Room dimensions are 34 ft x 27 ft with 11 ft ceiling.The system has been set up and voiced primarily for vinyl.I use a sony es-9000 for dvd,cd and sacd as well as a sharp projector[can't remember model] for video[who cares].Walls are 1/2 inch sheetrock over acoustic insulation and the floors 1 1/2 inch hardwood over 4 inch acoustical insulation. Three dedicated 20 amp ac lines into the room. Gone are the Antique Sound Lab 1006 monos....replaced with a [very rare] Vulcan 240 tube amp.
Developed for the trade to demo arms and cartridges.Accomodates 3 tonearms.Employs a massive 70 lb solidbrass platter and an outboard dc motor[studer]
Eminent Technology ET-2.5
employing a surge tank with an indusrial airflow gauge
Sumiko MDC-800
Still my reference
Koetsu Rosewood Sig
The original rosewood [circa 1980]currently in Japan being rebuilt
grado statement reference
low output version
Tannoy Westminster
Outboard crossovers,the stock internal wiring was rewired with Cardas Golden Cross speaker wire. Stock crossovers capacitors and resistors were updated with Mundorf Silver Supremes and Vcap capacitors. Stock resistors were changed out for precision Mills-Vishay's. Crossover controls were hard wired to flat response position allowing me to change the switch position with a simple solder joint.
Supratek Cortese Custom
Optional single triode version allowing me the far more tube choices for line gain matching than the standard 6sn7. Stock volume pot was replaced with a Dact attenuator. Vcap and Mundorf Silver Supremes are used throughout. Although I lost the remote,the Dact attenuator was way more than worth the convenience factor of the remote [a no-brainer for me as vinyl is my predominate source] .
supratex syrah
Nos tubes
Vulcan tube amp 240
6 el-34/channel pushing 120 watts/channel pure class A or 55 watts/channel in triode mode *** A very Rare Amp***
Ecclectique - let us know if you pull off the open joists idea with your wife's approval... just so the boys can have a drink on you. definitely the dream is to construct a room for electrostatics...perhaps even, dare i say, stacked?
the room i may be able to use is too small for e'stats because of the size limitations you mentioned.
You did great, Ecclectique. good enough tht now i want a pair of tannoy's so i'll just consider my life incomplete until i find a pair... and so many other components i'll never see. damn you! I'm a huge electrostat fan like yourself and it killed me to get rid of my acoustat monitor 4's. some day i was hoping to stack another pair on top! sends shivers up my spine thinking about it.
question; you say the walls are 1/2 sheet rock 'over' acoustic insulation. is that correct or did you mean the other way around? i might have just opened up a room in the house for a dedicated one but it's verging on the small side. since you've obviously just went through this do you have any thoughts about super cheap wall treatment? the room can be as ugly as anything in the history of audiophile fashion mishaps which is really saying something. I was actually thinking about buying some used futons with the same black coverings (gotta at least try to match) and coating the walls with them for starters, then move them around as needed. reflection is going to be the biggest hurdle besides my bank account.
