To those that have expressed encouragement: thank you☺
To those that have expressed concern: again thank you, and a bit more of an explanation.
I haven't used credit, this is my own savings plan on my own terms, think of it as reverse hp. I make a payment every month, when I've finished making all the payments i will get the item. So no debt involved.
I have a modest income, but an unusual lifestyle. Just turned 50, no kids, occasionally have a partner but mainly a hermit. Where I live is very remote, all so i can play as loud as i like, as late as i like and the power supply is as clean as a mountain stream; I'm the only property on my transformer.
I work from home, never fly, rarely leave the valley i inhabit unless to go fellwalking and recreational driving on the excellent, lightly trafficked roads here in the Scottish Borders. My main hobby (fellwalking) is free, my third hobby, tuning jap cars, is on hold for now.
I wish it were only my disposable income, but I am required to live frugally to finance the purchase. I've never owned a new car, probably never will.
To occasionallycurrent: the rest of my gear:
speakers Focal Stella Utopia, supplemented with four Velodyne DD18+ in stereo bass stacks
pre-amp Wavac pt-t1 with Amperex valves
phonostage Boulder 1008
turntables Kodo the Beat, Artisan Fidelity 301 statement, arm Ikeda IT 407 with ebony headshell, cartridge Van den Hul Colibri Grand Cru, in the pipeline Schroeder LT tonearm (the Beat) and Miyabi Fuuga (301)
Digital Esoteric P03 - D03,
Grounding Entreq Olympus Tellus, i/c Cables Entreq Atlantis, Rack Artesania Exoteryc (sic), dedicated power lines to each component and additional 100amp circuit for power amp, separately fused on my main board.
I suspect you might appreciate what I've done outside? Dug out approx 2,000 tons of earth and rock to create an amphitheatre, partially completed by hand whenever i ran out of funds. I've acquired some dolby thx- spec ex-cinema speakers, the EAW MC4973 https://images.app.goo.gl/xV7NhSba3oea14SM7, although since the weather here is, shall we say challenging? I haven't yet completed the outdoor system and it's EAW BH883 Big Bertha - Levan subwoofers, as whenever i get some spare funds it's harder to justify spending on the outdoor system and they usually get hoovered up by my domestic system.
And yes, i love the Boulder sound.
It just does everything. From awesome power to exquisite delicacy, it brings such a rich timbre that once you start listening, you are drawn in to the music and cannot stop. So far in my system the only other amps to manage that feat were Analogue Domain, and the Artemis is even more expensive than 2160.
To vermonter the cat is fine and distinctly unconcerned😁
I'm having a talented fabricator who works on my cars build me a frame for a cat hammock that will go above the amp, with a decent air gap and a waterproof layer beneath to catch any....discharge.
I've learned that it is futile trying to keep the her off the amp, so will instead lean into it and make a comfy, puke- proof platform for the wee beastie.
Perhaps the final piece of the puzzle?
I was a free party / rave organiser through the 1990's with a group called the Exodus Collective. My system goal is to reproduce the effect of a large dance rig playing in a warehouse, my musical preferences are 50% bass-driven electronica, so deep house, trance, drum and bass, trip hop, hip hop, trap and reggae music, which i used to dj,
and 50% acoustic, delicate and ethereal material like Alt- j and Zero 7, with a sprinkling of rock, pop and folk
To those that have expressed concern: again thank you, and a bit more of an explanation.
I haven't used credit, this is my own savings plan on my own terms, think of it as reverse hp. I make a payment every month, when I've finished making all the payments i will get the item. So no debt involved.
I have a modest income, but an unusual lifestyle. Just turned 50, no kids, occasionally have a partner but mainly a hermit. Where I live is very remote, all so i can play as loud as i like, as late as i like and the power supply is as clean as a mountain stream; I'm the only property on my transformer.
I work from home, never fly, rarely leave the valley i inhabit unless to go fellwalking and recreational driving on the excellent, lightly trafficked roads here in the Scottish Borders. My main hobby (fellwalking) is free, my third hobby, tuning jap cars, is on hold for now.
I wish it were only my disposable income, but I am required to live frugally to finance the purchase. I've never owned a new car, probably never will.
To occasionallycurrent: the rest of my gear:
speakers Focal Stella Utopia, supplemented with four Velodyne DD18+ in stereo bass stacks
pre-amp Wavac pt-t1 with Amperex valves
phonostage Boulder 1008
turntables Kodo the Beat, Artisan Fidelity 301 statement, arm Ikeda IT 407 with ebony headshell, cartridge Van den Hul Colibri Grand Cru, in the pipeline Schroeder LT tonearm (the Beat) and Miyabi Fuuga (301)
Digital Esoteric P03 - D03,
Grounding Entreq Olympus Tellus, i/c Cables Entreq Atlantis, Rack Artesania Exoteryc (sic), dedicated power lines to each component and additional 100amp circuit for power amp, separately fused on my main board.
I suspect you might appreciate what I've done outside? Dug out approx 2,000 tons of earth and rock to create an amphitheatre, partially completed by hand whenever i ran out of funds. I've acquired some dolby thx- spec ex-cinema speakers, the EAW MC4973 https://images.app.goo.gl/xV7NhSba3oea14SM7, although since the weather here is, shall we say challenging? I haven't yet completed the outdoor system and it's EAW BH883 Big Bertha - Levan subwoofers, as whenever i get some spare funds it's harder to justify spending on the outdoor system and they usually get hoovered up by my domestic system.
And yes, i love the Boulder sound.
It just does everything. From awesome power to exquisite delicacy, it brings such a rich timbre that once you start listening, you are drawn in to the music and cannot stop. So far in my system the only other amps to manage that feat were Analogue Domain, and the Artemis is even more expensive than 2160.
To vermonter the cat is fine and distinctly unconcerned😁
I'm having a talented fabricator who works on my cars build me a frame for a cat hammock that will go above the amp, with a decent air gap and a waterproof layer beneath to catch any....discharge.
I've learned that it is futile trying to keep the her off the amp, so will instead lean into it and make a comfy, puke- proof platform for the wee beastie.
Perhaps the final piece of the puzzle?
I was a free party / rave organiser through the 1990's with a group called the Exodus Collective. My system goal is to reproduce the effect of a large dance rig playing in a warehouse, my musical preferences are 50% bass-driven electronica, so deep house, trance, drum and bass, trip hop, hip hop, trap and reggae music, which i used to dj,
and 50% acoustic, delicate and ethereal material like Alt- j and Zero 7, with a sprinkling of rock, pop and folk