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Room Built for Music

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Room Built for Music

  McIntosh MCD205 CD Player
  McIntosh MC-2102 Tube amp
  Sonus Faber Stradivari Speaker
  Bel The Wire Interconnects
  Monster Dual 14 Ga Speaker cable
  McIntosh McIntosh C220 Tube preamp
  Benchmark Dac 1 USB DA converter

Room Built for Music
System includes Sonus Faber Stradivari with McIntosh components. I was driving the system from the 2nd zone of a McIntosh MX132 (Which is upstairs in our TV Room-Required 100 Foot of Speaker Cable), until I borrowed the Pre C45 from my Mac Dealer. I have just ordered a Tube Mcintosh Pre C220, and am going to see which is better the Solid State or Tube Pre-Amp.
System is very Musical, and powerful enough to drive the Room, which is a 2 Story Space with Hard Surfaces, ie Glass and Stone Floors. The Irregular Shape of the Room, which is very Open helps by not creating any reflections or Standing Waves. The system is warm and exceedingly Musical. Wife loves the Music. Looking for a Piece of Furniture to put the McIntosh Components into it.(I know that would be Blasphemy). The Look of the components was very important to the design of the Room.

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01-17-07

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01-17-07 Extremely beautiful system and house. i love the array of wi ... Jeff1225

01-17-07 Very nice setup! with those beautiful speakers and mac gear, ... Tympani

01-17-07: Barnes
Windows built of Mahogany in Maine, shipped to Houston.

Speakers go down to 22 Hz, (no need for a subwoofer and it is used for music only, ie no home theater which might require a sub).
Bass is incredible, tight, no walls for it to bounce off of. Speakers are fairly benign to the room, placed by the Sonus Faber Regional Rep along with the dealer.
Organ, piano, and acoustic music is like geing in a concert hall or a church, expecially with organ and chamber music. That McIntosh can really provide with some great bass too.

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01-17-07 You know a rixrax audio rack would be fantastic in that room ... Mark02131

01-17-07 One word: beautiful!! Slipknot1

01-17-07 Bravo! well done!! Kehut

01-17-07 Barnes, what are you doin' to me - you gotta stop with thes ... Garryh

01-18-07 Excelent. one more non one chair musiclover. keep up the goo ... Loxodrome

01-18-07 Beautiful!! just cannot stand the way you place the mac stu ... Setiawansr

01-19-07 I just found a credenza to put the equipment in between the ... Barnes

01-19-07 Ditto on the room and system. beautiful!!! however, it doe ... Linnie01

01-19-07 What an incredible room!!! i cant get over the huge windows ... Tboooe

01-19-07 This is a truely beautiful room! wow! like a musical sanctua ... Dewald_visser

01-21-07 Geezuz... the house is incredible judging by your living roo ... Joey_v

01-22-07 The photo does not show a leather sectional which has a swee ... Barnes

01-22-07 i put your room as my screen saver!!!!!! Streetdaddy

01-22-07 Now that is one hell of a room! those macs have incredible ... Islandear

01-23-07 Wow!!! top level design, i like your style of architecture a ... Lobnik

01-23-07 Wow - that is one beautiful room you have there. Elberoth2

01-25-07 Beauty of a system and view. great choice in the mac gear, i ... Glenfihi

02-03-07 System edited: just added the mcintosh c220 tube preamp yest ... Barnes

02-04-07 Wow! incredible system, room, and kitchen. i would never lea ... Fsarc

02-04-07 Superb room - you have a flair for interior design and a ver ... Metralla

08-07-07 How do you find the strads?? i also have mac mc2102, except ... Downunder

09-25-07 Love the strad's. i don't find them bright, very smooth. po ... Barnes

10-05-07 Do you do your own cleaning or does the housekeeper have str ... Tabl10s

10-05-07 Again, lovely system . . . especially the chocolate wrap aro ... Garryh

10-06-07 So what do you think of the c220 now? i am thinking of repl ... Aball

10-06-07 I bought a small av rack and moved the equipment behind the ... Barnes

10-13-07 Simply put. . . this is the best listening environment i'v ... Itch

01-08-08 Barnes: i live in houston (the woodlands). are you in the ... Gerryn

01-19-08 Gerryn i live in hunters creek. e-mail me. Barnes

01-28-08 I just noticed you asked about the difference between the c2 ... Gonzo1

06-14-08 Just curious...how do you change the light bulbs? Devilboy

06-20-08 Haven't lost a bulb yet!!!! but my window cleaner can do it ... Barnes

06-20-08 gotta love houston! when i lived in sugarland we had a room ... Shadorne

06-20-08 You have one very lucky dog. Bojack

06-20-08 Barnes, oh my, you've out done yourself - the relocation of ... Garryh

06-23-08 A little slice of heaven!! would love to listen to handel m ... Itch

06-23-08 If i wear a dog suit can i live in your room for awhile? ... Albertporter

06-28-08 I wish i grew up as my dog...lay around a while, get someone ... Barnes

06-28-08 you could try placing the speakers with their back to the d ... Shadorne

07-05-08 Incredibly beautiful room! if i had my pick of rooms on thi ... Mapman

07-05-08 It's all about the senses...see, hear, feel, smell.... can't ... Barnes

02-19-09 System edited: just added a benchmark dac 1 usb, hasn't sett ... Barnes

12-05-09 You probably have one of the most picturesque rooms in all o ... Jazzcrooner12

12-12-09 Thanks for your comment. the sumiko rep (sonus faber) diale ... Barnes