Description

System has grown in complexity of late (8/06) however the sound quality has grown as well. Pipedream reference 18's have taken the place of the Aerial 20t's. The "pipes" have a presence not many speakers can match, and give me the big sound I crave. The 4 18" woofers are amazingly fast, tight and tuneful. Bass dynamics and resolution are fantastic.
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    • Mitsubish Diamond Series WD-65831 RPTV
    65" DLP RPTV.
    • Levinson No 31.5
    Like a rock
    • Levinson No 30.6
    Still a reference DAC
    • Sony SC-D777es
    Excellent SACD player. When they said it's built like a tank, they weren't kidding
    • Sony DVP-S9000es
    Sony DVD/SACD combo player
    • Otari MX5050BII
    7 1/2-15 IPS 1/2 track pro deck with 4 track playback head Balanced inputs and outputs.
    • Teac TEAC Z-7000
    I'm still playing some cassette material made many years ago. The TEAC Z-7000 replaced a Nakamichi Dragon here. I prefer the sound of this rare deck.
    • Accuphase T-109V
    Accuphase Statement tuner. Current #1 at fmtunerinfo..com
    • van den Hul Frog
    Croak!
    • VPI Industries Aries
    Back into vinyl again.
    • VPI Industries JMW Memorial
    The arm!
    • VPI Industries VPI Industries SDS Speed Controller
    Wonderful speed controller. BIG difference in platter control.
    • Transparent Reference Phono MC
    Phono cable
    • Levinson No 32
    Levinson's statement preamp. I'm loving it. Phono stage too. Soon it'll be time to get a turntable.
    • Levinson No 33
    Yeah Baby!
    • Levinson No 33h
    Reference monoblocks
    • Transparent Reference XL Balanced
    30' run to Levinson 33H monoblocks on mids/tweeters
    • Verastarr Silver Reference speaker cable
    No network boxes for Pipedreams!
    • Pipedreams Reference 18
    Large linesource

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Okay, nice system. I'm curious, however, what purpose does the 336 serve? If you are focusing purely on 2 channel, wouldn't the 33H's be all you need to feed the Aerials or are they bi-amped?

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