I'm absolutely in love with the Linkwitz designs. While I concede that his latest LX521 design surpasses my Orions, I still marvel at how good they sound. My latest addition was the VTA SP13 tube preamp.
For those who are not familiar with the Linkwitz designs, they are all multi-amplified. There are five drivers on each side of the Orions.
2 SEAS Millenium tweeters, facing front and rear
1 mid-range driver
2 bass drivers
Each side gets four identical 60 watt channels of amplification. One channel for the two tweeters, one each for the mid-range driver and two bass drivers. It is much easier for an amp channel to manage a single driver than it is to manage the crazy impedance load presented by a speaker crossover and multiple drivers.
If you look closely at the rear view of one of my Orion loudspeakers, you'll see that my speaker cable is 14 gauge zip cord. Sorry, but I'm just not a believer of the Cable Cult. I've listened to speaker cables and have not heard any differences.
Very early production unit, serial number 1901. Had Valhalla power supply upgrade in 1987. Still running just fine, thank you.
Rega RB300 tonearm
This was installed on the Linn LP12 at the time I acquired it in 1987.
Denon DL110 cartridge
Vacuum Tube Audio SP13 preamp with PH12 phono board
The SP13 line stage uses the John Broskie Aikido circuit.
Peachtree Audio DAC IT
USB DAC
Tascam CD-200 CD player
I run a fibre line from the Tascam to the Peachtree DAC. A nice improvement.
HP Laptop running Ubuntu Linux
All of my CDs have been ripped to flac format and are played back using the free, open source Banshee music server software.
B and K AV1260 power amplifier
12 channel amp at 60 watts per channel
MOSFET outputs
I use 8 channels for the multi-amplified Linkwitz Orion system.
Linkwitz Lab ASP crossover
Active crossover for the Linkwitz Orion system.
Linkwitz Lab Orion 3.3 loudspeaker system
My Linkwitz Orion loudspeakers, version 3.3, were custom built by Jason Daniels of San Francisco. The standard appearance is something of a Danish Modern look and I had Jason do mine in an Arts and Crafts style to better fit into my 1920 Craftsman bungalow.
Target Turntable Wall Mount
Per Madsen Design Record/CD/equipment furniture
The 19" equipment rack is from Per Madsen Design. Shelving is from Parts Express. I find it to be a very compact way to store my gear, and being that it sits on rollers, it's very easy to move out to get to the rear of the equipment. And it sits nicely directly under the turntable wall mount.
You can thank Jason Daniels for the woodworking. I've built speakers in the past, but my woodworking skills aren't even close to his, and as I no longer have a shop and he does, I call him. Glad you like the way they look.
