BEST OF BOTH WORLDS

by schumy on Ever Evolving
J's system
kW500
DV50s

Description

2 separate SACD and Vinyl front end based system, with full tube electronics and soild state amps. Always looking for more transparency, dynamics and resolution.
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    • Sony SC-D777es
    SACD source and transport
    • Linn LP-12 Valhalla
    LP 12 Valhalla
    • Linn Ittok LVII
    The classic Japanese made Ittok LVII tonearm
    • Pioneer DVS10A
    Pioneer Japanese model Universal DVD/CD player.
    • Sonic Frontiers Line 1
    Tube pre amp based on 6922 tubes.
    • Rogue Audio 99 Magnum
    Rogue Audio Magnum 99 Pre amp
    • Rotel RHB-10
    Michi Hi-end Rotel Power Amp 200wpc
    • Kimber Select 1010
    Top line Kimber copper I/C between pre-power and DAC to Pre Amp
    • Aural Symphonics Purple
    Shotgun bi-wire for Acustik Lab speakers
    • Cardas Golden, Quadlink 5C, Twinlink
    All power cables by Cardas
    • Meridian 566
    20bit Delta Sigma DAC
    • Aural Symphnics AS One gen5
    I/C between SACD and Line 1
    • Audio-Technica Japan AT33PTG
    Audio Technica's 35th Anniversary special edition low output MC cartridge for Japanese market
    • Soliloquy 5.3
    Full range speaker
    • Sonic Frontiers SFP-1
    Tube phono stage with NOS Phlips JAN tubes 2 X 8DJ8 and 2 X 12AT7WC
    • VTL ST-80
    70wpc tube ppower amp
    • Cardas Neutral Reference
    Phono cable
    • Eurolab (Scheu) Premier II
    The highly acclaimed Premier II with the uprated 8cm thick platter
    • Linn Linto
    Stereophile Class A Phono amplifier from Linn
    • SME Series IV
    The beautiful SME IV tonearm mounted with the Denon DL103R
    • Electrocompaniet EMC1 24/192
    Analog sounding CD Player
    • Thiel Audio CS-7.2
    Ultimate speakers added
    • Teac DV50s
    Universal Player
    • Musical Fidelity kW500
    Limited Edition kilowatt 500 amp

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Hi George,
Its fantastic, I still have them to now!

Regards

jared_lee

Fairleypm,
I am now using Cardas Neutral Reference. They seem to work fine. Rgds
J

jared_lee

No haven't, but the 7.2s are hard to beat in terms of scale.

jared_lee

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