System #338 (CLSIIz)

[wallacefl]

1. 
   1. Bill Schulte
   2. Sarasota, Florida
   3. CLSIIz
   4. 2001
   5. no mods
   6. Bryston 14BSST
   Brenchmark DAC1 pre
   Rotel RCD 965bx
   Adcom SLC-505
   Tascam 3030
   Technics 1500
   ACI Saturn sub/Oaudio amp
   Modwright Transporter
   7. I purchased my first ML's in Cincinnati, Oh. I had gone in to audition a CD player and ended up buying the speakers and the CD player. I heard my brother-in-laws CLS and had to have a pair.

 

[TomDac]

welcome aboard, Bill! :music:

 

[Jimna]

howdy bill. nice system, very clean! looks almost wireless!

 

[wallacefl]

howdy bill. nice system, very clean! looks almost wireless!

Thanks...I am still getting used to the concept of "beaming" music/Pandora across the house.

 

[Satch]

Hi Bill,

Both of your reel to reels look brand new. I bet they sound awesome! I should be getting a modded Tascam BR-20 by next week. Do you have a good part of your music collection on tape?

Ray

 

[churchill]

Welcome Bill, nice looking system and set up! Nice Tascam!

 

[amey01]

What is between your CLSs?

I love tape too (but I don't have a player......yet)!

 

[wallacefl]

I bought both R2R off Ebay years ago. The Tascam was likely NIB!...the Technics is in good shape....I have been sorta a R2R nut...I have had 13 different ones but kept these as my two favorites. I have only about 50 tapes left as I digitalized all my analog a couple years back(sold the turntable). The big oak "lump" between the ML's is the Saturn subwoofer.

 

[raygunn]

Nice System, neighbor!

I really dig the R2R's! I always wanted to get my hands on one of those Technics R&B Series machines, but never managed it.

Do you listen to original pre-recorded stuff, or do you record your own?

 

[Sambob2]

Kudos Wallace, nice system there!

R2R'r here as well...

 

[zaphod]

yep, current 6 r2r and counting .... looking at an Otari that will get me into the TapeProject.

 

[wallacefl]

I really dig the R2R's! I always wanted to get my hands on one of those Technics R&B Series machines, but never managed it.

Do you listen to original pre-recorded stuff, or do you record your own?

I have only have 2 pre-recorded tapes all other were made off albums, other peoples tapes ,and cd's. One very interesting note ...I have the Moody Blues "Question of Balance" pre-recorded tape. I synched it up and compared it to the CD and they were pretty much sonically identical when played back with the Tascam. The Technics is very close but just a bit more warm/ polite. They compliment each I make /record with the Tascam. I play back the transfered badly mastered CD's on the Technics.

 

[wallacefl]

yep, current 6 r2r and counting .... looking at an Otari that will get me into the TapeProject.

Looks like an interesting club. I had an Otari 5050...wonderful sounding deck. IMHO has the best characteristics of my 2 decks...only reason I sold it was the maddening reel NAB holders they use and you have to get inside the deck to change from high to lower speeds.

 

[C.A.P]

Welcome, to the real ML speakers. .LOL......
I do love reel to reel sound. I have heard direct master tapes and was blown away.

 

[wallacefl]

Tape seems to have some special quality...I remember hearing a Warner Brother prepared tape used by JBL....was in Bloomington, IN at college 1977 and a local studio had purchased a pair of JBL 4350 monitors...they were being set up/tested...Crown R2R(I had a 724 for many years ) bi-amped Phase Linear amps...if I only had a 2000 sq. ft room!

 

[C.A.P]

Tape seems to have some special quality...I remember hearing a Warner Brother prepared tape used by JBL....was in Bloomington, IN at college 1977 and a local studio had purchased a pair of JBL 4350 monitors...they were being set up/tested...Crown R2R(I had a 724 for many years ) bi-amped Phase Linear amps...if I only had a 2000 sq. ft room!

DID I say get them on stands !

 

[wallacefl]

..went on vacation a listened to my brother in-laws...does give slight improvement(?) in the lower midrange but wipes out the floor coupling for the mid/bass...He electronically crosses his to a large sub at 80 hz as he does HT. I instead run the CLS full range and let the sub do 40hz and down 24 db via the OAUDIO sub amp.