Sublime

heiney9
heiney9 Posts: 25,165
edited November 2011 in 2 Channel Audio
Here is a recipe for aural pleasure.

Single ended tube integrated w/tube rectification amazingly only 9/wpc
(1) RCA branded Mullard/Blackburn made 5AR4 (GZ32) rectifier from the early 60's
(2) Perfectly matched SED Winged "C" EL34 power tubes
(2) Valvo Heerlen Holland made ECC 83 large halo driver tubes from 1960
(2) Polk Audio Monitor 5B's modded with Clarity caps, Mills resistors, RD0194-1 tweeters, Larry's baffle rings
(2) 10' Piggy back/double run Canare Star Quad speaker cables
(1) pr. MIT Terminator II I/C's
(1) Harmonic Technology Glass Toslink cable
(1) Std. USB cable
(1) Musiland Monitor 02 for USB to SPDIFF conversion
(1) AMC DAC8 digital to analog converter
(1) ASIO driver
(1) Media Monkey Media manager/player
(1) Vr3MxStyler2k3 homemade power cord

Various FLAC files lovingly cared for from a computer hard drive.

Mix together for synergy; power up and wait 30 minutes for things to cook. Listen for amazing tone, clarity, imaging and soundstaging.

H9

P.s. additional benefit of keeping a small office/bedroom toasty in the cold months.
"Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • falconcry72
    falconcry72 Posts: 3,580
    edited November 2011
    The Monitor 5 is an excellent office rig speaker... or even main rig when modded like yours are.:cool:

    I love that Vintage Polk tone. Nothin' like it.

    I am now going to hook up my 5's in the main rig just to see what they can really do. They've never been on some of this gear before...


    Oh and BTW, I'm running some tubes from that same Herleen plant right now, but from '64.:cool:


    Cheers man, enjoy the tunes.:cheesygrin:


    Ben
    2-Channel: PC > Schiit Eitr > Audio Research DAC-8 > Audio Research LS-26 > Pass Labs X-250.5 > Magnepan 3.7's

    Living Room: PC > Marantz AV-7703 > Emotiva XPA-5 > Sonus Faber Liuto Towers, Sonus Faber Liuto Center, Sonus Faber Liuto Bookshelves > Dual SVS PC12-Pluses

    Office: Phone/Tablet > AudioEngine B1 > McIntosh D100 > Bryston 4B-ST > Polk Audio LSiM-703's
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited November 2011
    Cheers as well. The thing I've found with the 5B's is they suffer in a larger room as they just don't have the bass extension compared to a small office/bedroom. But certainly worth trying in there. I tried once vs. SDA 1C's, not even enjoyable.............but then again it really shouldn't be when one is used to the HUGE sound of SDA's.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • Drenis
    Drenis Posts: 2,871
    edited November 2011
    Sounds delightful
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