Audio Asylum - Inmate Systems

Csaba the Fiddler's Etalon/Hegel System
IP Address: 92.245.64.163	Last Update: January 06, 2011 at 15:26:56
Amplifier:	Etalon Origo 2x40W
Preamplifier (or None if Integrated):	none
Speakers:	Etalon Essence 30, 3-way, standing speakers 35-28KHz 91 dB
Sources:
CD Player/DAC:	Hegel CDP2A
Other Accessories/Room/Misc.:
Speaker Cables/Interconnects:	Nordost Heimdall Interconnect Audioquest Caldera speaker cables Supra mains cables
Room Size (LxWxH):	9 meters x 7.5 meters x 3.2 meters
Room Comments/Treatments:	Lots of curtains and carpets, antique brick wall (very textured)behind speakers, full-height bookshelves facing speakers
Music Preferences and Comments:
Music Used (Genre/Selections):	Classical Accoustic jazz Female solo voice Latin
System Goals/Comments:	Well, it's all in the mind and the ear - I don't think I will invest yet again this much money - if you have that inner ear, you can listen to a transistor radio and still be happy while it remains futile to bring a real concert hall into your room. So, the trade-off is: no 1000-seater hall in your room - but no annoying fellow concertgoers, either...
System Strengths:	Very, very musical, involving, you can hear the silence between the notes.
System Weaknesses:	Few systems could move the air in this living room - bass reproduction is not as powerful as it could be (think of the organ symphony or the guns in the 1812 overture).
Video/HT System: None
Other Interests/Hobbies/Occupation:	Chamber music (violin) Scuba diving