Systems

A two channel system, a Two-channel Audio System by rpf

Room Size
12' x 25' x 8-12'
System Overview
An all tube system.
Music Preferences
Classical, folk/Americana, jazz, world, rock.
Room Description
Open floor plan. Speakers are two feet in front of a twelve foot wide wall with the room open on one side and sliding glass doors on the other. The room is 25 feet long with a cathedral ceiling (running parallel to the front of the speakers) 12 feet high at the peak.
Acoustic Treatment
GIK 242 and 244 Acoustic Panels.
Listening Impressions
Transparent, quick, resolving, with good imaging. Doesn't have very deep bass. Doesn't push a huge quantity of air but then I don't listen at very loud levels.
Media Storage
LaCie 5 TB HD.
Components
Digital Source
Mid 2010 Mac Mini with a SSD & 8GB Ram. Lampizator Amber II DAC.
Signal Processors
Audirvana. Singxer SU-1 USB-SPDIF Converter.
Power Amp
Rogue Cronus Magnum Integrated (Mundorf Evo Silver/Gold/Oil coupling caps in replacement of the stock coupling and bypass caps; Reflector 6P3S-E power tubes, and various NOS signal tubes. Synergistic "Black" Fuses). 55 wpc.
Speakers
Aural Acoustics Model B 3 way, time aligned & phase coherent speakers w sealed tweeter & mid-range drivers, front ported woofers, in a stepped array. Modified 1st order crossovers in sealed bases; Rel Theta caps, Duelund resistors, Cardas Cu binding posts
Speaker Cable
Audio Envy NV-SP11
Interconnects
Audio Envy Studio Prestige ICs. Purist Aqueous Aureus Praesto Digital IC (BNC). PI Audio USB cable.
Power Cables
Triode Wire Labs Digital, HC Digital, 7 Plus & 8 Plus.
Headphones
Blur, Shozy, Yinyoo, Yinman, Sennheiser, & Faaeal earbuds.
Racking
Salamander Synergy. Atomic Audio Labs platform under Mac Mini. Speakers on spiked Mapleshade 4" maple platforms.
Power Cond
Whole house surge protector. 20 Amp dedicated line with polished Furutech FPX Cu AC outlet. PI Audio Buss-Stop.
Tuning and Tweaks
Synergistic Research "Black" and Hi-Fi Tuning Fuses. Herbie's Tenderfeet and Fat Dots, Herbie's "Baby Booties" under Hard Drive. Daedalus Audio Isolation Devices under DAC.
Other Components
2nd system: Sonos Connect; iFi SPDIF Purifier; Schiit Modi Multi-bit; Audioengine A5+; WyWires & Wireworld ICs, Radio Shack 12 ga Cu Speaker Cable (w DH Labs spades), & TWL 10+ & Pangea AC14SE PCs. 3rd system: Sony BluRay player; Schiit Modi 3; Audioengine 2+; BPT ICs, Kimber Kable 8TC Speaker Cable; Pangea AC14SE PC