Inmate Systems - Audio Asylum

ddk's Big Horns, SET & Vinyl- Nearfield System
IP Address: 96.60.201.108	Last Update: April 09, 2015 at 07:32:03
Amplifier:	Lamm ML2- 2 pairs- passive biamp Lamm M1.1 Lamm M2.2
Preamplifier (or None if Integrated):	Lamm L2 Lamm LL1
Speakers:	JBL M9500
Sources:
CD Player/DAC:	Levinson 31.5 Weiss Medea+
Turntable/Phono Stage:	Lamm LP2 Micro Seiki SZ-1t Micro Seiki SX-8000 Micro Seiki RX-5000 Garrard 401 in custom lead base Garrard 301 in custom lead base Many cartridges
Other Accessories/Room/Misc.:
Speaker Cables/Interconnects:	Non audiophile copper wires.
Tweaks:	None!
Room Comments/Treatments:	Working on it.
Music Preferences and Comments:
Music Used (Genre/Selections):	Classical, Jazz, Rock in that order
System Goals/Comments:	Natural presentation of the recorded event. The challenge here is the room; horrible acoustics and dimensions. Unfortunately this is the reality for many audiophiles including quite a few of my customers. The goal here was to shoe horn large speakers, horns in this case, into a small room and make ti work properly and with little compromise. The equipment was the easy part, the final result was predicated on precise placement of the speakers and the listener.
System Strengths:	Extremely natural and musical near field setup. With correct speaker placement and positioning of the listener the room has almost completely disappeared from the equation.
System Weaknesses:	Room! Deep bass is still an issue in small rooms. Near field setup involves a very specific listening position, limiting it to one.
Video/HT System: None
Sources (DVD/VCR):
URL Link: http://www.pbase.com/ddk/big_hornsvinyl_in_small_space