Owner, Editor and Lead Writer: Juan C. Ayllon
jircc01@gmail.com
juan@prairieaudiomancave.com
Prairie Audio Man Cave House System
LOUDSPEAKERS
- Usher ML-802 Loudspeakers atop Isoacoustics Orea Bordeaux Vibration Isolators
- Hsu Research ULS-15 Mk2 subwoofer atop A/V RoomService EVP Equipment Vibration Protectors
ELECTRONICS
- Schiit Audio Yggdrasil OG DAC
- Pass Labs XP-12 preamplifier
- Pass Labs XP-17 Phonostage
- Pass Labs X150.8 amplifier
- Pass Labs HPA-1 Headphone Amplifier
- Vizio Quantum M Series 75" flat screen TV
- Sony BDP-S5500 Blu Ray player.
SOURCES
- Analog: Micro Seiki BL-9 turntable with the Ortofon MC Quintet Black S cartridge, now atop a 43.4 lb. quartz isolation platform on AV RoomService Equipment Isolation Protector pads.
- Digital: Intel NUC10FNH with ROCK (Roon Optimized Core Kit) music player software, Featuring 4 TB of DSD128, DSD64, WAV, Flac and other music files, and Qobuz streaming service, housed in an HDPLEX H1 V3 fanless case.
CABLES
- Straight Wire: Virtuoso R2 balanced interconnects, Crescendo 3 XLR interconnects (preamp to amp), Vituoso, Expressivo, and Serenade II RCA interconnects; USBF 15 filtered USB cables. Crescendo 3 SC speaker cables (bi-wired); Pro Thunder and Black Thunder power cords.
- WK Audio: "TheAir" and "TheOne" power cords.
- Audio Art: e2 Statement power cable.
MEDIA FURNITURE
- BDI Corridor 8179 media console
ACCESSORIES
- Dan Clark Audio Ether 2 planar headphones
- Fostex TP-50 Mk3 headphones
- iFi Go Bar dongle DAC and Headphone amplifier
- Questyle M12 Mobile Phone Headphone and DAC
- Apple Mini iPad II (music server controller), Apple iPhone XR (music server controller)
- Netgear N300 WiFi EX2700 Extender
- Toshiba external hard drive
- Panamax M5300 EX power conditioner
- A/V RoomService Equipment Vibration Protectors
- Herbie's Audio Labs Extra Thick Titanium Cone/Spike Puckies and Cone/Spike Gliders
- Tizio desk lamp (on separate circuit from electronics)
Coincidentally, when I was courting Belle, a favorite restaurant of ours, the now-defunct Kona Grill in Lincolnshire, IL had its TVs mounted high, as did a lot of sports bar/restaurants we frequented. You could watch something on their screens unobstructed even as people walked by. I liked the idea, as we sometimes host get-togethers and want people to be able to view the screen from anywhere in the room unobstructed. So, there’s sentimental, as well as practical reasons for the high placement of our big screen TV.
ROOM
My new listening and A/V room is located in front half of the 32' x 22' main space in a finished basement with a painted exposed ceiling that's roughly 9' high. It employs a ceiling cloud, acoustic absorption panels and bass traps, as well as two 20 amp and two 15 amp dedicated A/V circuits. You can read about the design and finishing process at the link HERE.
ROOM
My new listening and A/V room is located in front half of the 32' x 22' main space in a finished basement with a painted exposed ceiling that's roughly 9' high. It employs a ceiling cloud, acoustic absorption panels and bass traps, as well as two 20 amp and two 15 amp dedicated A/V circuits. You can read about the design and finishing process at the link HERE.
Juan C. Ayllon is a writer, educator, and artist living in an international household in the suburbs of Chicago; born in La Paz, Bolivia, he is fluent in English but Spanish—not so much, while his wife Belle, born in Belfast, Ireland, speaks both English and Korean with a touch of cheekiness.
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