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Ted Smith's Home System | |
IP Address: 50.47.107.231 | Last Update: May 16, 2018 at 14:37:59 |
Amplifier: | 2 x SimAudio MOON W-10 monoblock power amplifiers (750W each) for fronts SimAudio MOON W-5 power amplifier (190W / ch) for rears Oppo HA-1 Headphone amplifier |
Preamplifier (or None if Integrated): | EMM Labs Switchman MKII with a mod for a phantom center channel |
Speakers: | Front: 2 x JMLab Nova Utopia Be Rears: 2 x JMLab Alto Utopia Be Sub: JMLab Sub Utopia Be and Audeze LCD-3 Headphones |
Sources: | |
CD Player/DAC: | 3 x PS Audio DirectStream DSD DAC for MC with Oppo BDP-103 / Audiopraise Vanity HD card as an SACD transport. EMM Labs (Meitner) DAC6e w/ EMM Labs CDSD transport (SACD) Sony DVP-S9000ES SACD player (w/ModWright III mods) Sony SCD-C555ES SACD player (w/ModWright mods) Denon DVD-3930CI (DVD-Audio) |
Other Source(s): | SimAudio MOON Air FM Tuner Laptop computer with USB to DS DACs Sony DVP-CX985V 400 SACD Jukebox 3 x Sony CDP-CX455 400 CD Jukeboxes 2 x Sony CDP-CX400 CD Jukeboxes 2 x Sony CDP-CX300 CD Jukeboxes Roland UA-30 for USB digital connection to computer Roland SC-D70 for MIDI & 24 bit ADC/DAC to computer |
Other Accessories/Room/Misc.: | |
Speaker Cables/Interconnects: | 6 pair of 1.25m TG Audio HSR Balanced High Purity interconnects from DAC6e to Switchman and from Switchman to amps 3 pair of 1m Jena Labs Symphony XLR IC's from Attraction processor to Switchman 3 pair of 2m AudioQuest RCA Diamondback interconnects from Denon to Switchman 1 pair of 8' TG Audio speaker wire to Nova speakers 1 pair of 25' AudioQuest Mont Blanc speaker wire (w/DBS) to Alto speakers Nirvis DXS crosspoint digital switch Nirvis SLink-E to control jukeboxes with computer TG Audio High Purity Silver IC, Empirical Audio Holophonic-PC IC, Jena Labs Trio ICs and AudioQuest Coral, Python and Anaconda IC's moving at random |
Other (Power Conditioner, Racks etc.): | 4 x Bavarian Woodworks racks PurePower™ APS 1050 AC power regeneration for DAC6e and Switchman. Monster Power HTS-5100 for video Monster Power HTS-2000 for jukeboxes TG Audio SLVR power cords for sub and processor 20' Shunyata Taipan Helix Alpha + Jena Labs Model One power cord/power conditioner for CDSD transport 5 x Jena Labs Model One power cord/power conditioners on DAC6e, Monster HTS-5100 and W-10 amps Shunyata Taipan power cord on W-5 amp AudioQuest NRG-1 power cords for Tivos 6 x home brew isolation bases (3 cm granite slab on 3 x HRS Nimbus Couplers) under amps, Denon 3930 and CDSD transport HRS Nimbus under everything else (except the processor) 10 x ASC 16' SuperTrap TubeTraps |
Tweaks: | 8 x 20 Amp (#10 awg) dedicated AC power lines 8 x Audio Excellence AZ Outlets 3 for W-10 amps, 1 for W-5, 1 for sub/transport, 1 for video/DAC, 1 for digital/jukeboxes, 1 for other analog Ferrite RF Chokes on power cords of some jukeboxes |
Room Size (LxWxH): | 32ft x 20ft x 7-8ft |
Room Comments/Treatments: | Room is L shaped with coved ceiling over main listening area. Left and right walls are tilted in about 1/2' at the tops. The front wall is tilted in 1 1/2' at the top. The walls are filled with rock wool and layered with both drywall and greenboard to provide constrained layer dampening. The three windows are 46dB sound proofed acoustic glass. |
Music Preferences and Comments: | |
Music Used (Genre/Selections): | Eclectic (sounds better than random :) |
System Goals/Comments: | Comfortable vegging zone. Still have to place some sound absorption materials in a few strategic places. |
System Strengths: | Engaging for whole family. |
System Weaknesses: | Room is cluttered by living there too. TV in the middle of the soundstage can cause some foreshortening of the the soundstage especially with 2 channel material. |
Video/HT System: Integrated | |
TV/Projector: | Pioneer PureVision PRO-1140HD (50" HD Plasma) |
Processor/Receiver/Amplifiers: | SimAudio MOON A/V Attraction 7.1 processor |
Sources (DVD/VCR): | Sony DVP-CX860 300+1 DVD jukebox Sony DVP-CX985V 400 DVD Jukebox |
Other HT Gear: | Tivo #1 - Sony SATT60 Direct TV Receiver Tivo #2 - HUGHES-DIRECTV® High Definition DVR (HR10-250) HD Personal Video Recorder Tivo #3 - DIRECTV Plus® HD DVR (HR20-700) HD Personal Video Recorder Logitech Harmony 676 Remote Control (Tivo style) |
Comments on HT System: | It's great for both HT and music. |
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Other Interests/Hobbies/Occupation: | Singing & Reading |