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I have been doing this for 20 years and would now like to share this system with my fellow Audiogoners. The emphasis is on what I feel are important for truly high-end sound: AC conditioning and resonance control. The system is extremely neutral and revealing with tremendous high frequency control. There is no glare or grain. It sounds the same at any volume level and I never get listener fatigue. I am considering a speaker upgrade, but I cannot find any flaws with the Proacs. Please check out the photos. I would like to hear your comments.
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    • Accuphase DC-61
    Takes digital feed from Sony 9000 for both Redbook and 2 channel DVD home theater.
    • Accuphase C-250
    Neutral with great HF control. Has plenty of balanced and single ended inputs and outputs. Also has a slot for an optional phono card if I get back into vinyl.
    • Accuphase P-450
    Powerful yet delicate. Can easily drive my Proac 3.8s to thunderous levels.
    • Proac Response 3.8
    Laid back and warm. Huge soundstage, great imaging. Really shines on vocals, both spoken and sung.
    • Sony DVP-S9000es
    Used as the transport for both Redbook and DVD playback. I use the 5.1 to 2 downmix feature.
    • Tara Labs Air 2
    Two 1 meter pairs, one balanced from D/A to preamp and one single ended from the 5100 to preamp. One 5 meter balanced pair from preamp to amp. Open and neutral.
    • Tara Labs Air 2
    Two 8 foot pairs for biwiring. Open and neutral.
    • Tara Labs Air AC
    Seven Air power cords, one for each component. Incredible resolution.
    • Tara Labs AD/10B
    Offers balanced power for source components and separate outlets for amp and TV. Feeds entire system. Uses a Wattgate cryo'd 20 amp outlet on a dedicated 20 amp line.
    • Tara Labs RSC Video
    Two 3 meter RGB composite video runs: 1 for High-Definition cable and one for DVD playback.
    One 3 meter RCA for the standard channels.
    • Tara Labs Air Digital
    1.5 meter.
    • Motorola 5100 High Definition Cable Box
    Offers RGB High-Def video out and 5.1 digital out. I like the
    • Walker High Definition Links
    Two sets for biwiring. Great product.
    • Walker Resonance Control Cones and Discs
    2.0 inch cones: 8 sets of 3.
    1.5 inch cones: 6 sets of 3, 2 sets of 4
    1.0 inch discs: 6
    0.5 inch discs: 54
    Custom made threaded brass inserts: 26
    Total: 50 cones, 60 discs.
    • Cardas Caps
    66 RCA caps and 2 XLR caps.
    • Kinetics Research Room Acoustics
    Two 80 inch corner panels.
    Two 40 inch corner panels.
    Two 4 foot square sidewall panels.
    Six 2 by 4 foot additional panels.
    • Lovan Equipment Stands: Sovereign
    10 inch stands: 2
    7 inch stands: 3
    amp stand: 1
    TV stands: 2
    All filled with no. 9 lead shot.
    • Lovan Speaker Stands: Jazz
    Lead filled.
    • Modial MAGIC Ground Isolation Transformer
    A must for any system.
    • Sony Wega KV-36XBR400
    Direct view, high-definition ready.

Comments 2

Not exactly my style of decor, but very professionally done.

My only concerns would be the rather high and corner placed racking system. I get the feeling that your components and rack are probably much more susceptable to air-borne vibrations in this location than elsewhere.

If you were able to put a plasma tv on the back and use a double-wide low-profile rack, it would look and perhaps sound even better.

But very nice nonetheless.

-IMO

stehno

Wow, very nice room! What are the dimensions and what type of acoustic treatments?

dlwask

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