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Roy3's Main 2 channel System |
| Last Update: January 06, 2003 at 12:11:34 | IP Address: 24.158.232.161 |
| Amplifier: | 4 Aragon Palladium II monoblocks (each 600 watts into 4 ohms |
| Preamplifier (or None if Integrated): | Balanced Audio Technology BAT VK-50SE
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| Speakers: | Bi-amped Magnepan MG20.1's |
| Sources: | |
| CD Player/DAC: | Balanced Audio Technology BAT VK-D5SE |
| Turntable/Phono Stage: | Stanton STR8-80 (need to upgrade) No phono stage yet |
| Other Accessories/Room/Misc.: | |
| Speaker Cables/Interconnects: | Nothing special |
| Other (Power Conditioner, Racks etc.): | next on the list |
| Tweaks: | Mye Audio speaker stands for the MG 20.1's |
| Room Size (LxWxH): | 18 feet x 18 feet x 10 feet |
| Room Comments/Treatments: | "A" - frame ceiling. 10 feet at center. 6 feet on one side, 4 feet on the other. |
| Music Preferences and Comments: | |
| Music Used (Genre/Selections): | Acoustic guitar - Tony Rice, Norman Blake Acoustic jazz - Bella Fleck and the Flecktones. Light Jazz Vocal - Diana Krall. Some instrumental bluegrass. Classical: Mozart piano concertos, sonatas, and opera. Beethoven.
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| System Goals/Comments: | Wide, deep sound stage with excellent imaging. Best possible reproduction of acoustiic strings, piano. |
| System Strengths: | All the above. The combination of a front end using tubes in both the CD player and preamp feeding very clean and powerful solid state amps, operating in Class A up to 125 watts in a bi-amped configuration, gives remarkable results. |
| System Weaknesses: | BIG speakers. Amps come with a complimentary hernia. No need to heat room with amps running. WAF of "zero" hence need for a seperate and private room. (works for me!) Need to add vinyl. |
| Video/HT System: Separate | |
| TV/Projector: | 50" Pioneer Plasma (503CMX) |
| Processor/Receiver/Amplifiers: | Dennon 2803 (used as a preprocessor only) |
| Speakers (Center, Surrounds, Sub): | 5 Mackie 824 studio reference monitors, each individually biamped with 150 w and 100 w internal amps. (total system power of 1,250 watts) http://www.mackie.com/record/hr824/index.html Infinity 10" sub 150 watts |
| Sources (DVD/VCR): | DVD, Cable HDTV |
| Other HT Gear: | 32" standard TV for 4X3 material |
| Comments on HT System: | The bi-amped Mackie speakers give incredible impulse response. The sound of bullets wizzing by and explosions still makes me duck ! The Normandy landing scene from "Saving Private Ryan", at reference level, is almost too real to watch/listen. |
| Other Interests/Hobbies/Occupation: | Astronomy, Ham Radio (K4EEG), play guitar and 5 string banjo. Retired. |