^^^ Me too. Thanks in advance, David. :-)
Synergistic Red Fuse ...
I installed a SR RED Quantum fuse in my ARC REF-3 preamp a few days ago, replacing an older high end fuse. Uhh ... for a hundred bucks, this little baby is well worth the cost. There was an immediate improvement upon installation, but now that its broken in (yes, no kidding), its quite remarkable. A tightening of the focus, a more solid image, and most important of all for my tastes, a deeper appreciation for the organic sound of the instruments. Damn! ... cellos sound great! Much improved attack on pianos. More humanistic on vocals. Bowed bass goes down forever. Next move? .... I'm doing the entire system with these fuses. One at a time though just to gauge the improvement in each piece of equipment. The REF-75se comes next. I'll report the results as the progression takes place. Stay tuned ...
Any comments from anyone else who has tried these fuses?
Any comments from anyone else who has tried these fuses?
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Goldencutt ... Changing from the Reds to the Blacks was the right thing to do. You are eventually in for a real treat. By "eventually," I mean that the magic comes into its own at around 70 hours and continues to improve past 100 hours. What you're experiencing is normal. You can hear some improvements over the Red fuses, but there's a hard edge that's annoying, right? Once broken in (100 hours) all of that hard edge will be gone and there will be a new light shining on your sound stage with the instruments and vocals really coming into focus like never before. There will be a new sense of lack of grain, a grain that you didn't even realize was there. Its quite an amazing transition, really. When the fuse in your CD player is finally broken in, you won't believe the improvement in your digital playback. I'm mostly a vinyl guy ... but I have to say, these fuses have brought my digital to way beyond where I ever thought digital could go. Totally enjoyable now, and I find myself listening to digital more and more. Good thing too ... I have over 2000 CD's in my collection. Sick, I know. *lol* Please give us an update as your Black fuses start to break in. This is interesting stuff. Take care ... |
Wolf & Mapman ... And there is no reason to buy expensive Single Barrel Scotch or Bourbon whiskey ... After all, alcohol is alcohol, right? Choice or Prime beef? Nope ... meat is meat. Plain old American processed cheese slices vs a carefully aged English cheddar? No difference! Cheese is cheese. A stock Dynaco Stereo 70 vs a modern day tube amp? Nope, tubes are tubes and amps are amps. For two guys who continue to rail against the progress being made in the materials being used to make the improvements in the items being covered in this thread, all I can say is ... try the upgrades for yourselves and then comment. Until then, you two guys have nothing to go on except your prior experiences. Question ... Are you two guys still using the original cell phones with the huge battery packs? If not, why not? After all ... a phone call is a phone call, right? And now, back to my audio system that is sounding simply amazing these days thanks to the various upgrades being applied to the system. Rest easy ... |
^^^ *lol* ... If you were to go back and read all 37 pages of this thread (a chore for sure), you'd find several posters who have swapped out the stock fuses on their Maggies for the SR Black fuses and were pleasantly surprised at the improvement I'd start with the fuses on the Maggies, then sit back and relax with a nice single malt Scotch, some aged English Cheddar on crackers ... while listening to Paul Desmond's alto sax. :-) |
Dear Mr. Wolf-Garcia ... I have two words for you ... and it isn't Happy Birthday! David ... If you live in New Mexico, you should send some of that great Dixon red chile to wolf-garcia and mapman to compare with the little packages of inferior chile slop they've been using at Taco Bell. Oh, never mind ... they won't be able to tell the difference. After all .. chile is chile, right? :-) http://thechileshop.com/dixonmediumhotredchilepowder.aspx Looking forward to the Newport Show and meeting you, David. I replaced the SR Red fuse in the ARC-75 SE with the newly arrived SR Black fuse tonight. Right off the bat, there was an increase in air around all instruments with much improved articulation. More of the organics we all love with these fuses. Not much of that hard edge from the usual unbroken in Black fuse. Very musical right off the bat. At this point, I'm looking forward to the complete break in. Next, will be the SR Black wall socket. After that, I'll experiment with the PHT's for the cartridge ... and then the ECT's. The room treatments sound like a good bet too. OP |
