| Joel_Waterman's VRAA System | |
| IP Address: 68.125.128.251 | Last Update: March 22, 2008 at 18:55:13 |
| Amplifier: | APL UA-S1 Hybrid Integrated amplifier (main system); Back-up: VRAA (Van Ravesteyn Audio Art)ss amplifier |
| Preamplifier (or None if Integrated): | None |
| Speakers: | Dynaudio Contour 1.3, modified with all silver wiring, on Dynaudio Stand4's |
| Sources: | |
| CD Player/DAC: | APL Denon 3910 |
| Turntable/Phono Stage: | Thorens 125 MkII with 'Doug Olsen' modified plinth, SME 3009/S2 improved tonearm, Herbie's Way Excellent Turntable Mat and Dynavector Karat 17D3 low output moving coil cartridge. Jolida JD9 Hybrid Tube Phono Stage (modified, new opamps and caps) with JJ ECC99 tubes. |
| Other Source(s): | n/a |
| Other Accessories/Room/Misc.: | |
| Speaker Cables/Interconnects: | Hifi Cables & Cie Horus interconnect, APL Silver interconnect, Paul Speltz Anti-Cables as speaker cable. Volex 17604 powercords. |
| Other (Power Conditioner, Racks etc.): | 4 shelf rack (wood/granite shelfs), Clearaudio Smart Matrix record cleaning machine, Turntable Basics aligment tool and bubble level, Canrong ALM. Large Kitamura Kiden R-core transformer acting as AC purifier into CD-player and Phono stage. |
| Tweaks: | Vibrapods and vibracones, porcelein cable elevators (the ones from Audionut.com). Herbie's Audio Lab CD-Mat and CD-Hub Cabs. OCRVC Record Cleaning Fluid |
| Music Preferences and Comments: | |
| Music Used (Genre/Selections): | Jazz (Miles, Art Pepper, Scot Hamlton, Cliff Jordan, Clifford Brown, Bill Evans, Thelonius Monk, Coltrane, Anthony Wilson, Ray Brown, Sonny Clark, Art Farmer, Kenny Burrell etc etc etc etc etc), classical (Debussy, Sibelius, Kraus, Krommer, Barber, etc.), rock/blues (mainstays Steely Dan, Pink Floyd, Eric Clapton, SRV) |
| System Goals/Comments: | Natural sound, non-digital/solid state , best of tubes without the heat penalty, soundstaging, air, microdynamics, full bodied double bass, extension, natural decay and body on piano |
| System Strengths: | It starts to sound more like music with every upgrade. The journey is the destination after all... |
| System Weaknesses: | It's beginning to become more difficult to name one... :-) - the room probably. The Thorens can be improved upon, sonically that is, being a vintage piece. And I do not have an APL NWO-3.0-GO. |
| Video/HT System: None | |
| Processor/Receiver/Amplifiers: | n/a |
| Speakers (Center, Surrounds, Sub): | n/a |
| Sources (DVD/VCR): | n/a |
| Other HT Gear: | n/a |
| Comments on HT System: | n/a |
| URL Link: http://monsite.wanadoo.fr/audiopages | |
| Other Interests/Hobbies/Occupation: |  |
