David's Kit - 12 months in

Went very quiet - divorce is expensive - back in play again - system unchanged, new venue.....

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David's Kit - 12 months in

System edited: Picture added of 800 in position. Not got rid of Arcam yet. Nearly there! (For the first round of upgrades that is - this is the all out assualt catagory after all!) Since I have don...

posted almost 18 years ago

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David's Kit - 12 months in

I've finally got my mitts on a meridian 800 spinner. I'm picking it up next week, so I'll put it in the cabinet, take a photo and forget about it!:o)

posted about 18 years ago

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David's Kit - 12 months in

Thanks Joey.Yes - amps are next though, and a better source.Much better speakers are only really possible in a new house as my room is on the first floor and it's probably not stron...

posted about 18 years ago

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David's Kit - 12 months in

Tweeter on the left was rubbing the suspension and on certain frequencies buzzing which messed up the imaging plus other things as I now realise!Sound much improved now. I also have a few c...

posted about 18 years ago

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Mike Lavigne's System

Hi Mike - long time admirer of your application to the task! I'm hoping to learn from some of your trials and tribulations if possible.I was wondering about your DartZeel's - I'm considerin...

posted about 18 years ago

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David's Kit - 12 months in

System edited: Wilson's have been repaired. New photo added to show the back panel which covers up plasma cables.

posted over 18 years ago

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current state of art

I heard a good programme on Radio 3 (BBC) yesterday which was talking about how Bartok worked out, only toward the end of his career, that it was easier to improvise on Hungarian / Romanian folk mu...

posted over 18 years ago

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David's Kit - 12 months in

Wilson dealer coming to replace tweeters this Friday (cock-up on the delivery from Utah) - will post new pictures when they are back in situ.Any idea how long (if any) tweeters take to burn...

posted over 18 years ago

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Albert Porter's System

Racing cars, I'm surprised your enigineering / driving time is a low as 1:1 - I have a bunch of friends who like to build cars and it is more like 200:1 engineering / driving, so you must have been...

posted over 18 years ago

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Albert Porter's System

Sorry to hear your tale of woe, does this leave you with a problem bi-amping at the moment, or can you bypass part of the curcuit?My question was more your opinion on the S-400 vs the VTL 4...

posted over 18 years ago

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Albert Porter's System

Hi Albert - after you advice I have had some slow, but very good news.VTL are now using DCS in the UK to distribute their products. This in itself is good, but even better when they called ...

posted over 18 years ago

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Wilsons, darTZeel, Vinyl and Tubes

Fabulous looking! Those Levinsons are even bigger than the Wilsons!Which Levinsons are drining which - you have three sets of amps?

posted over 18 years ago

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David's Kit - 12 months in

System edited: Tweeters still broken, but I've bought the Kubala Sosna cables.

posted over 18 years ago

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Wilsons, darTZeel, Vinyl and Tubes

The system set up just oozes "come listen to me"Think you mnight be a bit far away for me though! Could you take a wide angle picture of the while system?

posted over 18 years ago

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Albert Porter's System

Sorry - dim question, but what is tube rolling?

posted over 18 years ago

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David's Kit - 12 months in

Sorry - I didn't give all the details......Further in the future I'm aiming for Acappella, Bigger Wilsons or Von Schweirt (sp?) VR9.

posted over 18 years ago

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David's Kit - 12 months in

I have exchanged a few emails with Lamm about their 1.2 refs, and whilst I'm sure they want to sell me some, they are warning me about the heat issue. I was thinking about putting silent fans at th...

posted over 18 years ago

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Steve's System

Hi SteveWhat does the remote function on the Lamm's do? Can you turn them on and off from a remote? From a non-Lamm remote?I'm interested as I'd like to put a pair of 1.2's in my ve...

posted over 18 years ago

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David's Kit - 12 months in

Shadorne - I have not heard comparably price pre-amps, but I'd like to. It seems a bit of a waste though if I have to run two systems, plus an external crossover for a sub. It would be a very expen...

posted over 18 years ago

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David's Kit - 12 months in

System edited: Sonus Faber to the fore whilst I wait for some new tweeters from Provo. New cabinet is great and heavy curtains are a masterstroke for a sound improvement - the wife paid for them!!

posted over 18 years ago

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David's Kit - 12 months in

Every time I try and mess about with them, something happens. I tried to a/b the virtual dynamics vs kubala sosna and one hour in, I blew both tweeters. they have not yet Been repaired. I have obvi...

posted over 18 years ago

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Albert Porter's System

Sounds very special - one more - are the power supplies easily switched between 115 and 230V ? VTL could be a valid competitor for the Lamm 1.2 I'm considering this year.

posted over 18 years ago

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Yellow means go faster........

What sort of distances are your sophias from front/side walls? Seeing how far I should push mine forward!

posted over 18 years ago

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Albert Porter's System

Hi Albert - couple of questions for when you return from Vegas!Your VTL amps - do the power supply and amplifier stage seperate in the monblocks or are they just one chassis - the pictures ...

posted over 18 years ago

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