Huberto,
Thanks for your post. Your testing methodology seems a bit skeewed, see a room full of gear, did you move the gear that you were testing from the one main rack between the speakers?
Was the cabling exaclty the same, power etc?
Did you warm up each set of gear before testing?
Did you use exaclty the same tracks?
The issue we have is your hyperbole, the Gryphon gear is great, so is the Vitus and T+A gear, any one of these brands makes outstanding gear that is generally considered better than most of the othe players you were mentioning. We have heard all of these players and it comes down to personal taste and system synergy.
We had one unfortunate demo with the T+A where someone turned on the tone controls and it killed the demo, didn't realize that the tone controls were engaged until the client left.
The Gryphon, T+A and Vitus gear are generally considered a step up due to their outstanding construction and design.
The Luxman separates should have outperfomed any of the integrated amplifiers, what cabling and power conditioning were you using with them?
What cabling and power conditioning were you using with the gear?
Your one statement is very true I think a lot depends on personal preferences.
Last question are you a store or private listening room? That seems like a huge amount of gear in one room.
We run similar tests frequently we keep all of the variables down to a minimum by just swaping out the gear, same rack, same cables, same power conditioning.
Good luck
Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor
Thanks for your post. Your testing methodology seems a bit skeewed, see a room full of gear, did you move the gear that you were testing from the one main rack between the speakers?
Was the cabling exaclty the same, power etc?
Did you warm up each set of gear before testing?
Did you use exaclty the same tracks?
The issue we have is your hyperbole, the Gryphon gear is great, so is the Vitus and T+A gear, any one of these brands makes outstanding gear that is generally considered better than most of the othe players you were mentioning. We have heard all of these players and it comes down to personal taste and system synergy.
We had one unfortunate demo with the T+A where someone turned on the tone controls and it killed the demo, didn't realize that the tone controls were engaged until the client left.
The Gryphon, T+A and Vitus gear are generally considered a step up due to their outstanding construction and design.
The Luxman separates should have outperfomed any of the integrated amplifiers, what cabling and power conditioning were you using with them?
What cabling and power conditioning were you using with the gear?
Your one statement is very true I think a lot depends on personal preferences.
Last question are you a store or private listening room? That seems like a huge amount of gear in one room.
We run similar tests frequently we keep all of the variables down to a minimum by just swaping out the gear, same rack, same cables, same power conditioning.
Good luck
Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor