Man Cave 2 Channel & HT System

by vman71 on Home Theater
My Man Cave
Behind Seating Area
Sweet Spot
Rear Left
Rear Right
HT & 2ch Equipment

Description

I've finally reached a point where I'm only going to be doing some very minor changes.

For 2 channel - I have a restored H.H. Scott 222C (PP tube with 18watts/ch) and a John Hogan S.E.T. (300b with 8-10watts/ch) running into my Klipsch speakers with upgraded crossover networks. The H.H. Scott 222C and John Hogan S.E.T. are just amazing and I have been blown away by the sound of tubes.

HT - All Klipsch 5.1 set-up, every Klipsch speaker has it's crossover network upgraded. Centerpiece is the 71" Samsung 1080P DLP. The two sources are HD cable and 1080P HDMI feed from the Denon upconverting DVD player.

The addition of the custom Audio Magic Matrix, custom Audio Magic Matrix PC's, custom BMI Whale Supreme Statement PC, and the Argent Audio Pursang S cabling have taken things to an entirely new level.
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    • Sunfire Theater Grand mkII
    For HT
    • Sunfire Cinema Grand mkII
    For HT
    • Klipsch Chorus mkII custom crossovers
    For 2 channel. Upgraded crossover networks. The caps have been changed from Mylars to polypropelene Kimber Kaps and the resistors have been changed to Mills non-inductive.
    • Klipsch KLF-20 custom crossovers
    For HT. Upgraded crossover networks. The stock Mylar caps have been changed to polypropelene Kimber Kaps and the resistors have been changed to Mills non-inductive.
    • Klipsch KLF-C7 custom crossovers
    For HT. Upgraded crossover networks. This crossover network is an extreme rebuild with every part being upgraded, to include the internal wiring.
    • Klipsch RSW-15
    For HT
    • Argent Audio Pursang S IC
    30" RCA between preamp and amp (L & R main).
    • Synergistic Research Phase 1 Sub with MPC
    Connectivity to the subwoofer.
    • Argent Audio Pursang S Speaker Cable
    8ft and cryo treated with BOB tweak.
    • BMI Whale Supreme Statement custom modified
    BMI "WHALE SUPREME" Statement power cable. (3-ft. length) -Brand New. Serial Number: 847 *Reconfigured design to satisfy customer's taste. Wants more of a wetter, denser sound in vocals. Floating ground design. Different modified plug, different insulators etc. Slow down relay flow in mid to lower mid.
    • Audio Magic Matrix PC's custom modified
    Custom modified by Jerry Ramsey with signal lock technology and quantum physics noise disrupters. Pair: one is used from the dedicated line to the AM Matrix power conditioner and the other is used from the other dedicated line to the power amp.
    • Bybee Copper Ribbon PC
    Connected to my HDTV. This is a Bybee power cord that uses copper ribbons and the ByBee slipstream purifiers on the female end. Per Jack Bybee, this is a low-current PC to be used for source/front-end components or amps below 100watts. It has copper-lead slipstream purifiers and copper ribbon (ribbon conductors were sourced from Analysis Plus) for the power cord itself.
    • Audio Magic Matrix custom modified
    Per Jerry Ramsey: "It has all the latest mods we can do to it, some specially tweaked parts and includes the new passive quantum physics disrupter and quantum physics pulse generator"
    • PS Audio Ultimate Outlet (HC) custom modified with Bybee filters
    Tweak with two large Bybee quantum filters inside.
    • Samsung BD-UP5000
    HD-DVD & Blu-Ray player. Uses the awesome Silicon Optix REON chip for up-scaling and processing.
    • 71inch Samsung 1080P DLP
    HL-S7178W 71" 1080P DLP
    • Ridge Street Audio Z-Der Block
    These are used for power factor correction. I'm using one on my Sunfire preamp and one on my Sunfire amp.

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Congrats on your system and that's a great room! Probably a good idea to hold off on Blu-ray/HD-DVD for now until everything standardizes with HDMI 1.3. Until then, at least blu-ray won't have the full capabilities of its spec (uncompressed hi-rez 7.1 sound, more colors, etc.)

What are you using to upconvert to 1080p?

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