One day soon I hope to have A dedicated room, but for now the system resides in my living room. My system started years ago before I was married. I do not think she had any idea it would get this out of control. She is the best, 17 plus years and still upgrading and she still sticks by her man. As of late the upgrading is slowing down a bit. I am enjoying the music immensely. The sound stage, solid pinpoint images in space, seperation, dynamics, inner detail, resolution. If I could wish for anything it would be a large dedicated room to help get me the sound stage depth you get in a larger space. any ideas to get better sound stage depth in my current room are welcome. I am currently in the middle of an upgrade. The Opus MM interconnects are being upgraded @ Transparent to Opus MM2. Also traded in my Transparent reference XL speaker cable for the new reference MM2 speaker cable. Ok this is the last upgrade for awhile in the meantime I have some Kubala Sosna emotion speaker cables and a pair of Cardas golden cross balanced interconnects. These cables sound pretty good but lack the detail, resolution and sound slow in comparison to my old cables. The Mark Levinson No33 amps have been slightly modified. DO NOT DO THIS MODIFICATION UNLESS YOU ARE COMPLETELY AWARE OF THE DANGER INVOLVED. These amps can store life threatening current for many days after they have been unplugged from the wall.Now that that is out of the way I left the 8feet of metal jumpers inplace but bypassed them with Transparent speaker cable. This was about three days of work including trying to come up with a game plan and making all the jumpers. The time spent was well worth it. The soundstage is fuller, bigger, deeper sound stage. The presentation is more organic and natural.
DAC WITH BUILT IN PREAMP OPTION-SOUNDS AS GOOD AS IT LOOKS.
MBL 1611 F DAC board upgrade
Upgraded DAC from MBL 1611D to 1611F. This was a big change in every department.
NEM NEM
200 watt monoblock amplifiers.
HOME BUILT S-2000
FIRST ORDER SERIES X-OVER WITH (6) AUDIOTECHNOLOGY MIDRANGE DRIVERS,(1) 12" AUDIOTECHNOLOGY DRIVER (1)SCANSPEAK TWEETER. 8 GAUGE COILS AND LARGER USED THROUGHOUT. MUNDORF SILVER/OIL, HOVLAND CAPS AND NORTH RESISTERS NONE OF WHICH ARE IN SERIES WITH DRIVERS. THESE SOUND BETTER THAN I EVER ANTICIPATED-LOTS OF WORK BUT WELL WORTH IT. I DO HAVE SOME SIDE PANELS AND OTHER COSMETIC THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE BUT I THINK I WILL JUST ENJOY THE MUSIC FOR NOW.
TRANSPARENT OPUS MM2 BAL. INT. 2METER
INTERCONNECT BETWEEN MBL DAC/PREAMP AND LEVINSON MONO AMPS.
TRANSPARENT REFERENCE MM2 15FT
15FT SPEAKER CABLES
Virtual Dynamics Genisis 2.0
Power cords for MBL 1621 Transport and MBL 1611F DAC
Virtual Dynamics Revelation 2.0
Power cord for NEM mono amps
Stealth Sextet Varidig XLR
DIGITAL LINK BETWEEN CD TRANSPORT & DAC
JL AUDIO F-113
SUB-HAD TO GO TO THIS WOOFER TO REPLACE MY CUSTOM AURA 18" WOOFER-IT WAS JUST WAY TO BIG OF AN ENCLOSURE. I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE HEARD THIS JL AUDIO's 2800 WATT AMP ON MY OLD AURA 1808 BUT I SOLD IT OFF TO ANOTHER BASS FREAK.
Richard Gray 400s
LINE CONDITIONER USED IN PARALLEL. RAN TRANSPARENT PLP POWER CORD DIRECT FROM DEDICATED BREAKER @ SERVICE PANEL TO RICHARD GRAY BYPASSING ITS OWN IEC (NO OUTLETS IN LINE) AND HOOKS TO RICHARD GRAY RECEPTACLE INSIDE ITS CASE, THIS IS WHERE I PLUGGED IN THE TRANSPARENT PIMM LINE CONDITIONER.
STILLPOINTS ISOLATION CONES & RISERS
(52) CONES THE SPEAKERS ACCOUNT FOR 32 OF THESE CONES. THE OTHERS ARE UNDER AMPS, DAC, TRANSPORT AND COMPONENT STAND.
STILLPOINTS ERS
MAGIC PAPER BLOCKS EMI AND RFI
POLYCRYSTAL PLINTHS
USED FOR BASE OF SPEAKERS, AMPS AND SHELVES FOR EQUIPMENT
POLYCRYSTAL CABLE TOWERS
GETS CABLE OFF CARPET
KNAUF bass traps
home made bass traps
SHAKTI HALLOGRAPHS
Sound Field Optimizer
MARIGO LABS signature 3-D matt
CD matt helps dynamics, resolution and bass control
GLASS AUDIODESK
BEVELS EDGE OF CD. BETTER BASS CONTROL, SMOOTHER NOT AS FUZZY SOUNDING (TAKES THE EDGE OFF)ON SOME CD's IT CAN MAKE AN UNLISTENABLE CD SOUND PRETTY DANG GOOD.
L ART DU SON CD SOLUTION
CD CLEANER
FURUTECH RD-2
DEMAGNETIZES CD
Clear Audio Magix magnetic isolation feet
Magnetic isolation footers.
EquaRack Multi-mount bearing footer
Used under CD transport
Aurios 1.2 isolation bearing footers
Used under polycrystal plynth of the CD Transport.
SAP Relaxa magnetic footers
1 used under cd transport in the middle surounded by the EquRack footers under the main feet of MBL transport. 3 other SAP footers are under the Richard grey line conditioner.
Furutech FRD room diffuser
I use 3 first reflection point behind speakers and one center behind speakers.
Transparent PLP
RAN TRANSPARENT PLP POWER CORD DIRECT FROM DEDICATED BREAKER @ SERVICE PANEL TO RICHARD GRAY BYPASSING ITS OWN IEC (NO OUTLETS IN LINE) AND HOOKS TO RICHARD GRAY RECEPTACLE INSIDE ITS CASE, THIS IS WHERE I PLUGGED IN THE TRANSPARENT PIMM LINE CONDITIONER.
Synergistic Research Acoustic A.R.T.
room treatment
Extreme AV Quicksilver Gold
contact enhancer
Acoustic Revive RR-77
Ultra-low frequency generator
Kingrex power supply
Power supply for Acoustic Revive RR-77
HiFi Tuning Quanten-Stecker
Quantum plug
HiFi Tuning fuses
fuses
Machina Dynamics Code Name Turquoise
Goes under the CD around the laser mechinism. Helps soak up light scatter.
Nice set up. I also made knauf pipe insulation to make my own bass traps. Nice to see more people making these traps. I have eight six foot columns ranging from 22" to 9". And they really make a difference acoustically. You can view my trap designs on "ever evolving" called my virtual system "DIY listening room." I am planning on building more for my theater room. again nice...very nice. Oh...my wife is dedicated because she sewed the bass trap socks for the bass traps and did a great job. What a great wife I have who actually gets involved with my passion.
