Room Size

L-shaped 35’x17’ + 8’x15’ with 9’ ceiling

System Overview

You thought he was a man, but he was a muffin.

Music Preferences

Avant-garde (Tzadik label, John Zorn, Zeena Parkins, Ikue Mori, Eyvind Kang, Alvin Curran, Bob Ostertag, Maja Ratkje, David Shea, Maryanne Amacher, Makigami Koichi, more), Zeuhl (Ruins, Koenjihyakkei, Magma, Bondage Fruit, more), Improv Rock (Tatsuya Yoshida, Daimonji, Magaibutsu label, Keiji Haino), Psych Rock (Rovo) Film Scores (Ennio Morricone!, Danny Elfman, Howard Shore, Nina Rota), Electro-acoustic (Raz Mesinai, more), Musique Concrete (Bernard Parmegiani, Luc Ferrari, more), Math Rock / Progressive Rock / RIO (Yowie, Korekyojinn, Bob Drake, Thinking Plague, Lars Hollmer, Yes, Volapuk, those Italian bands, more), Undefinable (Mr. Bungle, Naked City, Secret Chiefs 3, OOIOO, Demi Semi Quaver, Boredoms, Nurse With Wound, more), Jazz & Fusion (MMW, Lounge Lizards (John Lurie), Flim & The BBs, Masada, Adam Holzman, Jim Beard, The Necks, Naftules Dream, Crakow Klezmer Band, Curlew), Lyrical gods (Tom Waits, Danny Cohen, Frank Zappa, Scott Walker, Animal Collective, Mike Patton, Radiohead), Noise (Merzbow), World (Sublime Frequencies label), Ambient (Philip Jeck, Touch label, Alva Noto, Ryoji Ikeda, Biosphere, Tim Hecker, more), Folk (Iva Bittova, Tin Hat Trio, Era (Natsuki Kido), Anna Homler, more), Classics (Pink Floyd, Beatles, Mannheim Steamroller, more)

Room Description

Family room and kitchen open floor plan on ground floor. Tile floors. Large windows.

Acoustic Treatment

GIK Monster Bass Trap 2’x3’ front center wall. More in future.

Listening Impressions

Salk Song3-A are fantastic speakers! High resolution, imaging and texture monsters! I received mine in December 2022 and am falling in love with new and old music all over again. This system is a HUGE step up from my previous.

Media Storage

Custom built large cd shelf

Components

Digital Source

Marantz 6007 CD player as transport, using coax digital out

Preamp

Parasound Halo P5

Power Amp

VTV Stereo Purifi 1ET400A

Speakers

Salk Song3-A

Subwoofer

Rythmik G22

Speaker Cable

Anticable 2.1

Interconnects

Balanced blue jean cables from pre- to amp.

Power Cables

Stock

Headphones

Sennheiser HD-600, Shure SE425

Racking

Amish built solid wood tv stand

Power Cond

None

Tuning and Tweaks

None

Other Components

Schiit Asgard3 w/ ES9028 DAC (headphone amp) Headroom Little (headphone amp)