Albert Porter's SystemI did not see those on the web site until you called my attention to themHey, I didn't really know anything about Gryphon until you provided the link. (Their... posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemHi Dev, I'm not sure, even if I had that kind of money (which I can assure you I won't), whether the grass would ever look that much greener to me, but it's always fun to think about...Enjoy! posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemOkay, so now all ya need is a pair (or two) of the Gryphon Colosseum Solos, which between them sport 96 output transistors (as compared with 64 for a pair of Omegas, or 80 for a pair of Antileons),... posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemFWIW, the Omega monos, as well as the Omega preamp, are still listed under current products on Classe's Website. (The smaller Omicron monos and Omega digital disc players are listed under Discontin... posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemI would not be surprised if more power produced even better sound. I sometime wonder what the limit is before it no longer mattersI guess the practical limit... posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemI recall that period ('02 being when I got my VTLs too), I actually cast my vote on this thread for you to get a second set of 750s when you were still attempting to pair your first set with your o... posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemNo doubt. My philosophy was, if I can find something SS that I'm at least as satisfied with as the tube amplification I had (a big 'if' in my price range, that was met), then getting rid of the var... posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemHi Albert, I don't hear enough stuff to get near as good a sense of this as you do, but my own feeling from limited experience is that decent solid-state these days is capable of leaving behind the... posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemSorry Albert, I thought our more recent (relatively speaking) offline discussions involving my biamping may have clarified this, but the outcome was...I haven't been running any tubes in my system ... posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemAlbert gets # 2,000! posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemHey, my first thought probably would've been "Great, a cable company that's introduced to me by a guy who markets a double-secret magic digital alarm clock from Rat Shack. How good can that be... posted almost 13 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemHi Albert, just thought I'd drop by with an overdue update to say that the Purist XLR splitter adapters I got from you are doing superlative work for my now-biamped system (the results of which hav... posted almost 13 years ago | View comment | |
(Archived) One Red Paper ClipHey (it's you!) Dusty, the smallest-time-investment KAB mod is the fluid tonearm damper, the biggest-bang-for-the-smallest-buck mod is the strobe defeater, and the most-significant-improvement mod ... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemNot personally familiar with the Ground Control product, however I do think I overheard somewhere that it's capable of floating images in a most peculiar way if you take your protein pills and put ... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
(Archived) One Red Paper ClipSL-1200 Mk.II and CS 2_2 have both been residents in my system...the Thiels finally got superceded after 10 fine years, but the Technics remains (and has ever since I special-ordered it at Circuit ... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemI remain unconvinced that the Sutherland method, assuming I understand it correctly, could reveal anything except long-term average speed deviations, not short-term deviations and their corrections... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemFWIW, Kevin Barrett maintains that he knows of no one having yet demonstrated through standard measurement techniques what "cogging" supposedly takes place in even the humble SL-1200 (muc... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemBob: I considered this factor. I'm really not sure whether the bearing in this case can be considered as a pressurized or sealed system (perhaps the former and not the latter, or maybe not either).... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's System"I did not figure this out until I...began using master tape to define what was the correct presentation."This sounds like as good or better an... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemAlbert, in theory I too am suspicious of bearings that allow deflection and don't provide a "mechanical ground pathway", which would include air-bearings as well as full-magnetic bearings... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemAlbert, you bring up the point I neglected to mention: higher-speed/lower-torque vs. lower-speed/higher-torque motor design. Again, given the choice and *in theory*, I can't see the reason for pref... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's System"If anyone solved the problem and got belt to sound as powerful as direct drive that could possibly be it."IMHO it be more of an advance (that is, if we can call any work on a tec... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemHere would have been a fascinating comparative listening experiment (assuming it could even have been physically done -- 'course at this point it's only a thought experiment anyway): Your massaged ... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemThanks Albert, we might do that (on my dime of course), but I'll wait my turn behind your local worthies. It would be a fun thing to try, but whatever the result, wouldn't let me know any more than... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemThank you Albert -- I was joking around a bit, since I tend to believe that other characteristics are likely to matter more in a turntable once you move beyond a sufficient degree of speed-accuracy... posted about 14 years ago | View comment |