One spring day years ago I wondered into a music store looking for the latest and greatest album at the time. Instead, I was treated to a demonstration of Klipsch K Horns powered by a pair of Mcintosh tube amps playing a piano conerto followed by a musician playing the same piece live. That, my friends is where the journey began.
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This has been a pretty large project getting to what you see here. I built my house around the sound room! I also did all the finish work in the sound room myself. The next one will be much easier! It's cost a fair amount of money and gray hair too but I feel it's cheaper than the professional therapy that I would have needed without the vast improvements the sound room has contributed.
If you ever come past Boise, stop by and we'll have a Koolaid and listen to the latest Marcel Marceau record.
My new Magdrive® table. A long time coming but worth it!
Rockport Technologies Lyra
3.5 way speakers
CH Precision M1.1 monoblocks
Nordost Odin 2 wires
Full loom
Schröder LT
Pivoted Linear Tracking arm. Does what other linear tracking arms attempt to do, namely removing lateral loads on the stylus/cantilever!
Lyra Etna SL
MC cartridge
CH Precision P1 phonostage and X1 power supply
CH Precision L1 linestage
Used in the monoblock configuration, one box per side
Commonwealth Electronics 12A and 12D idler drive tables
A VERY turntable
Garrard 301 Oil bearing Schedule 2
Shown is one of my new platters for the 301. This table shows me just how much we have NOT advanced as far as turntables are concerned. Much like British sports cars, it has soul as well as a few quirks. A keeper to be sure.
Lyra Olympos
This is one special cart. A legend.
ReQuest THE BEAST
Full meal deal server
CH Precision C1 DAC
Equi=Tech Balanced power unit
Berning ZH1250's
250 watt tubed mono block amps. I commissioned David Berning to work his magic into a high powered set of amps that could do it all. In short, he succeded.
Schröder Reference SQ 10
A piece of art
Technics SP-10 MK 3
Mounted in one of my custom plinths. Wish I would found this unit 25 years ago. Would have saved a lot of searching.
EMT 930st, 938, 948 and a 950
German engineering that makes most tables look like Tinker Toys. I have replaced the original tonearms with the Ref and Tri-Planars. These tables are special indeed.
