Room Size

20.125' L x 12.67' W x 7.10' H

System Overview

Goal: Satisfying system without breaking my bank or marriage.

Music Preferences

Lots, but mostly jazz, blues, rock.

Room Description

Basement room: carpet over concrete; drywall; suspended ceiling.

Acoustic Treatment

All GIK treatments: (4) 244 Bass Traps on side walls at first and second reflection points; (2) pairs (double-stacked) Tri-Traps front corners; (2) 6A Alpha Pro Series Bass Trap Diffusor/Absorbers 2D(a) on front wall; (3) Evolution PolyFusors on rear wall.

Components

Digital Source

Simon Audio CD5 as transport to NewOntech DAC 07.

Preamp

Mapletree 2A SE Linestage - NOS 6SN7 Tung-Sol grey T plates; separate power supply with NOS Raytheon JAN-CRP 6X5WGT rectifier; Black Gate filter capacitors. 3 inputs with gains: 10dB, 10dB, and 18dB. 2 outputs.

Power Amp

Whammerdyne DGA-1 Stereo Amp - NOS Sylvania 2A3 power tubes; NOS Amperex BB 6DJ8 input tube; optional wider band output transformers

Speakers

Pure Audio Project Trio15 Horn1 - Verastarr Illusion JR Series Copper Foil cabling. Leonidas crossover: replaced green 5.6 ohm resistor with a Path resistor; replaced Mundorf M Cap with Clarity CSA capacitor.

Speaker Cable

Harmonic Technology Pro-9 Plus.

Interconnects

Silnote Morpheus Reference Classic II Series II digital S/PDIF cable and ICs from preamp to amp; WyWires from DAC to preamp.

Power Cables

VH Audio Flavor 4 for amp and preamp w/ Furutech FI-25 Gold connectors. Verastarr Nemesis on the DAC.

Power Cond

Brick Wall (Zero Surge) PW8R15AUD: 15 amp; 8 isolated by duplex (6 switched, 2 unswitched) - for CDP, DAC, and preamp.

Tuning and Tweaks

Star Sound Audio Points under CDP, amp, and preamp boxes. Ratcheted clamp to secure preamp power supply box to table because it is too light for the heavy-duty power cord!

Other Components

Furutech FPX (Cu) AC Outlet 20 amps - one for amp and one for the Brick Wall/Zero Surge.