Resto/mod by Aural Hifi. Custom crossover using Mundorf Evo Oil film caps, two L-pads (one to adjust horn volume, the other to attenuate midrange), and charge-coupled capacitors (w/9V battery) on the horn.
Resto/mod by Woodsong Audio; turntable in grigio silvertone, plinth in figured mahogany, Retrotone top platter, Isoacoustics Gaia isolation feet.
Audio-Creative Groovemaster III
9” titanium
Ortofon SPU Royal G mkII
Topping E-70
ESS Sabre ES9028 Pro DAC
Pro-Ject Audio Systems Streambox S2 Ultra
Roon endpoint (wifi)
Wireworld Starlight USB cable (to DAC)
Cardas Audio Clear Cygnus Phono Interconnect
Tonearm to SUT
Triode Wire Labs Loom (analog side)
American speaker cable
Spirit II phono rca (SUT to phono pre)
Spirit II rca (phono pre to amp)
Seven Plus pc (amp)
Ten Plus pc (phono pre)
Twelve Plus pc (TT)
Audio Sensibility Impact SE
Star-grounded power strip
ANTICABLES Level 3 PC
for power strip
iFi Audio GND Defender
lifts ground safely
MJ Acoustics KENSINGTON SE
One of the Master-Class series of subwoofers. 550 watt Mosfet amp, in a custom walnut finish to match my Santiagos. Small footprint, but output down to 10 hz!
@mdalton It's funny - you've got Fern and Roby and Rothwell SUTs. I think both use Lundhal transformers. These I would definitely like to hear - my hunch is that the presentation is more 'modern'. Maybe a nice balance for the SPU! I got my HM-3 SUT from tube-amps.net - goofy site, but the gentleman was very professional and the product is very well built.
@mdalton Hey there - I mean the upshot of my experience with the SUTs has lead me to the Hashimoto HM-3-based SUT from a guy in Michigan. Pricey, but oh wow the clarity you can get from a damn conical stylus! The other two - Cinemag-based from Ned Clayton and an entry level Audio Note UK unit that I got used on Audiogon - I guess I'd describe as variations on a theme, with the Cinemag based SUT having a slight 'opacity' to the sound, which is pleasing, for sure. Maybe tone-forward is a way to describe it. I have new tubes in my phono stage and so I'll try swapping them in and out and see if anything jumps out at me.
