I completely retooled my system to a combination 2 ch and HT. The CJ preamp has a nice HT bypass enabling me to have a nice combo system. I will update soon with a picture as the Maelstrom subs are still under construction.
Multi disc player with the Modwright tube mod on the stereo analog section.
Conrad Johnson PV-14L
CJ PV-14L modified by RHB Sound Dezign
Rotel 1068
Surround processor
Behringer DCX-2496
Digital crossover for subs
Behringer EP-4000
3 for powering the sub woofers
Wyred 4 Sound ST-500
250wpc Class D
Rotel RMB-1075
I use 3 of the 5 channels for powering the rears and center
Geddes Abbey 12A
These are used for 2 ch listening through the Jolida and CJ. Also as the front L&R in HT
Definitive Technology Mythos 1
Rear channels
Definitive Technology CLR-2002
Center channel
Clear Day Cables Silver I.C.
Silver I.C. with Eichmann plugs, on the 2 channel equipment
Audioquest King Cobra
Used on the multi channel equipment
Clear Day Cables Silver single run
Great sounding cables
DIY Maelstrom-X and Dayton sealed encl.
1; 18 inch sealed Maelstrom-X, in a 24 inch cube sealed enclosure. 1 15 inch Dayton Titanic Mark III in a 22x22x30 inch sealed enclosure. 1 12 inch peerless in a 14x14x22 inch ported enclosure. 2 15 inch Dayton Titanic Mark III in sono tubes for H/T LFE (still under construction)
Direc TV High def
Sat receiver
Panasonic TC P58V10
58 inch Plasma TV
Dayton Titanic MK-III
Two - 15" in sono tubes with 18" passive radiators
Are you powering the Orions with tube amps? I own a pair of Orions and would be interested in hearing how they sound with tube amps on the mids and tweeters. Siegfried mentioned this on his website, but would love to hear a review, and would love to see your comments at the users site for Orions. orion.quicksytes.com
Thanks Linnie, my wife is into photography and some of those pics go way back, the one on the far right behind the speaker is me in front of the family 57 Chevy.
I pulled the cd player out of the system. The picture still shows the jolida jd-100 in the bottom left space in the rack, the rotel 985 is now in that space. Yes I am in the process of impoting my cd collection to the mac, I'm about 1/3 of the way there. I am using apple lossless and storing them on a 750 gig external HD. The whole computer thing started when I decided to "upgrade" the jolida. I was looking at cd units up to $3000, I figured before I did that I would try the mac and dac combo just to get an idea if I would like it. So I bought a used mac and an inexpensive dac and HD(all for under $1000). Low and behold it sounded A LOT better than the jolida, so yes it is now my digital source. I am planning to upgrade the dac to a wavelength unit in the future. After all that I still listen to vinyl 80% of the time!
Great use for those Adcoms! They should change the model from GFA-2535 to GATO-2535. But seriously, I didn't see any CD transport listed . . . do you just listen to everything off of the Mac? Have you tried any of the Linn Records downloads?
Yes the speakers are dipoles and Linkwitz (linkwitzlab.com) was involved in the Audio Artistry designs. As for the cats they are laying on the Adcom 2535 amps that I was originally powering the speakers with. They think they are their electric blankets now, I didn't have the heart to pull the amps out of there when I got the Jolidas and the Rotel 5ch.
