18 hours ago, tombee said:

my cat chewed my nordosts...

I would eat the cat.

Finishing up on a totally different system variation, with high powered tube amps, and speaker placement.

 

I'm again, blown away right now.

 

Middle: Audio Research VT100 MKII, and/or Sonic Frontiers SFM-160 monoblocks.

 

Halcyon-Mark Audio floorstanders custom built by Jon Anderson!

 

 

 

 

Edited December 8, 20232 yr by charles hidalgo

Ever the embarrassment of riches. My favourite room on this website!

4 minutes ago, thejt said:

Ever the embarrassment of riches. My favourite room on this website!

100%……..✌️🙏

There's always another system/iteration/configuration to think about, n'est-ce pas?...better you than me as I have run out of money!

You do have excellent taste, especially thermionically, so my envy is 'manageable'

Keep up the good work

 

7 hours ago, doogie44 said:

There's always another system/iteration/configuration to think about, n'est-ce pas?...better you than me as I have run out of money!

You do have excellent taste, especially thermionically, so my envy is 'manageable'

Keep up the good work

 

That's very amusing...

For I have found that my envy has grown multiple shades of green!

In fact my envy has zoomed a long way past your state of "manageable" and reached a different plane of coping...from a spluttering biplane to a roaring jet plane....

In fact, if  I canna afford it, and I know that I canna afford such a wonderful system...it simply does not exist!

Putting the MAC gear in for the holidays... Makes me nostalgic every time. 🎄

About a month ago I had a big benchmark session, and some of the most pleasant audio I have encountered in many years. There is a very big surprise coming also. For now these Lii Audio F-6S speakers are the reason for a big possible change coming. I am speechless for now in the best way. 

 

 

 

After listening to and living with a pair of 6" Lii Audio speakers a while back I was really impressed. I feel very fortunate to have had a sneak peek session yesterday with these new fresh built amazing speakers. I took the Sarah 300b amp to meet with the pictured Decware HDTvII's and their 8” drivers and it was probably the best I have heard that room sound. That room belongs to my friend, and speaker builder Jon Anderson. I cannot wait to hear them in my main room next week. I love walnut btw.

Sarah+HDTv2=WOW!

 

 

 

 

 

Today has been surreal.. I'm jittery still. It was just an incredible christening with Jon. We listened all day to these beautiful speakers
that he built. We discussed what we were hearing and it was just "another world experience for me. He felt the same, and if he didn't feel that way he wouldn't say it.

Steve Deckert has a winner in this speaker he calls the HDT v 2.

Charlie

 

Edited February 9, 20242 yr by charles hidalgo

Oooh and  RtR.

Some amazing sound... thanks for the window tip Steve Deckert. I have been listening this way for quite a while now and things are just dialed in like no other and break in is amazing! The photo is from behind the sweet spot listening chair and yet the sound is incredible. For the first time ever this is as close as two people can come to being in the sweet spot at the same time! The rear seat is a bit bass heavy compared to the sweet spot seat when going directly back and forth but it still is incredible!! 

 

 

Edited June 28, 20241 yr by charles hidalgo

Reely good!

 

Now that's somewhere I would like to be snuggled into right now.

813 monoblocks

 

 

Edited July 24, 20241 yr by charles hidalgo

I’m just in awe of the final tweaking and how things have just fell into place. My lord the sound is just jaw dropping intoxication.

Room: 20x24x8 GIK, ASC, and RPG treated
Preamp: James Burgess 6SL7 based
Schiit Loki Max
Amplifiers: These are my top three reference amplifiers
James Burgess 45 with custom MQ iron
Paul Birkeland 2a3/300b 2.5v monoblocks with custom MQ iron
Steve Deckert "Sarah" 300b
Digital: Eversolo DMP-a6 streamer, Z8 DAC, to a Decware Zbit
40 terabytes of Hi-Rez files (no mp3) including over 4,800 DSD albums
Analog: Modified Audio Technica DD TT, and arm
Softone model 4 phono pre
Teac 3340s, Crown CX 700 and 800 series, Otari MTR-10 with direct output from heads to a Decware tape head preamp
Tascam 122 mkIII cassette machine
Speakers: Decware HDTv2 speakers with Lii Audio Silver 8 drivers....... No crossover full range... 7 feet from the front wall
SVS SB-1000 PRO subs

Some video to go with the 2 channel…

 

 

 

On 07/09/2024 at 2:42 AM, charles hidalgo said:

Some video to go with the 2 channel…

 

 

 

 

 

Very Nice - are you getting the RtR tapes they are prducing?