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| Last Update: November 27, 2005 at 03:24:11 | IP Address: 81.202.63.2 |
| Amplifier: | • Prima Luna Prologue 4; stock Chinese tubes replaced by Tesla 12ax7, Amperex 12au7 NOS and Svetlana EL34 |
| Preamplifier (or None if Integrated): | • VTL TL2.5, with the 2 stock outputs EI replaced by Philips Miniwatt ECC82 NOS, Holland, and the 2 stock drivers 6350WA, no brand, VTL labelled, replaced by Sylvania 6350 NOS. |
| Speakers: | • Magnepan 1.6 (86 db, 4 oh); mods: socks off; connectors plate, fuse, xover networks and push tabs bypassed, connected to speaker cables by flat pure wire 13ga woofer and 16ga twweter; stock caps replaced by Obbligato oil 22uF; stock 15ga inductor replaced by 12ga • REL Strata III (100 w) |
| Sources: | |
| CD Player/DAC: | • Opera Audio Consonance Reference SACD-2.0, with a tube buffer (stock Sovtek 6H30 x 1); mods: low pass filter bypassed, DAC output directly connected to the tube buffer input 0.1uF cap; stock tube replaced by Reflektor 6h30; stock Auricap output caps replaced by Audionote PIO copper case 2.2uF; wire to wire power input, no plugs |
| Other Source(s): | • Rotel RT-990BX tuner |
| Other Accessories/Room/Misc.: | |
| Speaker Cables/Interconnects: | • DIY IC cable tuner to preamp: two 40cm runs of solid 26g, 6N, OF, CC copper, enameled, twisted, no RCA connectors (Zero connector) • DIY IC cable SACDp to preamp: two 60cm runs of solid 21g, 6N, OF, CC copper, enameled, twisted, no RCA connectors • speaker cables: VH Audio Flavour 4 (one single run of stranded 12ga copper teflon insulated each pole, 2 each channel) • Audio Agile Power Wire for dedicated AC line • SACDp PC: VH Audio fl. 4 to standard UO (original male Wattgate and schuko adapter replaced by Mennekes schuko plug), then 1 m of Hifi-tunning.com golden PC with Marinco IEC to dedicated AC line • Preamp PC: 1 m of DIY VH Audio fl 4 (no hose, ground wire spaced from conductors, Wattgate IEC) to High Current UO (Mennekes schuko), to 1 m of the same (Marinco IEC), then to the wall • Power amp PC's: 1.5 m of DIY VH Audio fl 4 to HC Ultimate Outlet to the wall (details as above) • Subwoofer DIY PC: 3 runs of 11g OF stranded copper, braided, to the wall |
| Other (Power Conditioner, Racks etc.): | • PS Ultimate Outlet, high current, 15A, for amps and preamp • PS Ultimate Outlet, standard, for SACD player • VIBEX rack |
| Tweaks: | • mains: dedicated AC line from main circuit box (7m of Audio Agile power wire); all power plugs and wall sockets bypassed: wire to wire everywhere; power cords lifted off the floor • sand: a box with 4k above the rear stands of each maggie; a jar with 10k above the subwoofer; some filling the three legs of the aluminium rack • marble: big pieces underneath and above the sub • spikes underneath maggies rear and front legs, coupled to wooden floor by 2 pieces of cork • Daruma 3II under SACDp • Stadmat CDi Blue • Kontak cleaner • Auric Illuminator • unused digital output of SACDp closed with a short run of dig cable (Belden 75 oh, Canare RCA 75 oh, resistor 75 oh from center to return) • DIY Taddeo Digital Antidote with properly scaled values and better components, directed soldered in IC from SACDp to preamp • voltage divider (vol att) inserted into IC from SACDp to preamp, attenuanting about 10dB |
| Room Size (LxWxH): | 5.5m x 4.5m x 2.5m |
| Room Comments/Treatments: | • golden ratio speakers placement • many shelves with books and cds • a 1.8 m artificial ficus in the corners behind each maggie • Michael Green ceiling corners tunning devices to control the bass |
| Music Preferences and Comments: | |
| Music Used (Genre/Selections): | Classical (95%) and Jazz |
| System Goals/Comments: | musicality above everything |
| System Strengths: | musicality and transparence |
| System Weaknesses: | probably the preamp |
| Video/HT System: None | |
| URL Link: http://www.integracoustics.com/MUG/MUG/tweaks/paco/index.html | |
| Other Interests/Hobbies/Occupation: | http://www.ydcn.nl/pics2/yxj900s5.jpg |
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