Simply Beautiful

by gammajo on Done For Now
Grills Off
Listening Room
VR55 Aktive adjustments
Vinni Rossi Intergrated
Grills on
Listening Room
Close up
CEC
300B tubes

Description

Simply Beautiful

Designed this 38" by 22" room myself for music appreciation and family enjoyment. soft pecky cyress walls, maple floors, 10ft peak ceiling. Room overlooks the Smoky Mountains. Doors to the room are exterior and the wall adjoining house is brick, so I can listen at night and not disturb the family. Cabinetry holds CD collection.
I have simplified to the Vinni Rossi L2i-SE Integrated which has a great DAC module. The Rossi is American made and has a 10 year warrentee. I use a separate belt-driven transport because that is where most mechanical problems may arise. The Rossi contains a class A 300B pre-amp and I upgraded to Takatusuki 300B tubes. The Rossi is bi-wired with Master Built Ultra cables to the Von Schweikert VR55 Aktives.ThatÂ’s it. This saves many power cords and uses no interconnects compared to past separates.

While my old system sounded very good, the sound of this new system configuration is more natural, cleaner, a touch warmer, very dynamic and satisfying. All etch and harshness in highs is gone. I think this is mostly from the simpler signal path and the tubes. WSF is way up with only one remote and push and play design. The reduced visual clutter is relaxing. I would appreciate any comments.
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Room Details

Dimensions: 38’ × 22’  X large
Ceiling: 10’

Components Toggle details

    • Von Schweikert Audio VR 55 Aktive
    21HZ to 40Khz +-2db, less than 0.5% distortion. Powered and adjustable bass.
    • Master Built Ultra Speaker Cable
    Biwire Rare Earth noise reduction coating
    • Mad Scientist Power Cords
    Excellent Power Cords for the buck, with detail, dynamics and a touch of warmth
    • CEC Corp. TL3N Transport
    Belt Drive CD Transport. Modded inside with 14 lbs lead weight, special fuse. Using two Caprice Audio Mosaic Stabilizers on top.
    • Inakustik AC-3500P
    Line Conditioner with central parallel filter and star grounding
    • Vinnie Rossi L2i-SE
    300BTubed Pre-amp Integrated with DAC module. Class A, ultra wide bandwidth Directly heated Triode (DHT) , dual mono with Belleson super regulators. 100Watt RMS into 8 and 180W into 4.
    • Adona Eris 1C Cherry Amp Stand
    Specialized layer of granite, then other materials to dampen, works well under the Rossi

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I was privileged to visit Joe earlier this year in March and listen in that beautiful A-frame room, seeing and hearing in person was a game changer.

Joe and his wonderful wife were very gracious folk, we had dinner at a nice restaurant one evening, took a couple of hikes in the wooded hillsides and enjoyed the peaceful, panoramic view this area has to offer.

When we returned, I commenced modifying Joe's NuForce amps, fired them up for a listening session and the rest was musical history.

Thanks Joe, I really enjoyed being there!

rx8man

Joe I never told you, but I could live comfortably in that room with the beautiful backdrop!

rx8man

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