Two chassis CD player with PSX power supply. It's a smooth, well-balanced player and of course a great synergistic match for the P5 and W5; especially when run balanced.
A great preamp. Quiet and flexible.
190 wpc. It's well-known for being able to deal with and control very difficult loads. I'm sure the DeVores aren't giving it much of a challenge, but they sure seem to respond to it when I crank up a little Crystal Method!
Classic budget deck
The reason why the Planar 3 is the 'table that it is.
A very low output moving coil cartridge designed by the man who is now making ZYX carts. Smooth and quiet.
- DeVore Fidelity Gibbon Super 8
Killer two-way floorstander in ebony/bird's eye maple. Over the past four years I've had 16(!) pairs of speakers come through my living room - primarily because of work. For the most part, they all had their strengths. A few were ridiculously large for my apartment and were not allowed to perform to their full measure. Others just didn't gel with my electronics or room and to be honest, there were also a couple of turds in there. After years of dreaming of the day I'd have an enormous listening room, I've finally learned to embrace my smallish living room as a great place to enjoy listening to music. Less air to move allows me to spend less $ on speakers. And these DeVores really let your money go a long, long way. I was prepared to spend close to double what the DeVores cost, but I feel confident that I couldn't have gotten more performance, or more importantly, more FUN! I can't say enough about these and heartily encourage folks in apartments and condos to give them serious consideration.
Some DIY XLR cables a friend built from bulk Cardas wire - I wonder when he wants these back...
I've had this stuff for years and it's always done exactly what I've needed it to do...reach my speakers. I do have plans on upgrading my cables and interconnects within the next year. I've had great success mating the Sim product with Cardas and Harmonic Tech so I'm kinda leaning towards one of those.
A very solid rack with reasonable isolation. I like its clean, smooth lines.
- Second favorite throne in the house
My new listening chair
An outstanding 32" LCD monitor. It looks fantastic through an upconverting DVD player and breathtaking on HD.
Neighbors to Shaun: Didjeridon't
- Neighborhoodies Sugar Hill
Vive La Hi Fi!
Nerd Pride! (Sorry ladies, I'm taken!)
