Here is my system. Mixture of modern and vintage equipment. Choice of solid state or tube sound, analog or digital. I like this sytem very much specially the speakers. I guess i'm a single-driver guy.
Tube output CDP with upsampler option and 7308 Siemens
Bent Audio NOH
Passive transformer-based volume control using S&B TX102. Nothing added or subtracted from the music.
Odyssey Audio Stratos
Stratos, silver face with cap upgrade.
Dynaco Stereo 70
St-70 fully rebuilt with Welborne Labs mods. Highly musical St-70 compared to 2 others (modded) I previously owned.
Bob Brines Design Fostex FT2000
Single driver speakers using the highly regarded Fostex 200A drivers in a folded transmission line. Also using Fostex T90A tweeters.
Fully Loaded back Horn Fostex 168EZ Sigma
DIY backhorn using the 168 EZ sigma drivers in the Fostex recommended horn.
Acoustic Zen and DIY MKII and unamed
The AZ is the MKII copper version and my other ICs are all DIY using silver wires and solid coppers. Eichman plugs and cardas rhodiums are the connectors of choice
Acoustic Zen/Purist audio Satori/Museaus
The Satori is 10ft in lenght with banana terminations while the Museaus is 3 meters with bi-wire configuration on the speaker side terminated with spades
Virtual Dynamics Power1, 2 and 3
Very quiet power cable. Very stiff too!
McIntosh 1700
A receiver used as a tuner. Tube-tuner with SS preamp and amp.
Teres Audio 160
Lead-filled platter and base. Battery powered with upgraded wood clamp. Origin Live Illustrious arm with AT OC-9 cartridge.
K&K Phono SE
Hybrid tube phonostage, transformer coupled.
Tribute Step-Up Transformer
Cobalt-Core step-Up at 1:10 ratio
Nuforce Reference 8b
Analog switching monobloc wonder.
ATI AT-6012
12 channel Ss amp with 6 zones and adjustable level control for each zone. 60 watts/channel of clean power.
Linkwitz Lab Orions
3-way with active crossover utilizing Seas tweeters and mid drivers and a pair of Peerless 10 inch woofers in puss pull configuration. Open baffle design.
