Popular Post Audiophile Neuroscience Posted March 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 21, 2020 DuckToller, elcorso, Middy and 14 others 4 13 Sound Minds Mind Sound Link to comment
Popular Post Audiophile Neuroscience Posted March 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 21, 2020 6 hours ago, DuckToller said: With all respect to your impressive selection of audio equipment, where is the second M??? 😋 Well, I use to have the Reference Monoblocks but when I upgraded to the Mephisto my objectivist wife insisted that the Stereo version would suffice. I think she is biased about this but since she clearly hears the benefit of class A I decided to respect her decision.That, and, I also prefer to sleep inside the house ! 😲🤣 Jud, Middy, AnotherSpin and 2 others 2 1 2 Sound Minds Mind Sound Link to comment
Popular Post Audiophile Neuroscience Posted March 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, DuckToller said: So sorry you missed my type of humor - I thought the the smiley would work as indication Ok, we are at a hi-fi forum with a thread about high end gear .... but what would we listen to, without musicians like the small blue one who obviously is missing his partner called M ...;-) Cheers, DT Ah, of course. I got "M" for monoblock or mephisto, not M & M. Indeed you are of course right. Cheers David The Computer Audiophile, DuckToller and Ben-M 1 1 1 Sound Minds Mind Sound Link to comment
Audiophile Neuroscience Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 3 hours ago, DuckToller said: Edit: your equipment looks well selected and I'll imagine it sounds excellent, I heard some Vivid Speaker driven by MolaMola gear last year in Munich. I absolutely love the Vivids. I think Laurence Dickie, of B&W Nautilus renown, is an amazing speaker designer with function following form. For example the Clef shaped funnel not only looks cool (IMO) but "funnels the sound away and absorbs it so that it never comes back to interfere with the diaphragm". I got the G2s (mid-size) as the G1 (largest) I believe are really for a bigger space. The "vivid" sound is indeed vividly life like, which is to say neutral. nothing to detract from the music or bring attention to themselves.I listened to a great many speakers prior to purchasing the Vivids after extensive auditioning in my home. The Vivids are a perfect match with the Gryphon Mephisto/Pandora amplification IMO, that same neutrality and transparency which just leaves you listening to music, not the gear (provided the recording is half decent). I have not heard them with MolaMola but did listen with a number of other amps and over the decades have owned many other amps/pre-amps. The Gryphon Kalliope DAC IMO is also extraordinary. I didn't go all Gryphon by brand loyalty and auditioned many DACs. I found for example the MSB DACs (Diamond V, Signature, Platinum) are for me too analytical with huge soundstage that 'impresses' people. The Kalliope just got out of the way of the music.I have not heard the MSB Select DAC and my wife says I never will 🤔! As I sit back and listen in awe at times, and as awe is replaced by musical joy, my upgraditis is virtually cured. Sound Minds Mind Sound Link to comment
Popular Post Audiophile Neuroscience Posted February 16 Popular Post Share Posted February 16 5 hours ago, botrytis said: Is that a basket of newspapers in the back right corner? I wondered whether you have fallen prey to Frank's 'methods' ??😁 daverich4 and audiobomber 2 Sound Minds Mind Sound Link to comment
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