Recent content by mokumdirk

The demo was terrible as it has been for the last 12 years in Las Vegas as well at Axpona Chicago. Once again the electronics were incapable of driving the 15s and the room placement seemed haphazard at best. There was one person sitting in a corner, playing random tunes from a streaming device...

Is "The Pack" an amplifier?

The AR Reference 210 mono blocks are now driving my Renaissance 15s and in no way seems to be troubled by the big drop in impedance in the treble region. My system is all tubes from phone pre (Aesthetix) Audio Research pre-amp and amps. Between input and output stages the entire system uses 62...

Thanks Tom, you have done a fantastic job with it since I last participated.

I joined when the forum opened in the 1990s as [email protected]. I gave up that name when I moved to Mexico 9 years ago and am now known as "mokumdirk". There will be just a few of you who will know which town that name refers to. Setting up a high end system here in Mexico came with a big...

My name is Dirk Bakker, living in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Last month I finally managed to get my new Renaissances across the border after having to convince custom officials not confiscate them with a tip of $2,500. They traveled from a dealer demo in Montreal Canada back to ML in...