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E-Stat 's Vintage GarageMahal System
IP Address: 206.255.212.225	Last Update: January 13, 2012 at 16:05:34
Amplifier:	Threshold Stasis 3 w/DIY Belden 83803 based power cord. Updated 25,000 uF Mallory power supply caps.
Preamplifier (or None if Integrated):	NAD C-160 used for phono only.
Speakers:	Double New Advents. Updated crossovers, wiring, and added wool damping sheets around tweeters
Sources:
CD Player/DAC:	Logitech Squeezebox Touch with Welborne Labs linear power supply networked via WiFi to Dell i7-860 Studio server / Manley Delta Sigma DAC using RCA 12AU7 Cleartops.
Turntable/Phono Stage:	Ariston RD-11s with SME 3009 Series II, Shinon Red Boron
Other Accessories/Room/Misc.:
Speaker Cables/Interconnects:	JPS Labs Ultraconductor+, DH Labs and Blue Jeans Cable ICs and digital cables. Separate Philips 14 gauge speaker wire run to each pair
Other (Power Conditioner, Racks etc.):	Monster HTS-3500 for sources
Room Size (LxWxH):	26 x 26 x 9
Room Comments/Treatments:	Damping panels on three walls and five diffusors on side walls. It's a garage!
Music Preferences and Comments:
Music Used (Genre/Selections):	Most all
System Goals/Comments:	Keep me entertained while puttering around with the cars, bike, or reloading. Or just enjoying the outdoors. The DAs take me back to my first real system.
System Strengths:	Surprisingly pure and natural sound from Advents, especially at low levels where the Threshold runs pure class A. Sounds great far outside the garage.
System Weaknesses:	Room still quite live and has 3 db peaks at 63 and 160 hz. Sometimes, there are big objects in the way of optimum imaging. Advents are somewhat veiled and span only nine octaves
Video/HT System: None
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