EdAInWestOC's Main System
(aka That Living Room Thing)
Last Update: 6/1/2008

Tools/Links
Cartridge Database Denon DP-62L Arm Upgrade Project
Voltage Gain Calculator (in db) Cantilever Resonant Frequency Calculator
Pro Audio Calculators Acoustics and Audio Engineering Calculators
Advanced Engineering Calculators Steps Ups and MC cartridges
Vinyl Asylum Members  


My wife wanted furniture and I wanted something for my system so we arrived at this:



LPs in here, below behind the doors, in a cabinet across the room and on shelves upstairs:

Suprisingly good Magnepan MGMC1s and the boob tube:  


Arcam CD-73 CD Player, Amber Series 7 Tuner and Stax Lambda Pro Headphones


Audible Illusions L1 and Acoustech PH-1P

Adcom GFA-555II, DBX 224 and Teac RW-CD22


Denon DL-103D
(retipped w/VDH Type1 and boron cantilever)
 Modified Denon DP-62L

 


The Listening Crew

Butch (Lhasa Apso)

Rocky (Shi Tzu)

 

Pre-Amp: Audible Illusions L1 (NOS Russian 6H23/6922 Type 3 Tubes) Phono Pre-Amp: Acoustech PH-1P

Cartridge: VDH Prepared Denon DL103D (VDH Type 1 Stylus & Boron Cantilever) 		Power Amp: Adcom GFA 555 Mk II

Tuner: Amber Series 7 		Turntable: Denon DP 62L (modified)
DBX Disc Processor: DBX 224

 CD Player: Arcam CD-73
 CD Recorder: TEAC RW-CD22
TT Mods: Britaudio OEM RB300, Mitchell Techoweight, Incognito wiring, Pete Riggle VTAF, Pete Riggle VTAF Teflon Upgrade, Damped Plinth, Damped Dustcover, Electronic Cueing, AQ Sorbogel Mat

Interconnects: Kimber Hero, Monster Interlink Reference II		 Sub Woofer Interconnect: Monster

Speakers: Magnepan MGMC1
Headphones: Stax Lambda Pro
Sub Woofer: Polk 350
Speaker Cables: Monster Original

 Power Tweaks: Custom built power sequencing box. Industrial/Pro Outlet.
Isolation/Treatments: Gingko Cloud 11 Isolation platform, Silicon Gel Feet, Herbie's Tenderfoot, Vibrapods, Sorbothane Sheeting, Custom made room lens adjacent to speakers for rear wave diffraction.
   
HDTV: Hitachi 51UWX20B DirecTV HDTV Tuner: Sony Sat HD100

DirecTV Tivo Receiver: Hughes DVR2
VHS: Panasonic PV9450

DVD: Apex AD1110W
TV Audio Interconnects: RS Gold

DirecTV HDTV Distribution System: Spaun SMS 51602NF Multiswitch (16 way)
Fed by triple LNB dish


NOTE: In wall speakers are old unused junk.


Voltage Gain Calculator

Enter Cartridge/Device Output: in millivolts
Enter Gain Applied: in decibels

Line Output Voltage Will Be:
in millivolts

 

 

Cantilever Resonant Frequency

Effective Mass Of Tonearm: gm
Cartridge Weight: gm
Fastener Weight: gm
Compliance: cm/dyne

Resonant Frequency:
  Hz


Pro Audio Calculators

EDA Acoustics & Audio Engineering Calculators
 

Some Other Stuff
Some of it's in use, some collecting dust

SAE Mark IV C (in storage)
 SUMO Athena (in storage)
Pioneer SX-636 (In use in my son's bedroom)
 Pioneer SX-737 (In use in my master bedroom)
Yamaha R-2000 (Recapped & In use at work) 
 Yamaha R-1000 (under repair)
Denon DCD-1520 (feeds SX-737 in bedroom system)
 Audio Design MCP-1 (in storage)
Denon DL-103M (spare)
 Stax SRD-40 (In use in my son's bedroom)
Polk RT25i (In use in my son's bedroom)
 Denon DL-103R on a 
Thorens TD-166 II

SAE Two PA-10
SAE Two P-10

Denon DRM-3

and a few more
Photos Later...

My Other Vice