My Vintage System

by dmac67 on krellHales Design GroupInnuosSonic Frontiers

Description

Not an ideal room by any means.  Any devices mentioned under my system tweeks are those that were tried and made an improvement in my system/room and therefore remained in place.  Many other tweeks have come and gone.





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    • Krell KRC-3 Preamp
    Pairs beautifully with the power amp.  Not the highest in the Krell preamp lineup of the 90’s but synergy matters lol
    • Krell KSA-250s Power Amplifier
    (Mostly) Class Amplifier produces tight, IMPACTFUL bass, neutral mid range and open air/detail; neither bright nor fatiguing.
    • Sonic Frontiers SFP-1 Signature phono preamp
    MC/MM tubed phono preamp with Mullard 6JD8 (1963 date code, Blackburn UK factory) and Mullard 12AT7 (1968 date code, Blackburn UK)
    • Yamaha PF 800
    Turntable
    • Benz Micro Glide M2
    Medium output (.9v) moving coil cartridge.
    • Innuous Zen Mini Mkii
    Use Ipeng to control the server from Ipad.  Zen is connected to the network by Kasimo CAT8 ethernet cable.  I use the Zen as a server for my 1600 cd’s as well a streamer for Qobuz.  It is powered by an Sbooster BOTW mkII LPS.
    • Ayre Acoustics QB-9 DSD
    USB dac
    • Bada HD-26
    Top loading mechanism with fully balanced tubed output, single ended tubed output and a set of solid state single ended outputs.
    • Tascam 34b
    Open Reel Deck
    • Hales Design Group Revelation 3
    Floor standing speakers
    • Elac Sub 3010
    Triple threat.  Inexpensive subs add just the right amount of air movement.  The trio provides smooth, fast bass.  Not ultra low but even/flat throughout my room.
    • Wireworld Silver Eclipse
    Speaker cables
    • Wireworld Equinox 7 RCA
    Single ended interconnects all around
    • WireWorld Equinox 7 XLR
    Balamced interconnects from dac to preamp
    • Wireworld Starlight 8
    USB cable from streamer to dac
    • Ice Age power cables all around Copper/copper cryo treated cable
    Power cables for all components.  Switched from WireWorld Electra.
    • System Tweeks
      * Four dedicated 10 gauge 20 amp power lines to listening  
         room
      * Two Shakti Stones (one for tube phono stage, one for the Pre)
      * Three sets Final Labs Daruma 3ii bearing isolation cups (under     phono stage, dac and streamer/server)
      * Tekna Sonic C10 resonance control, 1 per speaker
      * Tekna Sonic C12 resonance control, 1 per subwoofer
      * Isoacoustic Gaia II speaker isolator/footers
      * Schumann Resonators (2)
      * SBooster BOTW mkII LPSU for the Zenmini
      * MIT Z-Plug parallel power filter
      * Auralex Subdude II under each sub
      * Diffusers 
      * Owens Corning based absorption panels
      * Auralex bass traps front and rear corners of 
        room
      * KAB Strobe Scope for adjusting turntable speed if necessary
      * Okki Nokki record cleaning machine
      * Furutech Destat III
      * Big Record Brush
      

     

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A beautiful room and system.
Happy Listening!

jafant

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