My system: MBL - Vac - Burmester - Air Force One - Stealth Audio cables and more set-up

dev

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Hi there,

never did a proper intro so here you go, I just took a current pick which is the one at the top, pretty cool looking fish. :cool:

This set-up is in my living room, you can get a feel from the other older pics taken from different locations of the actual space - you will notice some changes in gear. The sound of the room is great, no slap echo and just sounds natural when one is having a conversation. The MBL's sound absolutely marvelous in this environment and I really enjoy the whole experience but knowing my room is the weak link it's time. There's a chair that I move out so I'm sitting approx. 11'6" I'm currently working on a designated room that will measure approx 19' 6" wide x 32' with a 9'2" ceiling.

Even having a designated room which I have had previously there still is no guarantees and can be a real pita but at least I'll have more freedom for set-up than I currently do.



My table that is in my avatar will be set-up in this room along with some other goodies :) so I'll still have tunes.


-MBL 101E -Vac Statement 450 mono blocks - Vac Sig MK2a pre w/phono - Burmester 100 phono - Air Force One table with Elite arm - Esoteric K-01 - Magnum Dynalab 109T tuner - PS Audio Power Plant 10 - Audio rack is pagoda edition double wide by finite elemente - Cables all Stealth Audio - using Sakra v12's for IC's in XLR, Dream for PC's, Royale for SC's


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Here's a pic of Bob Graham setting up the Elite arm on my Air Force One and other one completed and listening.



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I have tried allot of different isolation under my speakers, to date my preference is using StillPoint Ultra 5's as seen in the pic below - you can refer the thread I started specifically, you can read what others have to say - I highly recommend!


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Very nice setup. What other brands did you audition before choosing the VAC combo?
 
Cables - in the past I have tried allot - Stealth Audio products in general are amazing and I highly recommend, I recently upgraded my Sakra's to the new Sakra V12 series - I use all XLR config - I also upgraded my Dream SC's to Stealth's latest flagship called Royale and I would HIGHLY recommend to see if you can get some in your system.

Below are a couple of pics - one with the Royale beside the Dream and other hooked up to my MBL's - my first initial looking at the pic was wholly crap these are huge but when I received it was kinda scary opening the boxes because that pic really doesn't do justice. They are very large and defiantly make a statement- the quality is top notch - fit and finish superb.

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asindc said:
Very nice setup. What other brands did you audition before choosing the VAC combo?
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Thanks, it was crazy but at he same time very educational. So what I originally purchased the MBL`s and waiting for them I also purchased a pair of CAT Convergent Audio Tech JL3 Sig MK2 mono blocks thinking that would be it - Ken used MBL`s while designing these amps.

It wasn`t the end of my journey - I ended up buying a pair of Bryston 28 Squared so I would have music while other amps came and went.

It was costly but a great learning experience - some amps I had - Boulder 2050`s - MBL 9011`s - Karan 1200`s - Pass numerous models just to name a few. At the time I still owned three pre-amps - ARC Ref3, MBL 6010d, VTL 7.5 MK2 and then my now Vac Sig MK2a and paired up with the amps.

I found myself liking this and that from different manufactures but known in the end were ending my journey. Then I got a email that someone had the same speakers and pre and the Vac 450 Statement`s - was using a Spiral Groove for source and the set-up was what I would call in a real world situation - that being in ones home. I had to fly out of the country, three day listening experience, see below pics. I`m most defiantly a Vac lover, these just do it for me in spades and couldn`t be any more happier.

I have my eyes on the new Statement pre and phono ;)

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dev, beautiful home, beautiful system! The MBL speakers are in a league of their own IMO. Well done, sir!:cool:
 
dev said:
Cables - in the past I have tried allot - Stealth Audio products in general are amazing and I highly recommend, I recently upgraded my Sakra's to the new Sakra V12 series - I use all XLR config - I also upgraded my Dream SC's to Stealth's latest flagship called Royale and I would HIGHLY recommend to see if you can get some in your system.
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Very nice Dev. I only have the fortune of owning one stealth cable but it is my favourite phono cable by far - stealth hyperphono.
 
tunes said:
Very nice Dev. I only have the fortune of owning one stealth cable but it is my favourite phono cable by far - stealth hyperphono.
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Hi Tunes, thanks. That's a great phono cable as you already know, did you know that they now have one even above that? I've owned numerous including the hyperphono, the Sextet is a amazing digital cable for between transport and dac. I really like their cables and these latest ones are very nice indeed.


What does your system consist of?
 
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