PT Listening Room

by peter_s on Opinions Please
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Description

I've put the Quads up on 10.5" solid wood stands to get the soundstage up off the floor. Tried alot of amplifiers (EAR, Quicksilver, ARC) - thus far the Cary's take the day as far as the combination of liquidity and resolution. The Odysee Stratos is also a very fine sounding SS amplifier I sometimes listen to.

As for cabling, I haven't gone very far with experimentation yet. I'm running Harmonic Technology Truthlink interconnects (12 ft b/t preamp and amps) and Canare star quad speaker cables. I tried a few interconnects, and thought the HT was very neutral and a good bang for buck. Not sure where to go on speaker cable. One need be only 6 feet long, the other 12!

As you can see from the system pictures, the sources and preamp are in built-in cabinets, the amps are in a rack in the corner of the room. This is a dedicated listening room. I first contructed and installed way too many absorptive panels and bass traps. I've since taken many out, leaving 7 panels and two bass traps.

Feedback greatly appreciated.

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    • Electrocompaniet EMC-1up
    CD Player, top loading.
    • Teres 255 Turntable
    Has an Origin Live Silver Taper tonearm and a Shelter 501 mkii cartridge. Soon adding the Teres VTL control and TWL's tonearm mod.
    • Teac A-2300sr
    R2R tape deck
    • CAT SL1 Ultimate
    Tube Preamp (stock photo)
    • Cary Audio Design SLM-70 Monoblocks
    Class A, 4xEL34, 50 watts, modified to be switchable triode/pentode and EL34/KT88.
    • Odyssey Audio Stratos Dual Mono
    Two monoblocks in one chassis, two seperate power supplies, etc. 80 lbs. Great "bang for buck" amplifier.
    • Quad U S A ESL-988
    black
    • TBI Magellen VIII subwoofers
    Pair of TCI Magellen VIII subwoofers, updated with most current drivers, amplifiers modified to have higher input impedence (by TBI)

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Peter,

you probably can get information about the A Capella LS cable form the Audiofederation people. They sell A Capella stuff (www.audiofederation.com). Have also a look at their reference system (Mike & Neli's Reference System).
Of course, you can always try and make your own LS cable, but if you ever will get the same results???

kuzibri

Peter,

with regard to the speaker cable issue: the best match for the Quad speakers is the A Capella silver loudspeaker cable (www.acapella.de). I've played with that combination, after having tried a lot of combinations, for many, many years. Especially the speed of this cable matches very well with the Quads.

regards, Kuzibri

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