs (2)
On the Sota power supply and the Klyne power supply.
Exact Power EP15A
I don't know what this thing is doing, but it sure does it better than the Tice Power Block...
Ray, the stands were a dealer maker or breaker. I talked to Tom Lyons for close to six months about buying the Caravelles, but the stands were a must. I love 'em. I know many didn't but that's their perogative.
I have been spending more time on the motorcycle the last few weeks. I'm trying to organize a ride. I haven't turned on my home or office system for at least a week. I'm looking forward to spending some quality time with the Caravelles though.
It won't be this weekend!!! Sunny and close to 90! Time to ride...
Anyone wanna ride from Green Bay to Door County, and back for a party? June 24th and 25th, be there.
Nrchy,My Caravelles took a few weeks to settle in,,,with the bass taking the longest time to fill in.Looking forward to hearing your impressions of these sweet little gems!Peace,Ray
System edited: I'll post more about the speakers when it happens, but they shouild be here this week. The Sota/TriPlanar/zyx are in Chicago for upgrades to the table. I plan to post extensive comments when all is said and done.
I bought that poster in an Ebay auction. I liked the fact that it was signed by the artist, and was still pretty cheap. He must have done a lot of them.
I saw an ad on another site for a couple of cool posters. They had Miles Davis and some other jazz artists. http://www.gothampark.com
It's harder than I thought to get GOOD listening room artwork. I guess it depends what you want, though.
Nrchy, Things are looking awesome! One question for you, did you ever consider the Klyne phono stage when you were looking for one? When I saw you had the Klyne linestage, I might have guessed you'd have the matching phono stage. Also, did you compare the Pass to any tube phono stages? Would love to hear your impressions of any you auditioned. Cheers, Spencer
Art, I have heard nothing but good about the Stereovox cables and that's from people with systems much better than my own. I would like to hear them!
IME there is nothing better than Dominus. I have used/owned AudioQuest, Kimber Kable, Cardas, and Virtual Dynamics. The only cable to come close was the Virtual Dynamics Revelation.
Dominus is more open, cohesive, tonally correct, and dynamic than anything I have had in the system, including some other, very good cables from Purist.
I wrote a review, and started another thread, 'Biggest Bang for the Buck' about my experience with Dominus. Check them out if you're interested.
If you can audition them, go for it. I would be surprised if you were not happy. I use them with SS, but I know several people, again with much better systems than my own, who use them with tubes.
Whether or not they are better than Stereovox, you will have to let me know.
Hi Nate. Even though I'm on a 12-step program for audio gear, I still allow myself to consider cabling changes, so I am very interested how you like the Dominus IC and PC, viz-a-viz others you've had.
I currently have IC/SC from stereovox, and PC's from Electraglide, Kubala-Sosna, and Isoclean, in an all-tbed system. I have tried many many cables, but for whatever reason, never had a chance to listen/audition the domnius gear, despite its excellent reputation. Thanks, Art
System edited: All the recent changes have been recorded. The Sota Cosmos, TriPlanar VII, and the ZYX Airy 3X sb have enough time on them to sound wonderful. The Purist Dominus IC and PCs are getting close to being broken in, so things sound pretty good right now. If only I could iron out the speaker wrinkle...
The system has been running constantly for several days now. The cable is starting to settle down but all of the new pieces have a long way to go time wise.
The Cardas LP comes in handy, but time is still the biggest factor.
Albert - big changes today. The Purist Dominus IC and PCs arrived today. That was one of the four boxes that got dropped on my stoop. Two packages arrived from Sota and one from TriPlanar.
It took a few hours to get everything up and running. I'm sure looking forward to doing some serious listening, or having some serious fun! I'll be running the Cardas burn-in disc for a few hours tonight.
Albert, if you need to get out of Dallas, let me know.
Albert, I wasn't going to say anything about those. The cat's outta the bag now. Does your wife know about them, and what about the pirate that was in your office?