Charles ... Thanks for sharing your experience from the live concert with Roy Hargrove. Nothing like live, that's for sure. Especially sitting near the front where you can actually hear the instruments in their natural state. The flugal horn is such an amazing instrument ... great for jazz. So is the oboe, by the way. Check this album out: http://www.ebay.com/itm/HOWARD-RUMSEY-LP-Lighthouse-All-Stars-Vol-4-Oboe-Flute-1956-Contemporary-RI-... It only comes in mono, but not to worry, its great mono and the sound is right there too. Its available on CD to if interested. I think I mentioned before that my friend Robert and I attend concerts at a local church that consists of our city's professional symphony orchestra with solos played by very talented high school students. We sit in the front row right between the piano and the string section. Wow! If only massed strings could sound like that on my stereo system. Just beautiful. OP |
David ... In my opinion, and as a die hard chile lover, nothing ... nothing, can top the chiles from Hatch and Dixon. I used to visit a friend in Sante Fe, and while there, I would eat myself through every chile place I could find. There used to be a place in downtown Sante Fe that was like an old Newberry's five and dime. They served a medium sized bag of Frito's cut length-wise and added a liberal portion of red chile gravy that they poured over the Frito's. My god ... what a taste experience. So very hot ... but so good you just can't stop eating it. Then there was another place that had the best huevos rancheros in the world ... made with the green Hatch chiles. Zowie ... another hot one that had you sweating even on a snowy day. So good! Now that I no longer travel to Sante Fe, I just order the ground chile from the link I left in my last post. I use it for a lot of cooking that calls for chile powder. With its unique taste, its one of my better "secret" ingredients. I was wondering David ... have you ever attended a concert at the outdoor venue in Sante Fe? Chesky did a number of recordings from there that reside in my collection. On tonight's listening session with the new SR Black fuse in the amp: While more transparent and showing all the promise of the other Black fuses in the system, there is that slight over brightness and hardness typical of an unbroken in SR fuse. What I heard tonight tells me that once its broken in ... new levels of musicality will be achieved ... and a lot more there, will be there. :-). OP |
Nice to know that I'm rubbing elbow with classic jazz lovers. :-) David ... Tony Mottola was a wonderful guitarist. Robert and I listened to an album tonight that features Mottola on guitar. Its on the Command label titled Bongos, Bongos, Bongos. The instruments are in the room, especially the percussion. Really dynamic stuff. Buddy Colette is one of my favorite musicians. What he did with the early Chico Hamilton quintet was amazing. I had the honor to hear him live in a small venue with his small group. It was in a small auditorium in one of our local churches. I got his autograph on one of his CD's too. That was a memorable night of great live music. nyame ... I've had that Ella/Armstrong album in my collection for over 30 years. Its one of the great classics. The purity of Ella's voice countered by Armstrong's rasp is extra special. OP |
Charles ... Hampton Hawes You've got to check this album out: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lighthouse-at-Laguna-Howard-Rumsey-Lighthouse-All-Stars-1990-OJC-CD-NEW-/331... Once again, its only available in mono, but who cares? :-) The best cut is Hawes playing "The Champ." Really good West Coast Jazz. I think I mentioned before that I spent many nights in my youth in the middle 1950's haunting the "Lighthouse" jazz club in Hermosa Beach. Man, talk about some great west coast musicians. That place jumped. My friend and I would drink coffee in the back booth until the 2 o'clock closing time ... and then try to make a decent appearance at school the next day. Ah ya, those were the daze. Frank |
Good grief ... the fuse change in the amp has brought the system to another new level. The Black fuses are so far superior to the Red fuses in my system that for the small amount of extra money in cost, there is no reason not to buy the Black fuses. Tonight was a Harmonia Mundi night. We know how great these recordings are ... but the instruments are so clear and three dimensional now .... like never before. With the new fuse change, its reach out and touch the performers time. So much more air around instruments. The system plays much larger now too. The room is filled with sound. There's wall to wall imaging and more front to back depth. I have no way to scientifically test these results, nor do I care. I let my ears do the testing for me. Speaking for my system only ... any owner of ARC gear who hasn't converted over to the SR Black fuses, hasn't experienced what ARC gear is capable of. Simply amazing. Robert said it best last night ... "Spectacular." OP |
