Glyn M Ruck

Some Logan Statements that my late friend Heinz Zaczek of Absolute Sound SA & I installed at another friend's home. See pdf. They were the last pair of Statements that Gale Sanders made.

https://mbworld.org/forums/attachmen...-20feature.pdf

My good friend Matthew Tang's "modest" system in Hong Kong. Fully restored Infinity IRS V's. As you can see home theatre takes a back seat.

Glyn M Ruck

Quite a lot of hard work

Wardsweb

If you have to ask, odds are you don't want to spend that much money? It has to be a labor of love, a passion for music and a bit of lunacy.

Xhale707

Omg glyn... You help put that together?? Thats the best system out there.. Its the only system that you can close your eyes and actually feel like your there..
You know what i mean =D

AHhhhhhh
A nice what 100 grand for that system i believe it was new

Wardsweb

There is no end to limits. Case in point, Fred's system in Houston. Gotta love the Acapella Triolon Excalibur speakers. Not eveyone's cup of tea, but he loves them.

Glyn M Ruck

Well said!
Trey - go buy a house. Much better investment. If the bug bites you will spend the equivalent of a couple of houses over the years. I've calmed down now to Magneplanar Loudspeakers everywhere (can't stand anything in a box apart from subs for HT only) & Audio Research electronics with wildly modified Shanling components & every format ever known to man on the front end. My passion is music - the gear is just a means to that end. My music collection is huge. My latest nonesense is buying guitars to decorate my theatre. Recently bought a Fender Strat, Ovation semi acoustic, Gibson Les Paul & a Rickenbacker bass. Good Audio runs far more expensive than Mercs. Audio is very rewarding but it's very like a yacht - you just keep throwing money at it for very deminished returns.

Glyn M Ruck

Yep! - I've been privilaged to play around with some of the world's finest. 100 grand plus, plus for that

The Martin Logan Statement/Audio Research/Clearaudio system in the pdf. We spent $65,000 on cables alone by the time it was finished. Just put Audio Research's new Reference pre-amp & CD player into the system.

samaritrey

And i thought my thousand dollar speaker system was over bored lol. If i ever make it to sa i have to come visit you it is on the list of places i want to go at number 8 out of like 200 lol

Wardsweb

If you ever decide to make the trip for any reason; work, Sea World, The Alamo, Fiesta Texas, the River Walk, Brook Army, Lackland AFB, Randolph AFB, University of Texas at SA, etc... be sure and PM me. We can talk cars, jam to some tunes, eat Tex-Mex and Bar B Que and drink.

jcnash

Not sure how this thread turned into a home theater/audio discussion..lol. But heres my addition.

Vintage Pioneer Fluoroscan from the 70's...I love the fact that these units cant be purchased today at the store...lol...much like my coupey!

All units except for 1 purchased used in non-working condition and restored by myself to brand new condition..recently got it appraised by the editor of an audio magazine and apparently its worth over $8000...enjoy

samaritrey

i meant south Africa. I actually need to visit Texas again soon it has been years since i have been. I plan to one day drive from va south and go all the way to ca then up to Seattle and back to va. If only i had the cash and nothing else to do

Glyn M Ruck

You're welcome.

Wardsweb

DOH! ...but your still welcomed to stop by.

Wardsweb

Cool stuff. I always liked the Fluoroscan line. I've got a SA-8800 and CT-F950 in my garage system. I also have a SX-3900 in the guest room.

For other brands, I've got a two full racks of SAE Computer-Direct Line gear in the sun room and a Yamaha 5.1 system in the master bedroom.

Yes, I have a very understanding wife.

Wardsweb

I started a new thread in Off Topic to continue the audio madness.

https://mbworld.org/forums/off-topic...-system-s.html

Glyn M Ruck

For jcnash in case you don't go to the other thread. I have 3 old Pioneer components from my early Audio days. Can't chuck them out.

Pioneer SM 83 Tube amp:



Pioneer SA 900 & Tuner

jcnash

Niiice! The Sx-3900 is fluoroscan as well right?
Dont know what it is about those blue lights that makes people love these units...

Those are classics Glyn! Dont toss them...even if you dont use them, these things are sold and traded for quite a bit these days!

Im never getting rid of my setup.

Glyn M Ruck

I won't toss them & they still work amazingly!

Wardsweb

Step one compete; spec'd and purchased the parts. MTX TT6512 shallow subs and a SoundStorm SSL EV2.1000 amp. Now on to step two; building the box.

Glyn M Ruck

Soundstorm/MTX et al are sleepers I will agree for the price - but here we will disagree. They can't match JL Audio for accuracy. JL have the pedigree

JL Audio & Velodyne build the finest subs in the world & their cabinets are engineered to perfection.(sound perfection)

Wardsweb

I agree and we both know a car is the worst environment for audio. My drive to work is about 15 minutes, so my automotive listening isn't critical. When home I have musical systems and even at work I have a 19" rack of gear and JBL's in my office. So for me, I can't justify a serious high end system for my car. I just want something nice to listen to Sirius radio with that doen't kill my trunk space.

Glyn M Ruck

I'm interested in your love of JBL speakers. We were the Harman agents in SA after they took over some of the brands we represented here & put up with all of Dr Sidney Harman's BS until we told him to take a hike - He ruined companies like Arnie Nudell's Infinity & Levinson & trashed other good brands like Proceed after buying Madrigal. We had respect for JBL in the pro market but never really considered them in the hi end domestic audio market. You seem to have plucked some fair units from their range.

Wardsweb

I grew up with JBL, although mostly pro gear because my father was a musician. From 4311 to the big 4345, I'm accustomed to their sound. After my father's death in 1986, I morphed into my own likes and dislikes of audio. It has always been how something sounded to me. People pay big bucks for a Paragon but I wouldn't own one. They sound thin to me.

I look at specs to get a base line but my ears tell me what I like or don't like. I spent years researching and educating myself on what it was that I liked or didn't like. What part of the system was responsible it; bass, midrange, high. What components produced those sounds and how the frequencies mesh. What words described it; sound stage, depth of field, speed, transparency, synergy...to name a few. So, I consider myself an audio enthusiast. I don't take myself to seriously, enjoy the music and always have fun. This way I can enjoy a very wide range of gear, speakers and systems. No, they don't all sound the same and the prices vary expotentially.

My simple thought is, if audio nirvana = 100%
You can get to 80% with 25% of your budget
To get to 90%, will take another 25% of your money
To get to 95% the other 50% of your budget
And each additional percent is exponential in cost.
Eveyone must determine for themselves, if it is worth it.

Glyn M Ruck

Ah! That explains it!

You are so right about deminished returns for your hard earned cash!

Wardsweb

Mystery is solved. Here is the non-Bose subwoofer.