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gentlegiantfan's 2 Channel on the less cheap System
IP Address: 72.184.36.159 Last Update: June 05, 2012 at 11:29:50
Amplifier: Emotiva XPA-2
Preamplifier (or None if Integrated): Emotiva USP-1
Speakers: Magnepan 3.6R
Sources:
CD Player/DAC: Tascam CD-RW700
Adcom GCD-575 ($30 from thrift store)
Turntable/Phono Stage: Technics SL-1200mkll w/ AT OC9ml/II, Denon DL-S1, Denon DL-103, A few left over B&O and other MM carts.

Other Accessories/Room/Misc.:
Speaker Cables/Interconnects: 12ga Rat Shack "Monster cable".

Rat Shack gold ICs
Other (Power Conditioner, Racks etc.): no PC, but living in FL I have surge protectors on my surge protectors.
Tweaks: just the few already mentioned.
Room Size (LxWxH): 19' x 13' x 8'
Room Comments/Treatments: Maggies out 4' from front wall, 5' apart inside edge to inside edge, tweeters currently "outside", slight toe-in, chair 4' from back wall.
Music Preferences and Comments:
Music Used (Genre/Selections): Gentle Giant (of course) Prog Rock & Jazz/Fusion are my passions, but listen to everything from Andy Williams to Frank Zappa. Maggies sound so good with acoustic music I find myself listening to more "unplugged" stuff.

About 2K Lps & around 400 Cds.
System Goals/Comments: I should spend some time tweaking the Maggies set-up, but I'm about 90% there and I just end up listening.
System Strengths: That glorious Maggie "realness".
System Weaknesses: That awful Maggie "upstream component exposure". :)
Video/HT System: None

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