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Beluga's Maggie Statement System
IP Address: 88.90.4.20	Last Update: September 03, 2009 at 07:02:51
Amplifier:	Adyton Cordis 3B (Forsell The Statement) bass amp. Adyton Cordis 1.8 mid/high amp. Bryston 10B Sub electronic crossover.
Preamplifier (or None if Integrated):	None - Wadia 830 cd player (with digital volume control) directly into electronic crossover. Occasional use of a ModSquad Line Drive.
Speakers:	Timbered Magnepan MG-IIIa (i.e. customized with hardwood (Merbau) frames replacing the original MDF frame). Bi-amped and modified with electronic bass/mid crossover (Bryston) and completely rebuilt passive mid/high crossover, following original crossover specs. Crossover and speakers rewired with Nordost Red Dawn all the way from amp to panel. Rigidized and reinforced aluminum stands with L-shaped and U-shaped struts for back support. Audio Physic Rhea powered subwoofer (std.) overlap Maggies from 80 / 63 Hz down.
Sources:
CD Player/DAC:	Wadia 830 (directly into power amp)
Turntable/Phono Stage:	Micro Seiki DQX 500 w/ Shure V15-IV and Goldring 920 pick ups (presently not in use due to lack of RIAA/preamp).
Other Source(s):	Sony transistor radio.
Other Accessories/Room/Misc.:
Speaker Cables/Interconnects:	Nordost SPM Reference interconnects (balanced), Nordost Red Dawn (rev. I and II) speaker cables (bi-amped/wired) also for subwoofer.
Other (Power Conditioner, Racks etc.):	Ladac power conditioners ISO 2000 (power amplifiers) and ISO 100 (cd and electronic crossover). Nordost El Dorado, Transparent EPLS, Burmester and A.R.T Basic power cords.
Tweaks:	Timbered, i.e. original MDF frame replaced with Merbau hardwood frame, cut as an exact copy of the original. Original stands reinforced with aluminum plate on speaker feet in addition to L-/U-shaped struts from feet to 2/3s up behind the speaker. Maggies bi-amped using electronic bass/mid crossover and completely rebuilt mid/high passive crossover. Internal speaker wiring all Nordost Red Dawn. All posts WBT. Nordost Pulsar Points under electronics. Spikes and A.R.T. Q dampers under speakers. Stones/weights on sub and electronics.
Room Size (LxWxH):	18 feet x 11 feet x 7,6 feet
Room Comments/Treatments:	Cardas basic setup for dipoles adjusted with CARA computer-aided setup (CARA room acoustics 2.2). DIY (Argent) Room lenses between / behind and outside speakers. Closed corner (floor-to-ceiling) triangular bass traps. Book shelves and pillows for additional diffusion and damping behind speakers. Speaker toe-in and close caption listening position to avoid first-reflection problems.
Music Preferences and Comments:
Music Used (Genre/Selections):	Bob Dylan to Led Zeppelin to Joan Armatrading to Mozart to Sjostakovitsj. Female vocals (strong voices w/piano, guitar, etc.), rock (70's-00's), chamber music, solo instruments and small ensembles (piano, violin, cello, oboe), jazz-rock/fusion, colliery bands, arabian, armenian, standard singer-songwriters, blues, R&B, country-rock and ballads. And Heavy Fucking Metal. LOUD!
System Goals/Comments:	Fewer connection points between amp, crossover and speaker. FINALLY, tri-amping with a third Adyton. And upgrade to 3.6 heir or 20.x.
System Strengths:	HUGE soundstage, very well focused. Accurate, precise, fast. Extremely detailed - voice/instrument timbre, depth/layers - excellent. Tight deep end slam, in addition to sub (63/80 Hz lowpass crossover frequency).
System Weaknesses:	Mostly the room size. Ability to control complex music at very high volumes - soundstage may collapse or sound packed and caothic. A little hard sounding and some bass slap.
Video/HT System: Separate
TV/Projector:	Infocus IN81, Kingpin 80" screen
Processor/Receiver/Amplifiers:	Harman/Kardon
Speakers (Center, Surrounds, Sub):	Bose
Sources (DVD/VCR):	PS3
Comments on HT System:	Family and WAF friendly in common movie-/tv-/music-/radio-/reading-room
Other Interests/Hobbies/Occupation:	Acoustics and psychology - separate and combined, music, history, Sportsters, horses and horsebackriding, my Land Rover and - of course - my family.