Audio Asylum - Inmate Systems

paco's Living room System
IP Address: 81.202.40.19	Last Update: July 10, 2011 at 07:41:36
Amplifier:	• Prima Luna Prologue 4; stock Chinese tubes replaced by GE 5751 JAN 2M grey, Philips Heerlem ECC82 and Svetlana EL34, Saint Petersburg
Preamplifier (or None if Integrated):	• VTL TL2.5, with the 2 stock outputs EI replaced by Philips Heerlem ECC82, and the 2 stock drivers 6350WA, no brand, VTL labelled, replaced by Sylvania 6350.
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 tweeter; stock caps replaced by Jensen alu/PIO 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 NOS Reflektor 6h30; stock Auricap output caps replaced by Audionote copper PIO 2.2uF; wire to wire power input, no plugs
Other Accessories/Room/Misc.:
Speaker Cables/Interconnects:	• DIY IC cable SACDp to preamp: two 60cm runs of solid 21g, 6N, OF, CC copper, enameled, twisted, no RCA connectors • DIY speaker cables: 2 x 6 runs of solid 21g, 6N, OF, CC copper, enameled, twisted (3 x 3), each channel (total 12g each) • 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 • Daruma 3II under SACDp • 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
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
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