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Lugnut's room

Purple Haze Front	Purple Haze Rear	Purple Haze Left Side Wall
Purple Haze Gear

Lugnut's room

  Linn LP-12 Sondek Ittok Turntable
  Linn Wakonda phono Preamplifier
  Linn LK-100 Amplifier
  Linn LK-100 Amplifier
  Linn Keilidh Monitor
  Ridge Street Audio Design MSE Gen.II Interconnect
  Ridge Street Audio Design Poiema!! Interconnect
  Ridge Street Audio Design Poiema!! Speaker cable
  Ridge Street Audio Designs Poiema!! Speaker cable
  Lugnut made LP-12 Friendly Stand
  Lugnut made Amp stands Stand
  Porter Ports Wall outlets Tweak
  Audio Points Various
  Sumiko Bluepoint Special Cartridge

Lugnut's room
The equipment speaks for itself. It's musical and very enjoyable and that's what matters to me. I do prefer it with a tube preamp and have used a Supratek Syrah to great benefit. That preamp is now off for repair but I've recently purchased a Wright WPL 10 V here at Audiogon and eagerly await its arrival. If and when the Syrah returns fixed I'll put it back in. Using it is like putting a turbo charger on this system. It kicks it up several notches.

The room, Purple Haze, was remodeled by Steve Dobbins (Vetterone) as a surprise gift to me while my wife and I were out of town for a few days. This room was so ugly that I was ashamed to be in it alone with the lights out. The worlds ugliest paneling adorned the walls and the smoke stained ceiling was fitted with a cheesy ceiling fan and an offset flourescent light. Not only did Steve wallpaper, paint and install new light fixtures, he cleaned my carpet and furniture too. He's a very special and caring guy. Oh yeah, he named the room and the name is going to stay.

I don't want to be too long winded here about the system since it's not exotic at all. Other than saying again how much the Linn gear responds to a reasonable tube preamp I'd also like to mention how much my system has benefitted from interconnects and cones. The Ridge Street line of cabling is incredible! As my system is now configured and being all solid state the conventional wisdom is that silver would be a harsh material to use. Not so. It's a smooth as silk and lets the details come through better than anything I've ever auditioned. The Audio Points cones are used at the speakers and the amps. In each case the overall sound tightened up and imaging much improved. The bass detail improvements were much more than I expected.

This is a fun and relaxed room that I spend a lot of time in. Although some acoustic treatments are forthcoming it is very musical as is.

I would like to once again express my deepest gratitude to all of the folks that have been so generous in helping me take this system and room to completion. Many of you know what I'm talking about and the contributors know who they are. Thank you all

Lugnut (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

03-19-05

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03-19-05 Wow!! here is a man with his priorities straight....vinyl, ... Mikelavigne

03-19-05 What a cool room and nice system! i really like the records ... The_kid

03-19-05 Thanks for the compliments guys. chris, the guitar is a yama ... Lugnut

03-19-05 Pat nice to see your room at last and as pointed out always ... Ben_campbell

03-19-05 Patrick, it looks really great! what a nice comfortable spot ... Slipknot1

03-19-05 Patrick, very nice! i am actually taking guitar lessons pre ... The_kid

03-20-05 Pat, your room looks awesome! i especially like the way you ... Gunbei

03-21-05 Dean, the record storage racks were also built by vetterone ... Lugnut

03-21-05 Looks good! i have a question regarding the audio points th ... Redsierra

03-21-05 Dwight, i'm not sure. i think i'll ask twl to post a respon ... Lugnut

03-21-05 Dwight, the audiopoints would work fine in that application. ... Twl

03-21-05 Pat, really cool room!!!!!!! Raytheprinter

04-09-05 No doubt - along with the "man cave" this is the c ... Aggielaw

04-09-05 Aggielaw, it just takes a few woodworking skills, not many. ... Lugnut

04-25-05 Aside from the obvious: that your room is awsome, i have a q ... Artg

04-25-05 Good question artg. steve is a great guy but then, so am i. ... Lugnut

04-25-05 Supportive loving friends are worth their weight in gold, no ... Artg

04-25-05 Artg, thanks for your thoughtful and very wise words. digit ... Lugnut

04-25-05 Hi pat. glad to finally see your room. beautiful. i love ... Stuartbranson

