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Joe Blow's Living Room System |
| Last Update: December 29, 2002 at 10:49:14 | IP Address: 67.203.93.136 |
| Amplifier: | Musical Fidelity A3 Integrated |
| Preamplifier (or None if Integrated): | None |
| Speakers: | Boston Acoustics T830-II ACI SV12 based subwoofer (under contruction) |
| Sources: | |
| CD Player/DAC: | Philips CD-50 |
| Turntable/Phono Stage: | Pro-Ject 1.2 w/Audio Technica AT440ML-OCC |
| Other Source(s): | Philips FT-50 Tuner Philips FCR-50 Cassette Deck See HT System |
| Other Accessories/Room/Misc.: | |
| Speaker Cables/Interconnects: | AudioQuest Slate Speaker Cable (old version) Pro-Link Interconnects |
| Other (Power Conditioner, Racks etc.): | Panamax 1000+ Panamax 500 DBS |
| Room Comments/Treatments: | Irregular shaped room w/cathedral ceiling, carpeting on cement slab, furnished as typical living room |
| Music Preferences and Comments: | |
| Music Used (Genre/Selections): | Just about anything, but mostly 60-80's pop, rock, "alturnative", and folk. Moderate but probably equal amounts of classics (ie Senatra and the like), jazz, and classical. |
| System Goals/Comments: | Given the love of all types of music by both my wife and I, we are a real challenge to match equipment to. These components are relatively neutral and the amp adds just a hint of warmth for the better. It does allot of things very well but probably not any partricular genre optimally. |
| System Strengths: | Detail, imaging, realism. Vocals are amazing. When we *listen*, it's usually stuff with stong vocal performances. |
| System Weaknesses: | Some components getting a bit on in age. Speakers are probably the weak link (getting old and tired) - they're a bit bass shy, but at times I wonder how anything else could sound any better than what I have. Their imaging is probably their best asset. Overall system is brutally acurate to the source, sometimes to a fault. |
| Video/HT System: Integrated | |
| TV/Projector: | Mitsubishi 27" tube |
| Processor/Receiver/Amplifiers: | Pioneer VSX-D811S Reciever |
| Speakers (Center, Surrounds, Sub): | Phase Technology PC center channel Boston Acoustic CR-6 Surrounds |
| Sources (DVD/VCR): | Mistubishi HS-U56 Hi-Fi VCR Echostar Dish Network 4700 IRD ReplayTV 3060 PVR Apex AD1500 DVD |
| Comments on HT System: | The video side has never "moved" me as much as music and hence the relative low end setup. I use the reciever as a surround decoder and amp only - only video sources plug into it. The R/L pre-amp outputs feed my MF A3 integrated for the R/L speakers. The built in amps handle the center and rear surrounds. This is the best and least expensive way to "velcro" a surround system to a high quality music system that I know of. The center channel is different from the main speakers because when I bought a center my speakers aged so much that nothing from Boston matched either acoustically or aesthetically. After much searching, the Phase Technology center comes very close in both regards. |
| Other Interests/Hobbies/Occupation: | Hobbies: Astronomy Occupation: Reliability Engineer |