Aloha, I've had this system since the mid 90's, and I'm the original owner. It took me a couple years or more untill I found the right components that sounded right to my ears.I have been a music lover and audiophile since my early teens. It's a great hobby besides going to the beach to go surfing. Tencc.
Excellent tube pre-amp, what more can you say about AR products.
Audio Research D-300
Solid performer, powerful yet smooth. Everything that a great amplifier has
Audio Research CD-2
A well made, Very detailed and musical CD player
Theta Digital Data Basic II
execellent sounding transport with alot of slam
Theta Digital DSPro Progeny
Affordable DAC yet very musical
Tyler Acoustics Linbrook Signature System
I was looking for a new speaker system for some time now, to replace Mirage M-7si's which served me well. I've auditioned some great speakers like B&W, Dynaudio, Monarch Audio and others to name a few. Being from Hawaii, we dont have too much to choose from, so I decided to go against my usual way of listening to a system first, and go out on a limb and buy a speaker system sight unseen. Being that Tyler Acoustics were having great reviews and he uses state of the art parts and materials I made a leap of faith. Boy am I glad I did. Ask any Tyler Acoustics speaker owner and they'll tell you it's an awsome speaker. From the build quality, appearence and of course the sound, this is a great speaker system. Ty himself is great to deal with. The Mirages are now used as front speakers in our home theater.
Audio Research Litz Line
I went to Audio Research for my speaker cables. It's an execellent sounding cable
Audio Research Litz Link
I wanted to keep my system simple yet get great sound, so I think I achieved that by going to Audio research for my interconnects.
Illuminations D-60 Digital Interconnect
Execellent sound, reference quality digital IC.
BPT BPT-2 Ultra
Balanced line conditioner that doesn't get in the way of the music. Real black background, which lets the music flow.
BPT PPC
Audiophile power strip was needed because I moved my system to a larger listening room. Sound stage is even bigger in this room.
Oyaide swo-xxx
Audiophile duplex outlets that replaced the Hubbell outlets in my dedicated 20a line.
nice setup tencc,hows the audio research sound with your mirages. seems people here dont care for this brand,mirage, ive also got mirage om6s,10s and mc2 w/bps400,transparent super bi-cables,fronts, plus bis on center and surrounds w/plinius sa 102s in dual mono, p8 for my center and sa 100mk3 for surrou.plinius m8 pre, md 102 triode tuner and kora hermes dac w-1964 mullards nos matched pr.ill bet we got similar sound and im not sure i can top it. long term satisfaction seems to be an issue here, obviously youve done a wonderful job having those 7s this long, ive also had my mirages about 6 yrs. dont intend to change just finished my front end also came down to plinius and audio research as two logical choices, any comments in regards to your system synergy and a.r. drive in your setup, one final thought when you get it right you can finnaly take that other less costly journey rediscovering music.enjoy your system,just wanted to share...chow