dbarger ... The ARC REF-6 pre amp is on the bucket list ... as is the new ARC phono stage. The REF-3 and the PH-8 that's in the system now are great performers ... so good that I haven't felt the need to upgrade even to the REF-5-se. But with the few reports I've seen on the REF-6 and the new phono amp, the upgrade bug is starting to circulate around the old brain again. I'm sure we'll see some demos of both pieces at the Newport Show. Speaking of Newport ... is anyone posting here besides Bob and David going? Robert and I will be there Saturday and Sunday ... arriving Saturday, late morning. Almarg ... Your posts are always very informative. You're a real asset to the site. Thank you for posting here in this thread. :-) OP |
^^^^ "Can you believe it, there are even people who don’t hear the effect of aftermarket fuses or directionality?" Based on my experience with the SR Black fuses, I DO find it hard to believe. Very hard. I have to question what else is going on in their systems. On initial installation, the Blacks have it all over the Red fuses ... and the improvements are heard right off the bat after installation. That's not to say that there aren't problems. For example, there is some grain and a hard, non-musical edge initially until the fuse breaks in. BUT, one can clearly hear the blacker background, the additional air around instrument and the improved dynamics instantly. At 70-100 hours, the fuse seems to really open up and everything comes into serious focus and then the musicality hits you right between the eyes. For those who cannot hear the difference, or for those who are so convinced that these fuse upgrades cannot work and won't even try them ... Well ... I'm really happy that I am not you. Why? Because the SR Black fuses have completely transformed my system into something unbelievable. My audiophile friends say the same thing every time they come over for a listening session. And I can assure everyone reading this that the system was no slouch prior to my first experiment with the fuses that started this entire thread. OP |
nyame ... Your last post was excellent and right to the point. For tonight's listening session, I pulled out one of my favorite CD's. Its a private recording of a live event featuring the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra accompanying a young pianist playing the winning performance in a Rachmaninoff piano concerto contest. With the new Black fuse in the amp and the system completely warmed up, I was awestruck by the realism of the hall. In the beginning of the CD, the orchestra is warming up and there is a lot of noise coming from the audience ... coughing, chatter and such. I was transported into the room. Just prior to the start of the music, I could hear the conductor's feet getting settled into position on the podium. The presentation was fantastic ... The massed strings enveloped me very much like they do in a live performance. During peaks, the dynamics were off the charts. I can't tell you who the conductor was, or who the young man was that played the piano ... but I can tell you that this is about as close as a home system can get to being true to an actual live event ... at least in my experience. And that experience includes listening to a lot of live orchestral music close up ... hearing tons of systems over the years at the various audio shows ... and visiting other audiophiles' homes with ultra high-end systems. I'm totally stoked! I'm going to leave things as they are for a month or so, then decide on what new tweak to try. I'm thinking about trying either the new SR Black wall socket or the ECT's. The XOT Carbon - Crossover Transducers have my attention too. Has anyone here tried the XOT Carbon -Crossover Transducers?? OP |
clifton ... If the fuse is installed in the "wrong" direction, the sound will be somewhat diffused as if the system is out of phase. The sound stage may appear to be a little wider but don't be fooled by that. When the fuse in in the "right" direction, everything will be more focused and locked into place. |
wolf-garcia ... Its very comforting to know that someone, somewhere, voted you in as the spelling, punctuation and grammar Nazi for the site. Also comforting to know that you are watching our backs by taking a protection mode to ward off the profiteering manufacturing evildoers who try to steal our money for no gain what-so-ever. What in the world would we do without you? Hmmm, I'd like to find out. Take care ... |
