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kurt23's Beard/Foreplay Tube System |
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| Last Update: May 21, 2004 at 10:51:27 | IP Address: 141.158.36.179 |
| Amplifier: | Beard P100 (100 WPC), GEC Gold Lion KT88 tubes |
| Preamplifier (or None if Integrated): | Audible Illusions Modulus II-D for Phono, Bottlehead Foreplay for line (amazing!) |
| Speakers: | Vandersteen 2Cs (86 db) with some mods, stands |
| Sources: | |
| CD Player/DAC: | Yamaha changer, Yamaha CD-R, PS Audio Ultralink II DAC |
| Turntable/Phono Stage: | Thorens TD-125, SME arm, Audio Technica AT125L cartridge |
| Other Source(s): | Yamaha analog tuner |
| Other Accessories/Room/Misc.: | |
| Speaker Cables/Interconnects: | Ixsos Biwires (home made), ixos bronze ICs. |
| Tweaks: | Better mid and woofer surrounds, dynomatted driver baskets. Ground line from pre/amp to outside Cu post (huge hum/buzz reduction). Auricap 3.0 mF coupling caps in Foreplay. |
| Room Size (LxWxH): | 14.5' x 16.5' x 9' |
| Room Comments/Treatments: | Covered walls with fabrics and carpets. Wall to wall carpet, asymmetric shape, soft furniture. |
| Music Preferences and Comments: | |
| Music Used (Genre/Selections): | Mostly vintage jazz vinyl, electronic, classical, rock. Favs: Stan Getz, Miles Davis, Solti, The Fixx, Kalus Schulze, Bali, Spacecraft, Bowie-Heathen (vinyl), too much else to list |
| System Goals/Comments: | Amazingly accurate sound, smooth and natural. Everything but CD players are 2nd or 3rd hand...and I LIKE that! KT88 to TT21 socket mod one day(no experience with this!), Rothwell attenuators. |
| System Strengths: | Incredible sound! One of the best sounding push-pull systems I've ever heard, for any price. All instruments are separated cleanly and accurately reproduced. Like being in studio |
| System Weaknesses: | Room demensions and shape. Pre is AI, therefore accurate, but too much gain for low volume position...thus attenuators. |
| Video/HT System: None | |
| Other Interests/Hobbies/Occupation: | Chemistry professor, painter, cook, live jazz and classical fan. |
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