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To be honest, I am happy with what I have, but I would not say no to the following gear.
- Magico M3 - Karan Acoustics KAL Reference Mk3 pre amp (or Accuphase C-3850) - Karan Acoustics KAM 900 Power amps (or Accuphase A-250) - Revox project R2R - EMM Labs TX2 CD/SACD Transport - EMM Labs DA2 Reference D/A Converter - Ayre DX-5 (Blu ray player) - Crystal Cable / Cardas cables (Absolute dream / Clear Beyond) - Listening room (based on golden ratio)
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Moon 700i V2, dCS Rossini, YG Acoustics Hailey, Aurender N10, Ansuz Mainz D2 |
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What follows may sound like heresy (not the Paul Klipsch incarnation), but feel free to chalk it up to the incoherent ramblings of a fixed-income retiree silver-haired septuagenarian who:
- Began the cruise into audio’s uncharted waters with the purchase of a Fisher 500-C at the Subic Bay Navy Exchange and mated it with a pair of University 312s in home-built bass reflex enclosures upon his return from an eventful—no, make that consequential—WestPac deployment. - Sold high-end at San Jose’s Garland Audio in the late ‘70s, which had him dining and talking shop with Bill Johnson and Jim Winey, auditioning and discussing the fine points of the HQD with Mark Levinson at John Garland’s home, and having Bob Fulton visit the house, where he immediately proposed slitting big holes in the living-room carpet so the owner could run Bob’s Gold bridge-suspension—oops, I mean speaker—cable from an ARC D-76 to his Tympani 1Cs. - Regrets unloading some of his audio gear—most notably an ARC SP-3A1 and a D-90—through the years. - Had a decent-sounding semi-dedicated room that he had to give up in order to make way for other shared-living priorities and now has three systems, each of which is parked in a space that--due to layout, materials composition, furnishings, design asymmetries, and foot traffic patterns--spells “problematic.” (If you’ve seen my bedroom-system thread on the GIK forum, you know what I’m talking about.) OK, with that utterly boring preface out of the way to provide a semblance of context, here are my thoughts on a dream system. I’d give total consideration to that most important of all audio components—the room, the room, the room—and its relevant attributes: standing waves, reflections, and speaker boundary interference. If my wife were to win the Publishers Clearing House’s current promotion, I’d help her spend the prize by immediately adding a room of appropriate size, proportions, and layout to properly accommodate our current main system. Yep, that’s my dream. Put the existing main system into a better room and thereby leverage to the max my existing investment. All I need. Well, on second thought, there is another dream. But it’s totally out of my control. And no amount of money (well, short of maybe Bill Gates’, Michael Bloomberg’s, or Warren Buffet’s) can achieve it. The dream? That all recording producers and engineers have the artistic and technical sensibilities of Richard Mohr and Lewis Layton, Kenneth Wilkinson, Keith Johnson, the Shawn Murphy of the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s latest recorded-live Brahms cycle, and Anne de Jong and Bert van der Wolf, who produced and engineered James Gaffigan’s recent outing with the Nederlands Radio Symphony Orchestra in Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony. Here’s where it all starts, and ultimately what we pay all our hard-earned money for. If we're in it for the music, anyway. Cheers...