^^^ Having musicians in the family is a real bonus. One of my grandsons plays the bassoon at the concert level. He lives in Chicago, but when he comes home, he practices at my daughter's and son-in-law's home where he stays. I always try to take in a few practice sessions. Its been a real pleasure over the years hearing him develop from a Junior High School clarinet player to the fine, soulful bassoon player he is today. He covers the gambit ... from chamber groups to symphony orchestras. OP |
^^^ Joe ... As I stated before, I replaced the SR RED fuse in my ARC amp about a week ago with an SR Black fuse.. I don't know if its a synergy thing or not now that I have other Black fuses in the system, but its safe to say that the amp has afforded the most improvement of all. For last night's listening session, I decided to pull out some of my Cisco/Impex reissues and have a go at them. The Harry Belafonte Sings the Blues album (45 rpm) was amazing. The instruments were wall to wall and tonally correct. Belafonte's voice was such that I felt I could reach out and touch it. The improved realism with the new fuse in the amp has brought the system to another new level. Percussion and skin tones on various types of drums is right there. Big improvement in the bass as well. OP |
Slaw ... Its not very likely that equipment mfg's will be willing to put the SR Black after market fuses in their electronics. Everything has to be marked up in price as it moves along the market trail. If a mfg. pays a dollar for any given part, the dealer pays two dollars and the end consumer pays four dollars. In other words, an amp that costs the mfg $2500 to produce, is sold to the dealer for $5000. The dealer then sells it to the end consumer for $10,000 (50 point item), less any discount the dealer wants to give. So, in considering the above, and assuming full retail prices all along the trail, the end consumer would end up paying $480 for one fuse. Or, put another way, an additional $480 on the full retail price of the piece of electronics being purchased. Unless I'm missing something, I think I have this correct. OP |
Charles ... Belafonte really isn't much of a blues singer, but that album sure is demo quality. Belafonte should have stuck with the calypso stuff. To me, he sounds like Bobby Short trying to sing Led Zeppelin songs. Hard to pull that off. :-) I've been fortunate in acquiring a nice collection of Cisco reissues, and Impex reissues as well. The care that goes into the remastering of these tapes is superb. You won't find any artificial digital re-verb here at all. Just very natural sounding recordings done in state of the art style. Cisco is no longer in business, but it continues on as Impex. Some really good ones are the June Christy, Julie London, Monk, Miles and all of their classical reissues. Impex will be at the Newport Show in the record booths. OP |
^^^ Agreed, Charles. I thoroughly enjoy the Belafonte album. In Impex's 45 rpm reissue the sound quality is exemplary and very much alive. For your pleasure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48aQbh1lV1s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtNZm9KXm8w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCqEOboRctY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duRp_avXtMM And here's the tap root of the blues and jazz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-zlSq4mWiE |
^^^ Thanks David ... We have a lot in common, David. During the early 50's I lived in Los Angeles with my Mom in a studio apartment. She slept on a sofa bed and I slept on a bed that folded down from the wall. I'd listen to the blues on my small radio late at night under my covers so that I didn't wake my Mom up. I remember the few times that I did wake her and her response was always the same ... "Frank, are you listening to that music AGAIN??" I'd always say ... "but Mom, listen to these guys sing!" It was her fault, David, because she's the one who instilled the love of music into me. Its one of the things I'm most grateful for and love the most about my Mom. Under those covers, I used to listen to a radio station that originated inside of a record store in South Central Los Angeles at Vernon and Central Avenues. The disc jockey's name was "Huggie Boy." His sponsor was "Mister Jim's BBQ." The commercial for Mr. Jim's BBQ was .... "You need no teef, to eat mah beef." *lol* I think my laughter at that ad woke my Mom up a few times. I still laugh when I think of that great show and ad. From listening to those early blues, things naturally evolved into Earl Bostic, Joe Houston, Big Jay McNeeley ... and then into West Coast Jazz, and then into BeBop and big band. And, here we are today ... still talking about and listening to that great music ... and in debt to our Black brethren for their wonderful contributions to great American music. Looking forward to meeting you at Newport ... Take care ... |
