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jeronimo's The Twins System
IP Address: 213.93.9.214	Last Update: November 22, 2018 at 22:08:27
Amplifier:	Ayre V-5xe -- Replaces: Rogue Audio Zeus (Tubes: V1: Tung-Sol 12ax7 reissue V2-V3: RCA Clear Top 12au7 V4-V9: EH KT88)
Preamplifier (or None if Integrated):	Aesthetix Janus Signature (Standard Tubes)
Speakers:	- Vandersteen 3A Signature - 2x Vandersteen 2WQ - Vandersteen 5-HP SE High Pass Filters
Sources:
CD Player/DAC:	Marantz SA11-S3 SACD player
Turntable/Phono Stage:	- Transrotor Orfeo Doppio (25/25/80)/ TMD (Magnet coupled self-oiling bearing) / 3 Motors + Filtering Power Supply - SME 3500 Arm (magnesium SME 309 with SME V internal silver wiring and SME V bearings) - Jan Allaerts MC1B-MkII - MC stage in Aesthetix Janus Signature Pre-amp (56 DB Gain; 125 Ohm load)
Other Source(s):	None
Other Accessories/Room/Misc.:
Speaker Cables/Interconnects:	- Silver Audio Silver Breeze Phono IC - SACD/CD to Pre: HGA Silver Lace with LOK Silverpoint RCA old: Bear Labs Silver Lightning - Pre-to-Power: HGA Silver Lace with XLR - HGA X32 solid silver bi-wire speaker cable with Rhodium over Silver Plated Spades Power Cables: WireWorld Silver Electra to Power, Pre and SACD. All three into wall socket. old: - Audioquest VideoZ cables for digital interconnects - El-cheapo silver plated copper between amp and 2WQ's
Other (Power Conditioner, Racks etc.):	- VPI HW-17F Record Cleaning Machine - Spider Racks - Solid Tech Table of Silence Corian. Filled with silver sand. Rock Solid!
Tweaks:	Audioprism CD Stoplight ( Green CD Pen ). Effect varies: big difference on some CD's less on others. Often sibilance vanishes. Master Base (http://www.dynamic-solutions.nl/tweaks/sub2.htm) Impressive under both CD player and pre-amp.
Room Size (LxWxH):	6.2m x 4.5m x 3.0m
Room Comments/Treatments:	All Wood walls
Music Preferences and Comments:
Music Used (Genre/Selections):	Rock / Classical Music and Jazz Tom Waits / Led Zep / Nirvana / Doors / Zappa / Kate Bush / Ricky Lee Jones / Sixties / Pink Floyd /etc / Miles Davis / Stanley Clarke / Sonny Rollins etc.
System Goals/Comments:	Introduce SACD player.. I changed from SE Mosfets to Rogue Zeus in 150W Triode mode. This amp is what I have been looking for for a very long time. The Vandersteen speakers have finally come to life. Also the timing of the system is wonderful again and I get sucked into the music and cannot stop listening, not can I keep my feet still, nor can anyone else who comes to listen, not even my mom. The addition of Homegrown Silver Cables has left me speechless: such effortlessness! It is as if those cables aren't really there. The sense of presence is uncanny sometimes.. Silver is not, repeat NOT bright! I should have left SE a long time ago: Truly beautiful but ultimately uninvolving... Introduce New filters + Net Cables Just introduced the Aesthetix Janus Preamp. Still breaking it in. But it is already absolutely breathtaking so it stayed after the home audition
System Strengths:	Very alive and natural system. The Transrotor Orfeo is a great turntable. The upgrade to 3 motors and especially the TMD (Transrotor Magnetic Drive) really put it in a much higher league.
System Weaknesses:	Power Cables need to be improved to give the Zeus some extra juice..
Video/HT System: Separate
TV/Projector:	Pioneer Plasma KRP600A
Sources (DVD/VCR):	Apple TV 3 + DVDO Edge Green for reconstructing 1080p/24 from 1080p/60 Netflix. Samsung UDP-K8500 4K Blu-ray player + streaming