A continuous Musical pathway of East meets West in selection of components from Master Craftsmen who were/are dedicated to their art. My sincere thanks to those who have helped with their valuable time and advice and shown me the way to enhance my knowledge and improve the sound I can elicit from my system.
Explosive! Takeda san's creation for how he listens to music. A magical music maker
Ortofon SPU 90th Anniversary
Ortofon SPU Meister Silver
GM Mk11 Thanks Unoear!
Lyra Helikon Mono
Special thanks to ALF
Fidelity Research FR-7f
Vintage Gold, does everything just right!
Fidelity Research FR-1 MK3f
Vintage Cartridge
Syntax SUT by Acoustical-Systems
1 :12 Step up for FR-7f
Fidelity Research FR-66S
Music Maker with the FR-7f
Fidelity Research FR-64S with B-60 VTA adjuster
Boogie Factor 10
Micro Seiki RX-5000
My thanks to Syntax for his advice in relation to this Vintage TT and its potential. Replaced a Marigo Modded Well Tempered Classic
Micro Seiki SDP Platter Tweak RX 5000
Acoustical Systems SDP Platter and Arm Risers
Vibraplane 2210
Replaced SRA under the Micro Seiki RX 5000
Dynavector DV507 Mk11
Lamm Industries LP2 Deluxe
With WE tubes Replaced Klyne Audio Arts 7PX 3.5
TEAC VRDS 10
With Guido Tent's Tent Labs Mod's Replaced a 47 Lab transport
Concert Fidelity CF-080 LSXV2
A master piece from Masataka Tsuda San! Probably the last preamp unless I have to go balanced or downsize. Replaced the Concert Fidelity CF-080 LSX
Concert Fidelity DAC - 040
Replaced the 47 Lab Shigaraki DAC
Melquiades Koshka 6C33C SET Monos - Schematic courtesy of Roman Besnow 13Watts of pure SET in custom made 4 box system
Replaced Audio Note UK Conquest Silver Signature 300B PSE monos
Avantgarde Acoustic Duo Omega
From my friends Holger and Armin in Lautertal Reichenbach in Germany
Audio Note Japan AN - Vz
ANJ's Kondo San's vintage top of the line interconnect terminated with Bocchino Audio Barewire Brenda RCA's http://www.bocchtech.com/bocchinoaudio/interconnectsbyusers.html
Audio Note Japan AN - SpZ
ANJ's Kondo San's vintage top of the line speaker cable run as bare wire from amps to speakers.
Audioquest LeoPard Phono
Great for the money!
PSC Audio Custom MK 111
Australian Made Silver Ribbons. 6Moons review here http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/psc/1.html
Furutech Carbon, Oyaide, Acrolink, Elrod power cables and connectors
helps dial in the sound
Sequerra Pyramid T-1 supertweeters
Replaced Townshend Maxim SST supertweeters
VPI 16.5 RCM
Helps keep the LP's clean
Custom standmount speakers with Mirage subwoofers Commercial OEM drivers
Replaced - Vintage Altec A7's with 16 ohm Alnico drivers and Hiraga XO's in a second system fed by TD160 with SME309 or Luxman PD370 and driven by an assortment of Luxman and Cyrill Murray Amplifiers
Ikeda 407
Thanks to Unoear!
Garrard 401
Custom made plinth on my design.
Two tonearms- FR64s and a custom made 12 inch cocobolo prototype made by Duc Minh Lai (RIP) the Australian designer/manufacturer of the Univector tonearm.
Great system. I've been considering adding a FR64s to compliment my Ortofon RMG 309 for my SPUs. How would you describe the sound of the Silver Meister paired with the FR64s?
Congrats!! Sounds like a good move...I have heard the difference a transport makes...I compared Esoteric VRDS Neo Mk V (in an Audio Aero using its digital out) to an Oppo 95 and it was not a fair fight.
In the end, after years and years of debating, I finally relented and found a 2nd hand Zanden Transport and am incredibly happy to have the full Zanden digital set. Makes a huge difference.
Interesting. When you have some time, please describe the differences before you did it and what happened now sonically. What was your reason to go for a TEAC Transport? cheers
Taksil, I'm also a fan of Syntax's system and have taken his advice on a few items. His advice that finding high quality original pressings of albums is usually better that many of the 180 gram reissues is spot on.
The Vibraplane weighs 70kg and possibly deals better with airborne vibration. The SRA was not custom made for the 66Kg TT so that needs to be taken into account. I bought the Vibraplane based on Syntax's advice as he is running an identical TT, arms and carts.
Great system also! How did the Vibraplane improve over the SRA under your turntable...SRA is pretty serious stuff and Vibraplane is 'older tech' as i understand...sometimes you stick with tried and tested...so i am not knocking older tech AT ALL. i was just wondering what made you switch. Thanks for any insight! Enjoy your tremendous system!
Fantastic system! I saw your posts about the Lamm ML2. BTW, i nearly got the new ML2.2 and did a ton of research for a couple of weeks...and i have also read in many places the ML2 is better than the ML2.1.
Beautiful system. I have to say im a huge fan of tubes, horns and heavy turntables. Have you upgraded the power cables on the Avantgardes? I found that was a bug improvement.
Taksil: thanks for the kind words. I had never heard of that line stage so i looked it up and read some of the reviews. Bet it's killer. I always eschewed remote control, but when i had a temporary line stage in the system for a couple months, it had remote control and i loved it! I wish there was an aftermarket remote VTA adjustment for tonearms. That would make my life way easier. I can sorta tune off axis but i find myself jumping back and forth sometimes to nail it. Best,
You have been an immense contributor to my reading and knowledge through previous posts in the past in relation to Audiopax 88's, Avantgardes and Lamm ML2's.
I was going to get an LL2 but ended up with the Concert Fidelity as I borrowed a friend's and simply fell in love with the remote volume control capability, plus it is a good pre.
A mate of mine runs ML2.1's into AG Duo Omegas with the Concert Fidelity LSXV2 and it is wonderful.