^^^ We didn't have those fancy transistor radios when I was a kid. They weren't invented yet. I think they came into fashion in the early 60's, if I'm not mistaken. In fact, everything had tubes, including the radio I used to take under the covers with me. Kept me warm though. The 50's were a great time to be a high school kid who loved jazz and blues. There were so many great jazz clubs around the L.A. area at the time. My girlfriend went to a private Catholic high school and they had Dave Pell's band play for all of their school dances. I did a lot more listening than dancing. :-) http://www.ebay.com/itm/living-stereo-RCA-dave-pell-octet-jazz-goes-dancing-LP-top-copy-M-/121988623... http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dave-Pell-Octet-Plays-Again-Fresh-Sound-101-SPAIN-NICE-1984-/201461048000?ha... And then there were the times at the Palladium ballroom in Hollywood ... dances for teens ... and the orchestra? .... Ray Anthony. Others: Shelly Mann's "The Mann Hole," The LIghthouse in Hermosa Beach and Zardi's in Hollywood on the Strip. All gone now. Thanks for the tip on room 228, David. I'll be sure to check it out. OP |
Charles ... and others. The Newport Show was exceptional this year. It was a lot of fun finally meeting David. David and I had a good time in the Synergistic Research room. Nice to finally meet Ted Denny too. Here's some of my top picks ... not in any particular order: Best Demo: Synergistic Research. SR was demonstrating in a HUGE room, the largest at the show. The holographic imaging was spectacular. When they moved the SR products out of the room, and disconnected others, the image became like a small flat movie screen like you'd see at the smaller movie theaters. When the products were moved back into the room and everything reconnected, it became like a huge, 3-D presentation at a good Imax theater. I want all of their stuff!! Best Sound: Keep in mind that I judge primarily on natural musicality and an organic presentation. There may have been systems with more "wow," but for over the long haul, I'll take the systems that play music like its real. 1. Venice Audio ... Harbeth 40.2's driven with Naim solid state electronics and a Well Tempered TT. What wonderful speakers and sound. The tonal balance was right on the money and we just grooved with what was coming out of those speakers. At $16,000 per pair they kill some speakers I heard at the show costing in excess of 100k. 2. Sonic Flare ... Wilson Sasha speakers, Einstein electronics, Graham TT. Danny Kaey, who runs the room is a music lover and a record collector extraordinaire. I love the rooms where they will play the music that you bring into the room. The sound in this room was, to say the least, wonderful. Very natural with a broad, deep sound stage and a true to life presentation. People just didn't want to leave Danny's room. Its always like a party of music with everyone enjoying it immensely 3. Magnaplaner: They used three MMG's this year with one being a center channel. Okay ... the sound was really great, but its a planned presentation by appointment only. They only use pre-selected program material. No way would you be able to have them throw on some of the music you brought into the room. But ... very impressive, none the less. 4. Precision Audio & Video: Finally! Mike Slaminsky really put a good room together this year. Real music from a system consisting of equipment I've never heard of and can't remember ... but the sound was excellent. Could it be because that Mike has finally gone over to the dark side and put a turntable into his room? Nice! 5. Von Gaylord Audio: I'm saving one of the very best for last. Ray Leung, engineer, designer and a super gentleman was demonstrating his latest incarnations ... and how musical they were. Robert and I were the only ones in the room besides Ray and his wife and we just couldn't leave. The sound/music was that good. A very natural presentation with just the perfect tonal balance. I'd say Ray's speakers, as far as a natural presentation is concerned, are right in there with the Harbeth 40.2's that I alluded to earlier, but Ray's speakers are a lot better looking in my opinion. The finish is superb; reminiscent of the finish on the beautiful Venture speakers. Here's Ray's website if you want to see his offerings. www.vongaylordaudio.com So, that's it ... again, there may have been systems at the show that many would prefer over the ones I listed ... but I'm in it for the music, not the audiophile bull that just wears you out after awhile. Sorry we couldn't have met more of you who attended the show. Perhaps next year we can get coordinated and have a record playing party in Danny Kaey's room. I promise, you won't be disappointed. Take care ... |
