Emergency backup system 1, or a funny thing happened on the way to the forum

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While I was exerting due diligence in my 2 channel system improvements, I stumbled upon some excellent values in used components I just couldn’t pass up. I had an unused corner in my home theater room (stay tuned for more on that), and wanted a studio set up for near field listening and figuring out Apple’s Garage Band. I love/hate Apple by the way - difficult things can be simple on their platform. But more often that not, for me at least, simple things are difficult.

Digital signal from the IMac goes to the Peachtree integrated via USB, gets converted to analogue and then feeds a Pinnacle corner loaded sub, and a pair of Souns Faber Stradivarius speakers (full range signal). SQ is awesome, and it is fun messing around with a guitar or two.

The stands for the speakers are unfinished from Amazon. I boxed in the bottom, filled the cavity with sand then sealed the bottom up airtight with a bazillion screws. They weigh twice as much as they did unladen, and are rock solid...

I also cut a piece of hardwood maple (a huge cutting board made from the best maple VT has to offer - my home state BTW) the outline of the sub, covered the bottom in a couple layers of automotive sound deadening materiel for mass loading and put several carefully leveled spike feet on the bottom to distribute the load over many points of contact. This is not the best sub in the world, but it is now totally inert, and placement in the corner directs the physical part of the output (the part that thumps ya in the chest), right at the listening position.

I used this system while I was inop on the main rig while components and cables came and went...included in the photos is a makeshift system I cobbled together for the main rig too. That was several iterations ago, sounded pretty damn good actually...

Slainte,

Mitch
 

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The stands look Great !! Looks like a Fun corner to play in !! love the fireplace glass! Nice work !!
 

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