toddverrone's system

by toddverrone on
Where the magic happens!
My pre. Copper pipe cap feet, spring suspended platform
Back of one of my Ghents. Tile on top is for damping
DIY power box with TMOVs and filtering caps. Also, DIY helix power cables. Thanks @williewonka!
Motor isolation base made from wood and granite. PCB is mounted on the back of the base. It's all resting on a maple butcher block spring suspended platform. The tile mounted underneath is for added mass and to level the platform.
Amps on top of my CD player. Oh no!
Back of my pre, with two versions of DIY ICs as well as a DIY helix PC.
Upgraded binding posts. CMC silver plated copper, solder connection
DIY CAT 5 speaker cables with silver plated BFA connectors (no longer in use, superceded by helix biwire design. See photos)
My DIY HFTs. Ozzinators!
DIY resonator on speaker cabinet
DIY resonator on speaker cabinet
DIY HFTs with a different base
New biwire DIY speaker cables with a counter rotating doubble helix design
DIY counter rotating doubble helix SCs
DIY ICs with VH audio silver wire, OCC magnet wire neutral helix and KLEI pure Harmony RCAs
waterfall plot of a room measurement with the treatments you see in my system photo
room measurement with a potted orange tree in the corner behind and to the left of my left speaker
room measurement with a rudimentary limp membrane bass trap (dynamat covering the top of a 5 gallon bucket)
room measurement with no extra bass treatment, 10-500Hz, 500ms decay

Description

while i hold nothing against you big spenders, my situation finds me with more time than money.  so if i can tweak it or go DIY, i do.

i'll happily answer questions about anything i've done.

rega p-3:
DIY off plinth motor mount
large wooden balls in place of rubber feet
Maple butcher block on compression springs for isolation
Pathé wings cork mat
aluminum subplatter and ruby bearing
Acrylic platter with weighted periphery 


cables:
DIY 6 outlet distro box with silver plated plug, 10awg silver plated teflon insulated wire, hubbel outlets in aluminum box
DIY power cables with silver plated connectors and 9awg rectangular conductor OFC cable, neodymium magnetic cylinder around cord at amp end IEC connector
DIY interconnects with KLEI pure harmony RCA and conexxion solid silver RCA cable
DIY helix interconnects with KLEI pure harmony RCA, vh audio unicrystal silver signal and OCC copper neutral
DIY Schroeder method interconnects from LA4 to AHB2 using solid silver signal cables and occ copper ground and oyiade XLR connectors
DIY speaker cables, biwire double helix design made from silver plated copper with silver nerve audio BFAs
bass traps and sound absorption panel by acoustimac
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Room Details

Dimensions: 23’ × 15’  Large
Ceiling: 7’

Components Toggle details

    • Rega P-03
    exact 2 cart, aluminum subplatter/jewel bearing, motor mounted off plinth, acrylic platter
    • RBH Sound 1266 seR
    • OPPO BDP-105
    My first 'good' disc player. I'm blown away by how good this thing sounds. I'm starting to like digital again! And Tidal on the Oppo? My God, it sounds way better than I ever imagined streaming could.

    I can only begin to imagine how amazing those multi thousand dollar transports and DACs must sound.
    • Benchmark LA 4
    I need a pre to match the clarity of my amp and this does the job.
    • Benchmark AHB2
    Amazing amp. So much clarity and space
    • Auralic Aries Mini
    Great sounding streamer, sounds even better through the OPPO DAC
    • Jolida JD 9 II
    Nice sounding tube phono stage, upgraded tubes and opamps

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Owner
Thanks Dave! Always a pleasure to read your posts as well. This hobby has definitely been made more enjoyable interacting with guys like you on the forums.

toddverrone

A nice guy with a nice system. Congrats, Todd.

Dave

dlcockrum

Owner
Mains - I may give you a shout. I just need to do more research and save some cash. It'll probably be after a European vacation we're talking this summer.

@fourwnds - sorry for the late reply! Loving the bon Iver! I've recently moved way from the bearings and marbles, mostly because they were integrated with rubber feet and I decided to see what improvement, if any, I'd hear if I got rid of rubber. First I replaced the inner tube air springs under my wooden platforms with metal compression springs. This greatly improved clarity, so I then got rid of the marbles and rubber feet and replaced them with wooden balls under the turntable and copper feet under my pre. Another improvement in clarity. If I decide to integrate bearings again, it'll be in a bearing system that uses metal cups. But right now I don't hear the need. Things are sounding great!

toddverrone

hi 
lovely looking system, i can help you improve it with seismic isolation pods,
if you are interested in seismic isolation please feel free to contact me, i helped Kenny solve hes feedback issue, seismic pods retail for 100gbp each if you are interested please contact me i will help you purchase straight from the factory with my discounts of around 30/40%, we can work you out a price which would include shipping and all duty paid delivered straight to your front door, kind regards john
email [email protected]           anytime

mains

Is there a large difference in sound using the marbles and steel ball bearings for horizontal vibration control? How are you liking the new Bon Iver?

fourwnds

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