Audio Asylum - Inmate Systems

raq's couchee System
IP Address: 24.148.72.46	Last Update: December 11, 2008 at 04:31:46
Amplifier:	Dynaco MKIII modified per Triode Electronics driver boards w/ CCS on LPT
Preamplifier (or None if Integrated):	Audible Illusions Modulus 2C modified
Speakers:	Thiel CS2
Sources:
CD Player/DAC:	Denon DVD5900 HP desktop w/ DDDAC 1543 MKII (USB to I2S)
Turntable/Phono Stage:	Thorens TD 125 MKII w/ Grado Blue, TP16 tonearm
Other Source(s):	Technics RS-TR 373 (tape deck) HP desktop for all digital audio and video Sony (VCR)
Other Accessories/Room/Misc.:
Speaker Cables/Interconnects:	Radioshack 16 gauge (speakers) Acoustic Research PR-II (interconnects)
Other (Power Conditioner, Racks etc.):	Adcom power conditionner
Tweaks:	many
Room Size (LxWxH):	18' x 18' x 9'
Room Comments/Treatments:	Fireplace present along one 18' wall, Chicago bay windows on one 13'6 wall, arched entry the other 13'6 wall right at the corner, four symmetrical wall scounces on the two 18' walls, all heavy old plaster wrapped in new drywall in a startling orange color
Music Preferences and Comments:
Music Used (Genre/Selections):	Jazz, Classical, Downtempo, Lounge, Eastern-European weird genres including gypsy and folk.
System Goals/Comments:	Musicality, cleanliness, accuracy, low-level detail, confessed weakness for ends of spectrum, particularly highs
System Strengths:	accuracy, neutrality, staging (as potential), oomph
System Weaknesses:	highs not particularly striking, distorsion in the soundstage (by fault of room layout or system component fault)
Video/HT System: None
TV/Projector:	Pioneer PDP-427CMX
Sources (DVD/VCR):	Denon DVD5900 HP desktop