Wait ... I've been thinking about the REL S/5 and not the REL T/5. This is the one: http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/rel-s5-subwoofer/ Anyone using this? Thanks ... |
^^^ Nyame ... I believe it. I thought I was getting good bass from my full range Legacy Signature III's until I heard Bob's (fellow A'goner) system. Bob uses a pair of Venture speakers, a great speaker in its own right, and he's added a sub woofer to the system. I've heard Venture speakers many times, but it was a whole new ballgame with the sub in place. Also, it was easy for Bob to switch the sub in and out for an A-B comparison. What a good sub does for the system is pretty amazing. Not just more bass ... but more of everything, including an expansion of the sound stage and an improvement in overall musicality and realism. I'm thinking about the REL T-5. What do you guys think of it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-NqdDV64bY OP |
aolmrd1241 .... Thanks for your input on the Legacy Signature III's. With certain mods, and tube electronics, the Sig III's are a fantastic speaker that performs, at least in my system, way beyond their price point. Over the years I've had a multitude of speakers, including huge electrostatic panels Acoustat IV's, Martin Logan's and a variety of conventional speakers as well. So far, the Sig III's are performing better than any of them considering the overall picture. On the Legacy Focus's ... I love those speakers and have considered them in the past. I fear they would overdrive my room though. I was wondering ... what electronics were you using with the Legacy speakers? All of my friends who have them, including myself, have found that they really come alive with tube amps. We've all bought our Legacy's from guys who were using solid state amps ... and they just couldn't get the speakers to sound right, so they sold them to us. *lol* I think its an underground secret. I have a friend who has a pair of Sig III's in his living room being driven by one of Grover's modified Dyna Stereo 70's, and its pure magic. In fact, it was his demo of those speakers that convinced me to chuck the Martin Logan's and replace them with the Sig III's. He has the Legacy Focus' in his main listening room. Again .... magic. At this point in time, if one is patient, the Signature III's can be had on the used market for around $1800 per pair and the Focus 20/20's for around $2500. This would be for speakers in mint condition. In my opinion, its one of the biggest bargains in audio ... but again ... the only way to fly with these speakers is to use really good tube electronics. Hang in there. |
Hey guys ... Check out my review of the Synergistic Research High Frequency Transducers (HFT). https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/synergistic-research-hft-s Simply amazing! |
^^^ nyame. ... That was a good review of the G2. . Thanks for posting it. Wow, 90 pounds of muscle ... I love the description of how the sub expands the sound stage. I've heard that effect in a friends system with his sub. When set properly, you don't know the sub is in the system, but when he switches it off, there's a dramatic collapse of the sound stage. His system is the one peaking my interest in sub woofers. OP |
wolf-garcia & kclone ... I'm beginning to get suspicious that there is a faction of naysayers that are attempting to denigrate a manufacturer that is providing extraordinary products and getting extraordinary results because these very same naysayers are actually sellers or manufacturers of competing products that just cannot make the grade, cannot compete, and in general, just don't measure up. Those of us who have taken the time in posting positive things about SR are posting because we are experiencing great results, not because we "work for SR" or involved in some nefarious scheme to "promote extremely profitable audio voodoo. " Do you guys have any idea how insulting your negative posts are to those of us who are sincerely trying to help our fellow audiophiles attain better results from their systems? Of course you don't. Why would you? Social cretins seldom do. Now go turn on your Pioneer receivers, listen to your Bose speakers and enjoy your eight-track tape machine and have a nice day. Sheesh! |
