My Dedicated Room

Note Stewart 130 Screen

Epson Home Theater 5050UB Projector and GIK Acoustics Diffusion Panels covering windows.

Note Oppo Blu Ray player, Marantz AV Processor and old Carver Sunfire 5.1 amp for home theater.

Aerial Sub and Center channel for home theater. Stewart 130 screen

My 1912 Standard Gramophone

Home made cable lifters. Styrofoam blocks painted black.

Dimensions: 22’ × 12’ Medium
Ceiling: 8’

- AudioQuest McKensie cables
From turntable to preamp and balanced from preamp to amp
- Aesthetix Atlas Signature Amplifier
NOS RCA tubes
- AudioQuest Robin Hood Bi-Wire speaker cables
- Sound-Smith Paua Cartridge
Moving Iron design. Low output. Using 68 dB gain and 1000 ohms loading on Pallene MC input.
- Aesthetix Pallene
Essentially the preamplifier section with Phono Stage card from the Mimas. Not offered on Aesthetix website but available.
- Vandersteen Treo CT in Rosewood
- Sound-Smith Paua II
Installed on VPI.
- VPI Industries Prime Signature Rosewood with 3D Arm
Installed Sound-Smith Counter Intuitive on VPI counterweight.
- Townshend Audio Seismic Vibration Isolation Platform
Installed under VPI. Made a major difference in overall sound quality.
- Denafrips Ares II DAC
- Blue Sound Vault 2
- Kirmuss Audio KA-RC-1
Best investment I've made. Results in what sounds like a total upgrade to my system.
- GIK Acoustics Adsorption and Difusion panels

Nice looking room. Love the GIK room treatments.

pdreher February 07, 2021 20:07