Description

Vinum et musica laetificant cor

My intent with this system is to attempt to reproduce the audible qualities of live music in the comfort of home. Granted this approach does filter out the sound of the screaming groupies, ambient smoke from recreational pharmaceutical products & the strobe lights on stage that could easily induce seizures.

Still think I'm recovering from the aircraft landing lights they used on the last Pink Floyd tour. So it goes.

Some compromise was required in terms of system placement -- as the main system is located in a shared living space.

In the end it greatly helped that the various designer's priorities are aligned with mine -- enjoying music & having fun doing it.

To my ears the result of this investment is a highly musical system that works well with our diverse taste in music. Cheers.
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    • Blue Circle Audio AG-3000 LOC Hybrid Preamp
    Fully Balanced Hybrid Preamp with quad stepped attenuators for volume control. Unit includes the LOC update & a custom 6H30Pi tube conversion.
    • Blue Circle BC501ob LOC-6000 DAC
    Custom version of Blue Circle's BC501ob DAC. Fully integrated BC6000 AC line filter to keep the good stuff in & the bad stuff out. Design has over 2 Farads worth of capacitance in the power supply.
    • Blue Circle Audio BC23 Level 3 Phono Stage
    Custom upgrade of my BC23 phono stage in a BC204 amp chassis. Short of an attack of giant squid the 1,083,000uF worth of capacitance will keep flowing. Dual transformers (one per-channel) & Hexfred's round out the power supply upgrade. It's the large amp chassis next to a BC27pi phono stage :)
    • Blue Circle Audio AG-8000 Hybrid Monoblock Amps
    Custom Hybrid Monoblock amps (2-chassis instead of the typical 4).
    • JM Labs Mezzo Utopia
    A nice sounding 3-way speaker that covers 30Hz-to-25kHz [@ +/-3dB].
    • Kalinowski Custom Speakers [KCS] Oris Prototype
    Custom 3-way speakers. Driver compliment is an Oris 250/Fostex 206ESR with a Fountek Neo Pro 5i tweeter & a 18" woofer
    • Basis 2001 Signature
    outboard motor/pulley with hydraulically damped suspension.
    • Basis Vector 3
    first rate attention to detail & a great sounding arm.
    • ZYX Airy 3
    Pure bliss.
    • Levinson No 31.5
    No 31 upgraded to No 31.5 status.
    • Denon DP-62L
    Classic Direct Drive TT.
    • Denon DL-103 R
    Denon 103 R
    • Blue Circle Audio BC-68 Power Cords
    Quote from BC Site: "The BC68 is essentially a BC62 power cord with a built in line-conditioner equivalent to two BC86 MKII noisehounds."
    • Stereovox BAL-600
    Symmetrical-coaxial cable with pure silver signals-conductors (terminated in Xhadow XLR's
    • Blue Circle Audio BC-92
    15' length

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