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I'm pretty happy with this 'compromise' rig. You can't have your cake and eat it two but this is the closest I've heard to good 2ch out of a HT setup. I am moving shortly to a new apt and going back to only 2ch so feel free to contact me at [email protected] to inquire about any of this gear -- let the vultures start circling hehe!
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    • Totem Acoustics Forest
    2-way floorstander
    • Totem Acoustics Model 1 Sig Center
    basically a model-1 sig on it's side w/ a bigger cabinet and extra mid driver. wow.
    • Totem Acoustics Lynks Dipole
    essentially 2 dreamcatchers set up as switchable di/bi pole. excellent included mounting hardware. surprisingly, biwirable just like the dreamcatcher/arro. 8ohm.
    • Totem Acoustics Dreamcatcher
    small but impressive 2-way monitor (used as center-backs). same mid-driver as the Arro and Lynks, same tweeter as the Lynks and integratets nicely with the model 1 sig center and forests.
    • Velodyne DD-10
    AMAZING sub using the HGS (high-gain-servo) technology but also adding an 11-band room EQ (heck, how many subs have composite and s-video with a GUI??!). nice and flat down to about 17hz.... take THAT room-modes!!
    • Bryston SP 1.7
    pre-pro with excellent analog bypass.
    • Krell KAV-500
    3ch (of 5) version, powering the L/C/R array.
    • Rotel RB-985
    5x100W - using 4/5 ch. for the SR/SL and CB1/2 chan.
    • Rotel RDV-1060
    Rotel's RDV-1060 has the best video DAC I've seen in any sub-$2000 player.
    • Musical Fidelity TriVista DAC 21
    upsampling 24/192 or 24/96 (user-selectable) 2-ch D/A with optical and coaxial inputs (auto-sensing). excellent power supply / regulation, small mil-spec tubes on the output stage.
    • Panamax Max 5500
    3 separate filtered banks (10 outlets total). transformer-powered regen for digital sources. sexy backlit VU meter ;)
    • Totem Tress
    silver over copper in teflon, 3x biwire runs
    • Totem Sinew
    silver ICs w/ WBT terminals - 2ch from DAC to Pre
    • Fujitsu P42VHA30WS
    42 ED, awesome blacks

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Your system looks quite nice, but it's also really making me think about turning my already silent windows machine into something similar. I have a Sound Blaster Audigy with a SPIDF out that will upsample into 96k, I guess I'll just have to try it. Are you using iTunes to import your songs? I'm trying it out and also trying the variable bit rate WMA, any thoughts. You mentioned errror correction, do you mean just during the ripping process or is there any kind of postprocessing going on in your G5 before your digital output. Ever considered any kind of DSP between your G5 and your DAC, I have no experience with such things, just curious. Your system looks like a rotel advertisement, as they use B&W in them. That's a compliment. I'm also a college student and recently posted my system. In your search for a DAC I've heard the older Adcom (ugly) GDA-700 are great especially for the money, and there is always Theta Digital's used stuff. I'm currently looking at DACs as my CD player is not the greatest, I think I'll get the Adcom. Best of luck with your system, it looks quite enjoyable.

No sub?

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