This rig is the cumulation of building my system for over thirty-five years. The Threshold SA-1 monoblocks are true classics and still sound great powering the bass panels of the MG-20s!I love this system's combination of details,natural timbres,and soundstage. I sit about 14 feet off of the MG-20s so I get a great blossoming of the soundstage in a very real and natural way.I named the system "The sound of Jazz" because I'm a serious jazz buff who listens to swing,be-bop,hard-bop and soul-organ styles about 99.99% of the time! Most of my collection was recorded in analog so it has that organic/musical sonic sense to it which sounds great when played on this system. It's a wonderful treat on a daily basis tohear the great players in the history of Jazz play in my house.Nothing is like live music but this system gives a great illusion of the real thing.I can honestly say that my goal was to enjoy the beauty of music I love and this system allows me to do that, without feeling that I'm missing out on some important aspect of the experience of sound that we humans call music.
Silver and crome reference piece. Weighs over 80 pounds.
Concert Fidelity DAC-040
Non up or over sampling DAC that uses NOS DAC chips and NOS tubes.
Concert Fidelity CF-080
Hand built linestage built on the philosophy of having the shortest signal path possible.
Pass Labs XA-60.5 monoblocks
The latest generation of the XA series amps.
Lawrence Audio Cello
The Cello is a floorstanding five driver 3.5 design using Air Motion Transformer and ribbon drivers with Carbon fiber cones.
Martin Logan Depth I
The Martin Logan Subs are designed to be able to intregate with panel speakers. The Depth uses three 8" drivers and goes down to 20HZ, but is fast and quick enought to blend with the MG-20's. I'm using two of them in my system
Stealth Cables Varidig Sextet Digital reference
Designed to be a mate with the Indra reference. BNC to BNC connections.
Stealth Cables Indra
The cable with the "infamous" amorphous conductor.
Stealth Cables Metacarbon
A carbon with metal flakes cable that is Stealth's answer to the sonics of it's much more expensive Indra cable. Three pairs.
Stealth Cables Dream Petite & Ultimate Ribbon
The Dream Petite is one step down from the reference Dream and the Ultimate Ribbon is used for the bass panel.
Running Springs Audio Dmitri
This companies new reference AC power conditioner, along with their new HZ power cord.
teajay i read your martin logan clx review . thank you for writing such an informative piece . i am assembling a system around a pair of martin logan clx's with descent i subs . mine are made with black anodized aluminum frames with matching black subs . i am using a behringer pro studio monitor amp to drive the clx's . this is because i am now depleted of funds after buying the speakers and have been unable to drive them or listen to them with any well respected high end gear . so i have the clx's hooked up to my piano studio monitoring rig . ( the yamaha c5 piano sounds great through the clx's ). but my next addition will be a fine set of amps for the clx's . i have checked out the atma-sphere ma-2 otl monoblocks and the vac phi 300.1a's ( a pair running in monoblock mode ) . each of these very fine pairs of tube monoblocks will cost me 30 , 000 if i am lucky . have you auditioned the 240 watt per channel atma-sphere ma-2's or the 300 watt per channel vac phi 300.1a's ? i am trying to sample knowledgeable audiophiles such as yourself about these two respected amps prior to blowing as much money as it takes to drive a new honda accord . thanks for your valued feedback .
