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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

  MSB Signature Data CD IV pic
  MSB UMT Universal Transport Transport
  Audio Quest Diamond Ethernet Cable Interconnect
  MSB Diamond DAC IV pic
  Purist Audio Anniversary PC
  Echole Signature Power Cord
  Absolare Purifier power conditioner
  Echole Signature Power Cord
  Steve Dobbins The Beat pic
  Reed 2A Tonearm pic
  Shunyata Anaconda Alpha PC
  Minus K BM-8 Vibration Isolation Platform pic
  Allnic Puritas MC cartridge
  Lyra Olympos SL Cartridge
  Allnic H 3000 phono stage pic
  Echole Signature XLR IC
  Echole Signature Power Cord
  Adona Zero GXT Turntable Rack pic
  Absolare Passion Signature Balanced pic
  Echole Signature XLR IC
  Echole Signature Power Cord
  Appogg Systems Breve Reference Isolation (4)
  VTL Siegfried mono block amps - Pair #1 pic
  Echole Signature Power Cords (2)
  Pyon Audio Heavy Duty Spira Ultra Tuning Feet
  VTL Siegfried mono block amps - Pair #2 Tube amp
  Weizhi Gold Glory Footers
  Silent Source Signature Power Cords (2) Interconnect
  Echole Signature XLR IC
  Echole Signature Speaker Cables
  Absolare Purifier speaker bullets
  Rockport Technologies Arrakis 2 External crossover Speaker pic
  Echole Signature PC with inline Purifier
  Echole Signature XLR IC
  Echole Signature XLR IC
  Rockport Arrakis 2 pic
  REL Acoustics Studio III sub bass system (2)
  Blinn Double wide component rack
  Blinn Amp Stands
  Stillpoints Ultra SS footers
  Stillpoints Ultra 5 footers
  Loricraft PRC 4 Deluxe RCM
  Custom LP Record Cabniets Stand pic

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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11-13-10 Hi babybear, sounds like you are enjoying which is always a ... Dev

11-14-10 Hi dev, i have not compared the adona rack that i use for m ... Babybear

11-15-10 Arnie: i absolutely enjoyed visiting your place, meeting you ... Gallant_diva

11-16-10 Hi ish, it was a pleasure meeting you and i am very happy t ... Babybear

11-16-10 Hi arnie, thanks for inviting me over for a great musical e ... Coxhaus

11-16-10 Hi lee, thanks for the kind words. i'm glad you could make ... Babybear

11-23-10 Hey arnie, thanks again for letting me hear your fantastic ... Sverdlov

11-23-10 Hi jeff, you are very welcome and thanks for the kind words ... Babybear

12-04-10 System edited: i've made a few changes to the acoustics in m ... Babybear

01-19-11 System edited: i've made a couple of changes in the past few ... Babybear

01-22-11 Viewing the pictures my first impression was, what a fantast ... Glenfihi

01-22-11 Thanks very much glenfihi. one of these days i will have t ... Babybear

02-05-11 That is one very amazing system and room...well done! Zephyr24069

02-05-11 Thanks very much mark. Babybear

02-17-11 System edited: i just got my vtl 7.5 preamp back from vtl af ... Babybear

03-08-11 Arnie, nice meeting you off line. thanks for the informati ... Dgad

03-08-11 Hi darren, thanks very much. i highly recommend the upgrad ... Babybear

04-14-11 System edited: i received the latest version of the allnic p ... Babybear

04-15-11 Hi arnie, since you've had your vinyl set up for awhile now, ... Jfrech

04-15-11 Hi john, i would say that i am listening to lp's about the ... Babybear

04-25-11 System edited: i have added 4 echole signature power cords. ... Babybear

05-12-11 Outstanding!! love the room and gear choices ;) have you tri ... Slipknot1

05-12-11 Hi slipknot1, thanks very much! thanks for the tube sugges ... Babybear

06-03-11 System edited: i've now replaced my previous purist audio do ... Babybear

06-28-11 System edited: i replaced the 10 meter run of purist anniver ... Babybear

08-03-11 System edited: i have added 3 sets of pyon audio spira ultra ... Babybear

08-04-11 Baby bear, how do u like the pyon spira ? did you compare it ... Audioblazer

08-04-11 Hi audioblazer. i really like the pyon spira footers. i did ... Babybear

08-04-11 Will probably try steinmusic super natural footer as well. s ... Audioblazer

08-04-11 Thanks very much audioblazer. i have the stein music harmon ... Babybear

08-04-11 Stein music harmoniser is certainly much easier to use & th ... Audioblazer

08-05-11 Hi audioblazer. i would definitely agree with you about the ... Babybear

08-20-11 Hello, would you mind providing as much detail as possible ... Vn101606

08-20-11 Hi vincente, i first had the vtl 7.5 series 2 preamp. when ... Babybear

10-12-11 System edited: i have replaced the weizhi gold glory isolati ... Babybear

10-31-11 I see you've continued to mature your system; it continues t ... Zephyr24069

10-31-11 Hi zephyr, thanks very much. i took a look at your latest ... Babybear

11-01-11 I am enjoying them very much; they bring an energy and reali ... Zephyr24069

01-23-12 I noticed that you were a little over a year into having an ... Bflowers

01-24-12 Hi, the bottom line for me with having a vinyl front end fo ... Babybear

01-24-12: Zephyr24069
Babybear, I have thought alot over the years about adding a great analog front-end but practically, I had to make a choice to either excel at digital or analog playback. Ultimately, space, funds and source material amassed to date all played a role in that decision. The idea is still gnawing away so who knows, I may give in as I do love what analog playback has to offer!
Zephyr24069 (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

01-24-12 It does...i have several friends who are vinyl junkies :-) w ... Zephyr24069

01-24-12 Hi zephyr, i know what you mean when you say that the idea ... Babybear

01-24-12 I'm sure an analog front-end is in my future...better get mo ... Zephyr24069

02-13-12 What was the cost to upgrade your 2 series vtl to the 3 vers ... Sabertouch

02-14-12 Hi sabertouch, if i remember correctly, it was around $8k t ... Babybear

02-19-12 Wow nice room. 2 rel studio 3's nice. i also have an allnic ... Sarcher30

02-19-12 Hi sean, thanks very much. i started out with one rel stu ... Babybear

02-19-12 Hi arnie, i heard the rel at a dealer once and was quite im ... Sarcher30

02-27-12 Hi babybear stunning system, great room and love your beat t ... Rugyboogie

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