I just want to thank Joe for a nice Saturday get together. As usual, Joe's system never failed to impress me. His system throws in a realistic live performance that only a few system can match. It was great to see Joe, Evan, Mike, Carl, Shek, Paul, Martin, Andrew etc...etc...
The highlight of the gathering was to listen to Joe's system which I think sound very nice and lively. Carl also brought in his 60 pound SS amp and a matching dual box tube preamp. It looks like there is a miss match with Carl's amp and Joe's preamp so we are unable to properly listen to Carl's amp clipping at moderate volume levels. Let's see how it sounds when Carl is done with that.
Finally when everyone left, We listened to Carl's DIY preamp. His preamp complements Joe's Salk speakers and amp. It reminds me of the BAT VK-51SE with dual mono configuration, single gain stage and zero negative feedback. It sounds, open, wide and fast which conveys the singers emotions. Carl said he can build you one like his for $10K parts only+ labor. Likewise, Joe's excellent sounding Marantz CDP, Spectron amp and Salk speaker combination made it possible for the great sound over all. Carl will be modifying Joe's preamp soon. Stay tuned for that!
We left around midnight. Hey Chris, talking about magic hour.
Thanks again to Joe for a great day!
Joe's system doing Carl's preamp swap
Carl's preamp and powersupply in Joe's rack
Wooden amp
Carl's tube preamp
Preamp powersupply. Can you say over built?
Excellent tasting Italian style pizza. Sweet!
Fried calmari
Baked calmari
Cheers!
Sweet spot!