Audio Asylum - Inmate Systems

mre2007's Current System System
IP Address: 66.179.208.36	Last Update: October 05, 2007 at 13:39:58
Amplifier:	Singlepower MPX3 SE SLAM headphone amplifier (using Western Electric 2c51 + Sylvania 6BL7GT tubes currently), custom-built Kevin Gilmore Solid-State Electrostatic headphone amplifier, First Watt F4 monoblocks Previous: Ayre V-3
Preamplifier (or None if Integrated):	BAT VK-5i or Ayre K-5xe (shrug, I like both) Previous: BAT VK-3i
Speakers:	Headphones: Sennheiser HD-650, AKG K340, Koss ESP-950, Stax SR-007 (coming soon!) Speakers: [in progress] DIY speakers (Scan-Speak 25W-8565-01, Audiotechnology C-Quenze 15H52, a few choices for tweeter), Magnepan MG12 Previous: Vandersteen 3A, Vandersteen 2ce Signatures, Magnepan MMG
Sources:
CD Player/DAC:	California Audio Delta Transport / Meitner Musatex Bitstream DAC
Turntable/Phono Stage:	Nottingham Analog Spack Deck / Space Arm (carbon fiber version) / Zyx Bloom 0.24mV / Pass Xono phonostage, Whest Phonostage.20 Previous: Rega P3, Lehmann Black Cube, BAT VK-3i phono upgrade
Other Accessories/Room/Misc.:
Speaker Cables/Interconnects:	Kimber Kable KCAG/AGDL, Synergistic Research Looking Glass phase 2, Ridge Street Audio Poema !!, etc.
Other (Power Conditioner, Racks etc.):	most everything is on Apollo wall mounts and maple shelves
Music Preferences and Comments:
Music Used (Genre/Selections):	Classical
System Goals/Comments:	Neutral and detail, but not artifically so.
System Strengths:	sounds wonderful!
System Weaknesses:	dynamic contrast and complex passages
Video/HT System: None