3/12/06: Updated for 2006 - I'm in a new dedicated room. the room measures 15' X 20'6" with 7'10" ceilings. I've got 2 built in bookshelves in the rear of the room, one on the left & one on the right. The floors are hardwood with a throw rug on the floors. For football fans, my theme is the Pittsburgh Steelers. I've got 14 framed prints in the room. For sound treatment, I've got 15 Real Traps on the walls & ceilings; 4 mondo, 4 mini, 7 micro. In addtion, I have a 60amp sub-panel with a dedicated ground & my HT in this room.
7/03/04: I m back to the basics vinyl. This is my two channel system & Im done for now. The room is 13 X 16.5 X 8 ceilings with a 10X10 office open and adjacent to the listening area. The room is treated with echo busters and double busters. Ive treated all my PCs, interconnects, etc. with Caig Pro Gold & it works great. I think it added to the spacing of instruments within the soundstage.
Power Supply Mullard 5ar4 rectifier Tunsol 5881 power
PS Audio PS Audio Classic 250
Two Channel Solid State 250W X 2 in Bi-Amp mode for two channel
PS Audio PS Audio Classic 250
Two channel 250 X 2 used in Bi-Amp mode for two channel.
Tyler Acoustics Woodmere
Ribbon Mahogany, with cardas binding post & cardas wire - sitting on Audiopoints
PS Audio P1000
One P1000 per power amp, overkill - probably but I like to have my amps on separate dedicated lines. I can really crank the volume with two P1000's!
PS Audio PS Audio - P500
PS Audio - P500 which powers my Supratek
PS Audio UO
UO - 15 amp HC before P500 for additional filtering before the pre-amp, CD
BMC Pinnacle Silver
4.5 meter pair from Supratek to amps
Verastarr Silver Reference
for all components, HC or Reference series. 99.99 silver over 99.999 copper terminated with Furutech FI-20's
Ridge Street Poiema !!
Two either foot pairs, one pair for the mids & one pair for the woofers of the Woodmere's.
Ridge Street Poiema! RCA's
using between Ayre Cx7e & Cortese
Adona Double wide rack
for source equipment
PS Audio PowerPort
Audio grade outlets for wall outlets
Dedicated 60 amp sub panel
nine dedicated lines with a dedicated ground rod - 4 20-amp with 10 guage wire, 5 15-amp with 12 quage wire
Cable Elevators for speaker cables
Elevators for speaker cables to the Woodmere's
VPI Industries HW-16.5 - cleaning machine
cleaning machine, I use Audio Intelligent fluids & Last Brushes, new record sleeves with great success. This solution is so good, it makes make record cleaning fun again!
Very nice system! I´m also interested in the Cortese probably the Grange. Have you ever compared the Cortese to Hovland HP-100; Ayre K-1Xe; CAT SL-1 Ultimate or Aesthetix Janus?
