Room Size

11' X11'-4

System Overview

My main system, featuring Magnestand (aka "Gunned") Magnepan MMGs and old/budget components with room treatments to obtain the best sound possible in such a small space

Music Preferences

No urban country, contemporary rap or current pop, otherwise almost anything else is fair game. I favor progressive rock, jazz from 1950 to present, classical from the 1100's AD to present, folk, and rock from the '60's to the '80's Favorite recordings to "suss out" a system: Eva Cassidy (all her albums have audio gems); Rolling Stones' "Paint it Black" (center channel cohesion, drum impact); Bad Plus "For All I Care" ("Comfortably Numb" creates a seductive soundscape, but needs a cohesive center channel), Ella Fitzgerald "Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie"; Who "Pinball Wizard (again, center channel check, slam); Chesky "Jazz and More, Vol 2" (especially tracks 43-47 for audio bass, vertical height cues, and 2 channel surround sound tests - my system passes all tests, btw)

Room Description

A 19'-4" X 11'-4" shed with LP and CD shelving arranged to make a 11' wide listening area.

Acoustic Treatment

"First Reflection Traps" (aka FRTs) as detailed here: http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=107064.0 and here: http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=118512.0

Listening Impressions

Clean, clearly defined phantom center channel; nearly linear Freq Response from 45 Hz to 16 kHz; drums and percussion have a real presence in the room

Components

Digital Source

Oppo BDP-103 as both Red Book CD player and digital server for USB hard drive WAV files; Parasound Zdac.

Analog Source

(Dual CS-508; Stanton cartridge) out of commission; Musical Fidelity V-LPS phono preamp; Nakamichi 500 cassette

Signal Processors

Behringer DEQ2496 (Room EQ, Headphone EQ, balance control)

Preamp

Luminous Audio Axiom II (passive pre-amp)

Power Amp

2 Apt-1 Power amps bridged as monoblocks

Speakers

Magnestand ("Gunned") Magnepan MMG

Subwoofer

Not necessary. :)

Speaker Cable

Home made twisted pairs of Rat Shack 26 ga magwire; 6 foot long

Interconnects

Blue Jeans Cable LC-1

Power Cables

Stock

Headphones

1980 Vintage AKG K-240

Racking

Built in shelving for turntable and cassette deck; low table for digital sources and preamp off to the side; power amps on concrete blocks on floor

Power Cond

Belkin PF60

Tuning and Tweaks

FRTs; see http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=118512.0

Other Components

2 full length mirrors to aid in aligning the MMGs