Ivan Messer is president of Legend Audio & Video in Miami, FL, as well as the forum AudioAficionado.org. He’s also owner of “one of the best-sounding rooms in the U.S.” That’s what McIntosh Labs president Charlie Randall said in TIME Magazine about Messer’s McIntoshed-out home theater. This guy knows audio and he recently turned to GIK Acoustics to treat his Reference System room with our ArtPanels.

Ivan Messer, Legend Audio & Video
Ivan Messer, Legend Audio & Video
By the way, the System consists of the following:
BURMESTER 911 MK3 AMP(3), 089 CD PLAYER, 088 PRE-AMP, 100 PHONO PRE-AMP, 111 MUSIC CENTER, 948 POWER CONDITIONER, AVID ACUTUS REFERENCE SP TT, GRAHAM PHANTOM II SUPREME ARM, DYNAVECTOR XV-1S CART, HRS-SXR CUSTOM 2V-3V-2V RACK w/ M3X 1921 SHELVES, SONUS FABER AIDA SPEAKERS IN RED FINISH, GIK ACOUSTICS ARTPANELS, WIREWORLD PLATINUM CABLES & PLATINUM ELECTRA PC’S

And you can read about the complete build out of this Reference System here.

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