Inmate Systems - Audio Asylum

groovenoter's 99% analogue System
IP Address: 67.201.9.81	Last Update: April 07, 2013 at 13:10:15
Amplifier:	VTL450 mark 3 monoblocs
Preamplifier (or None if Integrated):	YBA Pre2 with MC Step Up for built in MM stage; Coincident Statement Line Stage; Townshend Allegri passive line stage;
Speakers:	Maggie 3.7s; Prana Fidelity Fifty90;
Sources:
CD Player/DAC:	Oppo 95 (only gets played one percent of the time)
Turntable/Phono Stage:	The Source-Odyssey (late 80s UK); Graham Phantom Supreme x 2; Graham 2.2; Kuzma 4-point; Coincident Statement Phono Stage; Parasound JC3 Phono; Dynavector XV1S; Kondo Japan Io; Miyajima Kansui & Shindo; Graham Nightingale; Graham Phono cable; AQ Leopard phono ICs;
Other Source(s):	ATR102 15/30 ips professional Reel to Reel with 1/4 and 1/2 inch heads; serviced and hot rodded by the Bernie Grundman tech guys to run direct from playback head to the Coincident Line Stage via 15 foot customised and proprietary Cardas ICs. Outshines my TT; blows away the digital playback!
Other Accessories/Room/Misc.:
Speaker Cables/Interconnects:	All AQ mix of Niagra and Colorado ICs and Meteor speaker cables;
Other (Power Conditioner, Racks etc.):	Grand Prix Le Mans four shelf rack for YBA, Coincidents and Parasound units; Source TT currently sits on a Finite Elemente Signature Wall Mounted TT shelf. VTLs sit on Grand Prix amplifier stands. Various power cords from AQ (NRG100s for the VTL 450s; AQ NRG4 for everything else) and a Grundman Black Devil for Source and Grundman White Devil for Power Line Conditioner). The power line conditioner is custom unit built by the Bernie Grundman tech department;
Room Size (LxWxH):	40 x 17 x 12
Room Comments/Treatments:	Original 1929 building converted to live/work lofts. 15 inch thick concrete walls and 3/4 inch real hardwood floors on top of a solid concrete floor. A mixture of industrial and design shelving plus dozens of Per Madsen LP racks to the sides and behind the speakers. Modern 10 x 7 carpet on floor in front of the Maggies. Many framed posters on the walls.
Music Preferences and Comments:
Music Used (Genre/Selections):	Jazz, rock, world, classic soul from 60s and 70s, classical, soundtracks, funk, disco, some adult contemporary and New Age. Lots of vocals.
System Goals/Comments:	Realism - live in the listening room.
System Strengths:	Vivid, dynamic and lively with the TT - really deep and wide soundstage with lots of layering and realistic, palpable instruments and vocals; the ATR tape machine has damned good sound at 15 ips. Insanely good sound at 30 ips!!!
System Weaknesses:	With TT: Not the last word in imaging (yet) and bass. On the ATR: none that I really care about!
Video/HT System: None