9 hours ago, mikeymad said:

Apparently a pile of 'hornlets'?

 

 

 

I mean, they are certainly attention getting, I'll give 'em that.

11 hours ago, mikeymad said:

Apparently a pile of 'hornlets'?

I like those, and don't mind the whole thing as an acoustical art installation. But it is a shitty amplifier being sold for a lot of money.

$500,000 system in Hà Nội, Việt Nam.

Edited August 21, 20196 yr by Knuckledragger

KKEF R300, REL T5i, Yamaha RN602, UA Acoustics and some KEF art.

Oh man, that vintage Carver TFM-25.

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-ToneTool Trapezium with dual STUdo Tonearm

-Ortofon Rondo Blue

-DS Audio DS E1

-Lyra Kleos

-Bastanis Prometheus (doubled) open baffle with RiPol subs

-MuSICa NoVa Phoenix preamp

-Technics 1500 reel to reel tape deck

-Mastersound 300B Monoblocks

-Trigon Advance Phono Stage

-Dual Thomessen active frequency soft (for the subs)

-Supra Cinch Cables

-AudioQuest Meteor speaker cables

 

Edited October 24, 20196 yr by Knuckledragger

Interesting - they swapped out the 300b tubes for 845s? hmmm

Well, open baffles are superb (I have Linkwitz LX521's) but those above are far too close to the wall - they need to be 4 to 6 feet from the back wall.

In fact Bastanis website shows their latest offering (Sagarmatha duo) about that distance in front of a curtained wall (which will tend to absorb rear radiation)

The best thing about this system is the "Live in Hamburg" by E.S.T

DIY system with Omega CAMs:

Infinity 6 Kappas powered by Sony ES

 

I had one of those CD players back in the day - it was a thing of beauty inside. That pic brings back memories of the superb construction standard. It was not lightweight!

Threshold FET Two and a Sansui BA-3000.  Sexy, sexy sand.

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HD800S, Musical Fidelity x-Can v3, changed tubes for 6H23P. Capacitor mod also. Savi Audio SA9227 32bit384khz DAC, ASIO. Foobar2000. Music is locally saved Flac, sourced from Tidal. Foobar has Graphical Equalizer DSP adjusted with S/N dependent values from Sennheiser combined with What-HiFi's broader testing.

I have went with prices and reviews when choosing my gear. Headphones and Amp are second hand. I can say I'm happy with what I have. X-Can v3 might be a bit bulky for travel.

"Might be."

I have one of those.  I’d definitely categorize it as “totable” but not “portable”.

I have one too. It's been in storage for years.