| Last Update: December 26, 2000 at 17:08:27 | IP Address: 208.161.16.26 |
| Amplifier: | ADCOM 5200, 50w...accurate and powerful, the philosophy is high current and pure "A" |
| Preamplifier (or None if Integrated): | Stock Foreplay with handmade mahogany base. This will soon be replaced with a custom 4play with heavy mods. |
| Speakers: | Current: Infinity SM-115 3-way loudspeakers with 10" bass, 5" midrange and 1"poly tweeter by January: straight 8's, not biamped, with custom faux marble finish and hand made aluminum spikes (50,65,65 on 1.5 inch stock) |
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| CD Player/DAC: | Sony ES CDP-XA1ES...ES technology without the lousy ES price hike...great cost/sound ratio |
| Turntable/Phono Stage: | Fisher Price all-in-one...with original needle! (no joke...have not used since discovering the needle made a better furrow then a stile) |
| Other Source(s): | Link to PC.. have 200 hours+ of mp3's for casual playback (ouch) |
| Other Accessories/Room/Misc.: | |
| Speaker Cables/Interconnects: | Monster 6ga 15" speaker cables with gold ends . Interconnects are 3 foot monster jobs....yuck. |
| Other (Power Conditioner, Racks etc.): | none...yet! |
| Room Size (LxWxH): | 12 x 8 x 98" |
| Room Comments/Treatments: | dorm rooms....ouch! I have installed drapes, wall hangings and acousta-board to help damp the concrete block walls... |
| Music Preferences and Comments: | |
| Music Used (Genre/Selections): | Jazz from foxtrots to ornette, Blues of all varieties, Classical (Bach, Vivaldi, Zappa) Techno (happy hardcore, Goa, Psy-trance, dark drum n' bass, jungle, old skool, funky breakbeats)(actually, a minor genre for me) World music, celtic, opera, rock n' roll |
| System Goals/Comments: | My goal for this system is simplicity; I went from a processor heavy mentality back in High School 4 years ago to a 3 component down to basics system. This process has continued with the move to a two-way speaker...lowthers are not an option in the dorm life, unfortunately. I am looking for warmth, dynamics, a sense of "air" and sounstage. speaker response speed is a must; bass is nice, but must be responsive and timely. I hope the my new straight 8's will improve the speed, yet not compromise bass too much. I hope to be all tube in 3 years. |
| System Strengths: | -under 1,500$ U.S. (with bargain buys) -Simple -dorm safe (refer to strength #1) -fast and responsive, yet listenable -great for causual and semi-critical CD playback -simplicity allows rapid A/B's -better then most college systems |
| System Weaknesses: | -poorly built stock Foreplay (sound is getting crispy) -infinity's are a tad slow -SS amp is a little cool -lack of usable turntable -no homebuilt FM tuner (yet) |
| Video/HT System: None | |
| URL Link: http://uvm.edu/~efox/MrFoxz.htm | |