Let me introduce myself briefly. I am a musician, medicine man and audio artist. I studied music at the University of Oklahoma as a Contrabass major from 1982-1987. I am a registered Pharmacist licensed in three states to practice medicine. I am now retired from that and am using my expertise and knowledge to develop new ways to hear and interpret music with style and grace.
My active (Others are in storage or under upgrade) systems for the curious.
Main AV:
Marantz Cinema 40 amp (current model) this is the only one of the Cinema series actually made in Japan
Aiyima 300w class D for one Atmos channel only
Speakers 5.2.6 Dolby Atmos
Front: Polk Audio R700’s with Viborg solid copper banana jacks and SKW speaker cables high purity
Center: Polk R400
Rear: Klipsch R-820F towers
Subs: Front JBL powerbase 10 down fire
Rear Klipsch 12” 400w (I have 3 more but no room as the C40 handles 4 subs)
Atmos on walls at ceiling level
Front Klipsch ref Dolby Atmos.
Center Kef Dolby Atmos with the Aiyima powering this channel
Rear Height Polk T50
Music Lab
Douk Audio F5 Class A tube amp 6L6GC 6w+6w linear
Valves: Chinese 6L6GC with 6n1-P original with amp (same as EL34)
Russian Gold Lion KT66GC matched pair with matched 6N1-P
PS Vane KT66GC matched pair with Soviet (1950’s)NOS 6H1N-EB
Prima Luna Evo 100 EL34 amp 32w+32w push-pull conf. 2-12AU7 and 2-12AX7 self-biasing with hi-lo
Valves: original set Prima Luna stamped made in Russia specifically for this Norwegian Co.
Mullard EL34 matched quad with matched pairs of Mullard 12AU7 and 12AX7’s
Matched Quad Tung-sol KT170’s. I had to loosen a couple of screws to get them to fit.
The KT170 was developed by Prima Luna for their Evo series amps
Denon DRA400 (1983) 40wpc 8 ohms x 2 integrated tuner amp
WiiM Ultra streamer/DAC using Sabre DAC industry standard op-amps Amazon and Tidal NO iTunes
MacMini M2 for Apple Music
Vincent Audio SA-32 tube pre-amp with Soviet NOS missile tubes inside
T+A DAC 200 - 8 BurrBrowns inside. Has temperature meters and I run with the MacMini USB Viborg
Shanling ET-3 CD transport connected via Audioquest Vodka Toslink to the WiiM. The Shanling has an
house designed op-amp system unique to this Chinese Hifi giant.
Pioneer PD-M406 - 6 disc cd cartridge no optical 7/1998
Denon DCM-290 5 cd disc platter 11/2008
JVC XL-FZ-258 5 cd disc platter 5/2000
NeoHipo ET30 audio switcher for speaker/amp changes
Speakers in active use(all interior wiring is 14 gauge solid 999 silver with Cardas audio solder) banana
jacks are Viborg sold pure copper. 10 gauge 999 silver for crossovers when needed
Cerwin Vega RE 30’s with Coral 12L-1 30cm cones and upgraded banana jacks new caps in mail
YL (Yoshimura Labs) Harmonia 16 ohm 20 watt speaker pair original but missing 12” drivers
Found with one 12” unknown and one 12” Japanese Atomix branded alnico 8 ohm
Replaced with
2 Tone Speak 16 ohm guitar amp speakers from Austin,TX the “New Orleans” hemp cone said to
Produce a more American sound for Jazz/Acoustic guitarists
New: I found and replaced one with an original YL 351G 30cm or 12” driver I got from Ukraine. It is
Version of the original 351A
I am negotiating with a dealer in Vietnam for a NOS Pair of 351G’s as of this time
First recap with Jantzen audio and Dayton Hifi then replaced with Jupiter copper foils
Speaker cables:
Audioquest Rocket 44 with Viborg silver bananas
Monosaudio 9AWG silver
Tuneful Cables for NeoHipo connection
Interconnects:
SKW toslink
Audioquest Vodka toslink
ImpetoAudio toslink
Viborg USB cable USB 2 to USB-C
SKW pure copper RCA’s
Lavricables Grand 20 XLR’s with Cardas Audio Clear RCA adapters
Preffair silver RCA cables
Other projects:
Pilot 500 EL 84 8w+8w push-pull works but just got the recap kit. I have a full suite of Gold Lions to use when it is ready
Cerwin Vega SE 280. Refoaming the 12” and caps are in the mail
Already recapped Pioneers but no room
Et al
