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Hyperion wrote:Just came from Le Chateau de Jadis and I still have that euphoric feeling of a student coming home from a good lecture.
I don't know if it's his upgrades, or maybe my ears had been upgraded through the years but Jadis' system is sounding great and better than I remember it to be (which had been already ear-opening to begin with since it was the 1st time I heard a high end analog based system totally smother ALL digital based systems I've ever heard).
That time I became aware that analog is the way to go and digital still has a long ways to go. This time ... I've never heard Maggies sound so airy, clean and grainless, so lush and creamy, so warm and full ... nor have I ever encountered any Audio Research amplifier sounding so tonally colorful, so relaxed and effortlessly graceful. I am throwing out all my prejudices. I guess anything is possible with a master at the helm ...
What I heard was totally natural sounding, effortlessly airy and holographic, absolutely non-fatiguing and very musical, and I am sure the guys who were with me would agree.
Thanks for having us as guests Philip.
arnoldc wrote:The first thing that i can mutter was P*&&#^(*@&#(*na!
This is what a SUPERSYSTEM is all about!!!!
Grabe! I had goosebumps all over me, the system conveyed PURE EMOTION! You ARE IN the music, IN THE performance. It is REAL, the drums, the sax, the piano, the singers, are exactly what i expect in a LIVE performance, brought to life by this system.
The system is so HOLOGRAPHIC, the choir is IN THERE! grabe!
And the TONE, the entire tone of the system is SO NATURAL, damn! I wanted to go home, sell all my gear and stick to headphones
Thanks jadis for the extreme experience last night. Simply astounding!
arnoldc wrote:I can't help it - the combination of VPI HW19 (piano finish), Eminent Technology arm, and Koetsu cartridge was SUPER!
Dalawa na lang kailangan ko - VPI HW19 at Koetsu, hahahahaha, huhuhuhuhu...
jadis wrote:Racio wrote:jadis, thank you for allotting our ears such a grand time at your immense listening room. Those Maggies are surprisingly huge, looking at those photos, it didn't hit me that they're actually 6 feet tall. And the imaging that emerged from those monolith beauties, ahh... simply breathtaking! Your system's tonality and separation are among the best I've heard so far. Funny that the guys couldn't stop grinning w/ envy at your marvelous record collection.
If you may, would you please share w/ us more info on that curious male acappella quartet w/c you heartily spun for us? I find it hard to get over that experience, even Francis couldn't help himself in singing along. And for a moment there, I honestly thought he was the fifth singer!jadis wrote:
Thanks for the kind words, Racio. And I myself am gratified at
having ardent audiophiles visit and share with me my passion for music.
I couldn't stress more to fellow music lovers the importance of building
a good record or software collection. And the key is to get clean
LPs to boot to complete the kill. When I started my hunt, I would painfully
pay five times the cost of a sealed imported LP for a opened rare and
highly rated LP (ususally TAS rated ). I am able now to justify such
hideous price bec such LP has become a treasure. And if I divide the
cost to the number of years it gave me enjoyment and the number
of years to come that it will still provide me with such musical
pleasure, then the cost per year becomes virtually nil.
I will talk more in-depth about the LP of 'Brothers Four Sings
Lenon and McCarthy' in my 'Records and Recordings' section. And
my own experience last night was that I thought too that Francis
was humming of singing too as the FIFTH Brother.
vintage_dog wrote:jadis wrote:Racio wrote:jadis, thank you for allotting our ears such a grand time at your immense listening room. Those Maggies are surprisingly huge, looking at those photos, it didn't hit me that they're actually 6 feet tall. And the imaging that emerged from those monolith beauties, ahh... simply breathtaking! Your system's tonality and separation are among the best I've heard so far. Funny that the guys couldn't stop grinning w/ envy at your marvelous record collection.
If you may, would you please share w/ us more info on that curious male acappella quartet w/c you heartily spun for us? I find it hard to get over that experience, even Francis couldn't help himself in singing along. And for a moment there, I honestly thought he was the fifth singer!jadis wrote:
Thanks for the kind words, Racio. And I myself am gratified at
having ardent audiophiles visit and share with me my passion for music.
I couldn't stress more to fellow music lovers the importance of building
a good record or software collection. And the key is to get clean
LPs to boot to complete the kill. When I started my hunt, I would painfully
pay five times the cost of a sealed imported LP for a opened rare and
highly rated LP (ususally TAS rated ). I am able now to justify such
hideous price bec such LP has become a treasure. And if I divide the
cost to the number of years it gave me enjoyment and the number
of years to come that it will still provide me with such musical
pleasure, then the cost per year becomes virtually nil.
I will talk more in-depth about the LP of 'Brothers Four Sings
Lenon and McCarthy' in my 'Records and Recordings' section. And
my own experience last night was that I thought too that Francis
was humming of singing too as the FIFTH Brother.
i WAS really humming along...afterall i am their long lost brother. so last night was a reunion for Brothers 5!
thanks jadis. a truly wonderful evening. sorry we couldn't stay longer, but i'm glad i got there ahead of racio...otherwise i wouldn't get the 'first option' to own a B4 LP (one of your 3 or 4 copies). sorry racio. hehehe
"imaging kings, natural-sounding music machines" that's how i would describe your set-up...am glad we didn't play rock last night (sorry arnold) hahaha
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