Added two Vicoustic Super Bass Traps in each corner behind the speakers and RPG Diffusers on the wall between the speakers. I was not prepared for the improvement. Startling.

cerrot December 26, 2013 13:09

added silent running audio platform under the SACD player.

Jaw-dropping results. Could not believe it. The player just play's more music.

cerrot December 21, 2013 10:42

A little update - the Magtech amps and Esoteric K03 are fully broken in and the overall improvement these components brought to my system has been nothing short of mind boggling The K03 is direct into the amps via a digital crossover. Th amps are very dynamic and incredibly resolving with a presence and bass slam that needs to be felt. The Esoteric digs deep into the digital pits, retrieving the most beautiful digital I have heard yet in my listening room. Detail doesn't quite describe it.

cerrot November 27, 2013 12:17

Thanks, Tboooe. I do have Shatki Hollograms behind the speakers as well as Echo Busters in the corners (with pillows behind them) but the stats are very directional so I don't have those dreaded first reflections.

Thanks,

cerrot August 20, 2013 12:58

Cerrots, congrats on some great gear! Just curious since you have a dedicated room if you considered some room treatments?

tboooe August 17, 2013 13:17

K03 approaching 225 hours and much better an experience breaking this in than the prior X03, which was brutal. The K03 has been sounding sweet throughout.

cerrot August 17, 2013 10:51

System edited: I just replaced my X03SE with the K03 and even with just a few hoours on it, has truly amazed me.

cerrot August 11, 2013 11:33

System edited: I have completed some upgrades. Upgraded the Innersound ESL Panels to Roger Sanders new ones (amazing~absolutely none of the ESL limitatons and ALL of the splendor), as well as added a digital crossover and just put 120 hours on a new pair of MagTech Amps (OMG!). Also added a Teac Reel To Reel, replaced the Innersound Phono Stage for a tubed Rhea. On the digital side, we added an Esoteric G25U Upsampler & clock as well as a PC based music server with an ESI Juli@ soundcard into he G25U and then Berkeley, directly into the MagTechs. PC runnung JRiver/JPlay and sounds pretty good.

cerrot July 21, 2013 11:57

Excellent system Cerrot I actually went to Conifer,Co last year and spent some time will Roger. Those speakers are awesome and what a deal.Well I didnt have 13 Gs laying around so last august I found a 12 year old pair of soundlab m1s. I love the sound but if I could I'd get that used set sanders model 10s.

jazzkid December 12, 2012 03:14

I have. I am running a shunyata power cord, a Python. I also have the PC on bright star footers.

The SB has digital out into clock/upsampler into dac; there isn't any double upsampling. The berkeley does not upsample. I use the JRiver player in native mode so no softwear upsampling (I have been running an ESI Juli@ soundcard with 30 feet of spdif into the esoteric clock/upsampler. blows away the squeezebox).

cerrot September 01, 2012 18:37

Dennis,

Have you tried a good power cord on the server source?

When I was tinkering a few years back it made a huge difference.

grindstaff August 03, 2012 05:43

Please forgive me for being dumb, but are you using one dac to upsample the SB to feed another? I am unclear as to how this works...

gumbydammit February 09, 2012 02:13

System edited: I added the Berkley Audio Alpha Dac a few months ago to go with the squeezebox, It did blow away the benchmark but I do give the benchmark credit for being as good as it was. It has absolutely no business sounding so good at it's price. The real fun came when I added my old Monarchy DIP upsampler from my PC system between the dac and the SB. WOW! That was a revelation. I just upgraded to the new Monarchy Combo and it is even more resolving than it was with the old DIP. I also just added an iPad with the iPeng app and have access to all my CD's on an incredible touch interface. It's been real tough throwing a record lately.

cerrot October 06, 2010 22:41

System edited: Made a few changes, the most dramatic being bypassing the preamp and hooking up the Esoteric direct to amps. Major, major upgrade in sound. I also got rid of the Brightstarr Isolation that the TT was sitting on. It was filled with 100lbs of sand and I believe it was causing leveling problems (change in humidity or temperature may have effected the sand???). The sound opened up very nicely when I put the TT directly on my Billy Bags Pro Rack and bypassed the Brightstarr.

cerrot July 24, 2010 09:45

Thanks, Glen. Appreciate your kind words.

cerrot August 09, 2009 17:13

Great music, great system. With a great view as well. And time to enjoy it. Now that is priceless. Happy listening.

glenfihi August 09, 2009 15:27

Thanks, Rich. The Eros are truly special. Tough to upgrade once you have them.

Happy listening.

cerrot February 17, 2009 23:15

Hello Dennis. It is nice to see another Eros owner enjoying the speakers. Nice system.

My Best.

Rich

scompracer February 16, 2009 13:06

Thank you, Rich. I appreciate the time you have taken.

I am very happy with the sound. Very detailed and resolving and I shake my head many times when I hear something I haven't heard before. I can only dream of the next step.

cerrot February 14, 2009 00:17

Nice system--as a stat lover myself --I am sure they sound wonderful--also have an xo3se and agree with your post--just a great cd player --made even better by pwr cords and ic--congrats on a great system --rich

ras422 February 09, 2009 01:19