Audio Asylum - Inmate Systems

Mart's Livingroom System
IP Address: 67.242.201.229	Last Update: October 25, 2008 at 16:40:48
Amplifier:	Krell : KAV-1500 with Shakti:Stone atop the transformer Electra-Glide:Fat-Boy 2000 SE atop Marigo:BearFeet
Preamplifier (or None if Integrated):	EAD : Ovation Plus with a Shakti:Stone atop the audio circuits on MarigoAudio:Gemstone-feet
Speakers:	Magnepan : MG2.7 myown XOs backwave treatment (open-endedly hemi-cylindrical egg-crate) into monopole planning on making sand filled tubular steel speaker stands & triangular wings
Sources:
CD Player/DAC:	California Audio Labs : CL-10 atop Vistek Aurio MIB Auto-Desk Systeme: CD Lathe Auric: Illuminator Marigo: 5 Crossbow CD mats
Other Source(s):
Other Accessories/Room/Misc.:
Speaker Cables/Interconnects:	[SPEAKER] 10' Audio Magic : Sorcerer (main) 8' Audio Magic : Sorcerer (ctr) 22' Alpha Core : Goertz : AG-1 (rear) [ANALOG] ½m Audio Magic : Sorcerer ... except mains which are ... Audio Magic : Tubed ... except subs which are ... 22ft Audio Magic : Excaliber 2 QL w/ Y's & ½ft jumpers [DIGITAL] 1.m Audio Magic : Illusion w/ Shakti:OnLine [POWER] 2½m Audio Magic : Illusion w/ AudioPrism:WaveGuides
Other (Power Conditioner, Racks etc.):	Tice : Solo & Enhancer AudioPrism:QuietLines(8) Blue-Circle:NoiseHound(3) VantagePoint rack ¼' rubberized lead sheet foundation under ½' marble plate suspended & atop their stock ¾' MDF shelves conglomerate sand filled pillars
Room Size (LxWxH):	14' x 21' x 10'
Room Comments/Treatments:	& one rough-hewn brick-wall behind listener
Music Preferences and Comments:
Music Used (Genre/Selections):	[PRIMARILY] Melodicly Hard, Psychedelic, & Classic Rock [SECONDARILY] passionate classical pieces & acoustic jazz selections (w/o brass) & various eclectic 'new age' stuff [SUMMARY]
System Goals/Comments:	a forwarded (propelled sound into the room) laidback (expansively deep dynamics) 5.1 channel distinct image to acquire most of the best attributes from stereo channels into an involving cohessive deep, wide pin-point surrounding image like that when you're on stage & can't hear the room distortions.
System Strengths:	ever diminshing artefacts as I tackle them one @ a time
System Weaknesses:	abismal room acoustics, especially @ 60hz spike & 170hz null
Video/HT System: Integrated
TV/Projector:	Panasonic : CT-27SF seriously considering upgrading to 42' plamsa TV the aesthetic synergy coupled with it's superiority makes it too tempting
Processor/Receiver/Amplifiers:	same
Speakers (Center, Surrounds, Sub):	[CENTER] twin Magnepan : MGCC1 stacked w/ tweeters meeting in a MT-TM to centralize & enlarge the renderred image eggcrated the interior of the midbass panel board Oak boards on the exterior of the midbass board to increase rigidity extended the bass with a pair of Velodyne : CT-80s subs double as a speaker stand for the Maggie center want to upgrade to SPL-8000s ... [REAR] Magnepan : MGLR1 (rears mounted horizontally to depict a distant virtual image via image width, each atop the fllowing sub) [SUB] dual Velodyne : FSR18BV (on either side of the room to actively cancel the most prominent standing wave) has Shakti:Stones shielding the magnet & switch power supply from the amplifier circuitry. will insert a Musical Fidelity : X10-D & X-PSU into the subwoofer line to acousticly minimize its length Electra-Glide:FatMan snubber PowerCords to plug directly into the wall.
Sources (DVD/VCR):	Pioneer : CLD-99 atop Vistek Aurio MIB JVC : HRS-5200U JVC : HRS-9600U
Other HT Gear:	Musical Fidelity : X-Cans & X-PSU -> Sennheiser : HD-600
Comments on HT System:	TV too small for sound & trying to configure an EMI less subwoofer line.
URL Link: http://www.integracoustics.com/MUG/MUG/
Other Interests/Hobbies/Occupation:	research Mechanical Engineer

Inmate Systems

Krell : KAV-1500

EAD : Ovation Plus

Magnepan : MG2.7

California Audio Labs : CL-10

Tice : Solo & Enhancer

VantagePoint rack

Panasonic : CT-27SF

Pioneer : CLD-99

JVC : HRS-5200U