Vancouver Village

by jcipale on Ever Evolving

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Slowly evolving over time since I started with my very first receiver (JVC-100 w/Ohm 1 loudspeakers). Always looking for ways to upgrade and improve, of course. The most recent purchase being the Emotiva ERC-4 CD/DAC device. The biggest single improvement being to add a 2nd Infinity BU-1 sub-woofer. The Bryston has dual "mains" that allowed me to feed the output to the amplifier of the BU-1's. The dbx 118 was inserted between the Bryston and the Infinity's to provide range expansion over the lower frequency cut-off. With the kindness of Mrs Claus, the Fluance RT-84 was added to the system on Christmas Day.

At the recommendation of Kirk at Echo Audio, I ordered a Hana EL Moving Coil cartridge for the Fluance.The cartridge is exactly as advertised! Tight, warm bass. A clear, defined sound stage. Plays well on everything from Hayden to Tchaikovsky to The Crusaders.
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Room Details

Dimensions: 12’ × 12’  Small
Ceiling: 8’

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    • Emotiva ERC-4
    Replacement for my 25 yo Carver. My first CD/DAC unit.
    • Hafler DH-200
    Built from kit in 1979 or so. Still going strong!
    • JVC QLA-2 w/Grado Blue
    A nice mid-range unit. Holding out for a Dual or Thorens.
    • Grado Blue-1 MM
    Good solid Moving Magnet cartridge. Update to my semi-retired Grado Black.
    • Infinity Kappa 6
    One of the best mid-size speakers I have heard. Holding out to find a pair of IRS-2 models though.
    • Denon TU-600
    A very nice little tuner that works well in a signal challenged area.
    • Soundcraftsman 2204
    Perhaps the best piece I could have added to my system
    • DBX 21
    DBX Disc playback unit.
    • SAE 5000
    Used to clean up playback of old(er) vinyl that I still enjoy listening to.
    • Nakamichi BX-1
    One of Nakamichi's "entry level" units. Solid, well made great freq resp. A true gem.
    • Infinity BU-1
    Infinity BU-1 Powered Sub to improve the low-end response
    • dbx 3bx ds
    • Bryston 1B-MC
    Replacement for the Carver C-3. Only drawback is no headphone jack, but there are ways around this,
    • DBX 118
    dbx 1st generation range expander (replaced by the model 1B)
    • Fluance RT-84
    Fluance belt-drive turntable. The Ortofon 2M Blue MM will be kept and used on the JVC QL-A2 from time to time to compare between the Grado Blue and the Ortofon.
    • Hana EL
     Moving Coil Cartridge to take advantage of the MC input on the Bryston Preamp coupled with the Fluance RT-84. This was recommended to me by the good folks at Echo Audio (Beaverton, OR)

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Allow me to suggest a few changes..just for fun!
Keep the sweet 6 Kappa's but add carpet spikes to the stands for tighter, deeper bass and smoother mid-range to tweeter transition...and better imaging.
Replace the old JVC cables with Linn Analog turntable cables and RCA jacks, and maybe find a vintage Acutex M-312 STR cartridge.
Then, for the heart and soul, find a good Pioneer SX-1250 receiver, have it completely re-furbished, then add some Tara Labs RSC speaker cables, and WOW!

IMHO, the Carver pieces are limiting the sonic ability of this system dramatically!

I can't imagine a more enjoyable 70's and 80's sonic experience!
Cool Toys VV, enjoy!

pepperdog

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