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yamaha29's Library/Office System System
IP Address: 24.138.105.196	Last Update: October 30, 2008 at 21:36:27
Amplifier:	Yamaha A-1 70w/ch (integrated amp)
Preamplifier (or None if Integrated):	none
Speakers:	Minimus 77 (modified x-over's)
Sources:
CD Player/DAC:	Yamaha CDX-5000 (modified w top spec Burr Brown 20bit DAC's, some cap upgrade/replacements)
Turntable/Phono Stage:	Yamaha 1954 "Hi-Fi" tt Stanton 681EEE MkIII A-1 has a nice phono stage
Other Source(s):	Yamaha DVD-S2300 sacd/dvda Yamaha T-1 tuner Yamaha DT-2 timer (silver) Yamaha K-960 cass (silver)
Other Accessories/Room/Misc.:
Speaker Cables/Interconnects:	original Monster Cable 10ft pr zip cord cass to/from amp Jinsanity 2M pr silver interconnect Monster Cable M850 1M pr CD to amp
Other (Power Conditioner, Racks etc.):	Tripplite Ultra8 homemade pine stand (pine from our first farms barn when it had to be demolished barn built in 1864 and boards were over 3" wide! the tree must have been over 100 years old when they cut it down to us for the barns construction. We built the stand using no nails or screws, only dovetail joints and glue, and I have a hundreds of pounds of equipment on it with no problems and it is now over 20 years since we made it)
Tweaks:	None so far, room is not complete yet so I haven't done anything other than hook it up!
Room Size (LxWxH):	17.5' x 14.5' x 8.5'
Room Comments/Treatments:	Again nothing so far, lots of bookshelves to come later
Music Preferences and Comments:
Music Used (Genre/Selections):	lots
System Goals/Comments:	nice system for long bouts on the computer or as background while reading
System Strengths:	good basics
System Weaknesses:	speakers will be updated when the rest of the work is completed
Video/HT System: None
Other Interests/Hobbies/Occupation:	Reading, movies (HT system info to come!). My much loved guitars (I'm not great but I like to plink away. I am restoring a 28 year old motorcycle. Currently I am doing some consulting for sound and HT systems.