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P. Hanley 's Living Room System
IP Address: 15.195.201.89	Last Update: July 17, 2008 at 11:26:05
Amplifier:	Odyssey Stratos Audiolab 8000S integrated
Preamplifier (or None if Integrated):	Audiolab 8000Q
Speakers:	Dynaudio Audience 50 Onix Rocket 250 Mk II
Sources:
CD Player/DAC:	Rotel RCD-955AX Onix XCD-88
Other Source(s):	Toshiba 3950
Other Accessories/Room/Misc.:
Speaker Cables/Interconnects:	DH Labs BL-1; Straightwire Chorus; and experimenting with twisted pair using teflon insulated solid copper cores and teflon spacers, then teflon tape to wrap it, then techflex and heatshrink to finish things off before connecting to the HomeGrown Lok silvers 89182 with IXOS RCAs from Elec Piano to Pre (needed something cheap and long since I had a spool laying around)
Other (Power Conditioner, Racks etc.):	Stancor GIS-1000 for amp Triad N56 for CD and another for Pre
Tweaks:	Liberal amounts of damping on CDP and amp lid McCarter/Carr material; Sonex Jrs.
Room Size (LxWxH):	15 x 13 x 9
Room Comments/Treatments:	Sonex Juniors
Music Preferences and Comments:
Music Used (Genre/Selections):	Rock, Pop, Fusion
System Goals/Comments:	Balanced sound
System Strengths:	Midbass and mid-treble snap. Pop and Jazz sound particularly good.
System Weaknesses:	The room has an unusual bump at 80Hz and dip at 100Hz. Violin is a bit, and only a bit, discordant, but again, I suspect the room.
Video/HT System: None