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| Last Update: August 25, 2005 at 08:33:48 | IP Address: 71.111.213.15 |
| Amplifier: | Yamaha CA-2010 Integrated (LPs, CDs) Lafayette LA 69 mono tube integrated (78s) |
| Preamplifier (or None if Integrated): | None |
| Speakers: | Tannoy Mercury M20 Polk Audio Model 5 |
| Sources: | |
| CD Player/DAC: | Denon DCD-1500II |
| Turntable/Phono Stage: | Thorens TD-126 w/ Stanton 681EEEMkIIs(stereo) Thorens TD-125 w/ Denon DL-102 (mono) Also use a Grado 78C for 78s on the 126. Several other carts for the 125, including an AT 440SX, AT110e, Stanton 681EEEMkIIs |
| Other Accessories/Room/Misc.: | |
| Speaker Cables/Interconnects: | Only the finest in Radio Shack wires for me! |
| Room Comments/Treatments: | This is our basement workroom, which doubles as my home office. I'm sure the hanging laundry has some interesting acoustical effects on the sound. ;-) Seriously, I sit at my workspace with the speakers about three feet from my ears. It's not a 'parlor' type setting, but it sounds fine from my chair. Bonus -- the spare fridge is only a few feet so I can grab a beer without having to stop listening. |
| Music Preferences and Comments: | |
| Music Used (Genre/Selections): | Jazz, rock, pop, country, really anything but classical. I really like listening to 78s. Great music on those things once you get the equipment to dig it out. (I also own some Victrolas -- very cool things those are). |
| System Goals/Comments: | Goal = good + inexpensive! With the exception of the Polks (which I bought in high school in 1982 and still going strong!), everything was picked up 2nd hand (do you know how cool it is to find a pair of freaking Tanoys at a thrift store?!?). The two Thorens and the Lafayette were Ebay items. The Yamaha was a freebie -- buddy of mine was helping his aunt move into a nursing home and she was giving him the stuff. He didn't need the Yammie. The Denon CDP was picked up at a pawn shop. |
| System Strengths: | It's definitely got a vintage sound -- warm and mellow through the Polks, tight and punchy through the Tannoys. The Thorens are ultimately tweakable TTs. The Denon CDP sounds pretty nice. The Yamaha CA-2010 has a great phono stage -- two inputs, one of which has many different impedance settings (as well as MC support). |
| System Weaknesses: | The Denon CDP is sometimes picky about the CDs it wants to spin up. With vintage units, sometimes they need maintenance or some TLC. |
| Video/HT System: None | |