Author Topic: system is complete! (Read 5699 times)

scb · « **on:** June 04, 2004, 06:42:01 PM »

speakers arrived today. von schweikert vr-2s. thanks nick

i'm blasting tongue n groove from 2-15-03 kimock and damn, i feel like i'm there again. this is incredible

edit:
been listening for an hour now to all sorts of stuff and recordings seem to have new life. ones i thought were muddy before seem much more defined now in the low end. and the high end just sings here.

there's a hornsby tape i did in sept 02 that i like but i thought was a bit "roomy". but now it seems VERY tight. man, i may not leave the room tonight...

scb · « **Reply #1 on:** June 04, 2004, 06:48:11 PM »

i think neighbors 4 blocks away can probably hear the music right now....hehe

Nick's Picks · « **Reply #2 on:** June 04, 2004, 08:31:21 PM »

awesome.
wait till you hear them after a couple hundred hours of break in.

carlbeck · « **Reply #3 on:** June 06, 2004, 04:48:52 PM »

Von Schweikert, accept no substitute!

jpschust · « **Reply #4 on:** June 06, 2004, 09:08:18 PM »

scott, what are you powering these with? whats the full system?

MattD · « **Reply #5 on:** June 07, 2004, 02:12:28 AM »

What I want to know is whether or not you're thinking of keeping the Benchmark

scb · « **Reply #6 on:** June 07, 2004, 07:08:31 AM »

>>scott, what are you powering these with? whats the full system?<<

audiogon is my friend. got me stuff for less than half price (and in the case of the cables, like 80% off)

Arcam AV-8 pre
Arcam p7 power amp
Arcam dv27a dvd/cd
vr-2s biamped using 4 channels of the p7
benchmark dac-1, though i may sell it if i like the arcam sound better. need time for the speakers to break in before i can decide this i think.
various audio magic interconnects and speaker cables. the speaker cables are unreal

eventually i'll use the old tannoy mercury m2's for rears, but i just don't have room for surround at the moment

scb · « **Reply #7 on:** June 07, 2004, 07:09:43 AM »

back of the vr-2s. this wood finish is beautiful

scb · « **Reply #8 on:** June 07, 2004, 07:10:12 AM »

arcam components

scb · « **Reply #9 on:** June 07, 2004, 07:10:47 AM »

cables off the pre and to the amp

1st set only · « **Reply #10 on:** June 07, 2004, 10:48:41 AM »

gear slut

scb · « **Reply #11 on:** June 07, 2004, 08:37:14 PM »

sue me!

audiogon made it like 40% of the original price, and this isn't used stuff. audiogon rocks

Nick's Picks · « **Reply #12 on:** June 08, 2004, 06:57:59 AM »

your system drips with high-end lushness!

the A.Hazelwood finish on those bad-boys is real, real purdy!
I'd love to hear it sometime if i'm ever in NYC.

big +T to you Scott, on all accounts.

scervin · « **Reply #13 on:** June 08, 2004, 08:06:18 AM »

Since all components were purchased through Audiogon, were they from authorized dealers? Warranty still good? Very nice gear btw!

scb · « **Reply #14 on:** June 08, 2004, 09:03:31 AM »

>>I'd love to hear it sometime if i'm ever in NYC.

absolutely!

+t back at you nick for introducing me to von schweikert

scb · « **Reply #15 on:** June 08, 2004, 09:09:43 AM »

>>Since all components were purchased through Audiogon, were they from authorized dealers? Warranty still good?<<

an authorized dealer was selling the P7 and AV8. they had been in his showroom as demo units for only a few weeks. while technically not out of the box new, they weren't actually "used goods" in that they never were sold to anyone. he wanted to make room for some new krell gear in the showroom, so he put the av8 and p7 up on audiogon for his dealer cost. then he threw in an older model DV88+ dvd player (New) for free. so i got it and sold the dvd for a grand. full warranty and everything. the dealer wrote me 2 invoices: 1 for what i paid, and 1 that he sent arcam claiming i paid full price.

then i posted on audiogon in search of a dv27a. a dealer wrote back with a killer price, so i took him up on it. turns out they quoted me a price for a lower model (which is why it was so good) and they actually stuck to it. so that worked in my favor

the audio magic cables were all from audiogon.

the vr-2s were from nick. he had a pair that were chipped, so they were going to send him new ones. he had the new ones sent to me because he got some vr-4s.

and yes nick, i love this hazelwood finish!

twoodruff · « **Reply #16 on:** June 08, 2004, 10:19:15 AM »

congrats scott. I am also complete for awhile, I hope. Running the green mountain audio Europas with DIY Cat5 speaker cable (Thanks nmculberth) a mccormack dna 0.5 kimbre interconnects and a y-s audio symphonies + preamp. Just got the y-s and wow what a preamp. I sold my cj pv-12L to get this and I will NEVER look back. Excellent soundstage, very warm, smooth sound. So my *downgrade* ($ wise) definitely was an upgrade in sound. Also sold my B&W cdm7se speakers for the GMA. I guess next is to try to find a great price on some telefunken 12au7 tubes and eventually upgrade the amp to a B or A.

MattD · « **Reply #17 on:** June 08, 2004, 11:26:27 AM »

Trey - ever compare those speakers to the VR-1s? I got my choice down to those two, but went with the VR-1s because I couldn't easily demo the Europas. That and they weigh a shitload and I'm moving at least twice in the next 15 months.

twoodruff · « **Reply #18 on:** June 08, 2004, 11:44:25 AM »

Quote from: MattD on June 08, 2004, 11:26:27 AM

Trey - ever compare those speakers to the VR-1s? I got my choice down to those two, but went with the VR-1s because I couldn't easily demo the Europas. That and they weigh a shitload and I'm moving at least twice in the next 15 months.

I never compared, I was down to between the ACI Sapphires and the GMA. I didn't audition, the way I audition is I buy and keep until I want something better. You did tell me earlier about you going with the vr-1s. I was skeptical of the gma, especially after getting them and hearing mostly tinny sound, maybe not tinny but they were not the bass rumblers I wanted at first. I switched pre amps and while I may want a sub in the future, the bottom end was nicely rounded out. I attribute it to A) change in preamp and B) wear in time for speakers C) wear in time for cables, in no particular order. I cannot say which is better between the cj and the y-s but I can say I didn't love the cj sound or the 12L rather. So I tried something new and with most of my recording things have werked out thus far.

carlbeck · « **Reply #19 on:** June 12, 2004, 10:27:28 PM »

Trey, when Nick & I compared his YS to my CJ it was no contest. My CJ was on Audiogon that night. Who cares about the brand name, enjoy the music!
Scott, as far as the Benchmark is concerned, I run one & love it. I can't imagine anything keeping up with it at 2x the price used, it is that good in my system.
BAT VK60 amp, Benchmark DAC-1, Von Schweikert VR4jr's with DH Labs & MIT cables

scb · « **Reply #20 on:** June 12, 2004, 11:27:06 PM »

>>Scott, as far as the Benchmark is concerned, I run one & love it. I can't imagine anything keeping up with it at 2x the price used, it is that good in my system.<<

the arcam has quad wolfson dacs per channel and is very nice on it's own. i need to break in the speakers before i can really compare them. but yes, the benchmark does sound damn good

monochromic · « **Reply #21 on:** June 27, 2004, 02:51:08 AM »

beautiful gear scott. i've had my eye on an arcam cd73 cd player (and roksan kandy mkiii int. amp) for a while now. hey, i need to do my b&w cdm-1nt speakers justice.

Author Topic: system is complete! (Read 5699 times)

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