I have wanted a tube pre for so long and finally it is here!
Sota Star
Beautiful table in medium finish with vac pump and clamp. Grado Refrence arm rewired with Monster Cable
Rega RB300
Stock wire with Technoweight
Audio Technica ML150
MM
Musical Surroundings Phonomena
MM MC Phono pre, Soild State and very adjustable.
VMPS FF3 SRE
4 Way 7 driver speaker with 2 10 in woofers, 10 in passive, 53in planar push pull ribbon mid, 2 tweeters, 1 super tweeter. Very large speaker at over 300lb each with wqually big sound. Also comes with outboard active crossover rewired with MIT Zcable power.
Classe (2in use biamp) CA 150
Great amps, lots of power and smooth wide soundstage.
Lexicon RT-10
Very nice one box solution for CD SACD DVD-A and movies.
cardas Hexlink
Digital cable from Dac
Kimber Cable Hero
Great cable!
Rotel RSP 1068
7.1 output... HDCD, DVD-A SACD this is a really good HT Processor with alot of functions and features I happen to like.
these are dipoles, on wall speakers used for all surrounds
Audiovox Sirius Satelite radio home unit
Sirius satelite radio tuner
Luxman T117
great tuner
TEKline Power cable
4 of these pwer cables in my system, very nice results and excellent quality at a fair cost
Audio Research Flatline4X16
Similar to FLATLINE used for surrounds bi-wire
Panasonic model 200 720P HD projector
Great Hi def picture, great for DVD too! 90 manual screen
Monster 3500
Nice effective budget power
Monster 2500
Power conditioner economical this one handles overflow from the 3500
Sony AV3500 SYSTEM REMOTE
Touch screen, time delay MACRO
DIY ACOUSTIC PANELS Owens Corning
I made 4 30x30' panels and 1 24x36 panel for ceiling. I used perforated styrofoam for backing there is fiberglass, 2 layers of low profile batting wrapped in Needled Cotton Natural colored shells.(very breathable) 2 were for side reflections, 2 for back wall, and 1 large for ceiling reflections
Walker SST
IC, Power Cord treatment...thanks a bunch raytheprinter! Applied to all IC and power cords, The sound smoothed out, subtle but for the better!
target amp stand ?
low profile amp stand
DIY Rack SUPERCHAD MDF
8 section .5in MDF with Oak legs
Terk FM PRO
Amplified outdoor unit, pulls in about 47 stations from rural area. Thanks Steve!
VPI 16.5
Looks like a winner, thanks a bunch John for your kindness!
Hubbel Hubbel
AC outlets made a surprising change for the better, more detail and depth. Thanks Steve for another kind offer!
Mullard, Sovteck, Valvo ect, NOS 12AX7
New tubes, have the Mullard in now and I like its results, thanks Bob once again!
Well I need to get pics up but this weekend was a trip, I had a good friend from Agon here from out of town and after getting the Sota shelf up and getting the wires routed and seperated better, we tried some amp rolling, he had an old Carver TFM 35 that we put in as the panel amp, too bright and forward mid range was tiresome we swapped cables around to find the best synergy but still wasnt blown away at all, so I thought to try the Aragon amp for the ribbon mids and tweets and use the Carver for the woofers.......I dont get it and would never have guessed it but this is an excellent combo! No forward barking mid range, no harsh tweeter and the bass is actually better...(I dont get it and never will but we found a great combo) My discovery cables serve the amps well and my MIT works well off the DAC, after swapping cables around this worked the best.....many thanks to Bob for comming all the way down and all his help....alot of fun!
System edited: Well finally got the wires isolated from power cords, installed a wall mount rack for the SOTA and am trying a rather vintage amp for the panels...the verdict is not in yet. I do like the Valvo Amprex tube in my S.F. pre, last issue is a hum for the table wich I fear just may mean a arm re-wire may be in my future. A luxman T117 tuner has been added aswell and I hope to add new pics very shortly.
Hello Super Chad,I hope to be able to come up for your party and spend some time listening to some tunes with you,,i hope you are able to have your Sota setup soon!They are beautiful tables and sound as good as they look from what i hear!Have you tryed the new tube in your pre yet?Well,,talk to ya later,,Ray
System edited: so much has changed, I am so happy with my current rig, hopefully I am going to build a rack with my master carpenter friend starting next week
Well now that I have a speaker with a very focused beam of sound I am not sure I need them anymore, I need to do a little experimenting to find out more.
System edited: Well I have no talent for taking pictures but you get the idea...most system pics and rooms blow mine away, but I am proud and lucky to have what I have and thankful for everyones help!
System edited: With the addition of the Innersound EROS MKII...I am very near my point of Audio Nirvana! I always spent about 4-6 hours per day with my gear, now that is just AMAZING, thakn you all for help, info, kindness, and contributions, my life as limited as it is has never been better!
