Audio Asylum - Inmate Systems

rabid-vinyl-lover's Ninhursag System
IP Address: 198.23.5.73	Last Update: December 08, 2009 at 13:12:49
Amplifier:	Amplifier Technologies Inc. ATI-6012 and ATI-1202 30 x LM-3886 based Chip Amps
Preamplifier (or None if Integrated):	Klyne Audio Arts System 7 Model 7LX3.5B Preamplifier Pass Labs X.1 Line Level Preamplifier Audible Illusions 2A (modified)
Speakers:	Linkwitzlab ORION ++ Magneplanar MG12 Magneplanarc MMG's Linkwitzlab Pluto 2.1+ GPA604MkIII based Dipole Home Brew Dipole -- 2 x Jantzen JA8008, four RAAL 140-15-D, Focal Audiom 15VX, Selenium 18"
Sources:
CD Player/DAC:	Sony SCD-777ES Marantz CD5001 CD player
Turntable/Phono Stage:	SME model 20/2 Breuer Dynamic 8C MkII Micro Seiki RX-5500 with SME 3009, SAEC WE-308, and SME V. Dynavector XV-1S [One of thirty cartridges] Pass Labs Xono Hagtech Archiver Herron Audio VTPH-1MC
Other Accessories/Room/Misc.:
Speaker Cables/Interconnects:	Mogami Wire
Other (Power Conditioner, Racks etc.):	Monster Cable Power Center
Room Size (LxWxH):	20 x 32 x 10
Music Preferences and Comments:
Music Used (Genre/Selections):	Classical, Jazz, Everything else in smaller dosages
System Goals/Comments:	GOALS: Accurate Timbre, Spacial imagining, Dynamic Realism
System Strengths:	Dipole realism -- ORION ++ have no commercial equivalent or competitor. Minimal alteration of the original should be the goal of sound reproduction since anything else is a falsification or alteration of the original. For many pieces of recorded material it may not matter, because the performance is so highly processed and the listener shares no common sonic reference. Also, a listener may be so used to amplified music that the characteristic sound of certain types of loudspeakers becomes the reference. However, ultimately only a system with minimal distortion can hope to achieve the reproduction of an original and, in particular, of a familiar live sonic event such as a choral performance, a solo male voice, or a car driving by. The ORION's are True to the Original recording.
System Weaknesses:	None detected
Video/HT System: None
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