Good to hear. I have found cables make real difference also. What does your system consist of?
I believe i answered this Marinjim! MIT Oracle, Silent source, audiohorizons - top notch cables!
Good to hear. I have found cables make real difference also. What does your system consist of?
I believe i answered this Marinjim! MIT Oracle, Silent source, audiohorizons - top notch cables!
Awesome system Lloyd!
Likewise! Would love to hear Venture speakers someday!
I have had Artemis Eos, Infinity, B&W 802D, JM Labs/Focal Alto Be, and now the Venture CR-8 Signatures. These speakers are more dynamic, throw a deeper soundstage. I did not think 2 8" could hit so hard.Notes seem to have more body and air around them.
Nice collection of speakers you've had!
Thanks Lloyd, how about you?
In just over 20 years, i first owned a demo pair of Celestion SL6si, then Guarneri Homage, then Strads and now the Wilson X1/Grand Slamm. I've always bought 2nd hand/demo and also nearly always had a Velodyne Sub running in parallel (now DD18). When i traded in the Gs for the Strad, i told the dealer there was only 1 speaker for which i would trade in the Strads and that was the Wilson X1. Well...after expecting to own Strads for years to come...2 years later a random pair of X1s came in...sitting in storage for over 14 years and still with original plastic wrapping, spikes never used. The dealer reconed L and R Upper Bass...otherwise in mint condition. If that had not happened, i likely would be at 3 speakers in over 20 years...not bad.
I forgot I had the SL6si with an Infinity sub.. Love your taste in speakers!
What a great combinatioin...i used an old Veldyne F-1200. I really would love to hear the Celestion SL600si and matching dipole sub system.
What I loved about the SL6si was when you did the knuckle test and that enclosure was so hard as marble, but seemed to absorb vibrations also. I used with a Symphonic Line RG3, Coda 01 pre and Marantz CDP.
I did not like the little red l.e.d. light on the faceplate, so I sent (no easy feat as the amp weighs 160lbs!) my MA-300 to the factory to change to blue l.e.d., re-bias and then tightened all connections.
Thanks for that MarinJim; the blu led fits just rigth in my system!
Rearranged the setup yesterday and had a brief listeninig; WOW! things had happened!! The music sounded now more full, the tones so natural and fluent. i really just sat down and just enjoyed the music! first impressions are that the enjoythemusic description is just rigth - i will within the next days find the same recordings and try to listen through them and compare my impressions -but just now the only thing i want to say, why bother to look anywhere else; this amp seem to have it all; the details power and speed of the very best transistor, the fluidness/naturalness of a tube amp, the class a sweetness. Back later for more...
Good to hear. It only get's better! I am trying different cables now from Purist Audio, Verastarr and Jena Labs.
Let us know what you think of the cables...i do like the PAD power cables a lot.
Lloydelee, which cables do you use?Let us know what you think of the cables...i do like the PAD power cables a lot.
I have also heard great things abut the Synergistic Research Element cables. The entry level cable is better than their top Tesla. The MA-300 needs a high current AC cable.Let us know what you think of the cables...i do like the PAD power cables a lot.
I have also heard great things abut the Synergistic Research Element cables. The entry level cable is better than their top Tesla. The MA-300 needs a high current AC cable.
Lloydelee, which cables do you use?
Do you have the Gryphon Antileon Signature still or did you go for Mephisto?
actually, Gryphons top models (colloseum and Mephisto stereo) are the ones that it would have been great to match the Magnus Ma-300 against......