| jeffreybehr's Early-2023 Audio/video system System |
| IP Address: 3.101.141.155 |
Last Update: February 22, 2023 at 11:51:41 |
| Amplifier: | Atma-Sphere Class D poweramps feeding main pair; Emotiva 11-channel poweramp feeding center and 4 pairs of surround and ceiling speakers. |
| Preamplifier (or None if Integrated): | Marantz '8805 AV preamp with a new AV10 awaiting installation into a new rack. |
| Speakers: | HHR Exotic TLS-2 Walsh-type front L/R; Magnepan CC5 centerchannel with bass panel.. Pair of HHR TLS-5 Surround speakers plus three pairs of ELAC B6 rear-surround and ceiling speakers. |
| Sources: |
| CD Player/DAC: | Oppo '205 universal disc player playing mostly multichannel SACDs; AQ Coffee HDMI cable feeding Marantz '8805 pre/pro.. No separate DAC. |
| Other Accessories/Room/Misc.: |
| Speaker Cables/Interconnects: | Three-fronts ICs are AQ Dragons; AQ balanced Red River in surround and ceiling channels. Forty-five-cents-per-foot 16/4-stranded 'speaker cable' from Home Depot driving all surround and ceiling speakers. |
| Other (Power Conditioner, Racks etc.): | Three dedicated 20-amp (11g.) AC-power lines to musicroom.. PS Audio P20 2000VA., 16-outlet power conditioner.. AQ Dragon powercable to P20; Custom Neotec/Furutech 11g. front-end powercables; twenty-two- and eighteen-foot-long Sonic Craft 'JBG 6X11' 8g. powercables to main poweramps.. Cable ends are AQ's all-copper with heavy-silver plate or Furutechs.. Inexpensive hollow-tube rack with tubes filled with lead shot and NEW 1.2"-thick granite shelves.. ISOAcoustics OREA (blue) equipment footers under DP, preamp, and Atma-Sphere poweramps; six ISO-Pucks under PS Audio p-con; Herbies Tenderfoots under center-channel amp and speaker. |
| Tweaks: | Two huge basstraps to absorb BIG 28-30Hz roomnodes; 6"-deep 3x6' panels against front wall behind speakers.. Room was rebuilt with few parallel walls or 90-degree corners. |
| Room Size (LxWxH): | 19' x 21' x 6.5 - 12' |
| Room Comments/Treatments: | Room is nicely balanced and warm sounding with reflections from hard surfaces well diffused or damped. |
| Music Preferences and Comments: |
| Music Used (Genre/Selections): | Big-orchestra Classical and film; some jazz. |
| System Goals/Comments: | Large-scale, very extended, concert-hall-natural sound with plenty of bottom-octave energy and real warmth and bloom. |
| System Strengths: | I achieved my goals. |
| System Weaknesses: | Haven't gotten the main bass-roomnode tamed. |
| Video/HT System: Integrated |
| TV/Projector: | Epson 5040UB projector (pixel-shifted UHD3840, HDR, 3D but never watch the latter). |
| Processor/Receiver/Amplifiers: | Marantz, above. |
| Speakers (Center, Surrounds, Sub): | Mains, CC, and surrounds listed above. |
| Sources (DVD/VCR): | Panasonic 4K disc player for movies. |
| Other HT Gear: | Panavision-ratio (2.35:1) Severtson screen 96" wide (NOT diagonal) with 42-degree lateral viewing angle. |
| Comments on HT System: | WOW! Second-best home-theater system I've ever seen or heard and 2nd-best-resolution projected image I've ever seen. |
| URL Link: http://https://www.flickr.com/photos/183646426@N03/with/48613929336/ |
| Other Interests/Hobbies/Occupation: | Have loved, listened a lot, and supported Classical music for over 50 years. Love movies, home and theatrical. Fotografy. Pistol and rifle shooting. |
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