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System Details:
Last Update: May 08, 2006
- Amplifier: NAD 2200 PE amplifier with modified power circuit and upgraded relays, caps.
- Preamplifier: YS Audio Symphonies preamplifier.
- Speakers: ACI Sapphire III LE. Mission MS12 subwoofer.
- CD Player/DAC: NAD C541i
- Turntable: Restored and mildly tweaked Russco Mark V, Jelco arm,Denon DL103 cartridge, DIY cherry and mahogany plinth,
- Herbie’s turntable mat
- Phono stage: Musical Fidelity X-LPS v3
- Speaker Cables: Audioquest T4
- Interconnects: Belden 89259 cable interconnects with Eichmann bullet plugs.
- Power Conditioner: Monster 2400 power conditioner, Sanus speaker stands, DIY walnut rack.
- assorted isolation pads, platforms, and
cones.
Room Size (LxWxH): approx. 14 x 12 x 9
Room
Comments/Treatments: Good room for ‘near field’ listening and also
reading, which are the room’s exclusive functions. It’s a ‘parlor’ room
in a ca. 1927 house, isolated (sort of) from adjoining rooms via French
doors.
Music Preferences and Comments:
Music Used
(Genre/Selections): Many types of acoustic and electric music. No
absolute preferences per se, I like it all so long as it is performed
with literacy and skill.
System Goals/Comments: I’m really happy
with the synergy of this tube preamp and solid state amp.
System
Strengths: Good balance, musically satisfying.
System Weaknesses:
It sounds nothing like the only ‘cost is no object’ system I have ever
heard (in the mastering room at the (U.S.) Sony CD manufacturing plant).