Room Size

18' x 12' x 8'

System Overview

Music Preferences

All except electronica, grunge, hip-hop and rap.

Acoustic Treatment

Michael Green Designs (MGD) Roomtunes corner and echo tunes.

Listening Impressions

This is a natural, organic sounding music system.

Media Storage

Boltz-USA CD-1200 CD Storage Rack w/stabilizer feet, Boltz-USA LP-3610-3 LP Storage Rack w/stabilizer feet

Other Comments

This system has evolved since I purchased my first system as a 7th grader.

Components

Digital Source

Muse Model Eight transport, Muse Model One Ninety Two DAC--this setup will play CD, DVD-A and DVD-V. ModWright/Sony SCD-XA5400ES CD/SACD player w/Truth Umbilical.

Analog Source

VPI HW-19 Mk. III turntable, SME 309 tonearm, Monster Cable Sigma Genesis 2000 MC cartridge, VPI SDS controller

Other Sources

Adcom GFT-1A AM/FM stereo tuner, Nakamichi LX-5 stereo cassette tape deck

Signal Processors

N/A

Preamp

ModWright LS 36.5 linestage w/PS 36.5 external power supply, ModWright SWP 9.0SE phono preamp

Power Amp

(2) Ayre V-3 solid-state stereo amplifiers-100 w/ch @ 8 ohms, 200 w/ch @ 4 ohms in a vertically bi-amped configuration

Speakers

Legacy Audio Focus 20/20

Subwoofer

N/A

Speaker Cable

Analysis Plus Solo Crystal Oval 8

Interconnects

Analysis Plus Solo Crystal Oval 8, Discovery Essence, Discovery Plus Four, Discovery Signature, Cardas Neutral Reference phono

Power Cables

Shunyata Anaconda Alpha for all analog components and VX for digital transport

Headphones

AKG K 701 and K 702 w/Cardas harnasses, Audez'e LCD-2 w/ALO Chain Mail 8 harnass, Etymotic Research ER-4S, Koss SST-7, Sennheiser HD-800 w/bal Cardas harnass, HD-650, HD-600 both w/Cardas harnasses, Stax Model 5 earspeakers

Racking

Michael Green Designs (MGD) Roomtunes 7-shelf rack for equipment, MGD TV-28 3-shelf rack for turntable and SDS controller, Target TTF-1 amp stands, Sanus Systems amp stand for power conditioner, Black Diamond Racing Mk. IV cones under all equipment

Power Cond

Shunyata Hydra 2-one for each amp, Hydra 8 for all other components

Tuning and Tweaks

Herbie's Audio Lab tube dampers, Caig Deoxit, ProGold contact cleaners, Last Record cleaner and stylus cleaner, Milty ZeroStat Anti-static Gun, HIFi-Tuning Noise Destroyers (2), Millenium carbon fiber CD Mat, PS Audio Noise Harvester AC filters (5)

Other Components

Audio Desk Systeme CD Lathe, VPI HW-17F Record Cleaning Machine, Rightway Audio Suspendors cable elevators, Burson Audio HA-160 and HeadRoom Corp. Balanced Desktop headphone amps, Westone 3 IEMs.