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[vintage_tube]

Not sure but it just occurred to me that I never (at least that I can remember) posted a picture of my rig in the forum.

Please no comments about sound panels, etc., - my modest rig was upstairs years ago and the wife was gone on a weeklong business trip. I took the opportunity to donate some furniture, bring it downstairs and painted the entire room to include trim. When she came home, she said, "what's that" and I said what do you mean? She said those two things in the corner of the room (bass traps). I said bass traps and she said, "that's a no go." Well, placed them back into their boxes and hauled them up to the 3d floor walkup attic where they sit to this day & so does my rig- in the living room. Happy wife, happy life.

Well, it's gone through many iterations over the last few months - and have a few more changes coming within I hope the next month (Red = OUT & Bold = IN).

VAC 450iQ Mono Amps[COLOR="Red"]
VAC Master Preamplifier w/Gold Lion 6922 Gold Pins Presently FOR SALE
VAC Statement Preamplifier (pending another 4+ weeks in build stage)
VAC Renaissance Special Edition Phono Preamplifier w/6 Gold Lion 12AX7 Gold Pins & XLR Outputs
SME 20/2 Turntable w/SME Series V Tone Arm & Sumiko Palo Santos Presentation Cartridge
Akai GX-400D Reel-to-Reel w/relapped heads by JFR Magnetic Sciences, Akai RC-17 cabled remote (Original Owner since 1974)
dCS Rossini Transport
dCS Vivaldi APEX DAC
dCS Vivaldi Upsampler +
dCS Vivaldi Clock
Wilson Alexia V1 speakers standing on Wilson Acoustic Diodes
Borresen X2 Floor Standers (Temporary speakers until Wilson Alexia V arrive)
Wilson Alexia V speakers (ship date is 05/10/24
2 Furutech GTX-D NCF ® 20A Duplex Outlets/plate/cover on 2 Dedicated 20A runs on same phase in power panel.
Shunyata Everest 8000 Power Conditioner
Shunyata Omega XC 1.25M Power Cable (feeding Everest)
Ansuz Mainz C3 Power Distributor
Ansuz Mainz C2 1M power cable to the Furutech wall outlet
2 HRS M3X2-1921 Isolation shelves with G7 Footers/G-Links and Sound Anchors Conecoasters
1 HRS M3X2-1921 Isolation Shelf (for TT)
4 HRS DPX-14545 Damping Plates
Nordost Odin 1 Supreme Reference 3M speaker cables resting on 4 Sort Lifts
Nordost Odin 2 2M Supreme Reference 2M speaker cables resting on 4 Sort Lifts
7 Nordost Odin 1 Supreme Reference Power Cables, 1.25M
1 Nordost Tyr 2 Power Cable, 1.25M
1 Nordost Heimdall 2 Power Cables, 1.25M
2 Nordost Odin 2 XLR/XLR, 1.25M
2 Nordost Odin 1 XLR/XLR, 2M
5 Nordost Valhalla 1 Digital BNC/BNC 75-ohm Clock Cables, 1.25M
3 Nordost Valhalla 2 Digital AES-EBU Cables, 110-ohm, 1.25M
3 Nordost Odin 2 digital AES/EBU Cables, 100 ohm 1.25M
1 Nordost Valhalla 1 Tone Arm Cable, .75M
1 Nordost Odin 2 Tone Arm Cable 1.25M
1 WireWorld Platinum Starlight 8 Ethernet Cable, 2M
Audio Desk PRO Record Cleaning Machine
ENM hour Meter (handbuilt &records hours & tenths of audio play time - runs off VAC Preamplifier 12v trigger)
Tube Test sets: Maximatcher 2 Power Tube tester, Maximatcher preamp 2 tester, Heathkit TT-1, Space-Tech Labs ATT-3.02 tube tester.

Bob

[Fbgbill]

Beautiful setup..!

[Masterlu]

Nicely done Bob!

[Eisener Bart]

Borresen X2 Floor Standers... Interesting!

[vintage_tube]

Originally Posted by Eisener Bart

Borresen X2 Floor Standers... Interesting!

For $8,800 retail -- they are quite remarkable and no slouches whatsoever. Don't let the price fool ya.

Bob