Description

Equipment collected over many years and many tradeups.
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Room Details

Dimensions: 22’ × 15’  Medium
Ceiling: 8’


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    • Sota Nova
    series 6 motor upgrade
    • ET2 tonearm
    With 2 WISA pumps and 2 surge tanks
    • Lyra Kleos mc cartridge
    • Audio Research PH-5
    NOS tubes
    • PS Audio PWT
    • PS Audio Direct stream DAC
    • Primluna Dialog premium preamp
    NOS Phillips rectifier tubes
    NOS Mullard 12 AU7 tubes
    • Wisdom adrenalin 75 dipole system
    Electronic crossover crossed over at 120Hz to woofers (dual 12 in. underhung drivers
    in sealed cabinets)
    • VTL 450 monoblocks
    power the line sources
    All electrolytic caps replaced
    All coupling caps upgraded
    (8) 6550 WE tubes per channel
    NOS Mullard input and driver tubes
    • Electron Kinetics Eagle 7A amp
    400 watt per channel  solid state amp for woofers
    No mods
    • Walker Audio Valid points
    Under all speakers and under monoblocks. -Some attached with threaded screws.

Comments 2

Owner
Hey Andy,
You asked about the VTL amps. Since they are almost 20 y/o, I decided to replace all the electrolytics before they failed. -Same value with a dynamicap bypass on each large power supply cap. The coupling caps were replaced with dynamicaps .47 mfd (8 in each amp). The input and driver coupling caps replaced with 1 mfd dynamicaps. If I had it to do over, I would use the Mundorf silver in oil, but 10 yrs ago, I didn't know about them. -Very expensive as well.
This mod was major work. Just getting to the underside of the circuit boards was a major task.
Have you done anything to your monoblocks?
-John

gyneguy225

Very interesting system - I see thatyou modified your VTL 450's - I'd be very interested in what you replaced the, with, and what values you used - in interested in doing the same with mine.

Cheers

Andy

jazzdude99

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