The Virginia-Class Reference is SRA's statement platform for vibration abatement, isolation and sound reinforcement in audio source and electronic components.
Read the Review HERE.
when i had the Lamm ML3's last spring, i bought the matching SRA Virginia Class platforms (4--one for each chassis) along with them. i never did an A/B comparison to another stand or the floor, but they sure did seem to do an excellent job with the ML3's. great ease and lack of smearing to the presentation.....i'm sure some of which would be attributed to those stands.
Mike,
What do you use for your Dartzeels? Did you use the SRAs for your 108?
i sold the SRA Virginia Class platforms with the Lamm ML3's. not sure what the new owner did with them as i did not see them in the pictures of the ML3's he posted. he might have sold them separately. (...)
Dear Tima,
I find it fascinating that you could describe such immaculate micro details on the sound of a particular word or phrase of a song(s) as the effect of this SRA platform. Tbh after I read your review, I thought you were reviewing the LAMM not the SRA.
Tang
No, he did not sell them. But I am still listening tweakless!
Tim,
Looking around for pictures of SRA Virginia class platforms I find that most people use them under power amplifiers, but not so often in the preamplfiers - even in the pictures in the Lamm site.
Considering the level of the signals, I would consider that a preamplifier would benefit more of the platforms than the power amplifiers. What is your opinion on this issue?
(...) once his system is more settled (if it ever is), (...)
when i had the Lamm ML3's last spring, i bought the matching SRA Virginia Class platforms (4--one for each chassis) along with them. i never did an A/B comparison to another stand or the floor, but they sure did seem to do an excellent job with the ML3's. great ease and lack of smearing to the presentation.....i'm sure some of which would be attributed to those stands.
Mike - If I recall, the Virginia-Class you had were first generation. (Holes for the Lamm's feet?)
What are you trying to say, Tang?
I was implying that it highly unlikely anyone who did this type of a/b (lifting 2 70lbs amp in/out, disconnecting/reconnecting cables, waiting his heart rate to come to normal for critical listening) did not experience hearing memory loss. This isnt like a/b ing a cable or cartridge that could be quickly done repeatedly. The hearing details you described were extraordinary. I would not be skeptical if you were describing the effect of the SRA in a "macro" picture not so specific. You also did not mention how it sounded without the SRA. How many a/b's you had to do to be confident that the SRA made such great contribution. I have done a/b's CMS amp platforms with my 65 kgs Ayon on/off before. It was exhausting repeating the a/b process. There was too much hearing memory loss for me to confidently conclude anything with such great details. I am intrigue by your very specific findings and questioning whether you were hearing and describing the amps themself more than the SRA.
Your sincerely,
Tang
Dear Tang,
You are correct - moving the SRA in place is a real work. It is one of the reasons I almost never listen to tweaks in A/B mode and in order to evaluate them I buy them and listen along many weeks or several months before taking a decision. I spend a few weeks listening with them, then a few without and again. It is why I take so long to evaluate equipment and seldom post immediate impressions. Surely there are thinks that are clear from start - when listening using the Lamm's LL1's and ML3's, even tweekless, orchestras have seem to have more instruments than with any other amplifiers ... The pairing is really much more subjectively silent - this hard to explain concept that can't be expressed in dB - than any other system I have hosted, solid state or tube. No A/B is needed.
I was implying that it highly unlikely anyone who did this type of a/b (lifting 2 70lbs amp in/out, disconnecting/reconnecting cables, waiting his heart rate to come to normal for critical listening) did not experience hearing memory loss. This isnt like a/b ing a cable or cartridge that could be quickly done repeatedly. The hearing details you described were extraordinary. I would not be skeptical if you were describing the effect of the SRA in a "macro" picture not so specific. You also did not mention how it sounded without the SRA. How many a/b's you had to do to be confident that the SRA made such great contribution. I have done a/b's CMS amp platforms with my 65 kgs Ayon on/off before. It was exhausting repeating the a/b process. There was too much hearing memory loss for me to confidently conclude anything with such great details. I am intrigue by your very specific findings and questioning whether you were hearing and describing the amps themself more than the SRA.
Your sincerely,
Tang
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