Good thread. 

it is very tidy and clean make it enjoyable to listen and to see, great choice with Continuum S2, congrats.

Tweaky McTweakface !

On 24/10/2017 at 10:25 PM, cafe67 said:

And finally all the way from Issaquah Washington courtesy of Audiophile Vibration Control Products , cable risers  . File under tweaky. 

 

Like everything audio, cable risers ranged from cheapish to ludicrous in price. Googling show up these guys with seems a really nice range of products not to badly priced although postage isn't cheap unfortunately. 

 

https://audiophilevibrationcontrol.com

 

Not sure how much impact on sound yet but hey they look cool . 

 

 

Dang, just ordered 20 of these..... They look very audiophilie....... which is not me but they make sense........thanks Cafe

Looking good Cafe. After all the tweaks, did you notice any audible differences to the sound?

16 hours ago, SETSergio said:

Dang, just ordered 20 of these..... They look very audiophilie....... which is not me but they make sense........thanks Cafe

Wow,I should ask for a spotters fee. They looked good and seem.very well.made . I could find any local equivalent. I toyed with the idea of making some myself with a jig saw ,but I'm.not that handy . They'd probably end up.looking carp.

 

Some of their other stuff looks good just be big dollars to get it posted over

4 hours ago, jt301 said:

Looking good Cafe. After all the tweaks, did you notice any audible differences to the sound?

Good question and I hope to have an answer for you soon 

Nice, it all looks really good.

Eeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwww what's in the box, I wonder ? ?

 

 

Edited June 7, 20205 yr by cafe67

Alrighty, system as it stands today...right now. 

 

I think rocking  a retro vibe, with the big technics t/t matching the VU meters on the AS3000 integrated with the cds2100 and Confidence 5 looking suitability austere. All black and no curves here. Tricky to photo tho 

 

For a little bit of modernity, interconnects and speakers cable are NordostFrey (oyaide from the t/t).  Power cables are Audio Principe and there is a Isotek Sirius power strip. 

 

Quite to happy with the sound of it all, the amp is still fairly new. CDs come across nicely and the phono stage is very quiet. 

 

Decluttering and matching components have  made for nice relaxed listening environment . 

 

 

Edited May 6, 20187 yr by cafe67

View from the sweet spot ?

Still have the C5 I see  

5 minutes ago, Tony B said:

Still have the C5 I see  

Yeah, I'm tempted to try something different, but so far so good. When I get a chance, might go have a listen to some, but it will have to be pretty special ?

Wow, Rowland to Yammy amp. 

How's that going?

Any niggles of regret?

2 hours ago, Winno said:

Wow, Rowland to Yammy amp. 

How's that going?

Any niggles of regret?

Rowland was pretty darn good, then moved on to the yzmaha as3000  but now have gone to marantz 10 series combo 

New speaker and interconnects from aurealis, I have used a variety of Geoffs cable before and always been impressed in dealing with him and the quality of his products. 

 

R1 Dragons (75cm) and Litz 202 speaker cables 

 

 

 

Edited April 14, 20196 yr by cafe67

New cables mean good as time as any to pull components out of rack and wipe down and general tidy up. ( according to Sharon the only room, I do clean ?) 

 

you can see from here how big the technics turntable is compared the marantz gear, all is bloody heavy. ?

Edited April 14, 20196 yr by cafe67

And finally all done , Falcon speakers also adjusted so that the tweeters are now on the inside, as well as closer to rear walls and closer together a bit

 

 

Edited April 14, 20196 yr by cafe67

@cafe67 Very nice system,

 

How do the Falcon’s compare to the Dynaudio’s ??

4 hours ago, Ray H said:

@cafe67 Very nice system,

 

How do the Falcon’s compare to the Dynaudio’s ??

Damn good question, now that I have longer speaker cable I'm hoping to move them next the Falcons and a-b them.

 

The he biggest difference I feel at the moment is the bass - sealed versus ported , but that's not to say the Falcons are boomy. The treble and mid range on the Falcons is very good. 

Edited April 14, 20196 yr by cafe67

Latest updates - mofi ultradeck with mastertracker cartridge, marantz sa10 and pm10 with Falcom RAM Studio 30 speakers. 

 

R1 xlr and R3 phono cable and Litz 201 speaker cables by Aurealis Audio. 

 

Iosetek Sirus power board with Analysis Plus 10 and Isotek Powe cords. 

 

Rack by SGR 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 30, 20196 yr by cafe67

Redid the system with Nordost cabling ( let’s see what the fuss is ?) 

 

red dawn power cables, xlr , turntable and speaker with heimdall 2 turntable ( not available in red dawn.)
 

first up pull all the old cables out. 

then plug in and tidy up the power cables, bit easier being a meter long, 
then the t/t, followed by the xlr and finally the  speaker cable. 

 

soundwise - very early days, but immediate impressions a more “expansive”  sound, bass seems good maybe more defined. I was worried that the sound might be overly bright , but not the case..

 

stay tuned. 
 

 

56 minutes ago, cafe67 said:

Redid the system with Nordost cabling ( let’s see what the fuss is ?) 

Love the all out assault at change but wondering did you manage to borrow all of these to audition or have you had to purchase all of these cables to find out how they sound?

Good luck

3 minutes ago, Aperalim said:

Love the all out assault at change but wondering did you manage to borrow all of these to audition or have you had to purchase all of these cables to find out how they sound?

Good luck

Bought, there are some demo floating around, but not easy to get hold of. 
 

my choices were  , I did toy with going all blue heaven, but decided to go higher, I did look at all heimdall 2 but that was expensive. So it was as described above , but now I’m sorta wondering should have gone red dawn for power cables and heimdall 2 for everything else, still a bit expensive. Oh well. ?

31 minutes ago, cafe67 said:

Bought, there are some demo floating around, but not easy to get hold of. 
 

my choices were  , I did toy with going all blue heaven, but decided to go higher, I did look at all heimdall 2 but that was expensive. So it was as described above , but now I’m sorta wondering should have gone red dawn for power cables and heimdall 2 for everything else, still a bit expensive. Oh well. ?

Well I suppose we do what is possible (affordable).

It is still courageous to invest in whole cable loom without audition so I hope it all works out well for you.

Edited June 7, 20205 yr by Aperalim
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