Now this is a proper system worth travelling through the pandemic to have a listen to. Love it!

Welcome home..... Jon Anderson vertical 9844's

That's glorious! 😍

Utterly drool-worthy toys assembled by a bon vivant and music lover it seems. I am having an out of body experience just reading about this stuff... good luck on the journey (you might have secured any number of Holy Grail items already!).

 

 

Cain & Cain Super Abby

 

Beautiful looking speakers. What are you finding as you are upgrading them? What are the ones on the outside left/right? Interested to hear your thoughts as there have been a few speaker rolls. Are you looking for something specific in the sound?

3 hours ago, xlr8or said:

Beautiful looking speakers. What are you finding as you are upgrading them? What are the ones on the outside left/right? Interested to hear your thoughts as there have been a few speaker rolls. Are you looking for something specific in the sound?

Thank you. The Vertical 9844's are what I wanted in a horn separates setup and are not replacing the 604's which are what I wanted in a Duplex style horn. For me both represent the best of the two different styles and they are keepers. The speakers on the far left/right are Legacy Whisper models (open baffles). I am also looking at a monitor and or single driver style speaker which my friend Jon is helping me sort out. Being able to audition many of his beautiful builds, have him custom tailor an existing design, or completely build something new for me from scratch is a true blessing I really appreciate. . I added these yesterday also from another friends stash.

Cain & Cain Supper Abby

 

Edited September 5, 20214 yr by charles hidalgo

 

It’s been a while. I have settled in to this setup for a while now and believe it or not thinned out a lot of gear.
The Legacy Whispers will be moved out eventually to another room. The Jon Anderson monitors have taken center stage and I am waiting for the bottom bins as the finishing touches to the most amazing set of monitors I have heard. The Jon Anderson built PAS/Selah/Altecs in the rear are the go to speakers for my favorite tube amps.
The NAD Master Series class D amp is the finest I have owned to date and takes this class of amplifiers to the highest level I have experienced to date at any price.
The newest addition to the system is the HiFi Rose RS150b DAC/Streamer is an amazing piece of gear that I am enjoying very much. I am an analog person at heart but this piece has had me listening to more music than ever!
Charlie

Edited August 20, 20223 yr by charles hidalgo

New addition. After many years yesterday I found a nice (circa 1968 tags and research but not positive yet) Percival Lafer Brazilian Rosewood/Suede Lounge Chair and Ottoman. It is very very comfortable.

 

Edited October 5, 20223 yr by charles hidalgo

Very nice and neat and the chairs really do fit in well.

 

I too have tubes, horns, tape & analogue bliss.

 

Do  you actually use the 16 track RtR?

 

How could I have missed this thread?!

 

Charles you are a man of impeccable taste!

On 06/10/2022 at 12:20 AM, charles hidalgo said:

New addition. After many years yesterday I found a nice (circa 1968 tags and research but not positive yet) Percival Lafer Brazilian Rosewood/Suede Lounge Chair and Ottoman. It is very very comfortable.

 

 

I like the chair, but it's not made of Brazilian Rosewood, as that wood is much much darker like the one in the link below.

https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/seating/lounge-chairs/percival-lafer-brazilian-rosewood-lounge-chair-ottoman-c-1965/id-f_28056132/

 

I just hope you didn't pay the same price a Brazillian Rosewood version costs, as that wood has been on the CITES appendix 1 list since the early 70's, and is the reason it gets the prices it does.

On 11/10/2022 at 9:58 AM, Tweaky said:

 

I like the chair, but it's not made of Brazilian Rosewood, as that wood is much much darker like the one in the link below.

https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/seating/lounge-chairs/percival-lafer-brazilian-rosewood-lounge-chair-ottoman-c-1965/id-f_28056132/

 

I just hope you didn't pay the same price a Brazillian Rosewood version costs, as that wood has been on the CITES appendix 1 list since the early 70's, and is the reason it gets the prices it does.

Hello,

 

It has been verified to be Brazillian Rosewood by a local woodshop/furniture builder. It is much darker in person and I raised the exposure and shadow levels to get it to show better in the photos as the wood and room is so dark. I also would never pay the price listed in the example and was very very lucky to score the chair/ottoman combo after years of searching for 350USD.

Anticipating these coming together for some time now. I'll say that it was worth the time and I don't want to even break things down again to veneer the bins. Just wow.

The monitors are CSS Criton 1TD-X models. I had them in the office for a year built and untested sitting on the floor. I put them in the system this year finally and they sounded amazing. Enough so to immediately ask my speaker builder and friend Jon Anderson if he could build me the bins to go along with his gorgeous built monitors. Yesterday Jon said take the bins home for final room testing! I added the anticipated 3-Way Bass Modules from CSS and wow. They have the tunable passive radiators also and that is nice. I believe I finally have found my "Non Horn" speaker. 
 

 

On 05/10/2022 at 3:15 PM, ENIGMA said:

Very nice and neat and the chairs really do fit in well.

 

I too have tubes, horns, tape & analogue bliss.

 

Do  you actually use the 16 track RtR?

 

Yes I do in fact. I have tapes from many years of studio recording. 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 18, 20233 yr by charles hidalgo

Stonehenge GPA build project is in the final stages and hopefully will be in the main room very soon.

Edited February 2, 20233 yr by charles hidalgo

Very nice.

Impressive and breath taking...my eye is drawn to that copper and glass topped table...

Edited February 5, 20233 yr by BLAH BLAH

On 04/02/2023 at 9:08 PM, BLAH BLAH said:

Impressive and breath taking...my eye is drawn to that copper and glass topped table...

That was a lucky find. I think I paid around 60USD.

 

https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6098278

@charles hidalgo I am in love with your gear, photos and website!

 

Simply beautiful.

 

Russ

Edited February 7, 20233 yr by Rustee

BIG day today. Huge for me! Jon Anderson built Altec Stonhenges will be in the main room.  I feel like I did in around 1976 when I got to put my dad's system gear in my room. One last photo from his room of the final versions. They are stunning in person. Just drop dead stunning!

Edited March 3, 20233 yr by charles hidalgo

On 06/02/2023 at 9:41 PM, Rustee said:

@charles hidalgo I am in love with your gear, photos and website!

 

Simply beautiful.

 

Russ

You're too kind. Thank you.

1 watt per channel that you feel in your bones, yet captures the finest detail in a whisper.

 

GPA 604-8H-III drivers/crossovers
John Anderson Stonhenge 5
James Burges 45 tube amp
Audio-GD reference preamp
Schitt Loki Maxx
HiFi Rose RS150B DAC

Edited March 5, 20233 yr by charles hidalgo