I told my wife a few years back, that I'd like to upgrade our speakers... Things might have gotten a little out of control. 😜
Putting this system together over the past several years has been a labor of love. I’ve learned a lot, forgotten most of it, and tried to bs my way through the rest. However, we do truly feel Blessed that we are fortunate enough to own such great equipment (we being my wife and myself… yes, she’s in love with all this too. I think I’ll keep her!) Even when I’m frustrated, trying to track down a ground loop gremlin (we’ve all been there), I remind myself… If this is the “issue” in my life right now; how good do I have it!
If you are interested in the logistics of how everything was put together, please read on, and I will attempt to walk you through my current system from beginning to end… If that sort of thing doesn’t interest you, thank you for taking a look, and I hope you enjoy.
Either way, I appreciate you checking it out.
Thanks,
Stulto
It all starts with two 20 amp dedicated circuits coming from the panel, on 10 gage wire to a 30 amp 4 pole outlet. (Like what’s going to your clothes dryer) From there the power travels down a 10 gage cord into the base of our custom built shelving unit. I decided to install the outlets into the base of the unit, rather than in the wall. This is an attempt to clean up some of the “spaghetti” behind the equipment. One circuit runs the power conditioner, and the other takes care of the amps. Putting the outlets in the base of the stand also allows me to use .5 meter power cords to the amps/conditioner. The sub amp is also built into the shelving unit instead of the sub enclosure. The hope was to eliminate vibrations to the circuit board that occurs when mounted within the sub box. (That’s my concept at least)
Almost all of the power cords are custom made, with gold plated ends. Again, this was to clean up the mess, and keep wires as short as possible. (I hope I never rearrange things) I have always been a Tara Labs fan for my wiring, but at the suggestion of a friend of mine, I made the switch to Inakustic for all the interconnects.
The cabinet/shelves are made of Baltic birch with teak veneer. It was definitely constructed to house this specific equipment, but hopefully I planned in enough room for alterations/upgrades.
(More to come… I have to quit playing on Audiogon for now, and get back to work 😢)
Thanks for checking it out!
