This system serves as a 2 channel system in our spare bedroom (used as a den). The room's dimensions are (15 X 10 X 8.5) ... a decent enough room size that 2 channel HT works out well. Why Six Degrees of $1600? As it worked out, each component in this system cost about $1600 each.
System edited: What else? updated components ... XTZ CD player in, Rega Apollo off to the Bedroom System. Audioquest Black Mambo II interconnects now in use. All is good.
Oh my, the problem with not updating pictures. Archie Le Chat passed away last August after 17 years on God's good earth. Of all the cats that I have shared my house with, Archie was one of the sweetest and was quite the character. I was always adding names to his title and at the end, he went by ... Archie Boo Boo Meow Meow Pussycat known as le Chat at the Ronin Museum (where I signed his name and drew a picture of him in the guest directory). Archie took ill during the last 3 years of his life . I did the best I could to keep my best friend happy and comfortable and it was worth the all McIntosh system that I never got to purchase.
So, Ruby (the 15 year old) and Buster (the 2 year old) now rule the roost. Ruby notices when the sound goes off and it is time to change the CD. Buster, whose pictures appear in my other 2 systems, could care less. No one is quite the Dylan fan that Archie was.
Kirk ... Warren is adorable. I love the beard. I am fascinated by the project that you worked on. My dad owned a TV repair shop for more than 50 years. We are just starting to break up the business. There's a lot of junk, but there is also a lot of audio history there, as well.
Albert ... any chance that Blue is a Russian Blue?
Thanks for the kind words. That picture was snapped in 2004 by my niece at her grammar school graduation. Her mom had passed away a year earlier and as you can imagine, it was a bittersweet kind of day.
Little did I know that just about a year later, I would need six additional spine surgeries to repair my spine. At one point, I was actually clinically deceased, so you can imagine what my smile looks like these days.
System edited: Very few components remain in this system, since I first posted the system in September 2003. I have paired the Prima Luna Prologue Two with the Omega Super 3 loudspeakers. The Omegas are a single driver, high efficiency speaker system designed for use with tube amplifiers. The sound is spectacular ... very engaging, pleasing, and nuanced.
The Omegas, when compared to the AR 302's, do not go nearly as low in the bass department, but the sound is still so good that the bass is not missed. The Omegas are placed on their sides, with the drivers on the outside and the bass ports on the inside. Schematically, it looks like [ O ... o] [o ... O ].
A SONY DVD player/recorder has replaced my 5 year old SONY DVD player. The new SONY provides a noticeable improvement in video playback quality.
System edited: Wanted to try a tube amp, so I went ahead and purchased the Prima Luna Prologue Two. Very pleased with the sound. Read my review here in Audiogon
System edited: I just upgraded my main system to be a mostly Musical Fidelity system (A300cr power amp; CD PRE 24 preamp/cd player). Accordingly, the SONY SCD C555 ES sacd/cd player has been moved to my 2 channel HT system. The synergy that I found with the NAD/Music Hall combination has been maintained with the NAD/SONY combination. Good move so far.
System edited: Replaced cd players. The Pioneer PD-65 requires servicing and so the Music Hall MMF CD-25, which was being used in my bedroom system, has been swapped in. Talk about the importance of system matching ... the Music Hall and the NAD 320BEE absolutely sing together. The Music Hall has found a new home.
