Room Size

15x10x8

System Overview

Who needs a Klipsch ProMedia rig when you can assemble a better-sounding and upgradable system on your own?

Music Preferences

Many. Led Zeppelin; Beatles; Rolling Stones; Eric Clapton; Simon & Garfunkel; Peter, Paul & Mary; Neil Young; CSN(Y); CCR; Fleetwood Mac(Nicks era); ELO; Tom Petty; Boston(debut album); Stevie Ray Vaughnn; Robert Cray; Earth, Wind & Fire; Marvin Gaye; Smo

Room Description

home office in spare bedroom

Components

Digital Source

Technics SL-PG440 cdp, PC's various drives(CD-RW, DVD+/-RW, DVD-rom, hard drives) via a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz soundcard

Analog Source

temporary budget Onkyo TT, Sony TC-WR350Z dual cassette

Other Sources

digital cable box's and VCR's line-outs

Preamp

preamp section of a Rotel RA-913 integrated amp

Power Amp

power amp section of said Rotel RA-913

Speakers

Cambridge SoundWorks Model Six(one pair), augmented by Optimus Linaeum speakertop dipole tweeters

Subwoofer

Yamaha YST-SW45, connected via Rotel's pre-outs; a small but good-sounding 8" unit to give the Sixes more heft in the lower registers since they're far away from the wall.

Speaker Cable

Radio Shack 18-gauge copper wire

Interconnects

Monster 100's for cdp, Monster Junior Standard for cable/vcr sound and line to sub, various Radio Shack splitters and adapters for everything else

Headphones

Koss TD/60, Sony MDR-V101

Racking

basic Ikea wooden shelf system, various Belkin and APC UPS

Tuning and Tweaks

sub placed in a corner, equidistant to speakers, to maximize its effect- actually much louder at opposite corner!