I have really made significant changes to my system in the last 5 years. The musicality and ease my system displays is breathtaking at times. The system excels at playing all types of music with aplomb. The system is just stupid good.
1. Sold my Revel Salons and upgraded to the Legacy Audio Helix speaker system. These speakers have all the finesse and qualities of the Salons and out do them across the spectrum. With the surface area that all 10 drivers contribute they have no limitation. These speakers have all the qualities of planar speakers like the Maggies (i owned 3.6s too) but out do them at every turn. They are steered by the Xilica XD 4080 digital crossover. They have built in 750 watt 15 inch subs and require 3 stereo amps to drive them. With 3500 watts per channel available, one never runs out of headroom. See amp below.
2. Sold all my Krell KSA 250s and MDA 500s and bought 3 Coda Technology CSX amps which bring 350 watts per channel to the party. These amps weigh only 65 lbs. compared to the Krells 150lbs, run cool to the touch after hours of play time, can be left on all the time, and are class A for the first 25 watts.
3. Sold my ARC Ref 3 and purchased the Coda CP preamp. In my system it easily bested both the Ref 3 and the Pass Labs XP 20. The key to these Legacy and Coda purchases having such synergy is that these are the same electronics that Bill Duddleston uses to voice the Helix. What a combo.
4. Sold my Levinson 31.5 and purchased a PS Audio PWT. I grew tired of he drama and mismanagement by Harman of the Levinson brand. The PWT sounded better than the 31.5, is upgradable, and can play HiRes files as well.
5. Sold my Levinson 30.6 and bought the PS Audio PWD and Bridge along with an iPad II. Upgrade the PWD to MK II status. The PS Audio equipment sounds much better than the Levinson stuff and computer audio is fun and sounds great too.
6. Purchased a PS Audio P-10 power supply. I have my entire front end plugged into this and it really made a significant difference to the system.
7. I wired my system with Signal Cable. I use the Silver Resolution interconnects, Ultra speaker cables, and both the Magic PCs and Magic Digital PCs. I've had very expensive Synergistic Research cables at 10 times the price at one time and the Signal Cables system out does the Synergistic system hands down without all the mysticism that the SR cables have today.
Who knows what the future will bring?
1. Sold my Revel Salons and upgraded to the Legacy Audio Helix speaker system. These speakers have all the finesse and qualities of the Salons and out do them across the spectrum. With the surface area that all 10 drivers contribute they have no limitation. These speakers have all the qualities of planar speakers like the Maggies (i owned 3.6s too) but out do them at every turn. They are steered by the Xilica XD 4080 digital crossover. They have built in 750 watt 15 inch subs and require 3 stereo amps to drive them. With 3500 watts per channel available, one never runs out of headroom. See amp below.
2. Sold all my Krell KSA 250s and MDA 500s and bought 3 Coda Technology CSX amps which bring 350 watts per channel to the party. These amps weigh only 65 lbs. compared to the Krells 150lbs, run cool to the touch after hours of play time, can be left on all the time, and are class A for the first 25 watts.
3. Sold my ARC Ref 3 and purchased the Coda CP preamp. In my system it easily bested both the Ref 3 and the Pass Labs XP 20. The key to these Legacy and Coda purchases having such synergy is that these are the same electronics that Bill Duddleston uses to voice the Helix. What a combo.
4. Sold my Levinson 31.5 and purchased a PS Audio PWT. I grew tired of he drama and mismanagement by Harman of the Levinson brand. The PWT sounded better than the 31.5, is upgradable, and can play HiRes files as well.
5. Sold my Levinson 30.6 and bought the PS Audio PWD and Bridge along with an iPad II. Upgrade the PWD to MK II status. The PS Audio equipment sounds much better than the Levinson stuff and computer audio is fun and sounds great too.
6. Purchased a PS Audio P-10 power supply. I have my entire front end plugged into this and it really made a significant difference to the system.
7. I wired my system with Signal Cable. I use the Silver Resolution interconnects, Ultra speaker cables, and both the Magic PCs and Magic Digital PCs. I've had very expensive Synergistic Research cables at 10 times the price at one time and the Signal Cables system out does the Synergistic system hands down without all the mysticism that the SR cables have today.
Who knows what the future will bring?