Really liked the woofers in Mike's speakers and wish my Syzygys had a woofer like that as had to use Entecs to get into the 20s and the amps/speakers in the Entecs just don't keep up with the Parasounds.....Got to get into the 20s to get the size of venue right unfortunately......Lose 15-20% of the size of venue with Syzygys running full range and they give it up in the mid thirties....Yes, I travelled to Seattle recently, heard Mike's system and we played with preamps and phono stages one evening.....The amps had ten days on them and were pretty green, but we had a nice time.....Listened to Ted Smith's system with the larger JM speakers and he had break-in issues as well with the big woofers having them just over a month, but liked what I heard. Spent a few days with Mike B in Eugene, Oregon and his home-built speakers and highly modified gear was really cooking, best sound of the trip......It always works this way as invariably things are breaking in when someone wants to come by for a listen here as well :-)
We will be using the prototype of a digital system that will be in one box one of these days into a Blowtorch preamp into Parasound JC-1s into Rockport Miras. All the cables will be TG Audio. These Mira speakers will be introduced at the CES and are a departure for Rockport. Mere mortals can buy these $13,500 speakers and Andy says they sound better than the Syzygys, nice trick given the much better box with the Syzygzs. They go a bit lower and are sweeter and cleaner according to Andy. Here's hoping the paint (piano black) has been dry for more than a few days when they arrive in 'Vegas.....Hard to get good sound at the CES with warm-up and break-in issues to deal with not to mention about three hundred digital devices polluting the AC and static due to ten percent humidity there.......Best to stock lots of Peet's coffee and beer and just enjoy the company as it is like a annual reunion party.
