Well, it's official and I will shut about it ;D....I'm just excited.
I love my ZMA run direct....listening right now with Tungsram NOS/Platinum 6922's....just superb and with my Mullard's direct? Forgetta-bout-it.
So, what does the ARC LS17 SE have to offer (and it is still breaking in)?
IT takes the ZMA and makes it ~ its Bitch, in/with more SLAM. I have it set up for easy switching per Listening Session (on Floor). Don't get me wrong.....the ZMA direct has sweet articulate bass....but the dimension/definition the LS17 SE provides in the nether region when you want to go there....owns the ZMA and takes it ....is impressive.... .
I've come to appreciate the cocktail that my KS1030 and KS6063 presents....with the ZMA direct and especially with the ARC LS17 SE....the 6063 is freakin' muscular and hugely dynamic ...capable of brutal transients and the most intimate delicacy (pumping from the ZMA~they are Niagara Falls and get out of the way)...copy, that is truth in advertising.
Listening Room:
Room Treatments from Michael Green & Home Brew
Sony as Transport (DVP-NS57P)/Sandwich weighted for Isolation
Illuminati D-60 Digital Coax IC
Shunyata Research Ztron Alpha Digital Power Cord to ZDSD
{Extremely Significant}
Decware ZDSD DAC / Recorder
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W/Steve's Output Transformer's/kicking to the curb quite a few superb DAC'S!
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(@ -20 Ref Level, 0.0 Input volume and @ 16/192)
WBT-0102Ag RCA Kimber Select KS1030
***Audio Research LS17 SE Preamplifier*** ~ w/stock 6H30's
.....will upgrade to: DR
http://www.thetubestore.com/Tubes/6H30-Tube-Types/Russian-6H30P-DRZDSD also run Direct to ZMA ~ Sans ARC Pre.....best of two worlds (rotating Pre in and out)
WBT-0102Ag RCA Kimber Select KS1030
Decware Zen Mystery Amplifier
~BIASED at *60* mA~
(NOS/Platinum/E188CC 7308 Cryogenic Mullard's in my A12 an B12 positions~NOS/Platinum/Ediswan CV2492/6922's for Inverter Tubes~NOS RCA 0A3's & New Quad of Tube Depot Stealth/Tung-Sol KT66's)
ZMA adjusted at 20% to 30-40% max ~ from 0 Gain
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Kimber Select KS6063 Speaker Cable 8ft WBT-0681-Ag Spades
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Acoustic Zen Adagio - Black Pearl (Modified)
.....from 8ohm Taps
Acoustic Zen Adagio's x-over's Modified/Full Range with Mundorf MCap Supremes-single Cap to each Tweeter/4.5k cross
(Gutted: 3kHz/18dB/Octave, Linkwitz/Riley Crossovers....with all crappy parts = gone)
XLO Pro Power Cords to ARC LS17 SE an ZMA
PS Audio P3 Power Plant / Pangea AC-9SE from wall to P3
(Transport, ZDSD an ARC LS17 SE, Regenerated/*120*~ Multiwave off...ZMA on High Current Output)
NOS Platinum Tube Rotations in my ZMA,
(matched pairs/from Upscale Audio/Kevin):
(Germany) Telefunken E88CC ~ 1 pair
(Great Britain) Mullard 7308/E188CC ~ 2 pair (both pair Cryogenic)
(US/Great Britain) Ediswan CV2492/6922 ~ 2 pair (one pair Cryogenic)
(Hungary) Tungsram 6922/E88CC ~ 1 pair
(Hungary) Tungsram PCC88/7DJ8 ~ 1 pair
(Russian) Cryoset 6N23N/P-EB ~ 2 pair