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Living Room SET System

Full System	Morrow 300B1S Split-Chassis Monoblock	Front End Components
Listening Seats	Devoted Panel and Isolation Transformer

Living Room SET System

  Grand Prix Audio Monaco pic
  Dynavector V 507 MKII pic
  Ortofon MC A90 Cartridge pic
  Synergistic Research Tesla Series Tricon Analog Phono Cable pic
  Nagra Bipolar Phono Stage (BPS)
  Morrow Audio 1-Meter MA6 RCA Grand Reference pic
  Abbingdon Music Research CD-77 pic
  Jena Labs Fundamental Power One pic
  Morrow Audio 1-Meter MA6 XLR Grand Reference pic
  Promitheus Audio Signature Dual Box TVC
  Morrow Audio 6-Meter MA6 RCA Grand Reference pic
  Morrow Audio 300B1S Reference Monoblocks pic
  Morrow Audio MAP3 Reference AC Power Cords (2) pic
  Morrow Audio 3-Meter SP6 Grand Reference Bi-Wire pic
  Living Voice Auditorium Avatar IBX-R2 pic
  Silent Running Audio VR Series isoBASEs for Source Components pic
  Silent Running Audio VR Series isoBASEs for Amps pic
  MGE Topaz 7.5 kVA Isolation Transformer pic
  Porter Ports 20 Amp AC Outlets pic

Living Room SET System
This is my first experiment with a low-powered SET system. I put this system together to fill in behind my reference audio system that now resides in a dedicated listening room that was constructed during 2007.

The relocation of the reference system left our living room without music, so I decided to put together a small scale system designed to be unobtrusive and not interfere with the function of the room as a traditional living room. A low-powered SET system seemed like a logical way to go. It satisfies my drive for extreme audio but still allows our living room to look and function first and foremost like a living room. The dimensions of the room are 19'2" x 15'2" x 8'2".

I originally designed this system with an eye towards the reproduction of classical chamber music, vocals and small group jazz; however, the system has gradually grown to be much more versatile. The 10wpc 300B SETs provide ample power to drive the Living Voice speakers to satisfying, room-saturating decibel levels. The sound is very dynamic and propulsive in a way that is very atypical for this style of audio system. I should also note that the system can reproduce nearly the full audible frequency spectrum, with bass response that is flat down to 30Hz.

With the arrival of the Wave Kinetics NVS turntable in my reference audio system, I retired the Grand Prix Audio Monaco and Dynavector tonearm to this smaller system. When paired with the Ortofon MC A90 cartridge and Nagra phono stage this is now a first class analog front end. The digital source is the outstanding AMR CD-77, also retired from my reference system.

Cincy_bob (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

08-14-07

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08-30-07 Cb, great minds think alike! i'm in the process of rebuild ... Easternenigma

08-31-07 Enigma - it is interesting that we are going down such simi ... Cincy_bob

08-31-07 Cb, i've been corresponding with nicholas for a few month ... Easternenigma

09-02-07 Cincy, i reviewed all my emails with nicholas to ensure t ... Easternenigma

09-03-07 Stephen - thanks for the update and for all the information ... Cincy_bob

09-03-07 Bob, you're welcome, and i think the idea of "compar ... Easternenigma

09-17-07 Bob, i believe nicholas is either at or on the verge of p ... Easternenigma

09-18-07 Hi stephen - that the promitheus tvc can play on the same f ... Cincy_bob

09-18-07 Bob, i do not have the ref version of the tvc to use as a ... Easternenigma

09-18-07 Stephen - i just found the e-mail in which nicholas describ ... Cincy_bob

09-18-07 Bob, you are obviously both a man after my own heart and fa ... Easternenigma

09-19-07 Bob, another exciting tidbit just came in (or perhaps my ... Easternenigma

09-21-07 So, stephen, how did you make out with your speaker project? ... Cincy_bob

09-23-07 Bob, my speakers are now operational. i spent all day ye ... Easternenigma

09-23-07 Bob, i've realized that i have a grounding/hum issue in m ... Easternenigma

09-24-07 Bob, i have started a system here on audiogon to show you ... Easternenigma

09-24-07 Hi stephen - i'm glad your speaker project was a success. ... Cincy_bob

09-24-07 Bob, if you're an odd duck, you're at least one with meti ... Easternenigma

