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Room Details

Dimensions: 26’ × 17’  Large
Ceiling: 8’


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    • LUMIN X1
    Very impressed, especially with the Leedh volume control. No preamp needed.
    • Clarisys Minuet
    Just installed on 8-29-23. replaced my beloved Focal Sopra 2's.
    • Rotel Michi 8
    Just added these 140 lb. amps. Rated for 1800 watts per 4 ohm.
    • JL Audio F-113 Subwoofers (4) of them.
    4 F-113's
    • AudioQuest Cables Mythical Creatures Cables Complete Loom
    Niagara 7000, (2) 1200, 1000 Power conditioners. On my 3 dedicated lines for a total of 4 AudioQuest units. I have (2)1200 for my JL subs. 2 are in the back of the room and 2 in the front. 

    3 AudioQuest Dragon Power cords.

    Interconnects - Thunderbird XLR 
    Speaker Cables -Thunderbird speaker cables Zero & Bass
    • AudioQuest 7000, (2) 1200, 1000 Power Conditioners 7000
    • AudioQuest Dragon High Current 20A for My Niagara 7000 & Dragon Source
    Using this power cord on my AudioQuest Niagara 7000 power conditioner. Quite impressive!
    Added another Dragon Source to my Lumin X1
    • ADD-POWR Sorcer X4
    Great conditioner!
    • Critical Mass Systems Center Stage CM2,2M in both the 1.0 & 1.5 size footers. Total of 6 sets being used.
    I now have 6 sets under my equipment and boy are they impressive.
    • Entreq Silver Tellus
    Silver Tellus used om my digital. Plus a DIY large box used on analog and two smaller DIY boxes used on each speaker.
    • EtherRegen Uptone Audio
    • AfterDark Queen Clock and Linear power supply
    Combo
    • WireWorld Platinum 8 Ethernet
    I didn't think an ethernet cable would improve the sound much, but with cable connected to my Ether Regen input from my modem even though I am sending the output via fiber to my Lumin X1, increased the sound quality presence. Quite impressive.

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Ozzy, yes I wish I had a Faraday Cage room. It is getting worse and worse. And the garbage on our ac lines is also getting worse and worse. What we all need is what Enid Lumley long ago suggested, our own nuclear generator.

tbg

Ozzy, I cannot imagine that a 3/8" 16 would be any better than a 1/4" 20. I do know that four SP Ultra Five under speakers and amps are superior to three.

tbg

Ozzy, that is ridiculous. Go on line. My guess is that you might pay $3@.

tbg

Ozzy, for a long time I had no experience that was bad with either the SPs Ultra SSs or Ultra Fives. Now I have had some instances where the Ultra Fives are too much.

I had great difficulty with installing SP Ultra Fives on my BMC Arcadia speakers. Previously on my Tidals, it was easy to install them as there are multiple threaded M8s holes on them and I got eight 1/4 20 to M8 adapters from StillPoints. On learning that the Arcadias had M8 threads also I simply assumed I could just move them to my new speakers. Before settting them up, I screwed them into the only four holes on the Arcadias. I did notice that the threading was far into the holes. Once I had them up I noticed that the Ultra Fives were flat against the bottom of the speakers. StillPoints doesn't encourage that saying that a small gap is better. I could not get any gape?

Later I learned that the threading on the Arcadias is from inside and that I was merely moving it further into the speakers. Fortunately, my adapters were too short to push them into the interior. I live with that situation now.

tbg

Ozzy, when I had Beauhorn Virtuosos, I wired them with no Teflon insulation. I just kept the leads far apart. Later with the Muratas, I initially used Teflon tubing on one lead. Later I took it off. The Teflon on one lead ruined the sound. Old homes used uninsulated wires for ac with both leads wrapped around ceramic insulators. I have often thought of doing that but RFI is so great today, I doubt if it would be any good.

tbg

Ozzy, I would very much like a picture of your using one MPC to drive 6 leds. Also, if you have a source for the caps to add to the MPCs, I would like that. I know the Galileo MPC remove the board within and charge the transformer. I guess I don't know whether or not the regular MPC has tunneling.

Best,

Norm

tbg