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John Carter's dCS/Spectral/Wilson/MIT/Shunyata System |
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| Last Update: March 31, 2004 at 07:30:07 | IP Address: 194.234.177.35 |
| Amplifier: | Spectral DMA-360 Monaural Reference |
| Preamplifier (or None if Integrated): | Spectral DMC-30SL |
| Speakers: | Wilson Audio Specialties WATT/Puppy System 6 in Mercedes Silver finish. |
| Sources: | |
| CD Player/DAC: | dCS Verdi SACD/CD transport; dCS Purcell upsampler; dCS Elgar Plus processor. Digital interconnects are Nordost Valhalla Digital AES/EBU and Bandridge ProfiGold IEEE1394 Firewire. |
| Other Accessories/Room/Misc.: | |
| Speaker Cables/Interconnects: | MIT Oracle V2.1 ultra-wide bandwidth; MIT Oracle V2.1 Proline balanced; Tara Labs 'The One' balanced. |
| Other (Power Conditioner, Racks etc.): | Shunyata Research Hydra-8 supplying the front end and pre-amp via Shunyata Research Anaconda VX, Black Mamba V2 and Python power cords. Shunyata Research Taipan cables supplying the power amplifiers directly from the wall outlet. A 20amp Elrod Statement II supplies the Hydra-8. All electronics are on a Townshend Audio Seismic Sink stand, with Mana Acoustics Sound Bases under the speakers. |
| Tweaks: | Symposium Ultra platform under the pre-amp. |
| Room Size (LxWxH): | 6.10m x 3.51m x ? |
| Music Preferences and Comments: | |
| Music Used (Genre/Selections): | Good examples of all styles except rap/hip-hop and dance. |
| System Goals/Comments: | To faithfully and accurately reproduce the source material, without colouration or imparting character of its own. To create a lifelike and believable rendition of real live musicians and their instruments, with timing and spatial cues rendered intact. |
| System Strengths: | See above. |
| System Weaknesses: | The room! |
| Video/HT System: Separate | |
| TV/Projector: | Loewe Aconda 32" 9381 ZW |
| Sources (DVD/VCR): | Denon DVD-2900; Panasonic NVHD660 |
| Other Interests/Hobbies/Occupation: | My main passion is for music. I also enjoy films, reading and cars/motoring. Ex first-category racing cyclist. You could say hi-fi is a \\\\'hobby\\\\', but only as a means to an end rather than a means in itself. I am an Analyst/Programmer on the IBM AS/400 platform.
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