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Reviewer's Bio
Bill Gaw
DIY and Horn Guy
Borrn: Fall River, Ma. 1947
Youth: typical middle class science geek who happened to fall in love with music while listening to the Ode to Joy at the end of the Bell Telephone Hour and Leonard Bernstein television youth concerts. Played French horn and trumpet from junior high through high school.
First Stereo: Lafayette mono open reel tape deck hot wired to Radio Shack FM radio.
First Deep Debt: To RCA Record Club (for Dynagroove recordings).
Degrees: Doctor of Medicine from Karl Franzens University in Graz,
Austria
Day Job: Obstetrician-Gynecologist in Exeter, N.H. since 1980.
Hobby: After spending half my retirement fund on multiple high-end purchases, I've finally settled down to building some of my own horn loudspeakers, interconnects, speaker wire, amp kits, etc. I have also gone to the experts for one of a kind items which I will discuss in my columns.
Hopes: To obtain the elusive Absolute Sound in the home environment on a regular basis.
Most Major Gripe: The quality of electricity in this country.
Source Units
Walker Audio Proscenium Gold Turntable with Kondo IO-J Wiring
OPPO BD-83 BD, SACD, DVD-A, CD Player
Pioneer CLD-99 CD-LD player
Pioneer 2900 PRO DAT Player-Recorder
Self-built home theater computer with 4 Terabyte storage server of all of my recordings
Tascam DV-RA1000 High Definition DVD-A, SACD DSD Recorder
Phono Cartridge
Kondo IO-J
Preamplifiers
Allen Wright RTP 5 balanced mono block units w/phono and 24db x-overs
Integra 9.8 Pre-Pro with HDMI connection for SACD, DVD-A, Dolby True HD and DTS Master audio playback.
Amplifiers
4 - Allen Wright DPA 300B Amps
Electraprint DRD 300B stereo amp
2 - EAD DSP- 50 Amps
Crown Macro Reference
Distech Stereo Amplifiers
Sherbourne 5/5200 Amplifier
2-Electraprint DRD 300B Tweeter amps
Crossovers
3 - Behringer Super X-Pro CX 3400 24 dB crossovers
1- Marchand XM44-4 Active Crossover
Loudspeakers
Five Edgar Tractrix Round horns for 400Hz to 20kHz
2 2 Edgar Rectangular Tractrix mid-horns
2 qty. five foot 50Hz to 400 Hz bass horns for main channels
5 qty. three foot 80Hz to 400Hz horns for center and surround woofers
2 qty. VMPS original subwoofers
2 qty. Hsu Research seven foot subs for rear channels
2 qty. self-built subwoofers using four NHT 12" drivers each in sealed 12 cubic foot cabinets.
3 RAAL Ribbon Tweeters
5 Fostex T 900A Super Tweeters
2 VMPS Large Bookshel Speakers for overhead channel
Sunfire subwoofer
Wires
TelWire AC Cables
Neotech Speaker Cables
Black Mountain Pinnacle Gold interconnects
Omega Micro AC cables
Silent Source AC cables
Other Accessories
/ Tweaks
Audience aR12, aR1, and aR2T Power Conditioners
2 Torus Power Isolation Units
2 + H15 Power Conditioner
Environmental Potentials 2000 + 2450 Surge Protection Powerr Isolation Units
Walker Audio Velocitors, Talisman, SST Contact Treatment, Valid Points, High Definition Links, Ultra-Vivid and Prelude disc cleaners
Loricraft Record cleaner
Walker Audio Velocitor AC units
NBS Signature power cord
ARCICI SuspenseRack
Black Ravioli Footers
Video
Electrohome 9500LC projector
Vutec Silver Star 10 ft. diagonal projection screen
Calibre Vantage 1080P Video Processor
Panasonic Digital Videodisc Recorder
Gefen DVI Extreme Fiberoptic 50 ft. cable
JVC DVHS High Definition VCR
DirecTV HDMI HDTV Receiver-Recorder
Self-Built Home Theater Computer with 4 TB Server, ASUS HDAV audio Cardwith HDMI output
WINDVD, PowerDVD, and MediaCenter software for CD, DVD, BD and HD-DVD playback. All previous audio software backed up on Server for playback
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