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Jim Bedroom: Aurender N150, Bryston BDA-3, EMIA Cu Elmaformer passive line stage, conrad-johnson MF2500, Paradigm Studio 20 v5. Shunyata Delta D6, Altaira CG hub. Shunyata Alpha XC, Delta NR v2, Alpha USB, Alpha and Venom CGC/SGC. Wireworld Eclipse 8 interconnect & speaker cables. Stillpoints footers, Butcher Block Acoustics maple platforms. Stillpoints and GIK acoustic panels. Home Office:Windows 11 PC/JRiver 31, TEAC UD-505 AKM version, Luminous Audio Technology Axiom II Walker Mod passive, conrad-johnson Sonographe SA-250, Paradigm SE-1. Shunyata Hydra (Original Version), Venom 10 NR. Wireworld Eclipse 7 interconnects. Blue Jeans speaker cable. Living-Dining Room: Windows 11 Laptop/JRiver 29, Oppo BD-83, TEAC UD-501 DAC, SOTA Sapphire TT, Graham Slee Era Gold V, Ortofon 2M Black, McIntosh MR-77, c-j Sonographe SC-25, c-j MF2500, Paradigm SE-3. Wireworld 8 IC, Blue Jeans SC. Shunyata Hydra 8 v.2, Shunyata Delta NR, Venom NR. GIK 244 bass & scatter-plate panels. Last edited by jimtranr; 06-03-2017 at 12:02 PM. |
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Cost no object you say...
Foundation Well designed and treated room HRS Audio Stands Shunyata power cords & conditioners Analog Source Koetsu Coralstone SME V-12 tonearm SME 30/12 turntable VAC Statement Phono Digital Source dCS Vivaldi PreAmp VAC Statement Amps Boulder 3050 mono blocks Speakers Focal Grande Utopia |
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Nicely Done!
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Ivan FLORIDA MX136, MC1.2KW(10) MC2KW(2), MCD1100, MS750(2) MVP881, C1000C/P/T, MPC1500, HT-2 SUBS(2) HT3F(2) WS350(2) XRT2K, XCS2K, XR27(2) XCS350(2) JL GOTHAM v2 SUBS(2) SILENZIO MUSIC SERVER, LUMAGEN RADIANCE SCALER, SONY VPH-G90U 4K PROJECTOR, STEWART 120" MOTORIZED SCREEN, CINEMA-TECH SEATING, WW PLATINUM CABLES Reference System: ACCUPHASE A300 AMPS, C3900 PRE-AMP, DP1000 CD/SACD TRANSPORT, DC1000 DIGITAL PROCESSOR, DG-68 DIGITAL EQUALIZER, T1200 FM STEREO TUNER, PS1230 POWER SUPPLY, HRS-SXR CUSTOM RACK w/ M3X SHELVES, TAD REFERENCE ONE MK2 LOUDSPEAKERS, WW PLATINUM CABLES CAPE COD MX150, MC501(2) MC1.2KW(10) MC2301(2) MR88, MVP881, MCD1100, MDA1000, C1000C/P/T, MPC1500, ESOTERIC K-01X 30th ANNIVERSARY (BLACK) SACD/CD PLAYER, G02-X CLOCK, HT3F(2) XRT2K, XCS2K, XR27(2) JL GOTHAM v2 SUBS(2) JL FATHOM F113v2 SUBS(4) SOUND ANCHOR STANDS(2) KALEIDESCAPE STRATO & TERRA SERVERS 80-TB, LUMAGEN RADIANCE SCALER, SONY VPH-G90U 4K PROJECTOR, STEWART 120" SCREEN, SONUS FABER STRADIVARI, SILENZIO MUSIC SERVER, FORTRESS SEATING, WW PLATINUM CABLES Analog Rig: CLEARAUDIO INNOVATION WOOD, UNIVERSAL ARM w/ Da VINCI' CART, 2nd UNIVERSAL ARM w/ GOLDFINGER STATEMENT CART, HRS-MXR REFERENCE RACK-GLOSS BLACK w/ M3X SHELVES, AESTHETIX RHEA SIG PHONO-PRE, BRYSTON BHA-1 HEADPHONE AMP, WW PLATINUM CABLES Reference System: BURMESTER 911MK3 AMP(3), 088 PRE-AMP, 089 CD PLAYER, 100 PHONO PRE-AMP, 948 POWER CONDITIONER, ACCUPHASE DG-68 VOICING EQUALIZER, AVID ACUTUS REFERENCE SP TT, GRAHAM PHANTOM II SUPREME ARM, BENZ MICRO LP-S CART, GRANDIOSO P1X/D1X