[eyeteeth]

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Originally posted by theaudiohobby [BThat is the Metronome Kallista CD Transport. it is visually stunning[/B]

Im still stunned!!!

 

[kartik]

Still Jadis for me! Although this is definitley exciting!

 

[theaudiohobby]

Another player from the Italian stable the Mel Audio Rechav II

 

[Trawlerman]

I'm getting this baby when I have the money...... (I wish

) Go Team Krell !

 

[eyeteeth]

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Originally posted by Trawlerman [BGo Team Krell ! [/B]

Hey! That beauty is a preamp as well. No cheatin'.

 

[stuartr]

I really like the minimalist designs myself. The Jandis and Metronome are just too gaudy to my eyes. I don't mind black boxes at all. I like the CD12, the cambridge audio, SCD-1, Moon Eclipse (this is as avant-garde as I get), and cary (of course).

 

[kartik]

http://gon5.audiogon.com/i/c/f/1075651853.jpg

How's this for minimalist!

 

[eyeteeth]

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Originally posted by kartik [BHow's this for minimalist! [/B]

Or de-constructionist?

 

[eyeteeth]

These are two dark beauties for me.

And im fond of my arcam as well

 

[tom hankins]

The BAT's sound wonderful!

 

[immtbiker]

When I posted pics of my BAT (inside and out) I got a "The music systems of adolescent fantasy, not of mature love" thread notice.

Zanth and Kartik, please don't take my comment personally...no animals or cd players were hurt in the posting of the thread.

The BAT blows me away, musically, but even though it is a black box, it is a beuatiful black box. When I wake up in the a.m. the first thing I see is my BAT, and then look over at my wife (cause she gives me something a CDP can't), and I'm not talking oil filled torroidal laalapaloosa.

 

[eyeteeth]

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Originally posted by immtbiker the first thing I see is my BAT, and then look over at my wife

Just to keep things balanced in the future, can either be upgraded? J.K. I hope you many happy years with both.

 

[immtbiker]

The BAT is already upgraded to the 24 bit VK-D5SE, and in order to upgrade the wife, one would need space age plastics and highly toxic injection molding, both of which, would require a long burn-in program. 50 hours of artificial burn-in in the closet seems inhumane, and of course without the proper cabling, the possibility of two power supplies not meeting the same tolerance, could be awkward when using as a portable.

 

[kartik]

A Portable wife?!!?!!
Aren't we getting a little ambitious here?
OTOH wives are as temperamental as any great hifi setup. A feature known as "character". Can't live with them, can't live without them!
My wife looks like a Jadis to me!
She's small, but Definitely not a portable.

 

[kartik]

BTW immtbiker,
Heard from Larry, that you kept the Blackgolds, what's your impression of these after burn-in?