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DIY CAT 5 speaker cables with silver plated BFA connectors (no longer in use, superceded by helix biwire design.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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A nice guy with a nice system. Congrats, Todd.

Dave

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