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footsurg's Mark's Audio Note System System
IP Address: 152.131.9.192	Last Update: January 05, 2009 at 09:41:54
Amplifier:	Audio Note Conquest Silver Signatures with WE 300B's
Preamplifier (or None if Integrated):	Audio Note M3 Phono with the new Galahad derived power supply. Replaced I/E Core OPTs with Ultra HiBs
Speakers:	Audio Note AN-E Lx Signatures in Madrone Burl on the Audio Note stands.
Sources:
CD Player/DAC:	Audio Note CDT-2 MKII Transport Audio Note Kits DAC 2.1 Level C Signature (planning to put Ultra HiB OPTs in as soon as Peter can make me some) SOGON .75m Digital Cable from Transport to DAC
Turntable/Phono Stage:	Audio Note TT-2 with Audio Note Arm3 and Audio Note IO1 Cartridge. Audio Note ANS8 Step up Transformer using SOGON to the M3 Phono
Other Source(s):	Mcintosh MR-71 Tuner.
Other Accessories/Room/Misc.:
Speaker Cables/Interconnects:	Audio Note Sogon 1m interconnect from DAC to M3. Audio Note Sogon 2.5m interconnect from M3 to monoblocks. Biwired Lexus from monoblocks to external crossovers.
Other (Power Conditioner, Racks etc.):	API Power Wedge 116 with Target Equipment Racks
Tweaks:	Sorbothane Pucks under CD Player. Blu Tac Under Speakers. Spikes under everything.
Room Size (LxWxH):	22 x 14 x 12
Room Comments/Treatments:	No room treatments
Music Preferences and Comments:
Music Used (Genre/Selections):	Bop/HardBop and Avant Gard Jazz post 1953 a Lot of Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor, Monk, and Anything Bill Evans. Baroque and Chamber Music, Stones and More Stones, Zep, Hendrix, A Lot of Ry Cooder Lately, Soundgarden, REM, White Zombie, UnLoco. Varied Electronic, Ambient, Techno, Trance, House, Trip Hop, and Any Other Music That Doesn't Suck.
System Goals/Comments:	Extremely Open Focused and Palpable Soundstage at Moderate Listening Levels with Acceptable Dynamic Range. Too Analytical is Not Enjoyable to Me. Just Full Range Output That Allows Me to Enjoy the Music. If it Gets Too Microscopic That Encourages Anaylsis which is No Different From Analyzing Numbers or Statistics. To Me The Essence of The Music is Lost When This Happens. I Can't Let Myself Forget That I am Not an Equipment Lover, But A MUSIC Lover. The Equipment is Just a Vessel to Get Closer to the Music.
System Strengths:	Fantastic Listening Sessions With Intense Musical Enjoyment.
System Weaknesses:	Its not all Level 6!
Video/HT System: Integrated
TV/Projector:	Whats That???