Jfrech's System

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John,
Interesting layout diagram you posted. Thanks for sharing it. I agree with you about room tuning being a huge step up though i have not the luxury of a dedicated listening room to do this properly, (yet).
I hear Rives is closing up. Hopefully, another equally substantive company will be able to continue in their place.
Chris

[repman]

Very nice room ! can you show a picture of the other end and your sweet spot seat ?

[klao]

Thanks for sharing your system and room. Very very nice, congratulations!

I was guessing it must be Rives' design from the first look at the picture. : )

Did your get your room measured by the dealer?

[johndoe21ro]

Wow! This must be one of my favorite rooms around here! You're one lucky guy, John! May you enjoy your system in great health!
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Amp: BAT VK-655SE
Pre-amp/Digital: exaSound e32 w UpTone JS-2 Power Supply; SOtM tX-USBultra w UpTone LPS1.2; Apple Mac Mini w UpTone DC Conversion Kit & UpTone JS-2 Power Supply; Squeezelite w Logitech Media Server 7.9.0
Speakers: Triangle Magellan Cello II
Cables: AudioQuest WEL XLR, AudioQuest Everest, AudioQuest Hurricane HC, AudioQuest NRG-1000, AudioQuest Diamond USB
Rack: Solid Tech Hybrid
Tweaks: Omicron Stabilizzatore Armonico & Gold Evolution SE; IsoTek Sigmas GII w Optimum EVO3; Furutech FT-SWS (R) AC Outlet; Synergistic Research Blue Quantum Fuse

[jfrech]

Originally Posted by johndoe21ro

Wow! This must be one of my favorite rooms around here! You're one lucky guy, John! May you enjoy your system in great health!
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Amp: BAT VK-600SE
Pre-amp/Digital: exaSound e20MkIII DSD DAC w Paul Hynes SR3-12 Power Supply; MacBook Pro i5 13' w Samsung 850EVO 512GB SSD; Audirvana + 1.5.12
Speakers: Raidho Eben X-Centric
Cables: Audioquest Sky XLR 72v DBS, Audioquest Everest DBS 72V, Audioquest NRG-10 72V DBS, Audioquest Diamond USB 216V DBS
Rack: Mapleshade Platforms
Tweaks: Omicron Stabilizzatore Armonico & Gold Evolution SE; IsoTek Sigmas GII w IsoTek Elite EVO3; Furutech FT-SWS (R) AC Outlet; HiFi Tuning Supreme 3

Thank you ! Appreciate those comments. I've made a few changes since those pics were posted.

#1 Tonearm now Spiral Groove Centroid with Transparent Magnum Opus cabling
#2 Ayre MXR's now a Nagra Classic Stereo amp
#3 Shunyata upgraded to Triton v2, DPC6 v2, and a few Sigma cords
#4 dCS Scarlatti swapped for dCS Vivaldi

I'm now listening to digital about 70% and Vinyl 30%. Which is a HUGE flip for me. Part of this is software driven...most of why I'm buying today is DSD downloads or hi rez of some sort...

Speakers: Rockport Altair 2
Preamp: Robert Koda K10
Amp: Nagra Classic Amp w/ Transparent Opus Power Cord
Cables: Transparent Opus Gen 5 & Magnum Opus phono
Power Shunyata Triton v2/Typhon/DPC-6 v2, Anaconda Zitron cords (x4), Sigma HC & Analog (x4)
Digital dCS Vivaldi full stack w/ Transparent Reference XL Digital cables
Phono: Grand Prix Monaco TT, Spiral Groove Centroid, Jan Allaerts MC2 Finish, Nagra VPS/VFS/MPS
Racks: Grand Prix Audio Silverstone F1 (x3)

[Robert_Anderson]

Thanks for sharing such a unique and amazing system - I'm in Texas often when I do make it home....

[jfrech]

Originally Posted by Robert_Anderson

Thanks for sharing such a unique and amazing system - I'm in Texas often when I do make it home....

Hi Robert, thanks and you're welcome to stop by anytime ! I'll try and take a few current pics before new years day...still has the same look...just equipment changes I posted above...

Speakers: Rockport Altair 2
Preamp: Robert Koda K10
Amp: Nagra Classic Amp w/ Transparent Opus Power Cord
Cables: Transparent Opus Gen 5 & Magnum Opus phono
Power Shunyata Triton v2/Typhon/DPC-6 v2, Anaconda Zitron cords (x4), Sigma HC & Analog (x4)
Digital dCS Vivaldi full stack w/ Transparent Reference XL Digital cables
Phono: Grand Prix Monaco TT, Spiral Groove Centroid, Jan Allaerts MC2 Finish, Nagra VPS/VFS/MPS
Racks: Grand Prix Audio Silverstone F1 (x3)

[Robert_Anderson]

I would love that. I have a pretty respectable system of my own, but one of the joys of AA is the ability to share with others. I would be honored to meet you and listen to your lovely system and have you visit my home and listen to my humble set up. Music is such joy, and over the years, I have made so many friends from this hobby.

Bob

[jfrech]

Originally Posted by Robert_Anderson

I would love that. I have a pretty respectable system of my own, but one of the joys of AA is the ability to share with others. I would be honored to meet you and listen to your lovely system and have you visit my home and listen to my humble set up. Music is such joy, and over the years, I have made so many friends from this hobby.

Bob

That you do. I've always loved Maggies I haven't heard them with state of the art sources like you have. I bet it's killer.

[Robert_Anderson]

Originally Posted by jfrech

That you do. I've always loved Maggies I haven't heard them with state of the art sources like you have. I bet it's killer.

Well, to quote Dudley Moore from the movie "Arthur" "It doesn't suck!" I look forward to meeting you someday. I am overseas most of the time, but I do have business that will bring me to Texas (Weatherford) during my next trip, so maybe we can make it happen.