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Jamie F's Spaghetti junction System |
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| Last Update: May 11, 2003 at 13:18:20 | IP Address: 62.53.61.252 |
| Amplifier: | ATI AT6012 12x120W power amp (4 channels for front bass, 2 for front mid, 2 for front tweeters, 2 for rears, 2 spare) |
| Preamplifier (or None if Integrated): | Contact closures controlling motorized pots in the AT6012. |
| Speakers: | Linkwitz Phoenix 4 way active dipoles (woofer and mids). Drivers: 4x Peerless XLS 830500, 2x ScanSpeak 21W/8554, 2x SS 2905/9700). Rears: modified LS3/5A. |
| Sources: | |
| CD Player/DAC: | Sony SCD-XA333ES (UK model) |
| Turntable/Phono Stage: | Old beaten-up JVC thing. |
| Other Source(s): | Radio |
| Other Accessories/Room/Misc.: | |
| Speaker Cables/Interconnects: | Wire with sufficient current rating. |
| Other (Power Conditioner, Racks etc.): | Sennheiser HD600's. |
| Tweaks: | Clean my ears regularly.
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| Room Size (LxWxH): | 22 x 18 x 8 |
| Room Comments/Treatments: | Brick, small windows, moderate level of furnishings, 500 years old. |
| Music Preferences and Comments: | |
| Music Used (Genre/Selections): | Classical (esp. modern), rock, trad jazz (trying to get into more jazz). |
| System Goals/Comments: | To make it accurate. |
| System Strengths: | Low distortion, extended bass, linear phase response: sounds transparent. Particularly good with MC SACD with ambient mix. |
| System Weaknesses: | Mostly on the recordings. Room a bit small. Phenomenal amp power on fronts (480WPC) never really gets exercised as woofers reach excursion limits due to extended bass on recordings with very low bass content. |
| Video/HT System: Separate | |
| TV/Projector: | Hitachi 24" TV rescued from skip 15 years ago. Now got a 28" Sony WEGA too. |
| Processor/Receiver/Amplifiers: | Sony DAV-S550 |
| Speakers (Center, Surrounds, Sub): | Sony DAV-S550 |
| Sources (DVD/VCR): | VCR - cheapest Sanyo VCR I could find. Sony DAV-S550 |
| Comments on HT System: | Completely separate from my music system - don't watch much TV/DVD. |