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| Last Update: October 12, 2003 at 07:19:19 | IP Address: 68.13.23.212 |
| Amplifier: | Odyssey Stratos & cap upgrade Yamaha RX-V995 reciever used as DAC and surround decoder |
| Preamplifier (or None if Integrated): | Bryston BP-20 stereo preamp. Rotel phono preamp. |
| Speakers: | Magnepan 1.6qr planar speakers also Magnepan MMG planers for rear surround. Sennheiser HD580 phones |
| Sources: | |
| CD Player/DAC: | Yamaha CDC 665 changer Pioneer Elite DV 37 DVD player |
| Turntable/Phono Stage: | Kenwood belt drive SL-1200 mk2 Grado z2+ Stanton 681EEE, and various shure and AT cartridges Rotel phono pre. |
| Other Source(s): | Sony MD recorder Tascam 122MkIII 3-head cassette deck Sony superbeta hi-fi recorder old sansui tuner VHS Hi-fi deck |
| Other Accessories/Room/Misc.: | |
| Speaker Cables/Interconnects: | DIY clones of Thorsten's UBYTE-2 shotgun biwired. DIY interconnects from litz wire, RG-214 Mil coax and various experiments |
| Other (Power Conditioner, Racks etc.): | Oak tower rack. |
| Tweaks: | nothing special |
| Room Size (LxWxH): | 24 x 14 x 8 |
| Room Comments/Treatments: | Fake trees in the corners as diffusers, vertical blinds behind maggies |
| Music Preferences and Comments: | |
| Music Used (Genre/Selections): | Celtic insturmental, Show tunes, enka, anime soundtracks, Indian classical, Middle Eastern, chamber, folk, Native American, and just about anything but rap, country or metal. |
| System Goals/Comments: | Clean sound and ability to shift to any format |
| System Strengths: | vocals, strings, piano, Sitar, etc. |
| System Weaknesses: | Doesn't do rock all that well (not like my brother's Altec horn system anyway, but then his system isn't as good at my usual fare). Too tempting to tweek things by constantly changing the speaker placement (some recordings like some toe-in, some don't). Want more ability to tweak "off" recordings... maybe add something like an Ultracurve), and the thing keeps growing, despite the lack of money to do what I want to it. |
| Video/HT System: Integrated | |
| TV/Projector: | JVC 48WP74 widescreen rptv, component to DVD players, composite to reciever for the few tapes I watch, s-video to cable box |
| Processor/Receiver/Amplifiers: | 2ch system is the front of my HT system. Yamaha RX-V995 acts as a pre-amp decoder and drives MMG rear speakers |
| Speakers (Center, Surrounds, Sub): | 2ch system is the front of my HT system, use phantom center and Maggie MMGs for rears |
| Sources (DVD/VCR): | Pioneer Elite DV-37 dvd player Panasonic XP-30 region-free progressive scan. |
| Other HT Gear: | none |
| Comments on HT System: | If only I could afford a wall aized plasma display ^-^ |
| Other Interests/Hobbies/Occupation: | Reading (mostly non-fiction), audio, anime & manga, geology, Eastern religions and history, photography, web surfing, foreign films, collecting minerals and fossils, etc. / BAL CICS programmer |