bugredmachinebugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023Well, between Dec 2022 and January 2024 I have outlaid over $24k on cables. I have gone through JPS, Cardas, Purist, Kubala, Wireworld, Clarus, BMI, Stealth, Cerious, Oyaide, Silversmith, Elrod, Ha... posted 4 months ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023Now using 100% KS cables on dac and preamp. Considering KS speaker cables although the PAD Venustas I am using are triple run cables for tri-wiring and do not disappoint. It's the curiosity aspect ... posted 7 months ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023Using KS Elation PC on the Puritan. Have used many different PC's with equal success on the input side. I don't see anything special about the Puritan cable and for that kind of money I'd look side... posted 9 months ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023Everything is plugged into the PSM156. This unit does not constrain current flow IME. I have tried it both ways and prefer the PSM noise reduction. I have done this in two houses now with similar r... posted 9 months ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023They are 3 inch thick maple (butcher block) slabs. Years ago I had Salk Sound paint them black for me to tone down the look to a more modern gray-black combo. I have toted those things around to ma... posted 9 months ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023I don't believe I ever posted about my DIY cable risers. I made them back in about 2006 out of bowl blanks. A little router work and some lead weights on the bottoms. I wanted to organize power cab... posted 10 months ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023Updated photos. About 99% of where I need to be on IC's. Saving my sheckles for a 3 meter Venustas. Wrapping the cabling around the left speaker is much better, ala original layout. posted 10 months ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023I updated my description with a list of the power cables I have bought and auditioned in 2023. Paypal thinks I am a business now due to my volume! posted 12 months ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023I am way behind taking new photos. Lots of cabling changes, added an Aurender, etc.Everything I play sounds incredible. I played a Playlist not spun in 10 years and everything w... posted 12 months ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023Yes. I have way behind in updating my components. LOTs of changes.The ARC is the best sounding preamp I have ever owned. I have had several very nice pre's like the TRL Dude, wh... posted about 1 year ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023I need to make some updates i.e. power cables and new ARC preamp. posted about 1 year ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023One night this week I put a 20 foot Transparent pc to the amp and placed the Nagomi and a Studio Master on the preamp and dac. The sound was nice but there was no bass to speak of. And the tone was... posted about 1 year ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023I added a third Elrod to the other two in the string arrangement and it was not good. Tubby bass and hazy top end. I'll post a pic of that if I can.I swapped the Nagomi into the middle Elrod p... posted about 1 year ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023More changes coming. Have another Elrod to make my daisy chain power cable 3 Elrods long.Have the ARC Ref 5SE coming next week.Also have an Aurender X100L coming so I can see if it ... posted about 1 year ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023On Sunday I let the system run for several hours while I did some landscaping. I did not notice any changes. At that point I decided to try my experiment of daisy chaining 3 power cables together t... posted about 1 year ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023I'm not really sure how to sensibly make an update of what transpired this weekend. I visited Gestalt Audio and was highly impressed with Colin's gear and taste of music. I walked away with a brand... posted about 1 year ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023I have not gotten to them yet Jeff. I am a weekend warrior and by the time I get a break from yard work or other projects, I'm pretty beat and just fire up the system and listen for a few hours. posted about 1 year ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023Thanks Jeff. You brought me another important piece to the puzzle. Now I have Aluminata's on the DAC and preamp. I'll do some further evaluation of the Tara Labs cables before deciding if I jettiso... posted about 1 year ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023I'm also looking into an Audio Research preamp even though I like my Aric Audio preamp. From the wayback machine, I had a 2 week experience with a 6H30 preamp, a Rogue Hera. I really liked the soun... posted about 1 year ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023The Aluminata out front of the Puritan 156 was not a great experience. It accentuated the treble and the soundstage collapsed.I then moved it to the dac in place of a Tara Labs The One and put... posted about 1 year ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023I have another Aluminata power cable to try this weekend and on Monday I am receiving 2 Elrods to enter into the mix as well. This should be fun. posted about 1 year ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023Good point on bass trapping. I have an idea to get the room to look like I wanted it to look and still have bass trapping. Those 5 foot walls are really "pony" walls with storage behind them (about... posted about 1 year ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023I have a JPS Aluminata power cable coming. I'll have to experiment on placement. posted about 1 year ago | View comment | |
bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023I had my system set up using standard formulas and my experience. Once I had my room responses, I was sure I was good. My assumption was that my Alexia's were dialed in at the midrange and tweeter ... posted over 1 year ago | View comment | |
Zen DenVery nice. Really like the flooring you chose. How do the AR's work with the Sasha's? I went back and forth on new DAW's versus used Alexia's for quite some time. I had to go big this time around. posted over 1 year ago | View comment |