If you think your 2 channel is the bomb!

Dennis Gardner
Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
edited April 2005 in 2 Channel Audio
Check out the ACA (Audiophile Club of Athens) members' little listening room.

Jean-Yves Kerbat's System

Here is another page of some of their clubs systems.

A.C.A Top 10 Hits

To think some wives don't want SDAs in their rooms!!:D :D:D
HT Optoma HD25 LV on 80" DIY Screen, Anthem MRX 300 Receiver, Pioneer Elite BDP 51FD Polk CS350LS, Polk SDA1C, Polk FX300, Polk RT55, Dual EBS Adire Shiva 320watt tuned to 17hz, ICs-DIY Twisted Prs, Speaker-Raymond Cable

2 Channel Thorens TD 318 Grado ZF1, SACD/CD Marantz 8260, Soundstream/Krell DAC1, Audio Mirror PP1, Odyssey Stratos, ADS L-1290, ICs-DIY Twisted , Speaker-Raymond Cable
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,668
    edited April 2005
    Cool stuff. :D
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • BobMcG
    BobMcG Posts: 1,585
    edited April 2005
    How much for all this equipment? How about forgetting the exotic audio path for a moment and JUST take the power conditioning into consideration! Could you even begin to guess? The wife doesn't mind? She must be rolling in furs and diamonds!

    The guy is French right? Been involved with the "oil for food " program by any chance??? :p

    Seriously though, not caring too much for horns myself, it would be very interesting to hear them in this environment.

    You can build systems different ways to be sure (different strokes) and this system, for all it's impressive features does seem to me to be at odds with the "purist's" approach to audio. IE: the less in the signal path the better...
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited April 2005
    Nice "gear" -- but, I'd rather have the "house."
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  • jcaut
    jcaut Posts: 1,849
    edited April 2005
    Too bad those guys haven't seen MY system...





















    :D
    Jason
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  • maggiefan
    maggiefan Posts: 223
    edited April 2005
    And for all the money he spent, he could have had a top of the line Bose system, what a shame......LOL.....:rolleyes:
    Larry
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  • BobMcG
    BobMcG Posts: 1,585
    edited April 2005
    A double "Good Lord"!! Can you image getting a tour of his digs?:eek:
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  • Spawndn72
    Spawndn72 Posts: 453
    edited April 2005
    1st thought:

    I think he would have been better off to just spend all that cash on a really nice music hall and bought his own personal orchestra. I am thinking he would have still had some cash left over.

    2nd thought:

    All that to hear Tinny tim tip toeing through the tulps :)
    Setup:
    Adcom GFA-545 amp
    Nad 1600 pre
    Dual 704 TT
    Pioneer 707 R2R
    Pioneer DV-578A Multi-format
    Polk SDA-2 Mains
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited April 2005
    My first impresion was, "Cat house."
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,668
    edited April 2005
    Originally posted by Tour2ma
    My first impresion was, "Cat house."

    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

    Yeah, it does look like one.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited April 2005
    Originally posted by F1nut
    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

    Yeah, it does look like one.

    The voice of experience??

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited April 2005
    These kinds of systems are ridiculous and a waste of money.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited April 2005
    Agree...

    There are much better things to do with that kind of coinage...

    Like adopt us...
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,668
    edited April 2005
    Originally posted by dorokusai
    These kinds of systems are ridiculous and a waste of money.

    You going John K. on us!?!
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited April 2005
    Originally posted by dorokusai
    These kinds of systems are ridiculous and a waste of money.

    Perhaps it's my upbringing, I can't possibly imagine myself spending that kind of money on stereo gear. Even if Bill Gates gave me all of his money.
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,572
    edited April 2005
    Too much!! HAHAHAHA!!! TOO MUCH!!!

    Me and my pathetic LSi9s... :( .
    Magico M2, JL113v2x2, EMM, ARC Ref 10 Line, ARC Ref 10 Phono, VPIx2, Lyra Etna, Airtight Opus1, Boulder, AQ Wel&Wild, SRA Scuttle Rack, BlueSound+LPS, Thorens 124DD+124SPU, Sennheiser, Metaxas R2R
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  • HBombToo
    HBombToo Posts: 5,256
    edited April 2005
    I couldn't drink a Beer in that room....
    ***WAREMTAE***
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited April 2005
    Originally posted by F1nut
    You going John K. on us!?!

    Of course not, but I'm not even in awe of that blatant expenditure of money.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited April 2005
    Originally posted by dorokusai
    These kinds of systems are ridiculous and a waste of money.
    At his obvious income level, it's lunch money for a month. Everyone has a passion. Audio is probably just one of his.

    Personally, it would be interesting to hear it all -- just to see if my old ears could appreciate all the nuances he's chasing.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited April 2005
    Too over the top for me.

    I've found on systems LIKE that one (and yes, I've heard a few), once you get to 'that' level, its VERY medicinal and refined - so refined sometimes it only sounds good with a certain genre' of music.

    Just looking at it, all those metal drivers make my ears hurt.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited April 2005
    Too far out of my league to even consider it, really.

    If I had the coinage, I certainly wouldn't mind being in that league.

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited April 2005
    If you drool over a system like that, it's pathetic IMO.

    If that's the pinnacle of this hobby, then, why bother? You should just sell what you have and enjoy your Bose, because that is not an "everyman's" rig.

    I can only guess that some of you have not heard a system of lesser caliber than the one mentioned, knock your socks off.

    The excess of it's existence is just that, excessive. There is simply no need to go that far to create something pure and evoke emotion.

