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hifi_nut@iol.pt's Vinyl / Valve based Active 3 way horn System |
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Last Update: July 17, 2005 at 16:56:26 | IP Address: 81.193.230.3 |
Amplifier: | Antique Sound Labs AQ1002 valve power amp from kit for mid / highs. Myiaby VP120S valve power amp, also from Kit, for mid-lows. Rotel RB 985 transistor power amp for low bass, the whole lot controlled by a Pioneer D23 Electronic 4 way crossover from the Seventies. |
Preamplifier (or None if Integrated): | Beard CA35 Valve MC/MM and line pre-amp with Stepped attenuattor volume control. |
Speakers: | Home made 3 way (4 drivers) with Visaton TL16 horn tweeter, Dynaudio D54AF in Edgar Horn 500 hz mid-range, Visaton TIW 400 for mid-bass, and another Visaton TIW 400 for low-bass bellow 100 hz. The mid and low bass units on large Jensen-Onken lead lined cabinets. |
Sources: | |
CD Player/DAC: | Sony SACD BX 770 and Philips CDR 880 basically to transfer LP�s to Cd for my friends who are willing to get rid of their LP�s, as long as I give them back in CD format. ( Fair trade in most cases ) |
Turntable/Phono Stage: | Thorens TD 124 on Home made Plinth, Highly modified Rega RB 300 tonearm, with Express-Machining rear stub, counter weight, and VTA adjuster. Cartridge is a Benz Micro MC20E high output moving coil. |
Other Source(s): | Sony St-S370 Tuner for casual listening. |
Other Accessories/Room/Misc.: | |
Speaker Cables/Interconnects: | An assortment of Audioquest, VDH, QED, Rega, and a couple of home made interconnects too. Nothing too fancy, but good enough price/quality ratio. |
Other (Power Conditioner, Racks etc.): | Nitty-Gritty Basic LP washing machine, 3 locally made (Megaudio)Power filters. Can�t remember the make of the 2 racks supporting all the electronics. |
Tweaks: | In the near future I hope to upgrade both the internal and external cables of the Rega arm. |
Room Size (LxWxH): | 6 mts. x 4 mts. x 2.8 mts. |
Room Comments/Treatments: | I am lucky enough to have quite a large "L" shaped living room, and one of the "legs of the L ", with an area of 24 square meters, is a dedicated listening room. No acoustic treatments so far. |
Music Preferences and Comments: | |
Music Used (Genre/Selections): | Large scale orchestral/symphonic classical music, mostly from the 18th and 19th centuries, and Pop-Rock of my youth, Late sixties - early seventies. An ocasional Jazz session is also welcome. |
System Goals/Comments: | To portray my orchestral favourite type of music with the required sense of scale. |
System Strengths: | Power and scale, instrument definition and separation, micro and macro dinamics, lack of compression as the crescendos compress the air mollecules in the room, and one feels them in one�s stomach. |
System Weaknesses: | Bass can sometimes be overblown. I will have to investigate into room modes and try some corrective measures, cash permitting. In pure hi-fi jargon the image could be better. I don�t really care, this so called image is not something I can really distinguish either at a rock or symphonic live concert. Some roughness around the edges might probably be cured with a better cartridge. The Benz Micro MC20E is nice, but definitely out of its league in the context of the system. |
Video/HT System: None |