Lance’s System Profile

[lancelock]

Basement, a fortress of solitude, therapeutic retreat, dedicated two-channel music, and occasional video
For years, I’ve been caught in the trap of always looking for improvements. I’ve gone through much trial and error, but as a result of this evolution, I have found the synergy and aural bliss I have come to love. My system is Extremely revealing, airy, and open, broad and deep holographic soundstage. Music flows a true-to-life sound and leads to long music sessions without listening fatigue. Vinyl playback is my choice for serious music sessions.
The DS optical cartridge has finally satisfied my vinyl cravings. I doubt I could be any happier with my analog records. Clean vinyl is a must and new vinyl doesn't touch the platter without behind ultra sonically cleaned. I use Quboz with Roon for digital listening and exploring new music.

Room Size
18.5 x 18.5 x 8.5

System Overview
Two Channel system, with 4K Laser Short Throw Projector and 100" retractable screen

Music Preferences
Jazz, jazz-Fusion, Progressive Rock, Rock, Classical

Room Description
Fully finished basement / Man Cave

Acoustic Treatment
A mixture of GIk, Decware Diffusion, and Absorption

Media Storage
Everything ripped to an 8TB hard drive

Components

Digital Source
Modwright Oppo 205, connected by Ethernet, Quboz, Roon

Analog Source
Technics SL1200GAE, infinity Tru-Glider Tone Arm, DS Audio GM Cart and W3 Equalizer, Otari MX5050BII Reel to Reel

Preamp
Backert Labs Rhythm 1.3

Speakers
GamuT RS5i speakers

Townshend Maximum Super Tweeters

Speaker Cable
Townshend F1 Fractal™ speaker cables

Interconnects
Cerious Technologies Graphene Lumniscate

Power Cables
Cerious Technologies and Zenwave Audio

Racking
Timber Nation

Tuning and Tweaks
ISO Acoustics GAIA under components, Mapleshade brass weights on top.

Power Conditioning
PS Audio P15 power regenerator
Dedicated power line direct from panel

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[larrys]

What a beautiful system! Have the Altec 1570B power amps been modified at all?

[mcallij1]

Lance's system has came a long way .It sounds really nice.Good job putting things together.

[lancelock]

Larry, yes, the 1570B’s have been modded. John Tucker of Exemplar Audio used the original mods from Tom Tutay but went further and could extract excellent bass responses from these. The Altec 1570B is an old commercial amp that, without mods is not really recommended for home stereo use but tweaked out its spectacular.

[John Gatski President/Founder]

Lance

  Curious to know what you are using the Otari 50-50 for? dubbing LPs and digital?, or playing the new, pre-recorded, high-end album-to-15 ips tape  that are available from The Tape Project. Those reels are pricey at $500

[lancelock]

I haven’t used the Otari in a long time. I do have a couple of quality tapes I found on eBay but haven’t looked into the crazy expensive tapes. I have a few that are old and suffer from sticky tape syndrome. Since I got the DS Audio cartridge it’s been vinyl all the time.

Lance