July 2011
"Jason...your room looks better than most of the ones you posted from the California Audio Show.
Very nice!"
[Community of A/V Enthusiasts]
-
Jason Victor Serinus
- Male
- Oakland, CA
- United States
- Featured Blog Posts (14)
- Groups
- Photos (1)
- Photo Albums
- Videos
Gifts Received
Jason Victor Serinus has not received any gifts yet
Jason Victor Serinus's Page
Latest Activity
Jason Victor Serinus commented on Jason Victor Serinus's photoJuly 2011
"Yes you are, Susan. And if my husband were to hear that someone considers my system beautiful, he might just kill himself. For two years, he wouldn't even look at it because he couldn't stand the sight of all the cables! I am not making…"
A blog post by Jason Victor Serinus was featuredCalifornia Audio Show: A Three Day Sonic Banquet
The second California Audio Show, produced by Constantine Soo of Dagogo.com, took place July 15-17 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Burlingame. If neither attendance nor room layout was exactly what dealers and manufacturers had hoped for, the combination of several fine sounding rooms, live performances, and information-packed seminars left many audiophiles smiling. Up to 45 separate exhibits (with several added so last-minute that they weren’t even included in the show directory) greeted…See More
Jason Victor Serinus commented on the blog post 'Father's Day'"I'd ask our dog Daisy Mae Doven to bag her own poop from now on."
Jason Victor Serinus commented on the blog post 'What we heard - The Digital Experience'"Bob Walters did not write the article, and probably won't see your comment. I can forward it to him.
First of all, the Wavelength Wavelink is not yet on the market. It would connect computer USB out to the SPIDF input of your Bryston DAC. I…"
Scott Aronian commented on the blog post 'Feedback from BAAS members about the listening sessions'"Never did join BAAS, for a number of reasons, but mainly trying to kick my audio obsession. It's now on my list of things to do over the holidays. Thanks."
"To my ears, the computer source edged out the transport by a small margin.
In any case, my comment about “USB vs Firewire (FW)” stems from listening to actual implementations - not some theoretical or academic arguments about…"
Profile Information
- Tell us about your Listening Room
- See System description for dimensions
- Tell us about your equipment
- Ditto
- Tell us about you....job,hobbies,family,etc.
- I write for 19 or so publications, including Secrets, hometheaterhifi.com, Stereophile, and computeraudiophile.com. My husband and I live with our daughter, Daisy Mae Doven. She is part Jack Russell Terrier, and weighs 19-20 lbs. We adore her... most of the time.
- Do you prefer MP3 or high definition audio?
- Hi Def
JASON VICTOR SERINUS REFERENCE SYSTEMS
Main Living Room Reference System:
Digital Front End
PS Audio Perfect Wave transport with Reference Audio mods
Theta Gen VIII Series 3 DAC/Preamp (24/192) with latest DAC cards and resistors
Apple 15” Macbook Pro with solid-state drive, 4 GB RAM, and Intel i7 chip
Wavelength’s asynchronous Wavelink USB to S/PIDF link
Amarra 2.2 (soon 2.3) and Pure Music 1.8a
Halide designs asynchronous USB to S/PIDF link
Auraliti L-1000 Music Player and Server (coming shortly)
Amplification
Pass Labs XA100.5 Class A monoblocks (loan)
Loudspeakers
Eficion F-300 with Nordost Odin jumpers and Stillpoints stainless steel supports
Bybee Golden Goddess Super Effect Speaker Bullets
Stein Music Speaker Matches on speaker terminals
Cabling
Nordost Odin 1.5m single-ended and balanced interconnects
Nordost Odin 1.25 or 1.5m AES/EBU digital interconnect
Nordost Odin 1.25 or 1.5 m BNC digital interconnect (for use with computer hook-up)
Nordost Odin 3m. bi-wired speaker cable
Nordost Odin power cables (seven total, two 1.25m., three 2.5m, two 2.5m w. 20 amp connectors for my amps)
Nordost Vishnu Nordost Quantum Qx4
Nordost Blue Heaven USB Cable (2m)
Kimber AG Silver USB Cables (1m and 3m)
Cardas Clear Serial USB Cables (1m and 3m)
WireWorld Gold Starlight 6 BNC digital cable
Kimber D60 BNC cable
Power
Nordost QB8 and Quantum Qx4
IsoClean or HiFi Tuning audiophile grade fuses in components
Dedicated line for system
Analog
Clearaudio Emotion turntable with Satisfy arm
Soundsmith “The Voice” phono cartridge
Symposium Platform under turntable
Sutherland Battery Powered Phono Preamp
Additional Accessories
Stillpoints amplifier stands
Michael Green Deluxe Ultrarack, Basic Racks and Corner Tunes
Stillpoints supports
Finite Elemente Cerapuc supports
Marigo Mystery Feet
Ganymede ball bearing supports
Synergistic ART Room Tuning system
Echo Buster and Double Busters
Four Shakti Hallographs
Four Stein Music Ambient Harmonizers and assorted Magic Stones
Shakti stones on transport, DAC, amps, etc.
