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dante wrote:Val, since out of commission analog gear ko for now, dadayo na lang muna ako dyan. Your LP rack is on the way!
pigdog wrote:HEY VAL! you are a real hardcore audio person! wow what a setup!
Tube Newbie wrote:and forgot to mention
nice setup Val.
3 pairs of Cayin mono blocs - is that a WS or world record?
Nelson O wrote:Simply shows the greatness of your passion for music.
Definitely not your everyday 2 channel stereo set up!
AUDIOSTAR ka talaga sir VAL
Congrats
jadis wrote:The day was not finished till we hit the place of JAA, a very good friend of Val, for a nightcap. Only RT, Enteng joined me as Val couldn't join us due to some commitments.
The curio item here is a pair of 'old' boy Sequerra Near Field Monitor or NFM loudspeakers and Sequerra woofer modules from the famed Sequerra Signature speakers of the early 90s. Hooked into bi-amp or tri-amp configuration with a German made supertweeter, the sound it produced was something I was not prepared for.
Again, due to my lack of RAM bits, aka 'plain laziness, I wish JAA can supply us with the necessary info on all this complicated hook-up, set-up and the like. I stopped memorizing after 'input-ing' Electrocompaniet and Musical Fidelity.. Oh, I do recall the cartridge is a vintage Fidelity Research FR-1.
And I was not prepared to absorb the sound that this system produced. When I walked in and saw the the speaker configuration, I said to myself this was the most un-orthodox method of speaker placement I have seen by far. BUT, when the music played, I was in for some shock as it produced a very coherent and balanced sound that does not consumate or translate to the odd way the the speakers were positioned. And for sure we 3 guests were bowled over by the rock and sock dynamics with little or no sense of fatigue. Playing JAA's valuable 'hot stamplers', the most notible of which was a Sergio Mendez Brazil 66 album called 'Stillness', wow, was I in for some amazing musical treat. These small speakers can rock the house and sound so open like no other. There is virtually no speaker and the soundstage even transcend its dimunitive size. And the James Newton Howard and Friends D2d album just sounds superb on this system. And to think that the bass amp was only 75 watts? I can't wait for another session with a 100 watt bass amp. Thanks for the time and the hospitality, John.
audiostar wrote:Guys, let me tell you that JAA's system (which Jadis also featured in this thread) built around the diminutive sequerra NFM pro pairs can surpass the sonic qualities of even the bigger floorstanders and pricey bookshelf speakers. With John's penchant for audio details nothing will be left out. Jadis is right. You wouldn't even notice the speakers, all that is left is the music enveloping the entire listening room.
audiostar wrote: They say that the search for audio nirvana never ends; we say it does. One of the pitfalls of this hobby is the failure of the searcher to know what he is looking for
Cheers guys
audiostar wrote:John and I both started out in mobile or car audio, joining competitions losing and winning some. So crazy were we that we had to tune our system up to the wee hours of the morning to be in time with a competition the next day It was an experience well worth reliving as it was also the reason why we got infected by this disease called audiophilatist The things we learned in mobile audio such as level matching using osciloscope, speaker placement and choices of electronics gave us invaluable lessons that we now apply in home audio. They say that the search for audio nirvana never ends; we say it does. One of the pitfalls of this hobby is the failure of the searcher to know what he is looking for
Cheers guys
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