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 Babybear's System

Old front wall view with screen.

Lyra Olympos SL cartridge

New Front view of system

Updated front end

Analog Front end

Side view of Rockport Arrakis 2
  Babybear's System
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Babybear's System
About 2.5 years ago we started a home remodel project that included re-building our dedicated music room from the ground up. The finished product turned out very well. The room dimensions are 20 feet wide, 33 feet long with 12 foot ceilings and is suspended above our garage. We used 3 layers of 3/4" plywood for the subfloor and included ASC's wall damp material between the top 2 layers. The walls and ceiling were built using ASC's Iso Wall and Iso Ceiling products and techniques. We then used a combination of Real Traps, RPG and ASC on wall acoustic treatments with an emphasis on diffusion to treat the interior of the room. The electric power design includes the use of a 10Kva isolation transformer, feeding a dedicated sub panel with bolt-in breakers with 12 dedicated 20 amp outlets. The wiring is manually twisted 10 gauge solid copper strands for positive, neutral and ground, run through flexible steel conduit and uses Hubbell isolated ground outlets. The transformer itself has its own dedicated ground rod - the ground rod has a copper exterior, 2" in diameter with a ceramic center fill. The 11 foot long rod ground hole is back filled with a mixture of betonite and water to achieve very low resistance. We also installed a dedicated central air conditioner unit for the room to insure very quiet and comfortable temperatures even with tube electronics in the summer heat of Texas.
Babybear  (System | Reviews | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

08-12-09
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08-12-09   Well done!!! what other amps are you looking at for the m5?   Lapierre

08-13-09   Thanks lapierre. i really want to use tube amps and the m5's ...   Babybear

08-13-09   Wow... i'm extremely impressed with the amount of fore-thoug ...   Pdreher

08-13-09   Pdreher, thanks very much.   Babybear

08-13-09   Mcintosh mc2301 monoblock tube amplifier...   Lapierre

08-14-09   System edited: system update: 8/14/2009. i added 3 appogg sy ...   Babybear

08-14-09   I think i'm right if my memory serves that this is arnie in ...   Arthursmuck

08-14-09   Hi art, your memory has served you very well indeed. thanks ...   Babybear

08-15-09   Hi arnie, good to know i still have a couple brain cells lef ...   Arthursmuck

08-15-09   Well done. have been a magico fun for a long time. own the f ...   Roypan

08-16-09   Thanks roypan, i haven't heard the mini's but i have heard ...   Babybear

08-19-09   System update: i have been auditioning 2 pairs of echole o ...   Babybear

08-28-09   Nice system. i'm interested in the diffusers on the side wa ...   Bsal

08-28-09   Hi bsal, i had the diffusors on the side walls made for me ...   Babybear

08-29-09   Who designed your electrical system? i was thinking of havi ...   Bflowers

08-29-09   Hi, amazing system !! our rooms are very similiar. i to ...   Jfrech

08-29-09   Hi bflowers, i had it designed by a guy from california. th ...   Babybear

08-29-09   Hi jfrech, thanks very much. your system looks great as well ...   Babybear

08-30-09   Thanks for the info.   Bflowers

09-03-09   While step down isolation transformers are a must for good c ...   Audio_builder

09-04-09   Great components, nicely thought through line power. so why ...   Rsross

09-26-09   Arnie was gracious enough to host a few of us in his listeni ...   Arthursmuck

09-27-09   Hi art, thanks for the kind words. it was great having you, ...   Babybear

10-15-09   Hi babybear, very nice set-up, you mentioned earlier in you ...   Dev

10-16-09   Hi dev, thanks very much and thanks for the additional feed ...   Babybear

10-28-09   System edited: i have made some system changes. i have gone ...   Babybear

10-28-09   System edited: i also hope to have an in home audition of so ...   Babybear

12-13-09: Lapierre
Have you checked out Magico Q5 with aluminum enclosure and faceplate with new inverted-dome tweeter?
Lapierre  (System | Answers | This Thread)


12-14-09   Hi lapierre, i've read the various postings sbout the q5, b ...   Babybear

05-03-10   Hi, thank you for hosting me this afternoon. i have to say, ...   Jfrech

05-04-10   Hi john, thanks for the very kind words. i'm glad that you c ...   Babybear

06-01-10   System edited: i finally added an analog front end consistin ...   Babybear

06-01-10   Always love looking at pics of your room arnie! i hope this ...   Arthursmuck

06-02-10   Hi art, we're doing fine and i hope you are as well. thanks ...   Babybear

06-02-10   Arnie, i have to congratulate you on your table! it's up t ...   Jfrech

06-02-10   Hi john, thanks very much. i am very happy that i went with ...   Babybear

06-02-10   All is well here arnie, we finished the remodel on my room e ...   Arthursmuck

06-03-10   Thanks art, your new room looks great!! and i am sure it so ...   Babybear

06-14-10   How are things working out with the new elrod golds in your ...   Elescher

06-14-10   Congratulations on an excellent system. i am curious about y ...   Gallant_diva

06-15-10   Hi elescher. the elrod statement gold power cords are doing ...   Babybear

06-15-10   Hi g, thanks very much. this is actually my first analog fro ...   Babybear

06-15-10   Hi elescher. the elrod statement gold power cords are doing ...   Babybear

06-16-10   Thanks. i will certainly take up on your invitation when an ...   Gallant_diva

10-27-10   System edited: i have made a few additions to my system in t ...   Babybear

11-09-10   Arnie: i am looking forward to meeting you and steve, in gre ...   Gallant_diva

11-10-10   Hi ish, "the beat" and steve arrived yesterday af ...   Babybear

11-11-10   System edited: system update: after having steve dobbins her ...   Babybear

11-12-10   Hi babybear, you have some world class pces, very nice! you ...   Dev

11-12-10   Hi dev, thanks very much. i haven't had a lot of critical l ...   Babybear


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