This is my basement crib, man cave, rendezvous and escape from .........
This is my modest system built over the years.
My plea? I am guilty as charged, I am an audioholic.
My system was built around Jazz, Jazz and MORE Jazz. I have been to hell and back with bad and mismatch equipments, basically due to lack of knowledge and buying on impulse. I have grown up now and my trades are carefully selected and auditioned.
My system at this point is very dynamic, musical, has passion, extended at both ends and I really enjoy listening to them. I guess that s the ultimate goal, isnt it? The equipment that tipped the scaled for me was the additional of my DIY speakers, built with guidance from Tony Gee -
http://www.humblehomemadehifi.com/Andromeda%20Mk-II.html. BIG Thank you SIR Tony Gee, when I grow up, I want to be like you.
This is the best set of speakers I have owned, they replaced a Paradigm S8 and Wilson Sophia.
Total parts under $4000. Go figure! Well labor is a whole new story; total hours spent was approx 180 hours. Was it worth it? Hell yea, I sold the Wilsons, didnt I? LOL. On a serious note, I really love these speakers and they are what I have always wanted and could not afford.
The Cary SLP-05 is the heart and QB of the system. They are simply amazing.
And the Cary CAD 500 MB, I am taking them with me six feet under. LOL.
Oh, oh, oh and then the Cary 306 SACD Pro. Is this guy a CARY fanatic? .Nay well you get the drift.
I replaced the Bel Canto DAC 3 with the Havana. The Bel Canto (IMO) sounded metallic and the Havanas had a more natural presentation; for the price, I cannot complain.
I cannot say there will be no future equipment trades, but for now I am happy. Like every audioholic, I may relapse every now and then. So folks there you have it, my humble audioholic story.
Tube Amp. King of the mid range. One of the best tube amps I have owned. Using the Golden Lion KT-77 and these puppies rock.
REL Acoustics B1
How low do u wanna go? Own two of these babies.
MDHT Havana
MDHT Havana
Apple Mac Mini
Mac Mini
Technics SL-1200 mkII
Does what it suppose to do
Audio-Technica USA ML150
Catridge
Heed Quasar Phono Pre
Does its job well
Tony Gees Andromeda MKII - Left
DIY - Awesome Speakers. Sold my Paradigm S8 and Wilson Sophia after I built this.
Tony Gee Andromeda MKII - right
Right
Building Speakers WIP Andromeda MKII
Building enclosure for the tweeter and midrange
Andromeda MKII Building Speakers
Enclosure for bass
Speaker Crossover
Kicked by butt building the x'overs but finally got it right. Looking back, I ask myself what was I thinking? It was really simple stuff, but hey, this was my 1st attempt at building these puppies.
Additional pics Delta Unisaw
Thanks Delta Unisaw, I could not have done this project with it.
Garage Total Mess
Now my garage is a TOTAL mess, not even funny. Wife is pissed, cause she can't park her car there. Just had almost 30 inches of snow a fews ago and her car was buried outside. She was asking for the drive way to be cleaned, but where am I, IN THE BASEMENT, chillin with my second wife (speakers) and a glass of my favorite wine. Yea babe, thats what I am talking about. Shoving snow can wait.
From one "Jazz Audioholic" to another,I can only imagine what Miles' "Panthalassa" would sound like on that killer system..man oh man! Looking at your layout reminds me that it's been a while since I bought a lottery ticket,so-gotta go. I'm feeling lucky!
