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Indeed. Here in the Bay Area, the main Hayward in the East Bay fault runs right through a line of hospitals, Hwy 13, and Cal Berkeley. It seems in California there is an odd coincidence of key infrastructures being built right on fault lines. IIRC, the Northridge quake was on such a fault line.
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Lumin P1 streamer/DAC/preamp, Constellation Inspiration integrated TT: Michell Gyro SE MkII, SME V, Koetsu Urushi Vermilion, EAR324. Harbeth 30.2s, REL R-305, Shunyata Alpha V2 ICs, Alpha V2 SPs, Sigma XC, Sigma NRv2, Omega QR-s & Alpha NRv2 PCs, segmented Altaira SG stack w/ Alpha & Omega CGCs, Everest 8000 PD. Remote Server Room: Uptone EtherREGEN, AfterDark Master Clock & LPS, Alita, Battle Angel, (Akasa NUC Roon Core), iFi DC Purifiers (for SMPS used for Alita & router), Shunyata Gemini combo power distributor & Altaira-type CG GP-NR hub, Venom & Alpha CGCs, Shunyata NRv14 power cords for digital components. |
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1977....I was in the East Bay for the Loma Prieta quake.
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Lumin P1 streamer/DAC/preamp, Constellation Inspiration integrated TT: Michell Gyro SE MkII, SME V, Koetsu Urushi Vermilion, EAR324. Harbeth 30.2s, REL R-305, Shunyata Alpha V2 ICs, Alpha V2 SPs, Sigma XC, Sigma NRv2, Omega QR-s & Alpha NRv2 PCs, segmented Altaira SG stack w/ Alpha & Omega CGCs, Everest 8000 PD. Remote Server Room: Uptone EtherREGEN, AfterDark Master Clock & LPS, Alita, Battle Angel, (Akasa NUC Roon Core), iFi DC Purifiers (for SMPS used for Alita & router), Shunyata Gemini combo power distributor & Altaira-type CG GP-NR hub, Venom & Alpha CGCs, Shunyata NRv14 power cords for digital components. |
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If earthquakes are a concern then any stand mounted speaker is not the best choice and Tontrager especially. Of course living on the west coast expecting a “big one” wouldn’t stop me from from doing it as surely there would be other more pressing concerns than a pair of speakers to begin with. Life is too short to worry about “what if scenarios” and has a way of throwing curve balls that eclipse all other small concerns such as a pair of speakers. The Tontrager synergy is very strong with Harberh but it doesn’t change the fundamental strengths of Harbeth speakers. The speaker placement in the room, room/speaker interaction and the rest of system synergy takes precedence but the stands put a finishing touch and bring about a more relaxed, organic presentation and other elusive qualities that to my ears seem to be missing with metal stands. It is a more meaningful improvement than cable swaps. I’ll just leave it here. |
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1971....I was in Lakeview Terrace just a couple of miles from the epicenter of the Sylmar quake.
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Museum wax is a necessity around here. |
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Herb Reichert in Stereophile review of the P3ESR Anniversary.
"I had a memorable experience of this sort of real presence with the P3ESR 40th Anniversarys sitting 30" out from my front wall on TonTräger Audio's Reference P3s: light wooden stands made in Germany and costing $1485/pair (footnote 3). It was a delight-filled musical-aesthetic moment. "The bright-olivewood Harbeths looked exceedingly delicate on the black stems of the slender TonTrägers. The Cary SLI-100 integrated amp drove the P3ESRs with nuance and finesse. With Pepe Romero playing Bajando de la Meseta and other works for solo guitar by Joaqu°n Rodrigo (LP, Philips 9500 915), everything was perfect: the poetic Rodrigo compositions; the size, weight, resonance, and tone of Romero's guitar; his expressive but understated playing; and, especially, the transparent character of this Philips recording. This was as close to a real guitar as I have ever experienced in my little room. The TonTräger stands looked so good, and the music sounded so natural, that I wanted to lug my unpleasantly dense Sound Anchor stands out to the curb." Read more at https://www.stereophile.com/content/...xIf23FXljM5.99 |
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A few months ago, I purchased TonTrager stands for my Harbeth 40.2 speakers to replace the Skylan stands that came with the speakers when I purchased them.
Experimenting with Isoacoustics Oreas between the speakers and Skylan stands led me to think the design of the TonTrager stands might sound better. Truly, the TonTrager stands make the Harbeth speakers sound better in every single category compared to the Skylan stands. I'm positively thrilled with the performance. The Harbeth 40.2 speakers are heavy enough that it would take a serious bump to knock them down. It's still a consideration but worth it after hearing how much of an improvement the stands make. I also purchased the slate bases for the stands which seemed superfluous, but maybe not, given the sound I hear. I haven't tried comparisons with and without the bases because it's just not worth the effort.
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I don't have Harbeth speakers but I would be interested in their component racks. They absolutely look gorgeous. I just wonder what are the prices for them.
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