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Did the black gear from the 90's do everything wrong? I guess it depends on who you ask. I'm certainly happy.
Speakers:
JBL 250Ti LE
This was a local barter town deal. Can I just say that barter town and the local AK member is awesome? They are fully functional after very little work. Neutral is the word I prefer to use with these. "Laid back" is not the words under the right conditions. If you feed them crap, that's what you'll get.
Amplifier:
Harman Signature 1.5
This came from Greg Timbers as he was doing some upgrades. I thought it was a neat fact being that I have much respect for the guy. No doubt in my mind that this has brought the speakers close to the dynamics they are capable of. I've got to add that an AK member somewhat steered me towards the design of this amp.
Preamp:
Adcom SLC-505 passive pre.
This was a decent auction deal that had no other interested people. Not much to see here. It has an ALPS blue velvet pot. Basically it serves an attenuator or "throttle limiter" for all idiots including myself. I've run it wide open and there is no perceived degradation of sound when attenuated.
Crossover:
This is a DIY PLLXO/Active hybrid. The filter is set at ~70Hz. The PLLXO is just a handful of passive components in the signal path to the main amplifier.
Subwoofers:
JBL PS-1400
These were from the Harman clearance shelf. Now we know every last bit isn't from the 90's. I purchased them for the drivers, but they have not really moved since I've unboxed them. The filtering on the plate amp is bypassed to use the active crossover listed above. You may wonder why in the hell I would use a like driver here. They simply serve to take the LF load off of the main amp. There is a short list of benefits to doing this. They are also well behaved in my particular room.
Source:
A Dell mini 9 and Lavry DA-10 dac has replaced the Squeezebox Touch. A Teralink usb converter and transformer is connected to the AES input. The Dell mini is running squeezelite and foobar.
Cables:
The interconnects are bulk package basics from Parts Express. The speaker wire was on clearance from the same place. It's 12 gauge with a high strand count.
The Room:
It's very much open to the room behind my head so I've included that space. It's ~14' x 25'. Nothing special for treatments yet. I'm in experiment mode here. There is whatever I have on hand temporarily placed for first reflections.
I know I shorted you on the pictures. I'll see what I can do about that.
The people, reading and learning here at AK is always great. An obvious contribution to what happened here. I went through upgrades and chasing a particular sound like most of us. Nearly all of this system has been tried and settled for over a year. Maybe I've just been too busy:scratch2:. Upgrades are always on the brain, but they are viewed from many different angles now.
Speakers:
JBL 250Ti LE
This was a local barter town deal. Can I just say that barter town and the local AK member is awesome? They are fully functional after very little work. Neutral is the word I prefer to use with these. "Laid back" is not the words under the right conditions. If you feed them crap, that's what you'll get.
Amplifier:
Harman Signature 1.5
This came from Greg Timbers as he was doing some upgrades. I thought it was a neat fact being that I have much respect for the guy. No doubt in my mind that this has brought the speakers close to the dynamics they are capable of. I've got to add that an AK member somewhat steered me towards the design of this amp.
Preamp:
Adcom SLC-505 passive pre.
This was a decent auction deal that had no other interested people. Not much to see here. It has an ALPS blue velvet pot. Basically it serves an attenuator or "throttle limiter" for all idiots including myself. I've run it wide open and there is no perceived degradation of sound when attenuated.
Crossover:
This is a DIY PLLXO/Active hybrid. The filter is set at ~70Hz. The PLLXO is just a handful of passive components in the signal path to the main amplifier.
Subwoofers:
JBL PS-1400
These were from the Harman clearance shelf. Now we know every last bit isn't from the 90's. I purchased them for the drivers, but they have not really moved since I've unboxed them. The filtering on the plate amp is bypassed to use the active crossover listed above. You may wonder why in the hell I would use a like driver here. They simply serve to take the LF load off of the main amp. There is a short list of benefits to doing this. They are also well behaved in my particular room.
Source:
A Dell mini 9 and Lavry DA-10 dac has replaced the Squeezebox Touch. A Teralink usb converter and transformer is connected to the AES input. The Dell mini is running squeezelite and foobar.
Cables:
The interconnects are bulk package basics from Parts Express. The speaker wire was on clearance from the same place. It's 12 gauge with a high strand count.
The Room:
It's very much open to the room behind my head so I've included that space. It's ~14' x 25'. Nothing special for treatments yet. I'm in experiment mode here. There is whatever I have on hand temporarily placed for first reflections.
I know I shorted you on the pictures. I'll see what I can do about that.
The people, reading and learning here at AK is always great. An obvious contribution to what happened here. I went through upgrades and chasing a particular sound like most of us. Nearly all of this system has been tried and settled for over a year. Maybe I've just been too busy:scratch2:. Upgrades are always on the brain, but they are viewed from many different angles now.
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