Audio Asylum - Inmate Systems

Elmo 's honey .... sweetie ..... darlin' System
IP Address: 69.237.156.206	Last Update: May 11, 2011 at 07:56:15
Amplifier:	Assemblage 300B (kit built, serial #16, wired 4ohm). JJ 300B's, Tung-Sol at input.
Preamplifier (or None if Integrated):	Passive/dual mono vintage Shallcross ladders.
Speakers:	Vintage 12" alnico on open baffle (run full range). With vintage alnico bullet horn [single cap at approx 7.4k (2.95uf/DCR 7.25)]. Baffle: 24" wide x 30" tall (with 4" wings, and single layer loose cloth drape/rear wave damp). Also spiked, plus (hanging) ballast (ten pounds/sand).
Sources:
CD Player/DAC:	Yeah right.
Turntable/Phono Stage:	D.I.Y. interstellar thread drive ROK-it w tuned hybrid chassis [mdf/acrylic (with added ten pound circular iron plate)]. 12" D.I.Y. "Home Depot Unipivot" [continuous run of litz (cart clips to RCA's)] N.O.S. AT-12 variant [tracking somewhere round 2.5 ? (haven't checked in a while)] Anthem Pre1P phono stage [48db/2x 6922 (Russky mil.)/2x 12at7 (nos RFT)]
Other Accessories/Room/Misc.:
Speaker Cables/Interconnects:	Cat 5 IC's (single pull/conductor per leg). Speaker: thermostat wire (single conductor).
Other (Power Conditioner, Racks etc.):	Three vert Flexy [rigid, w large industrial wheels (turntable and phono both have their own decouple)].
Tweaks:	What time is it?
Room Size (LxWxH):	sm x sm x better :-)
Music Preferences and Comments:
Music Used (Genre/Selections):	Saccharine pop, straight ahead jazz, folk, doo-wop, rock, 4AD, dance, comedy.
System Goals/Comments:	Oils in amp p.s., some cap rolling in phono, a record cleaning machine (completion of monsta D.I.Y. build), and a motor controller.
System Strengths:	Simple, elegant, fun, intoxicating, wicked, frosty.
System Weaknesses:	Only fourteen hundred LP's :-)
Video/HT System: None