My new ride !!

Hedgedrew66 · Aug 14, 2020

microstrip said:
The REF40 is the nickname of the Anniversary preamplfier. I should not say it, as I am trying to sell the VTL 7.5 mk3 , but I also preferred the Anniversary in my system, although the VTL could show more detail of the recording - surely it is less colored.

Felt like bass was missing with vtl. Brighter in highs.

LL21 · Aug 14, 2020

Hedgedrew66,

Wow!!! Absolutely stunning! Congrats and genuinely look forward to reading more as you get the system up, running and finetuned. You are no doubt beginning a remarkable audio adventure!

Hedgedrew66 · Aug 14, 2020

LL21 said:
Hedgedrew66,

Wow!!! Absolutely stunning! Congrats and genuinely look forward to reading more as you get the system up, running and finetuned. You are no doubt beginning a remarkable audio adventure!

Thank you. Patience will be virtue here !! Covid has made wilson travel people very nervous.

chuck · Aug 14, 2020

Hedgedrew66 said:
Thank you. Interesting. You like boulder better ?

I do like the Boulder better -- quieter, more music, no tubey sound, better user interface. The 1110 turns on instantly, I came to detest the countdown on the Ref40. It is much better looking, I like the single box design and better build.

Hedgedrew66 · Aug 14, 2020

chuck said:
I do like the Boulder better -- quieter, more music, no tubey sound, better user interface. The 1110 turns on instantly, I came to detest the countdown on the Ref40. It is much better looking, I like the single box design and better build.

Ok thx. !!!

Marck1973 · Aug 15, 2020

Hedgedrew66 said:
Felt like bass was missing with vtl. Brighter in highs.

No such issues with the Momentum HD - infact you realise what the bass is meant to sound like - much more controlled, which is what you would kind of expect from solid state compared to valve.

Hedgedrew66 · Aug 15, 2020

Marck1973 said:
No such issues with the Momentum HD - infact you realise what the bass is meant to sound like - much more controlled, which is what you would kind of expect from solid state compared to valve.

Thx. Going to try it.

dcathro · Aug 15, 2020

Wow, congratulations! You have a beautiful system and a great looking room.

What were your previous speakers?

Hedgedrew66 · Aug 15, 2020

dcathro said:
Wow, congratulations! You have a beautiful system and a great looking room.

What were your previous speakers?

Xlf with siegfrieds

Hedgedrew66 · Aug 15, 2020

LL21 · Aug 15, 2020

Great stuff...I see you in your XLF photo that you do not have Thors in the corners...did you have them at all (ie, elsewhere in the room?) If you did not have Thors, did you ever try/consider it?

Was there a specific reason you went with the Subs with the WAMMs?

Hedgedrew66 · Aug 15, 2020

LL21 said:
Great stuff...I see you in your XLF photo that you do not have Thors in the corners...did you have them at all (ie, elsewhere in the room?) If you did not have Thors, did you ever try/consider it?

Was there a specific reason you went with the Subs with the WAMMs?

Good questions but no. Never had them. Always thought room was little small for them but it wasnt till i did the demo at Jacobs house with wamm and subs on and off comparison that i knew i had to have them. At one point before my wife talked me down , i was going to do construction to expand the room out 4.5 ft. !!

marty · Aug 15, 2020

chuck said:
I also had the left channel go out on my Ref40 late last year and sent it back to Minnesota to get fixed. Seems a tube went bad and took out one of the boards too. .

I got off that train years ago. I was tired of sending stuff back to Minnesota. If you think it's a pain to do that for their preamp, try shipping some of their monster amps like the 610. Tubes going out and blowing up boards is bad design, period. Moving to VTL Siegfrieds was a welcome change (until I discovered Soulution).

Hedgedrew66 · Aug 15, 2020

marty said:
I got off that train years ago. I was tired of sending stuff back to Minnesota. If you think it's a pain to do that for their preamp, try shipping some of their monster amps like the 610. Tubes going out and blowing up boards is bad design, period. Moving to VTL Siegfrieds was a welcome change (until I discovered Soulution).

Lol. I had trouble with vtl too. Plenty pf tube errors. !! Heated room up pretty toasty too. Lol.

PeterA · Aug 15, 2020

I am grateful that you discovered WBF and have chosen to share your system with us. We usually read about components like these in reviews only and rarely see photos of such gear in people's houses. It makes it all more real somehow. I also appreciate your willingness to accept suggestions about gear. I do enjoy reading about systems at all levels and typologies and how they fit into the lifestyle of the owners. Welcome again to the forum.

Hedgedrew66 · Aug 15, 2020

Hedgedrew66 · Aug 15, 2020

PeterA said:
I am grateful that you discovered WBF and have chosen to share your system with us. We usually read about components like these in reviews only and rarely see photos of such gear in people's houses. It makes it all more real somehow. I also appreciate your willingness to accept suggestions about gear. I do enjoy reading about systems at all levels and typologies and how they fit into the lifestyle of the owners. Welcome again to the forum.

Thank you Peter. Yes. I want to make it more real for the hobby too. Im just a regular guy who went crazy somewhere in his life with hobbies. Lol !!appreciate this. !!

LL21 · Aug 15, 2020

Hedgedrew66 said:
Good questions but no. Never had them. Always thought room was little small for them but it wasnt till i did the demo at Jacobs house with wamm and subs on and off comparison that i knew i had to have them. At one point before my wife talked me down , i was going to do construction to expand the room out 4.5 ft. !!

Excellent! Very very interesting, and fwiw, I have had subs in 6 rooms over the last 20 years. Obviously with varying degrees of success...but ultimately, with the X1s and now the XLFs (which are still yet to be set up/calibrated to the system/room)...I have always found that even when severely cut off above 40hz and basically silent through certain passages, they are a must have for me when it comes to that sense of the venue, the spacial cues, the 'enveloping sense of space and realism'...and of course certain music where there actually is a lot of information in that subterranean level. And that is a single DD18+, let alone dual Subsonics...

dcathro · Aug 15, 2020

Hedgedrew66 said:
Good questions but no. Never had them. Always thought room was little small for them but it wasnt till i did the demo at Jacobs house with wamm and subs on and off comparison that i knew i had to have them. At one point before my wife talked me down , i was going to do construction to expand the room out 4.5 ft. !!

Your wife didn't try and talk you down from the WAMS/subs!

How big is your room, and are the walls solid or timber frame?

Hedgedrew66 · Aug 15, 2020

LL21 said:
Excellent! Very very interesting, and fwiw, I have had subs in 6 rooms over the last 20 years. Obviously with varying degrees of success...but ultimately, with the X1s and now the XLFs (which are still yet to be set up/calibrated to the system/room)...I have always found that even when severely cut off above 40hz and basically silent through certain passages, they are a must have for me when it comes to that sense of the venue, the spacial cues, the 'enveloping sense of space and realism'...and of course certain music where there actually is a lot of information in that subterranean level. And that is a single DD18+, let alone dual Subsonics...

Ya. I get it !!!!

My new ride !!

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