Description

My house is old (1841) but the media room

Is large with 11 ft ceilings

Lots of new gear and everything is really sounding great. Seven years of work to

Get here. Any kind of music sounds good

With those big Revels.

I have formed a monthly music club with 5 other guys and we do enjoy listening to each others music and systems.
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    • Revel Salon Ultima 2
    Very dynamic. Flat response. And they Look good
    • Aragon Palladium Mono blocs
    An oldie but a good high current piece. Bi wired and Bi amped
    • Sony SACD Xa 5400 es
    my first venture into sacd A very smooth, detailed machine. Makes Redbook magic
    • VPI Classic 3
    Newest machine from VPI with lots of quality built in
    • Lyra Kleos
    Smooth,detailed. Does it all
    • Zesto Andros 1
    Tubed amplifier that exceeds expectations
    • Wyred 4 Sound DAC-2. SE
    Latest model. Femtocell clock
    • Sonic Frontiers SFL-2
    very revealing
    • Straightwire Cresendo II
    big and tasty
    • Signal Cable Magic Power Power Cord
    low cost and used with the Porter Wall Box
    • Shunyata Hydra
    Great filtration without limiting the mono blocks
    • DIY BASS TRAPS/PANELS x236j-4B
    CORNER TRAPS commercial pipe covers rated up to 1200 degrees Wall panels Fiberglas
    • Straightwire Cresendo II
    top of the line
    • Anthem Model AVM 2
    vintage
    • Yamaha Blu Ray
    good match with processor
    • Symposium Ultra platforms
    Isolation device
    • Torus RM 20
    Huge Toroidal conditioner

Comments 21

Owner
System edited: Lots of new elements are starting to pay off. Easy to sit back and enjoy Whether it's vinyl, CDs or digital.

blueskiespbd

Owner
System edited: That new Zesto is a game changer for me.

blueskiespbd

Owner
System edited: New photos added to reflect recent changes

blueskiespbd

Owner
System edited: Added a second amp for vertical bi-amping. Really nice improvement. More power means a need for more power.

blueskiespbd

Owner
Samhar:
As Larry David from Curb Your Enthusiasm often says...Pretty good.... My club buddies give me additional feed back at every session and they all say it has never sounded better.
No ear fatigue, great sound stage and imaging. Trying to get the analog front in set up with a new cart and pre coming this week.

blueskiespbd

Great job with the treatments, how's the room sounding now?

samhar

Owner
thanks...... it is a nice room but a big room must be managed too to get the sound right. Sometime it takes months or years to accomplish this

blueskiespbd

Man o man - what I would give up to have a room like that for gear. Gear can be bought and sold. The only thing I lust over in this hobby is a nice big airy room. Beautiful.

ct0517

Owner
System edited: new photographs reflect recent changes-

blueskiespbd

Owner
System edited: new photographs coming soon........

blueskiespbd

Owner
System edited: new photos coming soon

blueskiespbd

Owner
Yello "Oh Yeah"

Shadmeister, that is a great cd but I have played that cut too much...prefer Shirley Bassey cut Give me your Gold

blueskiespbd

I think I will put on a Weird Al Yankovick cd just to keep it going...

Given your beautiful digs I'd cue up Yello "Oh Yeah" and keep it in constant rotation...

shadorne

What a beautiful setting to listen to some great music. Vinyl would be a great addition to such an historic environment.

dpatterson

Owner
I think we need some silly from time to time. I think I will put on a Weird Al Yankovick cd just to keep it going....I love his parody..I Lost on Jeopardy.

blueskiespbd

01-23-09: Pdreher
Beautiful house... well done!

See, keeping the thread alive with silly posts allowed enough time for others to see how beautiful this house is.

albertporter

beautiful house... well done!

pdreher

Then would the power company have Dominion over my sound?

albertporter

Owner
Albert, I know you can write the big check so come on up to Virginia. Your system would really work here and I could even call Dominion Power to get you some more current.

blueskiespbd

When do I move in?

albertporter

Owner
System edited: OLD HOUSE (1841 CIVIL WAR HEADQUARTERS) and now old Snell speakers. Just finished installing DIY bass traps and 6 DIY sound panels making a huge difference. Room is almost 20 ft square so I open the rear doors to let some sound out. Ceilings over 11 ft. Working on analog end next. Trying to get the most bank for the buck while dealing with WAF.

blueskiespbd

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