09-26-07 Bob, please drop me an email at stephendoyle@sympatico.ca ... Easternenigma

10-03-07 Stephen - based on a recent e-mail exchange with mike morro ... Cincy_bob

10-21-07 System edited: i received the doge 6 cd player from pacific ... Cincy_bob

11-30-07 I received the new doge cd player this week. it turns out t ... Cincy_bob

12-08-07 System edited: pictures posted. Cincy_bob

12-28-07 System edited: i received the new promitheus audio signature ... Cincy_bob

01-17-08 The new promitheus signature tvc is a considerable upgrade i ... Cincy_bob

01-30-08 At this point, i have had an opportunity to listen a bit to ... Cincy_bob

02-22-08 Cincy_bob, did the signature tvc come with any additonal dam ... Pubul57

02-23-08 Pubul57, promitheus used bhp as the damping material in my s ... Cincy_bob

02-23-08 Cincy_bo, is there any difference between the signature an ... Dino

02-23-08 Dino, the signature tvc is nick's flagship tvc product that ... Cincy_bob

02-25-08 Nice set-up;maybe one day the wife will let you take those c ... Trigg

02-25-08 Very nice system, bob. would love to hear your amps sometim ... Douglikesaudio

02-26-08 Trigg, thanks. regarding the room set-up, my wife was nice ... Cincy_bob

02-26-08 Bob, yes, i wish i were nearby to hear them myself. i appre ... Douglikesaudio

02-28-08 Bob, seriously i was kidding. but since you mention: " ... Trigg

02-28-08 Trigg, that's good to know. i agree that lv has achieved so ... Cincy_bob

03-14-08 With about 340 hours on the western electric 300bs and a ver ... Cincy_bob

04-29-08 Come on bob, did the tonearm come in? lets unpack that turnt ... Vudutu

05-01-08 Craig, the dynavector tonearm is scheduled to arrive today. ... Cincy_bob

05-16-08 I now have the analog rig set up and running in this audio s ... Cincy_bob

05-19-08 I received the new vpi rim drive upgrade today. i made the ... Cincy_bob

05-29-08 Well, after living with the new vpi rim drive upgrade for ne ... Cincy_bob

06-14-08 System edited: updated pictures, including pictures of the t ... Cincy_bob

06-22-08 Mike morrow paid me a visit today and made an important modi ... Cincy_bob

07-22-08 Latest update: i replaced the phono cable in my reference sy ... Cincy_bob

11-01-08 System edited: yesterday i received and installed in this sy ... Cincy_bob

11-18-08 Just a quick update on the new cables that were installed in ... Cincy_bob

07-02-09 System edited: i am in the process of upgrading the morrow 3 ... Cincy_bob

07-02-09 Bob, that rim drive for the vpi looks really cool. that's ... Albertporter

07-02-09 That's a lot of mosaics! Zowie

07-02-09 Albert, thanks for your post. while my photography is clear ... Cincy_bob

07-07-09 I received the new sp4 speaker cables and installed them in ... Cincy_bob

07-10-09 Great system, and nice to have something a little different ... Glenfihi

07-10-09 Glen, thanks for your post. this set system is definitely a ... Cincy_bob

07-11-09 The new interconnects and speaker cables in this audio syste ... Cincy_bob

07-29-09 Nice review about the sp4s.i recently aquired the same just ... Dart6

10-14-09 Yesterday i took delivery of a pair of the new ortofon mc a9 ... Cincy_bob

10-28-09 I added the nagra bps battery-powered phono stage to this sy ... Cincy_bob

01-24-10 Hi, just came across your system - incredible rig, yet alon ... C1ferrari

02-15-10: Cincy_bob
Sam,

Thanks for your post and sorry for my untimely reply. I'm a CPA in the midst of public company financial reporting season, so I've been a bit scarce on Audiogon lately...

Best regards,

Bob
Cincy_bob (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

02-15-10 Hi, bob! acknowledged :-) vbr, sam C1ferrari

06-16-10 System edited: the interconnects, speaker cables and phono c ... Cincy_bob

04-16-11 I lost a filament in one of my sophia electric carbon plate ... Cincy_bob

09-04-12 Cincy_bob, is there a reason why you have not connected xlrs ... Milpai