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Audio Equipment

Heavily modified MartinLogan Odyssey (Mundorf crossover, structural changes, woofers)

REL Stadium III

Spectral 500AR and 30SV

Spectral 3000/modified Berkeley Alpha DAC/Schiit Yggy2

Modified VPI Aries 3/modified JMW 10.5i/Ortofon A90/modified Pass XP-25/SDS controller

Revox B-77 MkII, Nakamichi Dragon

Magnum Dynalab MD-90 SE

MIT Oracle Matrix, Shunyata power cords/Typhon/Defender/Denali 6000S v2

Aircraft grade EAR Isodamp C-1002-25 isolation
VPI Aries 3, Ortofon A90
Sorbothane and EAR Isodamp C-1002-25
Cork, EAR Isodamp and Sorbothane
Ortofon A90 - azimuth verification on the Revox & +2 degree SRA

Berkeley Alpha DAC, Spectral SDR-3000, Magnum Dynalab Etude, Pass XP-25, Spectral 30SV, Shunyata Typhon

Spectral DMA-400RS monoblock
Revox B-77 MkII

Spectral DMA-400RS monoblock: driver stage (green PCB) over systemboard

Spectral DMA-400RS output stage with individual power supplies and regulation per output device, plus thermal and optical sensors

Spectral DMC-30SV preamplifier board - ultra-precision "super fader" volume pot on the left, SHHA 3 modules center

DMC-30SV Preamp SHHA3 amplification modules close-up

DMC-30SV Preamp Balanced Input Board

Aluminum Woofers

The venerable Dragon

New panel Mundorf Supremes and old panel caps
Woofer MKP-plus-Supreme cap bank with additional Vishay 1639 bypass cap on top
Vishay 1639 10nF bypass cap detail
Mundorf CFC-14 panel coils
Panel caps and coils installed
Mudorf CFC-14 woofer coils
Woofer coils installed
Granite+sorbothane sheet Panel Pillar reinforcement and vibration control
Stinger RoadKill cabinet resonance management; Isodamp under feet
Frequency response before the crossover mod
Frequency response after the crossover and structural mods, bass and extra rear woofer attenuation, with subwoofer on, at the listening position
Reference Music/Classical:
  1. Holst: The Planets/Mehta Los Angeles Phil/LP and XRCD24
  2. Dvorak: CTO for Cello & Orchestra/Janos Starker/Dorati-LSO/Mercury LP
  3. Rimsky Korsakov: Scheherazade/Reiner-CSO/RCA LP
  4. Mahler: Symphony #2/BSO, Ozawa/Philips 420824-2
  5. Mahler: Symphony #2/LSO-Solti/Decca LP
  6. Brahms: Violin CTO/Heifetz-Reiner-CSO/RCA LP
  7. Beethoven: Violin CTO/Heifetz-Munch-BSO/RCA LP
  8. Beethoven: Symphony #9/Solti-SCO/Decca LP
  9. Mozart: Symphonia Concertante/Oistrakh/Decca LP
  10. Charpentier: Te Deum/Harmonia Mundi 901298
  11. Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man/Oue, Minnesota/Reference Recordings 93
  12. Guilmant: Symphony #1 for Organ and Orchestra/Tracey, BBC Phil/Chandos 9271
  13. Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances/Oue, Minnesota/RR 96
  14. Rutter: Requiem/RR 57
  15. Saints/Saens: Symphony #3: Telarc 80274 LP. Also BSO/Munch/XRCD24
  16. Shostakovich: Violin Concertos No1 op.99, No2 op.99/Scottish National Orch,Jarvi,Lydia Mordkovich/Chandos 8820
  17. Moussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition/CSO, Reiner/XRCD2
  18. Ramirez: Misa Criolla/Jose Carreras/Philips 420955-2
  19. Stravinsky: Rite of Spring/Oue, Minnesota/RR 70
  20. Mozart: Requiem/Dorian 90310
  21. Various: Joel Fan: World Keys (piano)/RR 106
  22. Britten: Britten's Orchestra/RR 120
  23. Liszt: Nojima Plays Liszt/RR 25
  24. Pipe Organ: Felix Hell; Mary Preston/RR 101 and 113
  25. Orff: Carmina Burana/Telarc 10056 LP (BTW, this is back in print)
Reference Music/Other:
  1. Jarrett, Peacock, DeJohnette: Inside Out/ECM 1780
  2. Dick Hyman: From the age of Swing/RR 59
  3. Miles Daivs: Kind of Blue/Columbia LP
  4. Brubeck: Take Five/Columbia LP
  5. Paquito D'Rivera: Portraits of Cuba/Chesky JD145
  6. Mongo Santamaria: Mambo Mongo/Chesky JD100
  7. Bill Evans Trio: Sunday at the Village Vanguard/XRCD
  8. Keith Jarrett: La Scala/ECM 1640
  9. Proteus 7: For Your Ears Only/Dorian xCD 90258
  10. Krall: Live In Paris/ORG LP

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