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Quickies's QuickSilver Audio System
IP Address: 198.69.66.194	Last Update: December 23, 2010 at 16:14:25
Amplifier:	QuickSilver Audio Mini-Mite Mono blocks. 25 watts
Preamplifier (or None if Integrated):	QuickSilver Audiuo Line preamplifier.
Speakers:	Mains: Soliloquy 5.0 Sub: NHT SW2P 10" speaker enclosure, powered by an NHT MA1A 80 watt amp.
Sources:
CD Player/DAC:	Rega Apollo
Other Accessories/Room/Misc.:
Speaker Cables/Interconnects:	Speaker cables: Custom made 3ft Analysis Plus oval 12's. Bi-wired and terminated with spades Interconnect: Apature, Accusound silver BL-4 JJ
Tweaks:	Ferrite chokes on all interconnects. CD player is sitting on 3 "cork sandwiched by rubber" blocks. CD player then sits on an 18" x 18" x 1" slab of marble.
Room Size (LxWxH):	12ft x 12ft x 9ft
Room Comments/Treatments:	I'm in a smallish room that is square. I have the speakers 6ft apart and I'm doing the near field listening posistion. I have a large carpet on each sidewall. The floor is a cement slab that is carpeted. There is a window behind the speakers that has a curtain.
Music Preferences and Comments:
Music Used (Genre/Selections):	Daniel Lanois, Thomas Dolby, Simon & Garfunkel, Jeff Beck, Patricia Barber, The Ocean Blue.
System Goals/Comments:	For the size room I'm in, I think I'm there with my system.
System Strengths:	Detail for days. Great midrange and imaging.
System Weaknesses:	I would love to have a larger room so I could have a wider soundstage.
Video/HT System: None