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| KGW's My Little Listening Room System | |
| IP Address: 96.66.226.110 | Last Update: April 02, 2019 at 16:30:50 |
| Amplifier: | Bottlehead Paraglow II SE 2A3 monoblocks with John Tucker mods, CMC filters, improved tube sockets, power resistors and hum pots |
| Preamplifier (or None if Integrated): | Scratch build Bottlehead Foreplay in a custom chassis with tons of tweeks. |
| Speakers: | Bottlehead Straight 8s (96db/1w) |
| Sources: | |
| CD Player/DAC: | CDP: Onkyo R1 with Canare BNC digital output. DAC: DIY CS4397 DAC with Lundahl LL7902 transformer-coupled output stage. |
| Turntable/Phono Stage: | Rega Planar 3/Ortofon Quintet Black/Bottlehead Seduction/Stevens and Billington TX103 step-up transformers |
| Other Source(s): | Tascam 202MkIII cassette deck Otari MX5050 8 track open reel deck Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 audio interface Miccus 160ft LONG RANGE Bluetooth Transmitter and Receiver 2-in-1 |
| Other Accessories/Room/Misc.: | |
| Speaker Cables/Interconnects: | speaker cables: DIY CAT5 (Chris VanHaus design) - no longer have these as the dog chewed through them interconnects: DIY twisted magnet wire in teflon tubing with Dayton locking RCA ends. Shielded Bottlehead Entwined to Seduction digital interconnect: Canare L5CFB video coax with Canare BNCs power cords: 12 AGW solid core house wire 3 braid with Hubble and Leviton plugs and Michael Percy IECs. |
| Other (Power Conditioner, Racks etc.): | DIY X-Calibre rack. DIY power strip with braided power cord, Leviton hospital-grade outlets and simple capacitive filtering |
| Tweaks: | All of it |
| Room Size (LxWxH): | 20 feet x 15 feet x 8 feet |
| Room Comments/Treatments: | None. The room is small and I had to do a lot of rearranging to fit all of my junk in there and set up the stereo how I wanted. There is a lot of stuff in the room - not much room for stray sounds to bounce around. |
| Music Preferences and Comments: | |
| Music Used (Genre/Selections): | Jazz, Progessive/Experimental, Rock, Punk, Noise, Ethnic, Classical, No Country or Western |
| System Goals/Comments: | warm, clear deep and smooth |
| System Strengths: | Well balanced sound and great soundstage |
| System Weaknesses: | CDP is getting old and doesn't play some CDs well (most are fine) |
| Video/HT System: None | |
| URL Link: http://beggingdogrecords.tripod.com/hifi.html | |
| Other Interests/Hobbies/Occupation: | Playing and composing music - guitar, bass, vocals; Gardening; Good Single Malt Scotch. I'm a computer scientist for a living |
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