| St. Ives's St. Ives Second Hand System ( spend less - get more ) System
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| Last Update: December 10, 2001 at 17:31:16
| IP Address: 24.69.255.204
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| Amplifier: | Audiolab 8000P - A decent but now defunct British power amp.
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| Preamplifier (or None if Integrated): | Audiolab 8000C - Same goes for this unit as well. Lots of flexiblity, even has phono input.Alas I am not partial to vinyl.
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| Speakers: | Soundwave Soliloquys. Another excellent speaker that is no longer with us. A 2 way four driver design. Five sided cabinet sealed encloser. They sound very natural, smooth wide dispersion very good bass( 8" mid/bass drivers ).
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| Sources:
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| CD Player/DAC: | Monarchy Audio DT-40A LD player used as a transport. DPA PDM2 dac. This unit uses two seperate units - one for the power supply and one for the digital converter.A very "analogue" sounding DAC. |
| Turntable/Phono Stage: | N/A
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| Other Accessories/Room/Misc.:
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| Speaker Cables/Interconnects: | Category 5 network cable biwired ( from the pages of TNT ).Straightwire Enore II between pre/power amp.Belden cable btween Sonic frontiers Jitterbug and DPA PDM2. Optex digital cable between transport and Sonic Frontiers.
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| Other (Power Conditioner, Racks etc.): | Sonic Frontiers Ulra Jitterbug.System rack home made. ( courtesy TNT )
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| Tweaks: | Sand filled zip lock bags under and on top of the Monarchy transport & the DPA PDM2.Further isolated w/ a partially deflated inner tube. Vibrapods under preamp.
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| Room Size (LxWxH): | 23 x 12 x 8
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| Room Comments/Treatments: | My TV/HT equipment is stuck between the main speakers.My quick fix is a large bathroom towel to cover the TV.
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| Music Preferences and Comments:
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| Music Used (Genre/Selections): | Smooth jazz,New Age ( patrick O'Hearn ),blues ( Ronnie Earl etc. )some classical.( Ravel,Debussey,Vaughn Williams etc. ) and general instrumental, and some rock such as Elvis,Sting,Carpenters it just depends.
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| System Goals/Comments: | I am pretty well finished,although I might biamp if I come across a reaonably priced 8000P.
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| System Strengths: | A very involving system. Alot of detail smooth sounding, solid well defined bass and very open. The better the recording the more I get out of it. It never tires me.
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| System Weaknesses: | The bass is somewhat lacking,could go a bit lower.
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| Video/HT System:
Separate
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| TV/Projector: | Mitsubishi 26" TV
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| Processor/Receiver/Amplifiers: | Briton 5 ch. power amplfier. Denon AVD 2000 pre/processor. Dolby digital only.
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| Speakers (Center, Surrounds, Sub): | Center ch.> Paradigm CC350. Surrounds > Paradigm Atoms. Sub. > Paradigm PDR10.
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| Sources (DVD/VCR): | Toshiba SD1600 DVD player, Sony LD player (MD1 ?).
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| Comments on HT System: | Sounds more than adequate in my somewhat small main room. I live in a condo so i need to keep excess noise to a reasonable level.Besides, I like watching older movies.
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