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| Last Update: October 12, 2005 at 18:37:50 | IP Address: 24.255.202.71 |
| Amplifier: | Two stereo 'Homebrew' Nelson Pass designed Zen Amplifiers in a bi-amping arrangement. The Zens have outboard power supplies; Caddock resistors in the signal path; by-passed polypro signal capacitors w/ 0.1uF Multicap tin foil & film caps; 4-nines pure silver & teflon signal wire; 20 amp Hubble IEC connectors; and heavily damped chassis. |
| Preamplifier (or None if Integrated): | 'Homebrew' Nelson Pass designed balanced Bride of Zen preamp, with: a doubled, dual-mono, outboard power supply; discrete stepped-attenuators (w/ 1dB per step, balanced dual-mono, ladders using 0.5% Holcos on the input, & 5dB per step balanced shunt attenuators at the output); by-passed polypro signal capacitors w/ 0.1uF Multicap tin foil & film caps; 4-nines pure silver & teflon signal wire; Caddock resistors in signal path, and heavily damped chassis. |
| Speakers: | 'Homebrew' Focal Daline MTM transmission line tower speakers. These aresimiliar to JMLabs' Daline 6.1, except: double box construction, with rabbeted joints, front baffle w/ 0.75' radius edge, outboard crossover, and tweeters offset 1' towards the inside edge (mirror imaged). (These weight 110 pounds, each.) |
| Sources: | |
| CD Player/DAC: | Sony SCD-777es SACD player. |
| Other Accessories/Room/Misc.: | |
| Speaker Cables/Interconnects: | Speaker wire is double runs of 'Homebrew' silver cable. This cable is made from 12 conductors of 22-gauge, dead annealed fine silver, individually coated with Caig ProGold and hand stuffed into 20-gauge PTFE teflon tubing. I previously used double runs of Kimber 4TC. 'Key' interconnects into and out of preamp are hardwired in the preamp (no RCA jack) and are homemade braiding 12 pieces of 30ga 4-nines pure silver & teflon dielectric using WBT-144 locking RCAs. 'Key' interconnects into and out of preamp are hardwired in the preamp (no RCA jack) and are homemade braiding 12 pieces of 30ga 4-nines pure silver & teflon dielectric using WBT midline locking RCAs. |
| Other (Power Conditioner, Racks etc.): | Power Conditioner: Monster HTS-5000.Power Cables: 'Homebrew' based on TNT's Twisted Snakes. |
| Music Preferences and Comments: | |
| Music Used (Genre/Selections): | Acoustic Jazz |
| System Goals/Comments: | 'musical' truth, with high 'natural' resolution & conveying emotional content of the artist |
| System Strengths: | 'natural' resolution |
| System Weaknesses: | Limited power, Zen's have only 2x 10 watts per channel (but single ended, Class A) |
| Video/HT System: Integrated | |
| TV/Projector: | Sony 36" tube |
| Processor/Receiver/Amplifiers: | SSI surround sound processor, Parasound p/fet900II preamp Parasound HCA1200 II poweramp |
| Speakers (Center, Surrounds, Sub): | Near 40Me |
| Sources (DVD/VCR): | Philips DVD 963sa Mitsubishi U56 VCR |
| Other Interests/Hobbies/Occupation: | bicycling Risk Management / Investment |
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