04-26-05 Stuart, i purchased a zyx r100h yatra mk ii. where do they ... Lugnut

06-18-05 Pat, you know you're causing your brothers to stumble, and g ... Nrchy

06-22-05 Well, sometime in the future i'll get around to updating thi ... Lugnut

07-03-05 Nice room you have there, looks like a cool place to hang ou ... Eddiemc

07-03-05 Hey pat,i really like the lp display!!!lookin good,,, Raytheprinter

07-31-05 Hi pat, love your room and admire a man who'll stick a syrah ... Simon74

08-01-05 Simon, thanks for your comments. my airy iii silver sb is n ... Lugnut

08-01-05 Hi pat, never owned any linn gear apart from their sondek ( ... Simon74

08-18-05 Hello pat,i see you have had a couple zyx cart.,have you eve ... Raytheprinter

08-20-05 Ray, i've been very anxious to hear one of the less expensi ... Lugnut

08-21-05 Very nice system, and of course the room is beautiful. i see ... Ozzy62

08-21-05: Kehut
Hi Pat,

Just love your set up! I know you've had the new room and gear now since around spring of this year, and I am only now making a post to say how super it all looks and im sure it sounds. Shame on me. But, anyway, Better late I suppose.

What really strikes me about your set up is the use of all Ridge Street Audio and your ZYX. We share those components in common, and like you, Im totally sold on both!

One of the most musical systems I ever heard was some years back at a local Linn dealer using an all Linn system. In that dealers upscale demo rooms, I heard very highly regarded systems comprised of components such as Mark Levinson and Thiels( the just then released 31/30.5 Dac and transport for roughly 30K!...I remember a customer in the dealers speaking to the dealer and trying to remortgage his home to afford them!...Yikes! That was scarry!)

None of those nice systems sounded any more musical than the all Linn set up which included some nice LK amps and a full blown LP12 Lingo/ TT. I remember how awesome the Kabers run all active sounded..just amazing indeed.

Congratulations and best wishes on a truly nice set up. You are kindly thought of and in our prayers also!..Regards,Ken
Kehut (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

08-24-05 Hello pat,thanks!the zyx sounds like what im looking for,the ... Raytheprinter

08-31-05 Ray, i had dinner with mehran last weekend. what a great guy ... Lugnut

09-05-05 Hello pat,glad to hear you guys had a great time on your tri ... Raytheprinter

09-09-05 Hi pat ,i just installed my rs20,,all i can say right now is ... Raytheprinter

09-17-05 Ray, i've followed your posting in another thread about you ... Lugnut

09-17-05 Pat are the lps pictured on a display shelf, or is that how ... Nrchy

09-17-05 I am sooo jealous of your high 10'-12' ceilings... nrchy me ... Speedball

09-18-05 It's storage guys. it's much easier to find a record this wa ... Lugnut

09-29-05 Hey lugnut, just saw your room...excellent job. i'm curren ... Pops

09-29-05 Hey pat, nice system buddy! i love all the linn gear...looks ... Sogood51

10-02-05 Hello pat,yep,you were right,zyxs do sound right!ive been on ... Raytheprinter

10-05-05 Thanks for the comments guys. things continue to evolve. i r ... Lugnut

10-06-05 Pat,actually you convinced me to try the rs20 when you said ... Raytheprinter

10-07-05 Ray, i'm glad i was a positive influence with the zyx. funny ... Lugnut

10-11-05 Hi pat, i know someone's right on the groove when you ask - ... Simon74

11-05-05 I have had the pleasure of seeing and listening to this room ... Mctom

11-05-05 Lookin good lugnut! Slappy

11-06-05 Slappy is it really you? we thought you had fallen off the ... Nrchy

11-06-05 Yeah, fell off the world would be a good way to put it. just ... Slappy

11-06-05 Which direction did you go when you fell? i just go down! Nrchy