System Comments
Many of you are probably wondering what type of system we run here at Marihart Audio. Our demo system has tweaked Atma-Sphere M60 3.1 monoblocks (tweaks include Power supply upgrade and V-caps) and a tweaked Cary SLP 98P preamp (tweaks are Jensen Oil Fill caps, Auracaps, Slyvania 1957 JAN 6SN7 tubes); the sources are a Soaring Audio HD Falcon Media Center, Creek Evo CD Player used as Transport with a Cary Xciter 32bit 192K DAC, and a Roksan Radius 5 with a Transfiguration Axia Cartridge, Roksan’s Xerxes Phono cable, with the table set on a Mapleshade maple block with isolators. The Phono Stage is a Heed Quasar. Cabling is mostly MIT Shotgun MA, Magnum MA, and Acoustic Zen Wow and Matrix. The main speakers are a choice of Acoustic Zen Adagio’s or Revel F32′s. Speaker wire varies between Magnan Signature or Acoustic Zen Satori, depending if we run different amps as I also have a LSA Standard Integrated, Soaring Audio SLC A 300, and various JoLida gear. The front room also has Echo busters room treatments for the corners and the sides-this giving precise imaging with a near field holographic sound stage that literally wraps around the listener.
We have much more in the back room, such as Level 2 modified Jolida JD 302B and JD102B, Heed Obelisk SI (with augmented power supply), Cary Xciter amp and DAC, and a A25.2 Integrated. Sources for the back room are the Jolida JD 100, Cary CDP 1, Music Hall CD25.2 (Modified by Mitch Singerman), Music Hall MMF 5.1SE with either the Bellari VP 129 or the Jolida JD9 phono stages (moded with JJ ECC 803S tubes). Speakers are the Revel F12, LSA 1 Signature and LSA1 Statement, Canton GLE 403,and LSA 1 Standard. Rear room treatments include Echo Busters panels and Shakti Hallographs.
Speakers presently shown are the rare Rohrer 702 Monitors with the Isobaric Loaded 12″ subs.
We also have other speakers not mentioned above and other electronics so you need to call to see what we have to demo. I tune the front and backroom systems by ear to provide a musical, warm yet detailed presentation with a large soundstage and good depth of field. I demand pinpoint imaging of vocals and instrumentals and strive to get this in all of the systems I present to my customers. Hope to see you soon.
Dave Marihart


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