Apart from the pairs mentioned, I have black bottles, Sophia carbons, and Sophia mesh-plates. While these three pairs were in regular rotation eight years ago I wonder now, from the couple hours I've actually spent in the sweet spot with the ACME's, if they would even be found in the same arena...
My first pair of ACME 300Bs had one unruly tube and were sent back. The second pair arrived late last week. I have only 30 hours on them so far of mostly frictionless media served on autopilot.
Once they have a couple more weeks in the socket, I'll start to listen more critically and roll them...
They started as LaScalas. Now they have bass reflex bins to fill in the bottom end, ALK crossovers, Crites tweaters, Fastrac squakers, better "lamp chord" and a fresh finish. The woofer is original for the time being.
This is very interesting thread. Different rooms? Different hemispheres? One man's roller coaster is another man's Sunday drive? I only goes to underline how fiercely, and perhaps frustratingly subjective this "sport" is. We're all chasing different ghosts.
A couple years ago I ran a Leben...
Hello WBF,
I'm a long-time crate digger with a slight gear bent, err I'm more of a record guy than a gear guy. At least that's what I tell myself when I'm out for beers with my fellow audiophiles and they start throwing around model number shorthand. I'm often sitting there with a blank look...