State of the System speech


This is the system I have currently:

LG 55" SmartTV 4k HDMI (wall mounted)
Legacy VHS recorder/player and laptop dongle with app.
ALtec LAnsing Valencia speakers bi-amped and run with:
Pioneer VSX-42 500 watt AVR
The Valencia crossover filters have been remade into four filters, placed in a custom box.
One each, for the horns and woofers.
A B&O RX-12 turntable with ESP RIAA filter, custom boxed, with B&O #4 equivalent cartridge-needle.
The Valencia speaker horn compression drivers have been replaced with inexpensive Chinese knock-offs. A set of MidWest Speaker after market replacements are in stock. A repair kit for the original set is also stocked.
Polk Audio sub-woofer
Sennheiser headphones
Dr Dre Beats earbuds
Pioneer Blu-ray recorder/player for laptop
Samsung stand-alone Blu-ray player
Six hard drives; 5x1TB and 1x4TB for a total of 9 TB of data storage
Channel Master antenna signal amplifier.
Antenna signal splitter
Asus x510UA laptop w'i5 8th Gen processor and 8Gb RAM, 500GB SSD
EZCap VHS to computer decoder dongle
Hauppage OTA TV dongle
A large assortment of cables, adapters, and connectors for tying the system together.


Optional and backup gear:
Pioneer SX-255 Stereo Receiver
Cerwin-Vega speakers
Dell Latitude E6500laptop w/charger


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