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Last Update: November 18, 2005 at 20:16:24 | IP Address: 66.225.124.54 |
Amplifier: | Phase Linear 400 - 200WRMS (min.) into 8 ohms, Bogen CHB-100 (two of these) - 100W (not certain if this is peak, or RMS; I suspect the former) into 8 ohms, Sherwood S-7900 receiver |
Preamplifier (or None if Integrated): | None |
Speakers: | Home-made: bass-reflex cabinets with 15' woofers, 19' x 8' compression horn midrange and 12' x 4' piezo horn tweeters. Plenty of clutter nearby reduces standing waves rather nicely! |
Sources: | |
CD Player/DAC: | Sony CDP-C900 |
Turntable/Phono Stage: | Thorens TD-160 with Shure V15-III cartridge Dual 512 - no cartridge yet |
Other Source(s): | Tascam 34B 4-track reel to reel Teac A-4300 reel to reel Teac A-660 cassette deck Kenwood KX-1030 Kenwood KX-77CW dual cassette deck Sunn MX-4108 eight channel mixing board Tascam M-208 eight channel mixing board Heathkit microphone mixing board (rotten specs, but I assembled it myself :-) etc... Almost forgot: an EchoAudio Mia-MIDI sound-card. |
Other Accessories/Room/Misc.: | |
Speaker Cables/Interconnects: | Copper wire of an electically suitable gauge, spiral sheilding, etc. |
Other (Power Conditioner, Racks etc.): | None at this time, other than voltage spike protection in the power strips. |
Tweaks: | None yet. |
Room Size (LxWxH): | 30 x 20 x 7 |
Room Comments/Treatments: | Plenty of clutter to help reduce standing waves. :-) |
Music Preferences and Comments: | |
Music Used (Genre/Selections): | Varied; music from classical to country and rock (up the late 1980's - any rock after that sounds like horrid noise to my ears), show tunes, etc. Favorites include Loreen McKennitt (I only have this on CDs, not vinyl, alas), Beetles, Warren Zevon's Werewolves of London, Wagner, Frank Zappa, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Mahler's Symphony No. 1 (and other pastoral music with distant horn calls, etc.), Faith Hill, Fleetwood Mac, etc. Rumors exist that I may have a few disco albums, but such rumors may possibly be unsubstantiated. ;-) |
System Goals/Comments: | To upgrade my woofers to have larger fmax and to lower the low-end response from 25HZ down to less than 20Hz). Also need to replace the filter caps in the Phase Linear 400 with larger caps and add a three-wire power cord, replace old electrolytic caps in the Bogens and add an electronic crossover for biamping the system. |
System Strengths: | It sounds reasonably good to my ears; fairly good bass, clear and strong midrange presence, crystal-clear highs. |
System Weaknesses: | Bass could be a bit deeper; need to replace the woofers. Highs are reasonably good, but still not quite what they could be, so I'll probably try different drivers on the tweeter horns. Could also use some work on the lower-midrange, so I may add cabints with eight to ten inch midrange drivers for the 400Hz to 600Hz range, or else upgrade to better compression horn drivers for midrange horns. |
Video/HT System: None | |
Other Interests/Hobbies/Occupation: | Electronic music/DIY synthesis, equestrian activities, vintage computers, writing. |