| Last Update: June 28, 2001 at 23:53:49 | IP Address: 64.42.111.66 |
| Amplifier: | see ht |
| Preamplifier (or None if Integrated): | see ht |
| Speakers: | see ht |
| Sources: | |
| CD Player/DAC: | see ht |
| Turntable/Phono Stage: | see ht |
| Other Source(s): | see ht |
| Other Accessories/Room/Misc.: | |
| Speaker Cables/Interconnects: | the cheapest cable that won't oxidize, and no reason to change it any time soon |
| Other (Power Conditioner, Racks etc.): | see ht |
| Tweaks: | minor placement and room acoustic tweaks |
| Room Comments/Treatments: | small room, horrible bass, lots of resonances |
| Music Preferences and Comments: | |
| Music Used (Genre/Selections): | I have eclectic taste and appreciate a lot, but find myself mostly buying electronica, especially trip hop and drum'n'bass. Try Massive Attack, you'll love them. |
| System Goals/Comments: | see ht |
| System Strengths: | see ht |
| System Weaknesses: | see ht |
| Video/HT System: Integrated | |
| TV/Projector: | Had a toshiba TW40H80 till it broke. Bought a 32" toshiba direct view to tide me over till I can buy a quality projector. |
| Processor/Receiver/Amplifiers: | Dennon |
| Speakers (Center, Surrounds, Sub): | rebuilt Aurasound 2-ways with 6.5" or 8" peerless csx clones with aura magnetic system, lineaum ribbon tweaters, crossover still the original geoffery dillon design. Subwoofer is a original shiva in 65L sealed alignment. All are (hopefully) soon to be replaced by a system with better dynamics and dispersion control. |
| Sources (DVD/VCR): | using toshiba 3109 for DVD and HDCD decoding |
| Other HT Gear: | radioshack SPL meter, if you don't have one, get one to level match. I found my ears were not good enough to resolve the last 1 or 2 decibles of level matching, but that it did make a huge difference in the imaging once it was done. |
| Comments on HT System: | I wanted to build a cheap HT. Speakers were procured for $25 each. Subwoofer for $75. Dennon for a couple $100 (don't remember). Was intended to be temporary, has ended up lasting me a lot longer. The system has relatively precise sound. The monopole lineaum ribbons really are amazing at the $$ I paid, the peerless csx clone clone drivers are also very detailed. Again, for spending just a few hundred $$, I don't believe it would be possible to put together anything close to this performance. Downsides are: The lineaum tweats do not deal with high output levels or very large dynamic peaks well. My room is absolutely horrible, and needs a lot of work. A single shiva is not up to the task of providing the kind of dynamic bass I like. At the moment, integration between the speakers and the sub is not good at all. |
| Other Interests/Hobbies/Occupation: | programming |