Yesterday, myself and my significant other payed a visit to Bart and Meta's abode.
First things first...desserts cooked by Meta are Epic and worthy of anybody's bucketlist. Meta had prepared a moelluex chocolat cake, and I kid you not, the first bite induced an instant chocolat high, tickling pleasure centers in the brain I wasn't even aware of I had.
Bart and Meta live in a beautiful house filled with art, books and music.
For pictures of the listening area I recommend following thread
http://www.audioaficionado.org/showthread.php?t=38497
The room is actually bigger than the pictures would suggest.
Their Burmester CD Player, Tuner and Power Supply are jewels of engineering perfection.
The Halgorythme tube pre-amp and tube Class A amps are astounding displays of craftmanship and offer exceptional value. If the amps would have been hidden I would have assumed them to be solid state amps, as they do not colour the sound with any euphonics. The self effacing Vivid speaker present a wide and deep soundstage and when playing an audiophile direct mic recording it became instantly obvious what this system was capable of.
The listening area counts lots of big glass surface area's and it will be interesting to hear what room treatment will contribute to an even better music delivery. As the linked thread documents, the only thing constraining the full potential of this system is the room.
The whole system exudes pride of ownership and we are grateful we had the opportunity to have a small taste of the fruits of this accomplishment.
During the 2 hour drive back home we carried with us this great experience as a blanket, having spent time in this "feel good" zone.
Thank you Bart and Meta...and to be continued