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IP Address: 107.77.241.26 | Last Update: March 11, 2021 at 17:16:29 |
Amplifier: | Onkyo TX8511 receiver with phono input (receiver has a phono preamp) |
Preamplifier (or None if Integrated): | none - (Onkyo receiver has a phono preamp) |
Speakers: | Cambridge Soundworks Ensemble III - three piece - two mini bookshelf speakers and a separate subwoofer |
Sources: | |
CD Player/DAC: | Technics SL-PD8 |
Turntable/Phono Stage: | Dual CS506 belt drive, suspended TT; auto stop with arm lift; Dual ultra low mass tonearm; Audio-Technica AT120E cartridge. Also have a Pickering XV-15/400E cart (1960s era) - mounted once - it works - sounds good. |
Other Source(s): | none |
Other Accessories/Room/Misc.: | |
Speaker Cables/Interconnects: | Lampcord/standard |
Tweaks: | Use my tone controls - adding bass for LPs with weak bass. One of my speakers is on a tripod and I move that speaker here and there, back and forth. |
Room Size (LxWxH): | 25 x 17 x 7-3/4 feet |
Room Comments/Treatments: | Speakers positioned in the middle of large room in a half basement. Bookshelf speakers are close - ten feet from my sofa and the ottoman where I put my feet up. Subwoofer is sitting on the floor beside the sofa endtable. Room treatments include hard, bare floor, a record collection in open top boxes and a view outside through a double window. |
Music Preferences and Comments: | |
Music Used (Genre/Selections): | Rock (60s, 70s, 80s); classical (fond of piano and looking now for string quartets); pop (Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Dionne Warwick, Linda Ronstadt), jazz (too few - Weather Report, Phil Woods, Sergio Mendez and Brazil '66, Gato Barbieri, Charlie Parker). |
System Goals/Comments: | Relaxation and nostalgia |
System Strengths: | Low cost, simplicity. I like the finger lift on the Dual headshell - the lift comes straight out and has a right angle turned down tab at the end - makes hand cueing precise. I like the auto TT shut off. |
System Weaknesses: | Could be a bit louder. |
Video/HT System: None |