Audio Asylum - Inmate Systems

gdg's Apartment System
IP Address: 24.85.235.235	Last Update: January 18, 2008 at 22:39:24
Amplifier:	Tact 2150 XDM Room correction processor/amplifier (previously owned: arcam integrated > McCormmick DNA1 > Celeste 4070SE> Bryston 4bsst)
Preamplifier (or None if Integrated):	Tact 2.0s RCS (previously owned: arcam integrated > Celeste P2 > Audio Research LS3 > Audible Illusions L1 > Parasound PLD2000> Tact 2.0s)
Speakers:	Thiel 2.4's, (previously owned: 3 sets of various midfi garbage> Thiel 1.5> Paradigm Active 40> Thiel 2.4)
Sources:
CD Player/DAC:	QuietPC> Squeezebox3> Big Ben (history: Marantz CD63 > Adcom GDA600/CAL Delta > Resolution Audio CD50 > Classe CDP10> Benchmark Dac1)
Other Source(s):	I have a second 'den' system that consists of Benchmark Dac1 (fed via my main system) driving a pair of AkG K701s (my reference headphone setup is the Benchmark Dac1 driving the K701s)
Other Accessories/Room/Misc.:
Speaker Cables/Interconnects:	Vanden hul Revelation speaker cables, Canare coax digital, Apogee Wydeye AES/EBU, Wireworld Equinox 5 intereconects
Other (Power Conditioner, Racks etc.):	Monster HTS3500 mk2
Room Comments/Treatments:	Tact RCS 2.0s was the biggest single step forward I've ever encountered in Hifi.
Music Preferences and Comments:
Music Used (Genre/Selections):	Any kind of music performed by top notch musicians ie. jazz, rock, r&b, funk, blues, acid jazz, hiphop, techno, classical, country etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.
System Goals/Comments:	Accurate to source sound reproduction. If the source sucks so be it.
System Strengths:	accuracy without losing musicality
System Weaknesses:	It isn't quite live.
Video/HT System: Integrated
TV/Projector:	Sony KD34XBR960
Sources (DVD/VCR):	Panasonic RP82 DVD player
URL Link: http://gdgeisler.zenfolio.com/
Other Interests/Hobbies/Occupation:	compsci student, ex musician Hobbies: running, weights, skydiving, snowboarding, wing-chun, tai chi, photography (Canon Rebel XT/17-40L Zoom)