STACK, G1X RUBIDIUM MASTER CLOCK, N05 NETWORK PLAYER, SILENZIO MUSIC SERVER, HRS-SXR CUSTOM RACK w/ M3X SHELVES, SONUS FABER AIDA SPEAKERS, JL FATHOM F113v2 SUBS(2) SOUND ANCHOR STANDS(2) WW PLATINUM CABLES Library System: GRANDIOSO M1 MONOBLOCK AMPS, C1 LINESTAGE PRE-AMP, K1X CD/SACD PLAYER, G1 MASTER RUBIDIUM CLOCK, E02 PHONO-PRE, SILENZIO MUSIC SERVER, AERIAL ACOUSTICS 20T V2, AERIAL SW12 SUBS(2), CANTON REF K1’s, VPI HRX TT w/ SDS POWER SUPPLY, ORTOFON CADENZA BLACK CART, KLAUDIO RCM, SHUNYATA DENALI 6000/S v2, SHUNYATA OMEGA QR’s, WW PLATINUM CABLES Esoteric/Bryston System: ESOTERIC C02-X PRE-AMP, P-02X TRANSPORT, D02-X DAC, G02-X CLOCK, BRYSTON 28B3 CUBED MONOBLOCK AMPS(4), BRYSTON BHA-1 HEADPHONE AMP, SHUNYATA DENALI 6000/S v2(2) EVEREST 8000 POWER CONDITIONER(2) ALTAIRA CG & SG HUBS, AMR-DP777-SE DAC, SILENZIO MUSIC SERVER, TAD REFERENCE ONE MK2 LOUDSPEAKERS, QUADRASPIRE RACK, WW PLATINUM CABLES Accuphase/Canton System: ACCUPHASE E800 INTEGRATED, DP570 CD/SACD PLAYER, T1200 FM STEREO TUNER, DG-68 VOICING EQUALIZER, PS530 POWER SUPPLY, CANTON REF K3’s, CANTON REF K5’s, SILENZIO MUSIC SERVER, HRS MXR REFERENCE MAHOGHANY RACK w/ M3X2 SHELVES, WW GOLD CABLES |
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Current System
Living Room: VPI Prime > Mcintosh MA6700 > Sonus Faber Olympica III Room 1: B&O (CD + active speakers) Room 2: B&O (CD + active speakers) Dream System Source: ClearAudio Innovation Pre: Dan Dagostino Momentum Pre Pow: Dan Dagostino Momentum Mono Speakers: Sonus Faber Aida |
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Acapella Triolon Excalibur MK V speakers
VAC Statement preamp/amp Esoteric Grandioso SACD system Transrotor Apollon turntable/Koetsu Onyx Platinum Phono Cartridge Studer A-80 reel deck Cables by Nordost |
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The Dream System starts with a larger listening room.
With dedicated power lines just for analog sources, digital sources and power amplification. I have most of my dream system or will have soon PS Audio DirectStream DAC with Bridge II PS Audio DirectStream Memory Transport PS Audio BHK Preamplifier PS Audio BHK 300 Mono Acoustic Signature Thunder MkII with TA5000 tonearm and Kiseki Purple Heart NS waiting for - PS Audio BHK Phono (if not, Audio Research Ref 3 Phono) - a replacement speaker for my Thiel CS3.7 with S1 integrator and dual SmartSub2.2
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AcousSignThunderTA5000PurpleHeartNS WandMasterPearwoodII PSA DSD BHK ThielCS3.7SS2.2 |
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My dream system is simple.
More hours listening to it. More good music to discover. Same deal with my motorcycle. It just needs more miles. -- Bob My low rent system consists of: Quad 2805 fully modified by Kent at Electrostatic solutions Primaluna Dialogue HP integrated PS Audio NuWave dac Cambridge Audio transport. Minimalist yes, but it sounds like music. |
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This room with any of the best Wilson or Sonus Faber speakers.
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