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.
Taksil: I started with Audiopax 88's, which came highly recommended at the time i bought the Avantgardes. They sounded fine after the speaker broke in and i learned how to fiddle with those controls on the Audiopax. But, the change to the Lamm ML2 brought far greater weight, tonality and a non-mechanical 'continuousness' to the proceedings. Some urban legends say the ML2 is better than the 2.1 - i have no idea- but both amps are almost reasonable on the used market- i know Audio Federation has a pair for sale now. (They are very nice folks based in the West). The only problem with Lamm is that Vlad and only Vlad repairs them- no schematics available, no authorized repair centers. So make sure you buy a set that has been completely vetted. You need to refresh the tubes routinely and I use a ribbed plate tele for the one 12 A slot- otherwise you are pretty much forced to buy the power tubes from Vlad, because he claims their values are matched to each amp. Those tubes aren't terribly expensive from him, so I just get them from him. You also need to buy a good meter- a fluke- to check bias. I think you will marvel at how good they sound on the speaker; then you get into preamp matching, and of course there is a synergy with his preamps and amps.
