Wsrrsw's Main System

by wsrrsw on English Electric8Switch Ethernet Switch8 SwitchEntreqTownshend AudioSeismic CornersCardas Audio Clear BeyondXLRUpTone AudioJS-2 Linear Power SupplyKlipschKlipschornPSM156Network AcousticsAudio SensibilityKlipschorn AK6AK6Don SachsLynn OlsonShunyata ResearchShunyata Alpha V2Alpha V2TimberNationTimber NationRackMusic City AcousticsAudioquestNiagara 7000HIJIRIHijiri NagomiMasteroTelegartnerJCATCardas Audio Clear CablesCary AudioClearBlackravioliCardasCardas Audio CablesRCAKlipsch Klipschorn AK6JazzBACCH4Mac
The works
Room.1
Room.2
Klipschron
Had to get this
English Electric 8Switch Ethernet Switch w/UpTone Audio JS-2 Linear Power Supply
Back of the house mess
Seismic Corners

Description

Udate 1.8.2025

I owe thanks to many on Agon who have helped me get here.  

This is my main system. The room is dual use but was deliberately built and treated for sound. Walls have resilient channels and are sealed with Icynene insulation spray for sound proofing. 

Roon/Qobuz is used for this streaming only 300B tubes based system.  

The AMPs/Pre are new and most of the rest was found used. The main chair is a Stressless w/ an Ottoman. Next to the room, this is key to no listing fatigue. The back of the chair is below my ears. Also key. No kidding.

Music City Acoustics helped sort the treatment and that’s likely the best thing contributing to how it all sounds. Before treatment ...uggg

I love almost all music but Jazz above all.


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    • Spatial Audio Lab Blackbird Monoblock A Don Sachs and Lynn Olson Design
    They say..and they are right on"  Although notoriously difficult to drive, the 300B tubes give unmatched low distortion in the most critical location in the whole amplifier. The trick with the 300B is that it demands a driver with both very low distortion and significant power into a high capacitance load. Most drivers fail at that task, leading to murky and colored sound. With a powerful enough (and linear!) driver, the full beauty and immediacy of the 300B is revealed."
    Although notoriously difficult to drive, the 300B tubes give unmatched low distortion in the most critical location in the whole amplifier. The trick with the 300B is that it demands a driver with both very low distortion and significant power into a high capacitance load. Most drivers fail at that task, leading to murky and colored sound. With a powerful enough (and linear!) driver, the full beauty and immediacy of the 300B is revealed. https://www.spatialaudiolab.com/
    • Spatial Audio Lab Raven Preamplifier
    Goes w/ MonoBlocks https://www.spatialaudiolab.com/
    • Grimm Audio MU1 Streamer Roon Core
    • Weiss Engineering Weiss 501 DAC
    • Klipsch Klipschorn AK6
    Also found new/used on Agon! Wee Ha
    • REL Acoustics 99 Subwoofer Pair
    https://rel.net/shop/powered-subwoofers/classic/classic-99/?srsltid=AfmBOoqtCIleh1tvCwJ_lOS1AYcqF5gi8U2MTCzJvcoUdqO5jmdlVrfC
    • AudioQuest Niagara 7000
    In my other system I have a PSM 156. I compared the and could hear no difference. YMMV but....


    • Telegartner M12 Gold

    Their web site says "A complete network solution for Extreme Audiophiles." I'd say this thing is remarkable. Seriously. https://jcat.eu/featured/m12-switch-gold/

    • JCAT Optimo 3 Duo Power Supply

     W/ theJact Cables

    • English Electric 8Switch Ethernet Switch
    https://englishelectric.uk/
    • Hijiri Maestro RCA
    From DAC to PRE. Love it
    • Hijiri Hijuri Maestro & Nagomi Power Cables
    Magical cables
    • Cardas Audio Clear Beyond XLR
    From Pre to AMPs
    • Shunyata Research Alpha V2 Speaker Cables
    If not these, then what? https://shunyata.com/product/alpha-v2-speaker/ Found used on Agon!
    • Entreq Ground box w/ cable
    • Townsend Audio Co. Seismic Corners
    Big Room.. no vibrating the equipment. Yes they help. YES
    • UpTone Audio JS-2 Linear Power Supply
    For switch
    • CARDAS 4181US DUPLEX OUTLET
    In the wall with their own 20AMP circut
    • Theoretica Applied Physics BACCH4Mac
    Really Fun..3d Sound https://www.theoretica.us/bacch4mac/
    • TimberNation Rack
    Built to Spec
    • EverStar MI-300

    Two of them...One of each side of  switch... Ethernet Galvanic Isolator 

    https://www.ttl-network.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Whitepaper_Galvanic_Network_Isolators.pdf

    • Music City Acoustics 4 inch Broadband Acoustic Panels
    Music City Acoustics  https://www.musiccityacoustics.com/  was easy to work with in sorting out sound treatment. The treatment makes a whopping difference.
    • Whole house surge protector Whole house surge protector
    • Blackravioli System ground pads
    Under Amps/Pre

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On second look, too happy to be Amityville horror; the wall is smiling at me.

mclinnguy

Hey Wsrrsw,
Beautiful collection of components. But I am looking at your picture named "the works", and I don't know, have you seen The Amityville Horror? 

mclinnguy

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