The culmination of 25 years of buying and selling components to both just try everything I could afford and distill my perfect system. Super happy and haven't thought about changing anything since I switched my phono section from the F117 Nighthawk by Ray Samuels to an EAR834p clone with Mitch Singerman level 2 mods and Jena Labs step up about 2 years ago.
Clean and transparent leaning warm, got me off the tube vs SS merrygoround
Wavetouch Audio Antero
Wonderful speakers.They disappear and all you hear is the music. Need a good subwoofer though. The REL T7x blends perfectly.
REL T7x
Subwoofer. So fast and clean and easy to integrate with my speakers.
Well Tempered Labs Classic
With Hana SL, Jena labs/Echo audio step-up, EAR 834p clone w/ Mitch Singerman Level 2 upgrades and Amperex Holland 22AX7 tubes
Sony SCD-XA5400es
SACD player
Cardas Audio quadlink 5c interconnects
Quadlink ICs throughout
Virtual Dynamics David Series
2.5m speaker cables
Shunyata Research Venom V14 and Taipan Helix Alpha
Venom V14s on sources and just added the Taipan to power the Hegel H200. Wow what an improvement that was!
Furman Elite 15 DM i
Power conditioner
1 Mii 1Mii DS220 Hi-Res Bluetooth Receiver
This little bluetooth receiver allows me to stream music at maximum bitrates from Spotify and Apple music. While CD quality, definitely not as good as my XA-5400ES and nothing like vinyl but for casual listening it's great. Having access to these music catalogs is fantastic and fun.
Nice system. Have you considered replacing the outlets in your Furman with or some other outlets that do not use brass contacts (and that do not use nickel in the plating)?
I did that to my Furman and then later to my Torus. The improvements to my system were immediately recognizable.
Then again you would also need to have copper bladed electrical plugs and replace your IEC inlets.
Interesting idea but why not just buy bookshelf speakers? There are many floorstanding speakers that are considered "the best" so why the need for space? I did isolate my speakers from the floor using silicone speaker isolation pads and you can do that with your floorstanders.
Really interesting system. Very expensive bookshelf speakers they work quite well which is nice. I was thinking about elevating my main speakers with ropes for my ceiling to achieve the same affect bookshelf speakers. I think it's a good idea to have a lot of space beneath the speakers. Does this make sense?
Any chance getting a brighter picture to see all your lovely work better?
