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02 January 1999 Re-Visit: |
Haluk Ozumerzifon
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Haluk listens to classical and jazz music equally. He enjoys listening to CD's but still prefers the LP sound which he finds more natural. System's
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Haluk's comments about his System: AA: "Haluk, how would
you describe your system's sound?"
It's been three years since my first visit (time
really flies!). During these three years Haluk made
many changes which are not of a "major" kind but
the improvements are far from subtle. If you read
his above answers to my "plans for upgrading" and
"room for improvement" questions of three years
ago, you will notice the consistency of his actions
with his plans: he bought the SME 5 arm, the
Insider cartridge, Marantz SA-1 CD player, worked
with room acoustics and also made other changes
which I will try to cover one by one. Each of the
upgrades will include Haluk's own comments
regarding the nature of the improvement. So, here
we go. Benz Ruby2 cartridge replaced by
Clearaudio Insider: Rega 300 arm replaced by SME
5: Van den Hul MC phono interconnect is
replaced by Hovland Groove 2: ARC CD2 is replaced by Marantz SA-1 SACD
player: PS Audio P600 Power Plant: RPG Skyline style diffuser (locally
made): In addition to the above Haluk also changed his
rack system from a vertical one to a more
horizontal looking one, which improved the center
imaging. One final point: this year Haluk is the
president of the Istanbul Hi-Fi Club. Yes, there are many upgrades but one very
crutial point remained unchanged: the examplary
tolerance level of his wife! Well done Haluk and
Meltem! |
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