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3/12/06: Updated for 2006 - I'm in a new dedicated room. the room measures 15' X 20'6" with 7'10" ceilings. I've got 2 built in bookshelves in the rear of the room, one on the left & one on the right. The floors are hardwood with a throw rug on the floors. For football fans, my theme is the Pittsburgh Steelers. I've got 14 framed prints in the room. For sound treatment, I've got 15 Real Traps on the walls & ceilings; 4 mondo, 4 mini, 7 micro. In addtion, I have a 60amp sub-panel with a dedicated ground & my HT in this room.

7/03/04: I m back to the basics – vinyl. This is my two channel system & I’m done for now. The room is 13 X 16.5 X 8 ceilings with a 10X10 office open and adjacent to the listening area. The room is treated with echo busters and double busters. I’ve treated all my PC’s, interconnects, etc. with Caig Pro Gold –& it works great. I think it added to the spacing of instruments within the soundstage.
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    • Teres Model 160
    battery powered
    • Ayre Cx-7e
    Evolution model using a pair of Ridge Street Poiema! with RCA's to the Cortese
    • Origin Live Silver
    Mk I version - with TWL mod
    • Denon DL 103r
    103r - MC Cartridge
    Output voltage: 0.25mV
    Frequency response: 20Hz - 45kHz
    Output impedance: 14 ohms
    Needle: 16.5 micron round pin
    Tracking force: 2.5 ? 0.2g
    • Supratek Cortese
    Sitting on Sistrum Platforms

    Line Stage Tube Compliment:
    Sylvania 12b4a
    Tungsol 6sn7's
    Phono Stage:
    Tele CCa's
    Phillips e180f

    Power Supply
    Mullard 5ar4 rectifier
    Tunsol 5881 power
    • PS Audio PS Audio Classic 250
    Two Channel Solid State 250W X 2 in Bi-Amp mode for two channel
    • PS Audio PS Audio Classic 250
    Two channel 250 X 2 used in Bi-Amp mode for two channel.
    • Tyler Acoustics Woodmere
    Ribbon Mahogany, with cardas binding post & cardas wire - sitting on Audiopoints
    • PS Audio P1000
    One P1000 per power amp, overkill - probably but I like to have my amps on separate dedicated lines. I can really crank the volume with two P1000's!
    • PS Audio PS Audio - P500
    PS Audio - P500 which powers my Supratek
    • PS Audio UO
    UO - 15 amp HC before P500 for additional filtering before the pre-amp, CD
    • BMC Pinnacle Silver
    4.5 meter pair from Supratek to amps
    • Verastarr Silver Reference
    for all components, HC or Reference series. 99.99 silver over 99.999 copper terminated with Furutech FI-20's
    • Ridge Street Poiema !!
    Two either foot pairs, one pair for the mids & one pair for the woofers of the Woodmere's.
    • Ridge Street Poiema! RCA's
    using between Ayre Cx7e & Cortese
    • Adona Double wide rack
    for source equipment
    • PS Audio PowerPort
    Audio grade outlets for wall outlets
    • Dedicated 60 amp sub panel
    nine dedicated lines with a dedicated ground rod - 4 20-amp with 10 guage wire, 5 15-amp with 12 quage wire
    • Cable Elevators for speaker cables
    Elevators for speaker cables to the Woodmere's
    • VPI Industries HW-16.5 - cleaning machine
    cleaning machine, I use Audio Intelligent fluids & Last Brushes, new record sleeves with great success. This solution is so good, it makes make record cleaning fun again!

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Very nice system. So how do you like your Classic 250s by now. PS Audio is supposed come out with a new amp based on this technology. Of course they rave over it. Have you ever compared your amp to some of the other amps like Krell, Levinson, Gryphon, etc.
Again it looks like you've done everything right in your system and room.
Steve

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