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LarBo's Throbbing Gristle System
IP Address: 69.229.63.75	Last Update: June 02, 2011 at 06:39:02
Amplifier:	CTC BBQ
Preamplifier (or None if Integrated):	Parasound JC-2
Speakers:	Merlin VSM-MM w/ single-ended 'superBAM' Subwoofers: stereo ACI Force XL subs.
Sources:
CD Player/DAC:	Sony DVP-S9000ES with Vacuum State level 5 mods, FREDs in the stock PS and ACME silver/cryoed IEC connector.
Turntable/Phono Stage:	Someday I'll use my boxes of vinyl again.......
Other Accessories/Room/Misc.:
Speaker Cables/Interconnects:	ICs: * T.G. Audio High Purity HSR (with Xhadow RCA connectors) * VH Audio Pulsar w/ Eichman RCAs from pre to subwoofers. Speaker (spades all around): * T.G. Audio HSR & TG HSR jumpers Power: * Tel Wire PCs (original low-current) feeding digital player and linestage. * Tel Wire HCs for BBQ amp. * Dream State Dreamcatcher from wall feeding Sound Application RLS-1. * Elrod Statement from wall feeding BPT balanced conditioner.
Other (Power Conditioner, Racks etc.):	Power Conditioning: * Cryoed Oyaide R1 receptacle at the wall with WPC-Z cover system. * BPT 2.5 signature balanced power conditioner feeding a T.G. Audio BybeeSucker (Oyaide R1 outlets in both). Digital player and linestage run from separate circuits on BybeeSucker. * Sound Application RLS-1 feeding the BBQ amp and Force subs. 'Rack': * Hardwood (teak?) cabinet that's not intended for this purpose, but it holds the gear up and has placated the wife.
Tweaks:	Isolation: * BDR shelves and myrtlewood blocks under CDP and linestage. * Polycrystal amp stand on floor with TG Audio Pointy Thangs between stand and amp chassis. * Herbie's IsoCups with Gabon ebony balls under the Sound Application conditioner. * BDR MKIII cones under BPT conditioner. * 3" thick maple blocks (Timbernation) under the Merlins, with Z-feet spikes directly into the maple. Herbie's Big Fat Dots between the maple blocks and the hardwood floor. This really helps with the suspended wood floors. Power: Two Hammond 193M chokes employed - one at the wall, the other into the BPT.
Room Size (LxWxH):	15' x 15' x 8'
Room Comments/Treatments:	Hardwood floors (suspended over crawlspace). Half of one wall opens into adjacent room. 6' x 6' scalloped skylight transom in ceiling center raises at an angle to a max of 10' from floor. 18'd x 24'h Risch bass trap in one corner, behind subwoofer
Music Preferences and Comments:
Music Used (Genre/Selections):	classical (early music through romantic; some modern); straight-ahead jazz; bluegrass; rock; metal; blues; R&B/soul; some electronica
System Goals/Comments:	Realistic timbre, pacing, dynamics and soundstage.
System Strengths:	Good detail and dynamics while at the same time being musical (e.g. it swings). Decent soundstaging and depth, width and height.
System Weaknesses:	Minimal room treatments, though they're needed. Not the last word in dynamic attack.
Video/HT System: None
Other Interests/Hobbies/Occupation:	Brewing, then drinking Beer. Brewing, then drinking Peet's coffee.