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    • Audio Research Audio Research
    ARC REF-75se amp.
    ARC REF-3 line stage.
    ARC PH-8 Phono stage.
    CD Player - Grover Huffman modified Pioneer Elite DV-59 AVi
    Turntable - Well-Tempered (original - modified).
    Cartridge - Lyra Argos Moving Coil.
    Sound Application power conditioner with upgraded receptacles. http://www.soundstage.com/revequip/soundapplication_xe12s.htm
    Power Cords - Synergistic Research level 3.
    Speaker cables - Von Gaylord Audio 7000
    Interconnect cables - Von Gaylord & FMS Nexus. 
    Equipment rack - Custom built to reduce micro-vibrations.
    4 Shakti Holograms - one in each corner of the room.
    10 Synergistic Research HFT's
    Synergistic Research Purple fuses in all electronics. 
    Tweaks galore - with a concentration on reducing micro-vibrations, and cleaning up the AC power throughout the system. 
    All connections have been treated with Perfect Path Technologies Total Contact contact enhancer.
    All components are using the Omega E Mats ... including two E Mats in the circuit breaker box. (Highly recommended)
    • Legacy Audio Signature III's
    The Legacy Signature III's perform WAY above their price point. 94db efficient, the ARC REF-75 SE just coasts through all kinds of music. This speaker is no longer made, but they can be found on the used market for good prices.  They sound their best with tube electronics. The only change made to the speakers was to change out the stock binding posts with Cardas' best copper binding posts. The speakers are bi-wired with Von Gaylord Audio speaker cables.
    • Perfect Path Technologies The Gate
    This is the ONE thing I would buy if I were just starting out on the tweaking quest. The Gate is no joke. It transformed an already great system into something that is indescribable. Retails for $5,000 and performs well beyond it's price point.
    • Perfect Path Technologies Omega E-Mats, Total Contact contact enhancer, Alpha E-Cards.
    These products work really well with The Gate. The effect is cumulative. The more you add, the better the sound. The Perfect Path products reduce RFI to the level of being non-existent. With The Gate cleaning up the power throughout the entire house, the lowering of the noise floor of the audio system is amazing. The TV system too.

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Damn OP, you gotta get another coupla pair of the silver handles, so's the ARC's all match! Nice room, bet your system sounds great. Coincidently, I was born in S. CA, and lived there again from 1979 until this past February, and now have relocated (for the final time) to Vancouver, just across the river from Portland Oregon. There are two drummers I knew in L.A. who have done the same. Portland is VERY hip! There's a good record store here, too. Music Millennium, which has two rooms of LP's! Not as good as Amoeba Music in Hollywood (few are), but good enough.

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