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1973shovel's Solder Fumes System
IP Address: 74.179.137.27	Last Update: March 27, 2008 at 19:22:08
Amplifier:	First Watt F1, 10 whopping watts per channel from the kitchen table of Nelson Pass, or sometimes... Dynaco Stereo 70 with the VTA input board, modded to use 12BH7's
Preamplifier (or None if Integrated):	Vorhis Last PAS, Audio Research SP3A-1, Dynaco PAS
Speakers:	Horn Shoppe Horns & Horn Shoppe "The Cube" sub. NHT Super Zeros w/ NHT sub and MA-1 amp, Quad ESL57's
Sources:
CD Player/DAC:	JVC XL-Z1050TN w/op-amp mod and Black Gate output caps. Sometimes using an Audio Alchemy DDE 3.0 DAC, EDI (BNC to I2S converter)and Alchemy Power Station Two
Turntable/Phono Stage:	Roksan Xerxes X w/Attessa Att-DS5 power supply, Rega RB-900, Denon 103R. A (soon to be modded) McCormack Micro Phono Drive (Blackgate caps, high dollar op-amps or CineMag transformers-depending on which sounds more like music, WBT jacks, and a huge friggin' transformer for the power supply). Maplenoll air-bearing TT & Technics 110A (DD) w/JH Formula 4 arm, both in mothballs at the moment.
Other Source(s):	McIntosh MR-78 tuner w/MI-3 scope, Yamaha T-80 tuner, Onkyo T-4210 tuner, and a Radio Shack TM-102 mini-tuner, which sounds better than the Onkyo if you must know the truth. Also a Marantz 105 tuner, and 3 or 4 Dynaco FM-3 tuners. Ok, I'll admit it. I have a fascination with/addiction to tuners.
Other Accessories/Room/Misc.:
Speaker Cables/Interconnects:	Kimber 4TC, and Kimber PBJ IC's. A silver homebrew IC between the phono stage and pre-amp. Audio Magic I2S digital cable.
Other (Power Conditioner, Racks etc.):	Dedicated 20 amp AC line w/Acme silver plated/cryo'd outlet, PS Power "Duet" power conditioner, Room Tunes clamp rack, Target wall shelf for TT
Tweaks:	The Roksan is sitting in a sandbox on top of the Clamp Rack at the moment. Still toying with the idea of the Target and Neuance shelf.
Room Comments/Treatments:	Room Tunes corner tunes, echo tunes, and those free-standing things I can't remember the name of.
Music Preferences and Comments:
Music Used (Genre/Selections):	Blues and rock. Beatles would be my deserted island music. Don't care much for country but love Junior Brown and Dwight Yoakam. Go figger.
System Goals/Comments:	To be the best darn system I can possibly be. I hope someday to be an actress
System Strengths:	Musical
System Weaknesses:	Can't even bench press its own weight.
Video/HT System: None
Other Interests/Hobbies/Occupation:	I started riding Harleys years before they became trendy.