New Audiomeca Mephisto 2 X cd player

Avnut

Though not asked (and I hope you don't mind) I have the ekianthus and mephisto II on a custom built rack (1" mdf with sandfilled plinthes). I was amazed at the improvement of isolating the transport. I have tried the darumas but settled on the rollerblocks and svelte shelf and think it is probably better (but for the dollars darumas were quite acceptable). I did not find a big difference with the dac. Any questions drop me a note

gary

Hi Avnut, I use an old fashioned method called "Nothing". Well, not exactly nothing. I always revert back to the common theory that vibrations will transfer from lower mass to higher mass. The cabinet which contains my equipment is constructed from solid teakwood. The complete cabinet weighs in at about 200lbs. empty. There is about 60lbs of turntable on the top surface and approx. an additional 100lbs of other gear weighing the thing down.

The cabinet sits low to the ground behind an overstuffed couch and behind the dispersion range of the speakers. The walls of my listening room are 5/8" sheetrock and are insulated using Owens-Corning #440 sound deadening insulation.

The Audiomeca gear, as you already know uses a three point support. The rear support being a cone type support that drains vibration from the chassis. Quite frankly, it works. The cumulative effect of all the aforementioned factors tend to help hold vibrations to a minimum.

Are there methods far superior to what I'm already using? Yes! But, coming from an engineering background I still subscribe to the theory; "If it ain't broke, don't fix it. I also truly feel that you can reach a point where you are simply draining too much from the chassis creating a "lean, dry" sound.

The system has a wonderful, smooth, analog kind of sound that I would prefer to leave alone. I can agree that different types of vibration control will have an effect on the sound of the system, for better or worse.

Thanks for the responses. I have learned that there are few,if any, absolutes in audio. By experimenting you can sometimes learn important things about your system and its individual components. In other words, sometimes I THINK I know what a component sounds like until I isolate it differently and then BAM....now it sounds like I wanted it to in the first place.

Thanks for the info.

Hi!

After reading this posts i feel happy and honoured to be a part of the Audiomeca "society" (i own the Kreatura CD Player). Enjoying Audiomeca is realy something special! Thanks to Pierre Lurne for making real such wonderfull Music "instruments"!

Best regards to all, may you have many happy and joyfull listening sessions with your Audiomeca's!

Has Anyone have try compare this cd player to Chord dac 64.
Just wonder, which one is better.