Bombaywalla's Obsession ConfessionNot anymore Czarivey..... posted over 8 years ago | View comment | |
Bedroom DelightsJust saw your post Mapman!! ;-oyes, the older Yamaha gear is really nice sounding & very appealing to the eyes. No wonder their latest A-2000 amplifier mimics their vintage brethen. Something t... posted over 8 years ago | View comment | |
Bedroom DelightsAbout 6 months ago, I added a Logitech Bluetooth receiver so that I could stream from my portable device. Reasonable SQ for a $40 device but a large convenience factor when listening while doing ho... posted about 9 years ago | View comment | |
Bombaywalla's Obsession ConfessionSystem edited: Short note about the Apogee Scintillas - -w-a-y- overdue! ;) posted almost 10 years ago | View comment | |
Bombaywalla's Obsession ConfessionSystem edited: CAT SL1 Renaissance preamp in service since April 2013 (forgot all about updating my system!). The K&K Audio step-up xformer is not needed anymore hence was removed (preamp has in-bu... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Vandersteen 5A-based mutichannel systemgood to see you back Jeffery. didn't you take a hiatus from audio & seriously get into long-distance rifle shooting?? So, now are you out of rifle-shooting OR do you flip back-forth between these 2... posted almost 13 years ago | View comment | |
Bombaywalla's Obsession ConfessionSystem edited: Added a 2nd pair of speaker cables - a pair of Audio Magic Liquid Air Illusion to biwire the Apogee Scintillas. This pair connects to the tweeter/midrange. Biwiring the Scintillas to... posted about 13 years ago | View comment | |
Bedroom DelightsSystem edited: Just added the Onkyo ND-S1 iPod dock, which seems to have overtaken the CDP as my main music source (keeping up with the latest trends! ;-) ). Modified the description of the Monarch... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
Bedroom DelightsHi Mapman, Thanks!yes, I see the pix of your Yamaha CR-420. I personally think that these vintage Yamaha amps look way better than many of today's amps. And, you got your receiver for a steal!<... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
Bombaywalla's Obsession ConfessionSystem edited: Updated the interconnect, speaker & power cables. posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
Bombaywalla's Obsession Confession08-07-10: SkljesusHi,Nothing to do with hifi (though i'm deep into jazz & listen a lot) and have modest equipment myself, but may i ask why you call yourself "bomba... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
Bedroom DelightsRecently added the Onkyo ND-S1 iPod dock. Much improvement in the sonics as the iPod dock uses the digital stream from the iPod. Previously I was driving the amp using the headphone jack which suck... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
Bedroom Delights09-06-10: VernnealI had that same Yamaha int back in the 80s. I gave it to my sister where it still works cool! it's really a very nice looking retro am... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
Bedroom DelightsSkljesus,I was using the TARA Labs Master Gen II interconnect. No, it's no longer current i.e. no longer manuf. TARA Labs seems to have moved on quite a bit from that generation of interconnect... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
From the PastRe. cables you are certainly NOT looking @ Virtual Dynamics anymore! They are out-of-business now.If you are going for Ayre components then Charlie Hansen sells his tweaked (or it is untweaked?... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
Bedroom DelightsRecently I added an Apple 160GB iPod as another source. At this time I'm using the headphone output jack into the Yamaha CA-2010 using a splitter. The iPod jack output has piss-poor drive capabilit... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Bombaywalla's Obsession ConfessionI will tell you how to make cables yourself with email.thank you, I'd appreciate that. you'll have to let me know where I can buy kapton material.sounds ... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Bombaywalla's Obsession ConfessionHi Muralman1,good to hear from you. yes, I'm also very interested in knowing what I will end up with. ;-) Right now, it's a mine field out there. I've analysis-paralysis with soooo many cab... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Bombaywalla's Obsession ConfessionUpdate: Sold several of the Virtual Dynamics interconnects & my Virtual Dynamics speaker cable. I did not sell my Virtual Dynamics Master 3.0 interconnect as yet - it's between my pre & power &... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Bombaywalla's Obsession ConfessionSystem edited: Just got hold of an active vibration isolation table from my turn-table. Big heavy unit but it seems to be doing it's job well. Plugs into the wall for AC power & provides 40dB atten... posted almost 15 years ago | View comment | |
Bombaywalla's Obsession ConfessionSystem edited: Added a PS Audio P300 AC regenerator. The impetus was mainly to control the TT motor speed. However, now I also have the CDP & FM tuner plugged into the unit. TT motor can be adjuste... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Stan's systemAch, another fellow Apogee owner! :-)pleased to meet you Stanwal! Hold onto those D-Sigs - they'll chew the pants of many of today's speakers! If you need to have themn refurbished it is po... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Bombaywalla's Obsession Confession>> 12-09-08: Shadorne>> Spooky real midrange! What a great description.>> Seriously nice setup and great choice of gear. You are>> tasting quite different sounds I see!LOL, Shad... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Bombaywalla's Obsession ConfessionSystem edited: I added pix of my previous systems. posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Bombaywalla's Obsession ConfessionSchwinnindiaThanks for your kind words! I like what I hear from the Scintillas. I always wonder if this 250W/ch class-A amp is up to the tough job of powering this 1 Ohm beast?? The only way to... posted about 16 years ago | View comment |