I don't know much about the Tapes (what he's got) 'cept for hearing the names of the places that sell 'em. Ton of LPs though. I'm the happy recipient of his doubles or triples
Great system. Tubephile gets a new meaning!
Most of the cabling was hidden - a very nice feature. We can see some Shunyata vestiges - what was the remaining of it?
And Jim's tube amps not only get rolled, they get updated constantly to the latest whatever, whatever the designer has in store as of presstime.
Amp roll? How about 'arm roll'. I think Jim has more tonearms than the arm bases of the turntables. Some arms are orphaned into the shelf. If I were using a film camera, I would run out of film.
Cant believe I missed this thread , awesome system and room , would love to hear those " big tube " WAVAC HE-833v2 poweramps , they are supposed to be really good
Jack...Seems like over the course of this thread the phono stages have changed from a Tron 7, Lamm LP2 and a ARC Ref 2 to dual EMT's. Any comments why and sound differences? Thanks !
Wanna make an A90 sound like a Koetsu? I was able to do just that with the EMTs. The adjustability of these units is just crazy. With the factory settings I find them to be extremely neutral after that it's all up to the user. This pair of EMTs have some goodies inside though. Lots and lots of matched pairs of telefunken 803s'. These put them yet another step up. Since Jim uses a lot of carts the extra utility comes in very handily. That it has multiple inputs and controls per inputs means once he is set he doesn't have to do many do overs when switching arm/carts. I do love the top Tron and still love my LP2 and my own hopped up Soulphono but I wouldn't mind having one of these in my arsenal. I do get to play with Jim's toys though. He lends me phono stages to play with.
Next week another one-off (for now), an Air Force Two with a AFO platter and everything else that would entail, will be added. This was the result of TechDAS study into the possibility of making upgrades commercially available. At the moment they have decided not to proceed given the amount of work hours needed to accomplish the task. WHy not just another AFO since the price ended up not too far off? The owner is open to the idea of owning an AFZero someday and thinks the AFT will be easier to part with. The Graham Elite is ready and waiting, on which will be mounted a TechDAS TD Ti.
Multi-Channel functionality has been set aside to make room for the Tape Machines. The VR-9s are headed to the owner's HT where the VR-4 SRs will slide to the rear positions. So, gone is the Switchman3 and DAC6, now replaced by a DAC2X for SACD. Soon to go will be the EERA Tentation to be replaced by the EERA Autographe for Redbook duties.
Cabling:
Shunyata remains for all power cables and conditioning but the signal loom will be switched to Master Built Ultras, the same cables used inside the 111XS.
Pics are in the first page Ding When will you be back? Jim said he'd like to have something with the original WS Bozanians, that includes you of course.
Fantastic Jack! I have always liked the big 4-tower concepts. Tidal, Infinity, Genesis, Gryphon, Marten, Nola, Audio Verity, Evolution Audio, WAMM, Audio Analysis Orion, Piega Master Line Source, etc...
I am really looking forward to reading all about it. Record a few snips if you can. When is ETA?
the overall concept of the VR111XS reminds me of the MM7's. driver surface area is likely about the same. obviously there are even common design roots too.
the overall concept of the VR111XS reminds me of the MM7's. driver surface area is likely about the same. obviously there are even common design roots too.
True Mike. Traceable to the 4 tower Armageddon (VR-10) from the 90's perhaps? Funny coincidence. The sole MM7 owner here is named Jaime, Spanish for James/Jim the 111 owner's name
Hi Stevie, I believe the second Doshi has arrived already.
