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Music in a functional living space .
Thanks to 
Barry Ober  aka http://www.soundoctor.com/ , for speaker placement, tuning the soundstage and advice on component selection. 
Jordan Goulette and art noxon of asc for room acoustic treatment,
Gary Mulder of ayre and now Yg acoustic, for his advice and mentorship.
Also would like to thank gary radca who got me into reel tapes… I owe you big for introducing me into this world where there is no going back . And Andrew thanks for setting me with the finest machine.

4 dedicated 20 amps circuits with cardas outlets .
Entire system is in balanced configuration.
Amazing sound in my living room.
Been through many diff amplifiers and speakers but never have I heard a better combo .
The rack is from timbernation with solid steel frame custom made for me .
My system as you can see is analogue focused.
Nothing beats reel tape dubs from master tapes.
 . Vinyl through my set up is a close second .

Love the dags playing through the magicos through Cardas cables… the nordost power cords add some balance with increased pace. I like the Cardas /nordost combo instead of a single loom of one brand . To me this provides the perfect balance to suit my taste . 
Got my second system charneys system with his 300b amps, western electric 300b tubes , what  a contrast . I will leave it at that …
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Room Details

Dimensions: 26’ × 20’  Large
Ceiling: 20’


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    • Dan d’agostino Momentum hd preamp
    Preamplifier
    • Dan D’agostino Momentum M-400 mxv
    Monoblocks
    • Magico M3
    With Mpods .
    • JL Audio CR-1 crossover
    Crossover
    • JL Audio Gotham 213 v2
    Subwoofer x 2
    • SME 30/2
    With sme series v tonearm , turntable
    • Lyra Etna SL LAMBDA
    Catridge
    • Wave kinetic Nvs reference turntable
    Turntable
    • Durand tonearm Tosca
    • Ortofon Verisimo
     Cartridge
    • van den Hul The grail SE+
    Phonostage
    • ATR 102 Reel tape deck
    1/2” flux magnetic head stack
    Hot rodded by Andrew kosobutsky 
    • Ampex Mr70
    Tape Head pre amps for atr 102
    Hot rodded by Andrew kosobutsky 
    • Otari MTR-10
    1/4 inch 2 track open reel deck, with upgraded flux magnetic heads
    • Doshi audio Evo tape head preamp
    For the otari mtr10 1/4” deck
    • Wolf Audio Systems Red wolf 2SX
    Streamer
    • T+A Elektroakustik SD 3100 HV
    Reference dac
    • Ayre Acoustics Cx-5xe
    Sacd , CD player
    • Cardas Audio CLEAR BEYOND
    Balanced Interconnects
    • Nordost Tyr 2
    Balanced interconnects
    • Cardas Audio Clear Beyond
    Speaker cable
    • Nordost Valhalla 2 usb
    Best sounding usb cable between my streamer and dac
    • Isotek Nova evo 3
    Power conditioner
    • Cardas Audio CLEAR BEYOND XL
    Power cords
    • Nordost Tyr 2 power cord
    • Nordost Frey 2 Power Cord
    • Nordost Heimdall 2 Ethernet cable
    • ASC (Acoustic Sciences Corporation) Tube traps
    Room treatment
    • Nessie Vinylmaster
    Record cleaning machine
    • Charney Audio Companion Excalibur
    Horn speakers
    • Charneys amps Audio note kit 300b
    • Nordost Qb-8
    Power conditioner

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Most impressive. By what means did you approach the sound treatment? Curious if you arrived at this via software or if you did it like most of us do. Love your cartridge and cable choices but, in truth, all the rest of it too. A challenging looking but utterly beautiful listening environment

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