I began building this system, with some pieces demo, other pieces used, and with parts from older college/grad school systems. The tube set up did not suprise me until I began to really run the system...after having exchanged my PA-7 Nakamichi solid state amp for the Sonic Power 2. I thought that 110 tube watts could not be even nearly enough, but surprisingly enough, the system now has more guts than before, never had an experience clipping, as I had with the NAK. I do feel a little boomminess now, I suspect that the subs are resonating against the wall. Any recommendations?
3 input, separate power supply. Stainless Steel chassis with Shigaraki Ceramic bases for both boxes. Sliding volume control. With speaker output binders and tape loop output. 20 watts per channel.
Zhorn GARUDA
backload horn cabinets, with Fostex 208 Sigma drivers (old style) 96.5 db efficiency. Frequency response 20Khz to 35 hz. 8" diameter.
Infinity Intermezzo 1.2s
12" ceramic matrix driver. 850 watts Bash amplifier. RABOS parametric equalizer built in. 65 lbs.
BPT Balanced Power Technology BPT 2.5 deluxe
Bybees, silver wire, plintron transformer in a SS case. 70LBS
47 Labs OTA cable
10 ft each. Bare stripped wire. Into the Zhorns.
Forty Seven Labs 4715 Shigaraki Transport
two piece, with separate power supply. Made out of SS and Shigaraki ceramic stands. Remote. (2001)
Nice system! I'm curious about the Zhorn. I'm interested in going single driver and this is one I'm considering. Did you get a chance to audition anything else? What size room do you have? I have a fairly large room and am concerned about asking a single 4" driver to do all the work.
