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Reviewer's Bio
Bill Gaw
DIY and Horn Guy
Born: 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, where I built my first loudspeakers and amplifier. It glowed a beautiful ten seconds before total meltdown.
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
Denon 5900 Universal Player with upgrades by Parts Connexion
Pioneer CLD-99 CD-LD player
Pioneer 2900 PRO DAT
Player-Recorder
TEAC Esoteric SA-60
Universal Audio Player (in for review)
Tascam DV-RA1000 High Definition DVD-A, SACD DSD Recorder
Phono
Cartridge
Kondo IO-J
Pre-amplifiers
Allen Wright RTP 5 balanced mono block units w/phono and 24db x-overs
Lexicon MC-12 B Level 4 preamp-processor
Aphex Distribution Amplifier
Amplifiers
2 - Allen Wright DPA 32B
amps
2 - Allen Wright DPA 300B
Amps
Electraprint DRD 300B stereo amp
2 - EAD DSP- 500 Amps
Crown Macro Reference
Distech Stereo Amplifiers
Sherbourne 5/5200 Amplifier
Crossovers
3 - Behringer Super X-Pro CX 3400 24 dB crossovers
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.
2 Fostex T 500A ASuper
Tweeters
5 Fostex T 900A Super
Tweeters
2 Yamaha NS-1000 speakers
for overhead channel
Sunfire subwoofer
Wires
Self built Allen Wright
designed silver foil interconnects and speaker cable
Neotech Speaker Cables
Black Mountain Pinnacle Gold interconnects
Omega Micro AC cables
Silent Source AC cables
Other
accessories/tweaks
2 Torus Power Isolation
Units
2 each APC S-15 + 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
2 Walker Audio Velocitor AC units
NBS Signature power cord
ARCICI SuspenseRack
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
General Instruments C-Band receiver
Sony VAIO Home Theater Computer
WINDVD, PowerDVD, and MediaCenter software
for DVD playback
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