^^^ Love it, David. :-) I can imagine the naysayers being in the middle of a conniption fit right about now. :-) With the resolution level being attained by many of those posting here, its becoming mind boggling how the slightest changes can affect the sound for the better or for the worse. One little HFT falling off the ceiling location can be heard immediately. Same for the location of the tube dampening rings. And then there's the switch of one SR Red fuse being replaced by an SR Black fuse. In the meantime ... we are getting closer to the music as we follow the tweak and upgrade path. |
Thanks Charles ... And for wolf-garcia and the other naysayers ... I am currently auditioning a pair of Von Gaylord's "Return of The Legend 7000" interconnects ($1,995 per meter pair) between my TT and phono stage. It has replaced a very fine Nexus FMS cable that was a total knock-out in my system. www.vongaylordaudio.com If I said that the Von Gaylord IC has transformed my vinyl collection, when in truth, it undoubtedly has, would you then, in return, say that I'm in the tank for Von Gaylord? Is that Pioneer receiver warmed up yet, wolf? :-) |
sherod ... So far, the Von Gaylord 7000 is really impressing me. Like you, I've tried a slew of IC's over the years, finally ending up with FMS Nexus IC's. I have maybe 30 hours on the VG 7000 at this point, and it completely blows away the FMS it replaced. I'm waiting for a pair of bi-wired VG speaker cables to arrive, and once here, I will start an entirely new thread on the results ... from cold out of the box, to fully broken in. From what I heard from Von Gaylord's room at Newport, it should be quite a treat. jwm ... Thanks for the heads up on the Jimmy Giuffre recording. Such a great artist. I'm lucky to have a few of his LP's. OP |
^^^ Incidentally, over the past two listening sessions I've been enjoying some of Bach's orchestral music. Here's the Japanese import available on Ebay. Its a wonderful 2-CD set of beautiful music. If you like Bach, this is a must have: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Stokowski-Leopold-Stokowski-SO-Bach-Stokowski-HQCD-Japan-Import-/26245752393... In the meantime, the new SR HFT room treatments are doing astonishing things for the system. The strings on that Bach CD have never washed over the entire room like they are doing now. So beautiful, so focused ... and so realistic. |
wolf-garcia ... Too bad your post was deleted. Perhaps if you weren't so dismissive of your fellow A'goners, that wouldn't happen. When you accuse your fellow hobbyists of "shilling," when in fact, we are just trying to share good experiences with others so that they may experience the same improvements to their systems, its downright insulting. Surely, you are not such a social incompetent not to realize this. Based upon so many of your previous posts, and the humor demonstrated therein, you seem way too intelligent not to realize it. Do you have an ulterior motive with your negative posts? Suppressed anger issues? Envy issues? What gives? And no .. I am not responsible for having your posts removed. OP |
^^^ Al, I've tried several of the SR products as you know, and every one of them so far has brought a major improvement to my system and increased my musical enjoyment dramatically. Not subtle improvements, mind you ... major. Now, why in the world would I not want to shout that from the rooftops? Over enthusiastic? Perhaps in someone else's eyes. If so, that's too bad .. and I certainly don't appreciate being insulted by wolf-garcia and his ilk for that enthusiasm. Here's the deal ... Over the past few months, after discovering the SR products that I've installed, my system has gone from really, really good ... to one of the best I've ever heard in over 40 years in the hobby. That includes working for a time in an ultra-high end audio store, to attending and working at many CES shows, attending Stereophile shows in San Francisco and Los Angeles and for the past few years, attending the Newport show for entire weekends. I've heard systems costing 500k plus... and there are some things I like about mine better, especially in the area of tonal correctness and musicality. That's the level where the SR products have gotten me to. Art Dudley makes the point very clearly in the latest edition of Stereophile with his opening line ... "Everything makes a difference. Everything. File that away." Then he continues with: "There are two kinds of good sound: good sound and good music sound." The SR products have brought my system from "good sound." to "good music sound." If being enthusiastic about that is a crime ... then color me guilty. As always, I appreciate your level headed input Al. Stay tuned guys, more SR tweaks to come. :-) |