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Beluga's Maggie Statement System
IP Address: 88.90.4.130	Last Update: March 21, 2009 at 11:43:29
Amplifier:	Adyton Cordis 3B (Forsell The Statement) and Adyton Cordis 1.8 power amps (bi-amped). 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 rebuilt passive mid/high crossover, following original crossover specs. Speakers completely stripped and rewired with Nordost Red Dawn. Rigidized and reinforced stands with struts for back support. Audio Physic Rhea powered subwoofer (std.) overlap Maggies from 80 or 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 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, original MDF frame replaced with hardwood (Merbau) frame cut as exact copy of original. Original stands reinforced with aluminum plate on speaker feet in addition to struts from feet to 2/3s up behind the speaker. Maggies bi-amped using electronic bass/mid crossover and 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 Maggie speaker stands, sub and electronics.
Room Size (LxWxH):	18 feet x 11 feet x 7,6 feet
Room Comments/Treatments:	Cardas basic setup for dipoles / CARA computer-aided setup (adjusted with results from CARA room acoustics 2.2 calculations). DIY (Argent) Room lenses between, behind and outside speakers. Closed corner (floor-to-ceiling) triangular bass traps. Book shelves and curtains for additional diffusion and damping.
Music Preferences and Comments:
Music Used (Genre/Selections):	Bob Dylan to Led Zeppelin to Joan Armatrading to Mozart to Mahler. Female vocals (strong voices w/piano, guitar, etc.), rock (70's-80's-00's), chamber, solo instruments and small ensembles (piano, violin, cello, oboe), jazz-rock/fusion, colliery bands, arabian, singer-songwriters, blues, R&B, country-rock and ballads. And Heavy Metal. LOUD!
System Goals/Comments:	More continous connection 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 high volumes - soundstage may collapse or sound packed and caothic. A little hard sounding.
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:	History, Psychology, Music, Sportsters, Horses and horsebackriding, my Land Rover Discovery II and - of course - my family. And mistresses.