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Todd Warnke's The Main Room System System |
Last Update: March 30, 2002 at 17:08:26 | IP Address: 12.253.221.75 |
Amplifier: | Manley Labs Neo-Classic 300B SE/PP |
Preamplifier (or None if Integrated): | First Sound Presence Statement |
Speakers: | Merlin VSM-SE (89 dB sens,6.5 ohm min load)w/Battery BAM |
Sources: | |
CD Player/DAC: | Pioneer DVL-90 Elite into a Dodson 217 mk. II DAC |
Turntable/Phono Stage: | Rega Planar 25/RB600 w/Dynavector 17DII cartridge Dynavector Karat D-17 mk. II |
Other Source(s): | Sansui 919 Tuner |
Other Accessories/Room/Misc.: | |
Speaker Cables/Interconnects: | Cardas Golden Cross speaker wire. Cardas Neutral Reference ICs every where except Audio Magic Illusion Digital Coax. Power Cords by Audio Magic, JPS Labs and MIT. |
Other (Power Conditioner, Racks etc.): | Powersnake Hydra |
Tweaks: | DH Golden Cones scattered hither and yon. Shakti Stones and On-Lines. Bright Star Little Rock on pre-amp. |
Room Size (LxWxH): | 20 x 14 x 8 |
Music Preferences and Comments: | |
Music Used (Genre/Selections): | Jazz, such as Miles, Trane, Joe Henderson, Keith Jarrett and Bill Evans. Soul/R&B - Stax/Volt stuff, etc. Blues - Bobby Bland, John Lee Hooker, all 3 of the Kings, Muddy, etc. Ambient - Biosphere, Eno, Hassel, Budd, the Orb Rock - Springsteen, Dylan, Joni, Cowboy Junkies, Paul Simon, Los Lobos, Van Morrison, Neil Young, Jackson Browne, etc. Classical - Mahler, Bruckner, Vaughan Williams, Beethoven, Part, Penderecki, etc. |
System Goals/Comments: | First, second and third, tonal correctness with a complete harmonic envelope Fourth, micro-dynamic realism Fifth, clarity Sixth, reasonable dynamics Seventh, last octave bass Eighth, staging Ninth, affordability |
System Strengths: | 99.94% tonal purity |
System Weaknesses: | Most of the last octave is MIA |
Video/HT System: None |