    What's wrong with you people....have you not heard what Blue has posted about his new gear? Or what the DIY speaker builders have said about their end results? Russman finds and demo's world class gear all the time.....Tour has been on a tour of America and heard dozens of stellar systems, etc etc...Hello? Is this thing on?

    Audio nirvana is not that hard to achieve, wake up. I'm sure our systems aren't perfect, but guess what, neither is his, and he went through a whole lot more than you or I.

    That man will never enjoy anything other than HIS system, period.....but I can enjoy many many systems whenever I feel like it.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • jdhdiggs
    jdhdiggs Posts: 4,305
    edited April 2005
    From his site, Jves is not happy with the set-up yet, and the system is truly hit or miss to peoples tastes. Shouldn't good sound sound good to everyone?

    There are some people on this board with the passion and finances to fund something like that but they never would because they know that $$$ doesn't neccessarily mean good sound.

    When I picked up my maggies, I got to hear around $100K 2-channel set-up with gear I had never heard of before. Honestly, I liked Russman's, Doro's, and my own much better. The biggest bother was the room itself. Dedicated 2-channel rooms don't feel "comfortable" or "homey" enough to enjoy what's happening. It does become to clinical as Russ said. You are intently listening for flaws at that point instead of enjoying the music.

    I like how that site has more emphasis on how much it cost and how esoteric it is over how good it sounds which seems to be the opposite of "audiophile" in my book.
    There is no genuine justice in any scheme of feeding and coddling the loafer whose only ponderable energies are devoted wholly to reproduction. Nine-tenths of the rights he bellows for are really privileges and he does nothing to deserve them. We not only acquired a vast population of morons, we have inculcated all morons, old or young, with the doctrine that the decent and industrious people of the country are bound to support them for all time.-Menkin
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited April 2005
    Okay, you've convinced me.

    His mother was a hampster and his father smells of elderberries. I **** in his general direction! :D
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  • jdhdiggs
    jdhdiggs Posts: 4,305
    edited April 2005
    Originally posted by BlueMDPicker
    His mother was a hampster and his father smells of elderberries. I **** in his general direction! :D

    Come back again and I shall taunt you... for a second time...
    There is no genuine justice in any scheme of feeding and coddling the loafer whose only ponderable energies are devoted wholly to reproduction. Nine-tenths of the rights he bellows for are really privileges and he does nothing to deserve them. We not only acquired a vast population of morons, we have inculcated all morons, old or young, with the doctrine that the decent and industrious people of the country are bound to support them for all time.-Menkin
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited April 2005
    MOOOOOOOooooooo.......THUNK!
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited April 2005
    You know that the life he lives wouldn't allow him to enjoy an understated, mellow, "heard but not seen" stealth system. I looked closely at the photos and thought of how I would have done it differently if I had the means. His giant horns are unsightly at best and should be covered with some type of sheer curtain or the ultimate IB setup would have served my needs better, as power certainly isn't in question here. If horns are required, build them underground and release them into the room ala Royal Device.IMO the sheer amount of power doesn't really match at all with the efficiency of his speaker choices. I do like the high end presentation though, out front. The chandelier has got to add rattles and ringing at volume, so it would be gone.

    I also would have made the amp rack more of an eye candy display, maybe as a focal point out in front instead of a simple green metal rack against the wall. An amp garden lightin' up the room at night would be cool as hell in my house.

    I don't envy his addiction any more than that of a druggie like Darryl Strawberry. Just becaues they have the means to supply the addiction doesn't allow them to be in control of it. Neither will find nirvana, cause it doesn't exist where they look.

    You can only listen so loud, drive so fast, sleep with so many. All else is just hollow excess, isn't it.

    I can't/won't judge Yves' system simply by photos and since I'm not likely to be in his neighborhood in the near future, I will defer my comments on how it probably sounds. But I can say that the guy is doing his best to get that "concert hall" feel.

    Enjoy,

    DG
    HT Optoma HD25 LV on 80" DIY Screen, Anthem MRX 300 Receiver, Pioneer Elite BDP 51FD Polk CS350LS, Polk SDA1C, Polk FX300, Polk RT55, Dual EBS Adire Shiva 320watt tuned to 17hz, ICs-DIY Twisted Prs, Speaker-Raymond Cable

    2 Channel Thorens TD 318 Grado ZF1, SACD/CD Marantz 8260, Soundstream/Krell DAC1, Audio Mirror PP1, Odyssey Stratos, ADS L-1290, ICs-DIY Twisted , Speaker-Raymond Cable
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  • haimoc
    haimoc Posts: 1,031
    edited April 2005
    The whole system looks beautiful. Amazing. Thanks for posting.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited April 2005
    I dunno, for my own self......it's all about my own enjoyment. As my rigs have morphed over the years it's never really been because I've been dissatisfied with the status quo. I've enjoyed all my rigs immensley and still do.

    I guess my point is, in this hobby I find the fun in more than just the pusuit of perfect fidelity. I like finding gear, listening to different gear and the comraderie that goes along with it.

    IF I were to ever acheive that level of disposable income (pfffffft) would I have gear that expensive? Probably. Would I look at what I have now as inferior? Not hardly.

    Again, if it's yours and you dig it; who is anyone else to tell you otherwise?

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited April 2005
    Envy is an emotion I rarely experience. I have what I have...I enjoy what I have...I am blessed and life is good.

    As far as these audiophiles are concerned...It's their money to spend as they see fit. If they had chosen to spend the same amount of money and time on Dung Beetle Art...so what! I hope they enjoy their systems as much as I do mine!
    "Just because you’re offended doesn’t mean you’re right." - Ricky Gervais

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