Bob’s System Evolution

Pilium with Diesis… my Pilium Achilles and Alexander I think are reaching “burned-in” status. Last night with lights out (only the landscape lights out the window) I was listening to vinyl — holy smokes this is such a monster leap over the ARC-Wilson combo I loved for years. Texture, nuance, delicacy, detail (provided by the Etsuro Gold cartridge and CS Port phono) all served with amazing liquidity. How good? I was actually listening to and enjoying classical!

bzr said:

Anybody stopped to think about whos dime this site survives on? Kind of simplifies things into perspective really.
If there is a commercial factor involved, perhaps they should "pay & display"!

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GREAT Post!

i am thrilled the large Bayz CounterPointe 2 speakers are being picked up on Monday for a flight to Portland. I felt the smaller pair were not the best fit for my room, though the omni-directional presentation was really something remarkable.

Bayz is now offering a matte finish to offer their models at a lower price point, so I opted for a matte-black pair of the CounterPointes.

Shown are the smaller Courante model, but with the matte finish. I saw a picture of a matte-white pair with white marble base. These are crazy cool speakers with sound to match.

Bobvin said:

i am thrilled the large Bayz CounterPointe 2 speakers are being picked up on Monday for a flight to Portland. I felt the smaller pair were not the best fit for my room, though the omni-directional presentation was really something remarkable.

Bayz is now offering a matte finish to offer their models at a lower price point, so I opted for a matte-black pair of the CounterPointes.

Shown are the smaller Courante model, but with the matte finish. I saw a picture of a matte-white pair with white marble base. These are crazy cool speakers with sound to match.

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While I will never have those speakers, I do wonder how they are placed in a room. Do they go in the center of the room, and the listener can be in front or behind them?

BlueFox said:

While I will never have those speakers, I do wonder how they are placed in a room. Do they go in the center of the room, and the listener can be in front or behind them?

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Bud, you hook them over your ears!

BlueFox said:

While I will never have those speakers, I do wonder how they are placed in a room. Do they go in the center of the room, and the listener can be in front or behind them?

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Being a ported design, getting the base properly coupled with the room is always a matter of careful placement. I have seen setups with the ports, which are on the back of the tubes, pointed straight back, towards the center of the front wall, and into the corners. I tinkered with the smaller Courante models in my room, and ended up with the ports towards the front corners which seemed to sound best. (I will, however, admit that once I felt the larger model would fit my room more, I stopped tinkering. Life is short, and while I might learn how best to get the smaller pair to sound best, repeating the process with the larger pair was not appealing so I choose to wait until the bigger pair arrive.)

The sound from the Bayz Radial Speaker(BRS), the pulsating, omni-directional membrane, is really worth hearing. If you get the chance to hear them, don’t pass. As an audiophile you will, I am sure, respect the quality if the sound. Whether it is something that appeals to you — like all things in this hobby there is quality and there is personal taste. If the larger pair, in my room, deliver a bit more of what the smaller pair offered, I have no doubt they’ll play in the same league as the Alsyvox Botticelli or the Diesis Roma. Which brings us back to matters of personal taste.

The small pair, in my room, had the BRS about 6’ from the front wall.

New Years’ Eve morning, we had some snow in Portland. I wanted to snag a little video of snowfall out the listening room early in the week but missed the chance. This time I managed, but I have no idea what I am doing. iPhone 12 mini, placed the phone on the top of the backrest on the chair in the main listening position. (Using a tripod would be a better choice, but not as conducive to an impromptu recording.)

This song has special meaning to me, from a very challenging time of my life — a time of profound sadness and longing. In a similar vein, I lost my eldest brother the Friday before Christmas, so it has been a rough holiday season. Mourning is hard.

This song speaks to me. The snow falling only deepens the feelings.

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The big Bayz Counterpoint speakers arrived last week. Dropped them into the room to get some hours on them before finessing the placement. I had the smaller Courante model for a time, but they were not the best fit, size-wise, for my 30’ x 18’ x 9.5’ room. These can play down to 24hz, and you can hear and feel it. Plus, the omni directional presentation is really quite something.

That’s an impressive setup Bob!

Wow

Bob,

What are the little white objects near the amplifier?

Dizzie said:

Bob,

What are the little white objects near the amplifier?

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Those, those are quantum audiophile LED candles (ignore the “quantum audiophile” part )

Sometimes I like to listen with just those little candles burning, along with the view out as there are some landscape lights highlighting a few trees. I needed something because I miss the meters on the Ref 160 amps I had before the Pilium.

Only today I listened this video with the appropriate instruments!!:audiophile:
Amazing sound, amazing music.
The timbre, the different tone of the keys, the harmonics, the micro dynamics… :amazing:
It looked like the piano was in the room!

And finally, the view make it all simple perfect!
Beautiful, beautiful!

Bobvin said:

New Years’ Eve morning, we had some snow in Portland. I wanted to snag a little video of snowfall out the listening room early in the week but missed the chance. This time I managed, but I have no idea what I am doing. iPhone 12 mini, placed the phone on the top of the backrest on the chair in the main listening position. (Using a tripod would be a better choice, but not as conducive to an impromptu recording.)

This song has special meaning to me, from a very challenging time of my life — a time of profound sadness and longing. In a similar vein, I lost my eldest brother the Friday before Christmas, so it has been a rough holiday season. Mourning is hard.

This song speaks to me. The snow falling only deepens the feelings.

(You can choose a hi-res version of the video

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Sorry to hear about your brother Bob , my condolences ...

I am very excited to report my new Extreme server has arrived just today. I am eager to get the Rossini driver installed and see what all the fuss has been about… I currently have an Intel i7 NUC as my server.

congrats Bob, the Extreme is the real deal!!!

Bobvin said:

New Years’ Eve morning, we had some snow in Portland...

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We've had our hottest summer on record over here. 11 days exceeding 40 degreesC thus far and more to come. We could use some snow to cool off.

Lovely room :congrats:

Mike Lavigne said:

congrats Bob, the Extreme is the real deal!!!

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I’ve joined the “Extreme” party late, but I am sure glad I made it. After just one night listening I can say I’ve never heard digital in my room sound this good. I can confidently proclaim “It Doesn’t Suck!” (And that’s with Roon, before updates. TAS not loaded yet, but soon.)

Bobvin said:

I’ve joined the “Extreme” party late, but I am sure glad I made it. After just one night listening I can say I’ve never heard digital in my room sound this good. I can confidently proclaim “It Doesn’t Suck!” (And that’s with Roon, before updates. TAS not loaded yet, but soon.)

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Funny how we all have different experiences with the same gear.