Stein Music DE2 CD Demagnetizer
Marigo Signature 3-D Mat v2
Audiotop and UltraBit Platinum-P CD sprays
Ayre and Isotek demagnetizing CDs
Main System Room Dimensions
The living/listening room is 24.5’ deep, 21.4’ wide. Ceilings are 9’ high with heavy wooden crossbeams, each 17” in height. The space is big enough to accommodate 17 members of the Bay Area Audiophile Society, positioned in three rows facing the speakers.
The system itself is not in the center of the room. At the far end of the room, not far from the right speaker, is a large, 8.33’ wide wooden-framed archway that leads into a large dining room. (This is where first-order reflections head). The distance from the front door to the end of the dining room is 37’.
There is also a lot of space to the left of the left speaker. First-order reflections aim toward a shallow alcove that leads to the front door. While a heavy curtain covers the windows behind the system, the wall behind the speakers is not flat due to record shelves and room supports. There are other openings on the right wall, close to the listening position, that lead to the stairway and kitchen. In the rear, behind the sweet spot, is a large granite fireplace.
Floors are hardwood and carpet in front of the system, and hardwood elsewhere. Walls in the living room are a combination of plaster and wood, with a large granite fireplace in the rear. The dining room is all plaster.
Room treatment includes RoomTune and Echo buster triangles in upper corners; either an Echo Buster or heavy tapestry at key places on side walls, three movable Echo Busters that cut resonance from the dining room, and a complete Synergistic Acoustic ART resonance treatment system. For photos, see http://forum.stereophile.com/photopost/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/1260
Upstairs Second System:
Genesis I-60 Integrated amp
Von Schweikert VR-4jr. speakers bi-wired with Nordost Valhalla
Proton 26” non-HD anything but flat decidedly un-digital TV
Basic Pioneer DVD player
ExactPower EP15A equipped with outlets from Sound Applications and other mods
Nordost Valhalla bi-wired speaker cable
Assortment of WireWorld Gold Eclipse 5, Harmonic Tech Magic One, and Nordost Valhalla interconnects
Nordost Valhalla, Elrod EPS-2 Signature, and AudioPrism SuperNatural S2 power cables
Ganymede ball bearing supports
Desktop Computer System
Apple iMac G5 with Intel Core 2 Duo and 3 GB RAM
Benchmark DAC-1 USB
Audio Engine 5 self-powered speakers
Dynaudio Focus 110A self-powered speakers
Nordost Thor Power Distribution System
Nordost Valhalla power cabling
Harmonic Tech Magic One, Nordost Valhalla, or Nordost Odin interconnects
WireWorld Gold Eclipse speaker cable
WireWorld USB cable
Kimber AG Silver USB cable
Cardas Clear Serial Buss USB cable
Ganymede and Cerapuc supports
Jason Victor Serinus's Photos
Jason Victor Serinus's Blog
California Audio Show Part IX
Margules Audio
It was a total joy to encounter the soft re-launch of Margules Audio of Mexico. The designer, Julian Margules, teaches at a technological university in Mexico. His equipment is used everywhere.
The high-end…
ContinuePosted on July 19, 2011 at 5:12pm
California Audio Show Part VIII
Dan D'Agostino / Wilson Audio
One of the total and most dramatic joys of the California Audio Show, or any audio show for that matter, was the opportunity to listen to master engineer Peter McGrath’s master files stored on his Sound Devices 744 tape deck. Here…
ContinuePosted on July 19, 2011 at 1:30pm
California Audio Show Part VII
Electrocompaniet
Dianne Reeves was really swinging in the Electrocompaniet room. On Wynton Marsalis’ CD, The Feeling of Jazz, the sound was eminently listenable and alive, with a strong midrange, fast response, and tonal palette perfect for the…
ContinuePosted on July 19, 2011 at 12:00pm
California Audio Show Part VI
Lindemann Audio from One World Audio
This was one of the rooms that I sincerely wished I could revisited and spent several hours in. As I entered, Jonathan Josephs of One World Audio in Richmond, CA, aka the US importer for Lindemann, was playing an…
ContinuePosted on July 19, 2011 at 9:30am
Comment Wall
- No comments yet!
© 2012 Created by Secrets of Home Theater and HiFi.
