Office System

by stereo5 on Opinions Please

Description

This is a solid state based office system that I have been constantly upgrading.  I spend over 80 percent of my time in my home office where this system resides.  The system is set up for casual listening and thus, the speaker placement.
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Room Details

Dimensions: 60’ × 45’  X large
Ceiling: 18’

Components Toggle details

    • McIntosh MA6600 200wpc Integrated Amplifier
    A 200wpc Integrated amp with the autotransformers and large blue meters.  The quality and fit and finish of this integrated has to be seen and felt.  I got here late to the McIntosh party but I am very glad I did.
    • JBL Synthesis L 100 Classic Loudspeakers
    JBL L100 Classic speakers with 12 in woofer and orange grills
    • SVS 2000 Pro PB Subwoofer
    A 12 inch ported subwoofer to compliment the JBL L100 Classic Speakers
    • Schiit Audio Lokius EQ
    a 6 band graphic EQ. This is what happens when you start suffering hearing loss
    • Sony HAP-Z1ES HDD Audio Player
    A hard drive based audio player with an excellent dac and audio section.
    • McIntosh MCD 301 CD/SACD Player
    Another beautiful McIntosh piece with 24/192 dac and a smoothness that needs to be heard
    • McIntosh MR 85 AM-FM Tuner
    High quality FM tuner with presets.  It sounds very analog like.
    • Canare Cable Canare 4S11 Speaker Cable
    Fantastic sounding speaker cables, bested my $1000.00 cables for $106.00
    • Groneberg Quatrro Reference Interconnects
    Used between Music server & Amp.
    • Blue Jeans Cable LC-1
    3 pairs of LC-1 cables.  Two pairs 1 meter cables for the Bellari EQ and one 5 meter pair for the SVS Subwoofer.
    • AudioQuest King Cobra Balanced Interconnect
    A 1 meter balanced pair of interconnects to connect the McIntosh SACD Player to the Integrated amp.
    • Shunyata Diamondback Platinum Power Cord
    Diamondback Platinum Power Cord. A worthwhile upgrade over stock cord on the Integrated amp.
    • Audio Art Cable PC-1 1 meter Power Cord with Furutech ends.
    11 gauge Power Cord for the power hungry McIntosh Integrated
    • Furutech Power Cord
    14 gauge 1 meter power cord from wall out to power conditioner
    • Furutech E-TP80 PLC Power Line Conditioner
    Audiophile Power conditioner
    • Solid Steel S2-5 Audio Rack
    Four shelf audio rack in black.
    • Magnum Dynalab ST-2 FM Antenna
    FM Antenna
    • DIY-Furutech Custom Power Cord

    1 Power Cord for SVS 2000 Pro PB Subwoofer

    1-33 foot 12 gauge power cord with Furutech F-11M Copper AC Plug & Furutech F1-11 Copper IEC Plug.  From wall outlet to SVS 2000 Pro PB Subwoofer


Comments 22

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Owner
Replaced Golden Ear Triton One Speakers with a pair of JBL L100 Classic speakers and a SVS 2000 Pro Subwoofer.  I just felt like tryinmg something different after 6 years.

stereo5

If this were my office, I’d be “working” all the time.  Smart Man you are!

b_limo

Owner

Update 11-06-17

Replaced Parasound Halo integrated with a McIntosh MA6600 integrated amp.  Replaced Cambridge Audio CXC Transport with a McIntosh MCD301 SACD Player, Replaced Magnum Dynalab MD90 Tuner  and MD205 Signal Sleuth with a McIntosh MR85 Tuner.  Replaced Golden Ear Triton Two speakers with Golden Ear Triton 1 Speakers.  Also replaced a few cables.

stereo5

Owner
Major Update:  Replaced Rogue Cronus Magnum Integrated with a Parasound Halo Integrated amp.  This was a good move for the system.  Replaced my broken Sony SCD777ES SACD player with a Cambridge Audio CXC CD Transport.  I am pleasantly surprised by the good build quality of the Cambridge transport.  Lastly, I added a Wireworld Starlight 6 Coax digital cable to go from the Cambridge CXC to the Parasound Halo's built in DAC.

stereo5

Owner
Update: 1-8-16  Added a Furutech E-TP60 Power Distributor  for the GE Triton 2 Speakers.  Also made a DIY Power Cord with Furutech Male AC Plug and Furutech Female IEC Plug.

stereo5

Owner
Speaker Update:  Replaced Odyssey Kismet speakers with Golden Ear Triton Two towers on 12-23-15

stereo5

Owner
System edited: Sent the Tekton Pendragons back to manufacturer. Too big for the room. Put Odyssey Kismet Reference Floorstanding Speakers back into the system, sans the granite bases. Also re-tubed the Cronus Magnum with 470.00 worth of new tubes, some NOS. Quite satisfied now

stereo5

Owner
System edited: Replaced Odyssey Kismet Reference Speakers with the more efficient Texton Pendragon speakers.

stereo5

Owner
System edited: Made a few updates: Added a Sony HAP-Z1ES HDD Audio Player, Pangea 4 shelf audio rack and Shunyata Venom3S power cord for source components

stereo5

Owner
System edited: Replaced power distribution block with a Furutech E-TP80 PLC. This conditioner is non power limiting.

stereo5

Owner
System edited: Replaced Magnum Dynalab FT-101A Tuner with a Magnum Dynalab MD-90. Added a Pangea AC-9 MKII 7 gauge power cord from wall outlet to power distribution block. Used leftover Pangea Ac-14MKII on MD-90 Tuner

stereo5

Owner
System edited: Replaced PAC IDOS power strip with a GAOFEI Power Distributor and added another Pangea AC14SE MKII 1 meter power cord from power distributor to the wall outlet. Wall outlet upgraded to a Shunyata outlet.

stereo5

Owner
System edited: Updated all pictures and added new ones.

stereo5

Owner
The Shunyata power cord is attached to the Rogue Integrated amp. The Tuner has a fixed power cord, so it is stock. The Magnum Dynalab Signal Sleuth uses a Pangea power cord only because I had a couple of them hanging around. No difference in sound , but a big difference for the better on the Sony SACD player.

stereo5

Did adding a Shunyata power cord to your tuner give any noticeable improvement in sound or reception?

rollo5

Did adding a Shunyata power cord to your tuner give any noticeable improvement in sound or reception?

rollo5

Owner
System edited: Updated pictures.

stereo5

Owner
System edited: Added a Pangea AC14SE MKII Power Cord for the Sony SACD player.

stereo5

Owner
System edited: Added a Magnum Dynalab MD-205 Signal Sleuth to use in conjunction with the Magnum Dynalab FT-101A tuner. Replaced Kimber Silver Streak cable with a Groneberg Quattro Reference Cable. Replaced the MIT AVT-3 cables with a pair of Audio Art SC-5 speaker cables. The sound seems more fluid now.

stereo5

Owner
System edited: UPDATE: Removed JJ12au7 tube in preamp section of Rogue Integrated and replaced it with a NOS Mullard CV4003 12au7 tube. It added just the right amount of richness. Replaced Terk powered antenna with a Magnum Dynalab ST-2 FM antenna. Big improvement.

stereo5

That's the biggest cooling fan I've seen...HaHa!!!Just jokin! Love the simpilicity...Enjoy the MUSIC!!!

agape126

Nice job!!!! (Pun intended)
Really nice and simple system.
:-)

milpai

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