AD1 based bespoke custom DHT amp. 3 chasses. The left chassis is the high voltage power supply. The right chassis is the low voltage power supply. Center Chassis is the amp.
Grimm Audio MU-1
Streamer. Extremely clean and accurate. Works with roon. Onboard roon core. Built in upscaling.
Lampizator Golden Gate 3
Single Ended DHT DAC with Volume Control, feeds directly into amp wihtout a pre. What a game changer. I'm starting to think all preamps should be DHT based. Currntly running EML 300B solid plate tubes with a KenRad CKR 5U4G WW2 rectifier.
PS Audio P10
Older PS audio regenerator that weights 85 lbs and handles any load, dynamic and never limits the amp. Even Paul said in an interview that the older copper-based model is slightly better to supply your amp.
Audio Sensibility Silver Signature AES/EBU Cable
Solid silver conductors. Great construction. Highly recommend.
AudioQuest Vodka Ethernet Cable
All digital cables are silver plated. I use audioquest vodka between the switch and the streamer. Pretty much all Audioquest. All I ask for is a good silver plating and good construction.
Digital is just 1's and 0's. The key is to not lose any more than you have to. Streamers can't use error free FTP.
Analog Cables and interconnects Akustika Eterna and self made
Self made using quality components. Power cables are minimum 10 awg for amps and high power components. 12 awg for low power components.
Interconnects are generally KLEI low mass. speaker cables are woven 10 awg. Speaker connectors are low mass BFA and attach to self made low mass speaker binding posts on the back of the crossover.
Cables from the crossover are all Duelund DCA and use Neutrik commercial power connectors (see photo).
Townsend Audio Co. Townshend Seismic Podium
Springs are the only way to isolate your speakers from the floor. Townshend does the physics behind it to select the right spring constant for the mass of your speakers.
If you can't cut loose of enough cash to buy them and want to make your own, make sure the spring are in the middle of their extension range when loaded and you'll be close.
Chord Electric 8 switch
Runs cool and clean.
Tekton Design Encore
Moved to a surround speaker.
Significantly upgraded. Tweeters replace with Be by SB acoustics.
Crossovers removed and discarded. Replica built external (walnut boxes on the rack) using Duelund, Mundorf, Jensen foil inductors, path resistors.
all wiring in speakers was upgraded to Duelund DCA . 16 for the mids and tweeter, 12 for the bass drivers.
The difference is amazing. even expensive speakers skimp on crossover components. This is what gives the best speakers the open airiness and extreme accuracy. Pull back the curtain in front of your speakers.
Audiolab 6000CDT
Not a bad transport. Coulld use more output options. Very seldom play CDs.
Tekton Design Double Impact
Rear surround speakers
Tekton Design Electron SE
Side surround speakers.
Horning Hybrid Eufrodite PM-65
Awesome 98dB 3 way speakers in Ebony. Bass drivers (8) on back and internal.
The Golden Gate 3 is very serious. How do you like it? I heard a Poseidon recently and I'm afraid I loved it too much. Thankfully for my wallet the Lampi's are too tall for my rack!
I wouldn't say that the M scaler is needed, but it does a function that the DAC does not. You need a good streamer and internet source to appreciat the M-scaler. Garbage in, garbage out. When I first got the M-scaler, it degraded the sound rather than improving it. When you are dropping bits and losing detail, upscaling to higher resolution just makes it easier to hear. Now with the hard wired internet, audiophile switch, and Innuos streamer, it definitely gives DAVE better raw materials to work with.
Interesting display. I am very impressed by your audio work and somehow envious. Nothing I have ever sank my teeth into. Enjoying the fruits of your work in audio has to be the ultimate satisfaction. My contribution to my enjoyment of audio was mainly in the building of the house of stereo, the foundation of my system. After that, I just buy ready made equipment. Enjoy!
Amp is temporary because I have a custom amp being built which is very special. But I just sold a 300b and a Decware ZMA, I have a 6c33c amp for sale and got rid of all my solid state amps. The little Decware SE84 was the amp that made Steve Deckert famous and it is a giant killer. Of cousre I have 20x the amp's cost invested upstream of it and 3x the amps value in just crossover upgrades for the speakers.
The custom amp is almost done and I have heard it in "breadboard" construction and it is amazing. Output tubes are AD1. Power supply and amplifier circuit are next level.
