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View from the sweet spot. From left to
right featuring:
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Polk RTA-11t mains |
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SVS 20-39CS Sub!! |
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Toshiba TN50X81 |
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Polk CS-400i Center |
Everything is powered by two dedicated 20A
circuits. A PS Audio Ultimate Outlet 15 amp High Current
filters the analog equipment into an Ernie's Pobox 4 cryo'd outlet box. A
Vans Evers Clean Line Jr. Digital filters the digital equipment into a
Tripp-Lite
Isobar 6 DSB . |
And another. The mains
sit on home-made spike platforms and then on Vibrapods.
Vibrapods are also used under the center, DVD player, Philly Audio and DAC. It's a little hard to tell but the mains sit about
one foot in front of the TV for better 2 channel imaging!! (Thx home
theater talk!) |
Current shot now. Room
treatments include black-out blinds, Ideal-Lume
6500 Kelvins lighting and home-made duvetyne masks. TV tweaks
include Duvetyne interior lining, SVM disabling and a restack of the glare
screen to the back. |
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A bigger shot of the whole room with the left
and left rear surround. Everything is Avia'd and of course
calibrated using the Rat Shack SPL Meter.
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All of the surrounds and the seating.
Featuring:
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Polk f/x 500i Side Surrounds |
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Polk RT25i Rear Surrounds |
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About 1/2 of our DVD collection |
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Here's the OLD
setup I'm keeping here for reference. Originally shot 10/17/02
Starting from the top:
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Toshiba SD4700 |
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Echostar DD sat. receiver |
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Yamaha CDC-755 5 disc changer |
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Sherwood Newcastle CD-980!! |
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Denon 3802 |
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Sherwood Newcastle AM-9080 |
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The 3802 powers all of the surrounds
while the AM-9080 does the front soundstage and two JBL S36AW deck
speakers. Everything is sitting on a StudioTech AS-6B rack. |
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This is what it currently looks like from the top (new
stuff):
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Echostar sat box |
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Odyssey Stratos Stereo
Extreme |
| Scott Nixon TubeDac w/ Nixon
Power Supply |
| Sony DVP-S7700 Transport |
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Panasonic RP-82 DVD
player |
| Yamaha 5 disc changer w/ Audio
Alchemy DTI jitter reducer |
| Philly Audio Blues 7b Ver. II preamp
w/ WE 396a tubes & JJ's 5AR4 rectifier
tube |
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Denon 3802 |
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S/N AM9080 |
Power wise everything is still run from the
same amps.
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The Parts Express 250w/channel
sub amp and part of our rats nest. This room was part of our
addition so I was able to run the surround and deck speaker cables in the
walls. Cables include:
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Zu Cable Wax (mains) |
| Zu Cable Julian
(center - bi wired) |
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Zu Cable Warmouth (DAC to pre & pre
to amp) |
| Virtual Dynamics
Audition Digital (Transport to DAC) |
| Harmonic Technologies Cyberlink
Copper digital (DVD > Rcvr) |
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IXOS 603 (surrounds) |
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Monster (sub cable) |
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Zu Cable Megular (component video) |
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IXOS & Tributaries S-video (Sat
& pre/pro) |
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Monster & AR TOS link (Sat & CD
Changer to DAC) |
| ErniesPCK12+G 12AWG PC (pramp &
Stratos) |
| Zu Birth PC to Nixon Power Supply |
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Close up of the Philly Audio preamp now tubed with NOS WE 396a tubes.
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The indispensable Rat Shack 15-1994 remote
and home-made program legend. |
Here is the digital mid section, Scott Nixon tube dac w/ Siemens tube
and Audio Alchemy DTI for the changer.
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Old Cables & Equipment List: |
Other Trials |
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DONE!!! Completed 2/07/03
Working on upgrading the RTA11t speakers to RTA11tl.
Difference is the tweeter (smoother and not as bright in the 11tl) and the
crossover. I'm turning the 11t x-over into an 11tl with the
schematics from Polk and higher quality parts from http://www.percyaudio.com
. I'm also upgrading the internal wiring to Cardas and changing out
the binding posts to Cardas Patented binding posts. Tweeters from
Polk.
For pics and more info of the speaker upgrade go HERE.
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These have been
replaced with whatever is below and then whatever is up there in the
current section:
| Zu Julian (mains) |
| Kimber Illumination D-60 digital
(DAC) |
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Kimber 4 PR (center) |
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Kimber 4TC (mains) |
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DH Labs BL-1 Series 2 (CD & Amp) |
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Bettercables Ultra (component video) |
| Virtual Dynamics Power 1 and Power 3
power cords |
Other stuff I've been through list:
Accessories
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Zerosurge 2A20 |
PREAMPS
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B&K Sonata Pro10MC preamp |
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Bottlehead Foreplay |
| Sonic Frontiers SFL-1 |
CABLES
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Cardas Ultra Fast digital |
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Mapleshade Ultrathin II Plus ICs |
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JPS Labs Superconnector ICs |
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Zcable Live V3 ICs |
CD / Transports /
DAC
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Rotel RCD-950 CD player |
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Rega Planet '99 CD player |
| Sherwood Newcastle CD-980 |
| McCormack Digital Drive DAC-1 |
| EAD DSP 7000 III |
| Channel Island Audio VDA-1 &
VAC-1 |
| McCormack SST-1 Transport |
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I've been on lists lately, thanks
to Audio Circle for in home
trials of equipment made by some of the more obscure makers out
there! This is the best way to find out what stuff really sounds
like in your own system.
First up was a pair of GR
Research Criterion speakers. Beautifully made, I got on the list
because I fear that my Polks may be the weak spot in the system now.
Alas, I did like the Polks better, but the Criterions are excellent
speakers. Truly works of art.
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Next up with be Zu Druid Monitors and the Bolder Mensa DIO pack full of
Bolder goodies. I'm looking most forward to the DIO and Bybee
purifiers! |
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