My audio journey re-started about 6 weeks ago. A dear family friend got me started in the late 1960’s with his Dynakit Separates and Dalquist electrostatics.... High Fidelity Sound. I love it...! The location in mid-air of the chime of the triangle and the kick in the gut of the best drum solo... The surprise of sound just off in the distance and the moment you realize your right in the room with musicians because you can hear them breathing.
For me...10 years ago, it was a wall of McIntosh gear wired into a pair of B&W 803 D’S in a pretty large room with floor to ceiling windows and concrete everywhere...! Not sure what produced better soundstage... the gear or the room.
I now have a small office that I wanted a $5000 system for all in.... Oh well...
Step One:
SF Sonetto 8’s
Mcintosh MA252
Blusound Node
Step Two: (two weeks later)
Gryphon Diablo 120
SF Olympica Nova 3’s
Step Three: (two weeks after that)
Gryphon Diablo 300
SF Serafino’s
Aurrunder A10
$4000’s worth of cables & connectors
Right now as I write, I have nothing. Waiting for it all to arrive...
McIntosh VS Gryphon...? I have my own opinion based on my ear. I love the look of the MAC gear... Always have. Those heavy units ooze power and refinement....! At night with a beer...that glow combined with the pure unadulterated swagger of a sumo wrestler.... Boom...!
The Gryphon 120 (I bought the 300 without demoing it) was musical and tight and exerted so much control. If there was a masculine template for electronic design, the gryphon line-up reeks of testosterone...! Not in love...but that sound...
Anyway - You guys should all be nice to each other. We all share an obsession and passion. My wife thinks I’m nuts even thought she has a closet full of shoes and handbags that dwarf the the MSRP of my Range Rover...!
To each his/her own...
Love and Music,
Joe
For me...10 years ago, it was a wall of McIntosh gear wired into a pair of B&W 803 D’S in a pretty large room with floor to ceiling windows and concrete everywhere...! Not sure what produced better soundstage... the gear or the room.
I now have a small office that I wanted a $5000 system for all in.... Oh well...
Step One:
SF Sonetto 8’s
Mcintosh MA252
Blusound Node
Step Two: (two weeks later)
Gryphon Diablo 120
SF Olympica Nova 3’s
Step Three: (two weeks after that)
Gryphon Diablo 300
SF Serafino’s
Aurrunder A10
$4000’s worth of cables & connectors
Right now as I write, I have nothing. Waiting for it all to arrive...
McIntosh VS Gryphon...? I have my own opinion based on my ear. I love the look of the MAC gear... Always have. Those heavy units ooze power and refinement....! At night with a beer...that glow combined with the pure unadulterated swagger of a sumo wrestler.... Boom...!
The Gryphon 120 (I bought the 300 without demoing it) was musical and tight and exerted so much control. If there was a masculine template for electronic design, the gryphon line-up reeks of testosterone...! Not in love...but that sound...
Anyway - You guys should all be nice to each other. We all share an obsession and passion. My wife thinks I’m nuts even thought she has a closet full of shoes and handbags that dwarf the the MSRP of my Range Rover...!
To each his/her own...
Love and Music,
Joe