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Ian F's My Noisy Toys System |
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| Last Update: April 28, 2003 at 19:55:46 | IP Address: 81.77.73.156 |
| Amplifier: | Rotel RA1412 |
| Preamplifier (or None if Integrated): | None |
| Speakers: | Bowers & Wilkins DM3 |
| Sources: | |
| CD Player/DAC: | Pioneer PD-91 |
| Turntable/Phono Stage: | Thorens TD125/SME 3009/Shure V-15 III |
| Other Accessories/Room/Misc.: | |
| Speaker Cables/Interconnects: | Heavy mains cable for speakers, Cambridge Audio interconnects |
| Other (Power Conditioner, Racks etc.): | Target metal rack |
| Tweaks: | None |
| Room Size (LxWxH): | 18' x 14' x 11' |
| Music Preferences and Comments: | |
| Music Used (Genre/Selections): | Classic pop (eg Beatles, Beach Boys, Kinks, Velvet Underground, Stax/Tamla, girl groups, David Bowie), moody singer-songwriters (eg Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave, Dory Previn, Ron Sexsmith), saloon singers (eg Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Dean Martin, Julie London), melodic jazz (eg Dave Brubeck, Chet Baker, Ben Webster), and some classical (mainly baroque, especially French baroque, and Romantic piano music, especially Liszt and Chopin). |
| System Goals/Comments: | Goals: that it keeps on working. Comments: sounds okay to me - not like real live music, but then no recording/reproduction system does or ever will. |
| System Strengths: | It works and it doesn't hurt to listen to it. |
| System Weaknesses: | It isn't perfect, but then I don't expect it to be. |
| Video/HT System: None | |
| Other Interests/Hobbies/Occupation: | Family life, eating/drinking/smoking, reading, old movies, playing the piano, shooting the breeze, swinging the lead. I work as a journalist. |