Description

This system has evolved over 36 years. The PIoneer tuner was purchased in 1972. The Infinity RS1B was purchased in 1985. The VTL Deluxe 300 replace a Conrad Johnson Premier 5. The Spectral DCM 20 replaced a Audio Research SP 11 which replaced a SP 10. The Cosmos IV replaced a Star Saphire. The Titan i replaced a 5 year old Lyra Titan. The SME V was purchased when that arm first came out. The last addition was the Hovland Music Grove 2 phono cable which replaced the VDH cable which came with the SME V. The room is custom built and measures 32 long, by 10' high and 17 feet wide with a sky light over the equipment side of the room. Custom built record cabinets line one wall. The TV and equipment stands are custom made of 1 1/2" particle board with a laminate finish. I keep looking for a replacement for the RS1B without spending $150,000 but so far I have not found anything with the bass and dynamic response of the RS1B. This is a vinyl system but the TV in incorporated into it for two channel use. I gave up on the 5 channel system since the extra 3 channels degraded the sound quality.
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    • Lyra Titan i
    High end moving coil
    • SME Series V
    SMEs top of the line arm
    • SOTA Cosmos IV
    vacuum hold down
    • Sony KDS-R70XBR2
    Rear projection high definition 70
    • Spectral DMC-20
    Phone stage built in.
    • VTL Deluxe-300
    Bi amp to midrange tweeter towers.
    • Perreaux PMF-3150
    300 watt bass amp
    • Infinity RS1B
    Twin servo controlled woofer towers and twin midrange tweeter planar towers.
    • Sony Play station 3
    I use this for Blue ray, dvd and cds. I do not like cds thus no big buck player. I have tried many and have decided the best cd player is no cd player.
    • Cardas Hex
    Fairly long run to get around the TV.
    • Music Hose MH750
    Thick early design cable.
    • Pioneer TX-9500
    An oldie but goodie.
    • Custom built. Custom
    Album cabinet egg crate design to hold vinyl.
    • Custom Custom
    Long view of cabinet for vinyl
    • Sony SCD-XA5400ES
    SACD CD PLAYER

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Very nice system and I love your setup.
The system looks like it is very well though out, and I bet it sounds great especially with the IRS speakers.
I am presently looking at possibly getting a Spectral DMC-30SL Reference Preamp. In the reading that I have done it sort of says that I can only use MIT for cables, and not to use tube amps.
I am presently using ASR as my amp but want to back to the ML33 monoblocks in order to clear up the front of my room and also to put the gear next to me.
Could you give me your opinion on the Spectral and also the MIT issue.
Thanks,
Mike

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