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Pics of your listening space

Very cool 3BX proto... what's the back story on that piece?

John

w1jim said:
The latest rotation in the bedroom system; this has an interesting horizontal slider motif:

Yamaha CR-1000 (recently recapped, etc)
Kyocera DA-310cx CDP (with Burr Brown op amps)
Pioneer PL-707 TT w/ NOS Shure M91ED
dbx 3bx - factory prototype w/individual band controls / recapped
Running with Polk Monitor 10a speakers (recapped this past weekend)




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shacky said:
Definitely looks off and by more than 1/8". That arm should be well above the record plane. And it looks like cartridge is tilted dramatically front to back - ass end down.

Probably enhances bass but geometry looks way off. Looks like the arm mounting needs to be raised substantially. And should reward you with much better performance.
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Here is photo taken last night while in use. It is improved but i think still angled a little.

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thanks for the support and suggestions.
 
Raise that arm!!!

And re-dress your cart wires so they are not draggin on the record (that can cause some fun things).
 
jleon92f said:
Wow, you moved out some stuff. How are you going to set it up this time?

Thanks,
John.:music::D
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Well everything but the Crown R2R and video rack is wired up for playback. That Denon pre is a godsend....it does almost everything I want. Crown isn't wired up because it doesn't work. Haven't wired up the video rack yet, I'll probably do that tonight.

Hopefully soon I will have a Sony APR-5002, but I'm not sure where I'll put it....might get a Henry Matchbox or Tascam bal/unbal converter and run some long XLR's around the room to over by my bed. The unused R2R decks can go in the closet (haaaa right) or downstairs if I really need to recover that space for something.
 
vinyldavid said:
Raise that arm!!!

And re-dress your cart wires so they are not draggin on the record (that can cause some fun things).
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I blame my cell phone I can not get stead angles for shots. The wires are not touching but I will look into raising the arm.

Thanks for the help.

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Good space, nice lighting, big windows...tons of room for the forthcoming vinyl collection, a fresh set of Infinity 4b's and a TT. Now if I could only find a free photo stitching program for Mac that didn't put *%$ing watermarks all over my pics...

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bustedguild said:
Good space, nice lighting, big windows...tons of room for the forthcoming vinyl collection, a fresh set of Infinity 4b's and a TT. Now if I could only find a free photo stitching program for Mac that didn't put *%$ing watermarks all over my pics...

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Dude! CF-150's with Spec gear. Nice. I miss my CF-150's for their insanity. 98db/w/m so anything could run them loud. :thmbsp:
 
x_25 said:
Dude! CF-150's with Spec gear. Nice. I miss my CF-150's for their insanity. 98db/w/m so anything could run them loud. :thmbsp:
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Thanky, but they're actually CF-120's (though they are flippin' huge). Holding them for a friend, though I'll honestly say that I really prefer the Polk RT12's. They just have a much more rounded, warm and a rich feel to the sound that works well with my listening habits and music tastes; the JBL's are a bit more forward and detailed, but end up just hurting my head after ~30 minutes.

And the Spec stuff is just sitting there for now: the amp started tweaking out on me recently and I just figured I'd keep it off until I had it recapped and brought back to its glory days. The backup (behind the computer) is a Yamaha P2250 laced up to a Maverick D1. I can't really complain; lots of clean power with a tube in there somewhere...works great for Bela Fleck, Natalie Cole, Freddie Hubbard and the like :banana:
 
bustedguild said:
Good space, nice lighting, big windows...tons of room for the forthcoming vinyl collection, a fresh set of Infinity 4b's and a TT. Now if I could only find a free photo stitching program for Mac that didn't put *%$ing watermarks all over my pics...
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That is a really cool space, and a really nice photo, even with the watermarks. Is it a house or an apartment?
 
bustedguild said:
Thanky, but they're actually CF-120's (though they are flippin' huge). Holding them for a friend, though I'll honestly say that I really prefer the Polk RT12's. They just have a much more rounded, warm and a rich feel to the sound that works well with my listening habits and music tastes; the JBL's are a bit more forward and detailed, but end up just hurting my head after ~30 minutes.

And the Spec stuff is just sitting there for now: the amp started tweaking out on me recently and I just figured I'd keep it off until I had it recapped and brought back to its glory days. The backup (behind the computer) is a Yamaha P2250 laced up to a Maverick D1. I can't really complain; lots of clean power with a tube in there somewhere...works great for Bela Fleck, Natalie Cole, Freddie Hubbard and the like :banana:
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Ah, nice. I ran CF-150's (you think the 120's are big) for a long time. Got them for $100 and for that price they were awsome. I upgraded to Vandersteen 2Ci's when I blew a tweeter in one and appart from missing the rock ability of the JBL's havn't looked back.
 
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