| Dedrick's Wake up the Neighbors! System
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| Last Update: August 31, 2002 at 13:42:55
| IP Address: 68.1.219.166
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| Amplifier: | Primary: Adcom GFA-5802; Sec: EICO HF-87
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| Preamplifier (or None if Integrated): | Adcom GFP-750
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| Speakers: | Paradigm Studio 100 v2
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| Sources:
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| CD Player/DAC: | Adcom GCD-750 |
| Turntable/Phono Stage: | Denon DP-45F / EICO HF-85 (highly tweaked)
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| Other Source(s): | Fisher Model 90-R AM/FM tuner (anyone got a matching mpx decoder?)
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| Other Accessories/Room/Misc.:
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| Speaker Cables/Interconnects: | Tara RSC Prime BiWire, Tara RSC Air3 XLR's for pre and CD, audioquest Side Winders on turntable, Monsters on Eico (out of $$)
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| Tweaks: | Old T-shirts packed around CD player (in a cabinet). Believe you me, this made more difference than any tweak I've come up with to date. My Adcom stuff has poor resonance control.
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| Room Size (LxWxH): | 20 x 20 x 15
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| Room Comments/Treatments: | room is flat-topped A-frame with upstairs open on one end, spiral staircase (nice randomizer)
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| Music Preferences and Comments:
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| Music Used (Genre/Selections): | ALL -but rap(ok,i like some), opera, and new country (yuck) - old country, days of Dolly and Alabama and older is way cool (my first music was Dolly "Heartbreaker" on the ultra high end 8 track (I was 2, mom is a music lover)
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| System Goals/Comments: | To have Philips SACD 1000, B&W Sig 800's, my own amp and preamp (currently in design and testing phases, hybrid 12AX7/MOSFET basis)
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| System Strengths: | BASS, imaging, stound stage (almost 360 degrees!! My friends are always looking for the surround speakers. (there are none)
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| System Weaknesses: | Sometimes I want more midrange. Starting in mid to lower midrange, the Adcom amp gets ever-so-slightly "leaner" the lower it goes. This doesn't happen with the EICO. Of course, I'm comparing mine to a system that has Naut. 800's and all Levinson elec. Might as well shoot for the stars, right?
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| Video/HT System:
Integrated
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| TV/Projector: | old Zenith 27 inch TV HA!
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| Processor/Receiver/Amplifiers: | Yeah, right.
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| Speakers (Center, Surrounds, Sub): | The 2 I mentioned before.
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| Sources (DVD/VCR): | Onkyo 5 disc using Adcom CD player for external D/A, as the Onkyo analogue out is about as lifeless a sound as I've heard.
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| Other HT Gear: | rebuilt RCA VCR. Skips commercials, sometimes.
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| Comments on HT System: | The sound is great. Don't miss the surrounds. Center focus is better WITHOUT a center speaker. Don't NEED a sub. I sit too far back to really see the picture, though.
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| Other Interests/Hobbies/Occupation: | Fixing/restoring/tweaking audio gear. EE student at Texas Tech U
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