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Definitive Audio resides in an 1850's textile mill complex next to one of the East Midlands' many canals.
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Today Harrington Mill is a vestigial remnant of the textile, upholstery and furniture industries which once were a core
of the local economy
but since have been widely outsourced to China and Poland.
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The all brick construction is a lovely throwback to past centuries and avoids modern concrete, steel girder and glass schemes. |
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The tall chimney makes for quite the landmark. |
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The bulwarks give these buildings a fortress-type appearance. Only a moat is missing. |
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The Harrington Mill complex is a sizable industrial affair. |
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To expedite deliveries and pickups, the mill relies on these winches for easy access. |
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Ensconced by reject cabinets, the Definitive Audio loft contains this massive battery bank to run entire systems off the grid. |
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After a four-hour listening session, a quick check showed 94.7% of battery power remaining.
This is a setup any hot-blooded audiophile should aspire to. |
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This is the foyer as seen when descending the steps from the storage loft. |
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The two main listening rooms are off to the right, with one door visible, the other outside the photo to the very front. |
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A New Audio Frontiers amp with Jeff Rowland kit. |
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Standing against the stairs is an 1812 Velodyne subwoofer. |
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Some massive 500-liter twin 18-inch sub cabs are stacked against the walls. |
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One side of the alcove facing the entrance of the building. |
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The end of the alcove with trade-in or retail equipment from Brinkmann, Canary Audio, CEC and New Audio Frontiers.
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Looking down the alcove past some Living Voice speakers in the very front. |
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The other end of the foyer. |
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A bank of regulated power supplies from Kevin Scott's earlier days. |
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Living Voice Avatar speakers and Kondo mono amps. |
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An Art Audio Argento amplifier from Tom Willis who lives 10 minutes away.
Definitive Audio rewires this 300B parallel single-ended amp with Kondo, replaces the signal coupling caps,
the stock pot and adds a proprietary outboard filament supply transformer with Kondo umbilical.
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More Kondo gear plus New Audio Frontiers and a Jeff Rowland phono amp. |
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Drive unit grave yard. |
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A look at multi-cell Vitavox exponential horns in the warehouse where Tudor R. Harris had erected his temporary finishing tent. |
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