| Last Update: April 20, 2001 at 15:08:04 | IP Address: 24.8.223.101 |
| Amplifier: | Aragon 4004mkII (200 watts RMS 8 Ohms; 400 watts RMS 4 Ohms; 700 watts RMS 2 Ohms) |
| Preamplifier (or None if Integrated): | Acurus RL-11 |
| Speakers: | Infinity Renaissance 90s (honey oak; 87 dB SPL (1 watt @ 1 metre)); Infinity 9 Kappa Reference Standards (89 dB SPL (1 watt @ 1 metre)) |
| Sources: | |
| CD Player/DAC: | Sony CDP-X55ES; Adcom GCD-575 |
| Other Source(s): | Vintage Heathkit tuner (SS) |
| Other Accessories/Room/Misc.: | |
| Speaker Cables/Interconnects: | Yamamura Millennium 3000 (bi-wired); AudioQuest Ruby (RCA) |
| Other (Power Conditioner, Racks etc.): | N/A |
| Tweaks: | Renaissance 90s have 35 lb. lead weights stacked on top of them; 9 Kappas have felt covering the top and bottom of front-firing S-EMIT super tweeter |
| Room Size (LxWxH): | 22 x 13 x 7 1/2 |
| Room Comments/Treatments: | Acoustic panels all over the place (need them for those 9 Kappas); bookcases, thick shag rug |
| Music Preferences and Comments: | |
| Music Used (Genre/Selections): | This one's strictly for hard rockin' sorties to the very margins of...acute hearing loss. Instructions: Simmer slowly, add bourbon and stir in some sloppy-and-yet-irresistible British coke-and-blues [the Rolling Stones 1967-1972; the Faces]; enjoy, get it on, and mellow down easy wif' some sloppy-funky-and-still-(after-all-these-years)-laden-with-turpitude Texas boogie blues [ZZ-Top, 1973-1978]; bring to a boil with some British Maximum R&B [The Who, 1970-1973]; and chill your dry white husk of a self out with some patented 70's have-pretension-will-make-progressive...rock(?) [early and middle Genesis, King Crimson and Yes]. |
| System Goals/Comments: | Wanted to recreate the experience of growing up and listening to loud rock music at ear-splitting/family-pooch-deafening levels; I've succeeded admirably (the family dog is stone deaf, if nothing else). |
| System Strengths: | Thomas Wolfe be damned: You *can* go home again: It's situated in my boyhood bedroom in my ancestral home. Every now and again -- when I'm visiting with the parents and if I'm beginning to overstay my welcome -- I can still play it loud enough to compel my dad to barge in (barbaric; mystical; wild-eyed) and tell me to "turn that [expletive-deleted] noise the hell off." |
| System Weaknesses: | It's located over 300 miles away from my primary residence. It's conducive to noise violations, to police citations and to other legal entanglements |
| Video/HT System: None | |
| URL Link: http://www.nagelbett.com | |
| Other Interests/Hobbies/Occupation: | Sticking it to Thomas Wolfe (and for what it's worth, **Of Time and the River** is a much better novel than **You Can't Go Home Again**, damn it). |