Description

The electronics for the system are contained in a hall closet located behind the speaker wall. The speaker cable runs through the front wall, into the living room, and power to the closet is supplied by the two power conditioners which are plugged into a single outlet in a spare bedroom (then ran through the wall into the closet). The room is approx. 18' x 24' x 8' (1/3 of which is the dining and kitchen area). The floors are plaster/carpet/cotten rugs and the room contains three walls of books. The rest of the wall/door space is covered with (mainly) paintings on canvas. Lots of clutter, cats, et cetera.
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    • California Audio Labs Icon mkII
    18 bit, with remote
    • Thorens TD-125 mkII
    Uses an SME 3009II (non-improved) arm.
    • Ortofon F15E MkII
    MM (early 80's) older box style body.
    • Grado Prestige Silver MM
    • Musical Fidelity V-LPS
    Phono Preamp
    • Bottlehead Foreplay
    Stepped volume pots (uses two 12au7 type tubes).
    • Bottlehead Paramours
    Mono block SET amps (use 1 2A3 and 1 12AT7 per chassis). Currently have captive 14 gauge power cords.
    • Stephens Trusonic 80FR
    Vintage 8" wide-range driver - approx. 95dB @ 16 ohms.
    • Elac S517
    Vintage 8" wide-range driver - approx. 95 dB @ 16 ohms.
    • StudioTech PA-04
    Custom welded into one piece frame.
    • Neuance Custom Equipment Shelf
    Used under TT & CD player.
    • 47 Labs OTA Interconnect/Speaker Cable Kit
    Solid .4 mm copper used as interconnect & speaker cable.
    • BMI Whale Elite
    5 ft. (used on line preamplifier and CD player).
    • Absolute The Model
    • Monster HTS-2000
    Two units (digital on one unit).

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hi dekay, refreshing to see a variety of equiptment from different eras, not all off the current market shelf. nice setup. if you can be using three whales i might have to take the plunge and cash in my eels. not sure if would apply but came across this thorens info i found interesting http://www.home.earthlink.net/~user510/thorens_tweaks.htm nice setup. kurt

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