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Sonically very satisfying with vinyl playback especially nice. Plan on putting in a dedicated 20 amp power line for each amp and upgrading the interconnects. Brutally expensive to re-tube however. (44 Tubes) I would like to part with the cassette deck and possibly get some type of digital recording format. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks. I am sorry if the pictures took a while to load.
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    • Merlin Music Systems VSM millennium
    2-way floorstanding
    • Atma-Sphere MA-1 / Jenna Lab upgrades
    Atma-sphere MA-1 monoblocks completely re-wired with cryogenically treated wire included with a $2000 Jenna Labs upgrade package featuring Cardas binding posts, auto-bias, and Jennifer Crocks own input circuit using four 5687 triodes.
    • Sonic Frontiers SFL-2 tube
    SFL-2 with eight Brimar 6DJ8s
    • Tice Audio Powerblock
    "the rock"
    • Clearaudio Victory H
    low output moving coil cartridge
    • VPI Industries Extended Aries
    Larger Aries for 12 inch tonearms. Upgraded with new platter with inverted bearing, new inner and outer ring clamp and SDS speed controller/power conditioner.
    • NAD 513
    3-CD disk changer
    • Onkyo T-4
    SS Tuner
    • Nakamichi 1000mkII
    Dolby B cassette deck
    • Audioquest Viper
    1 meter interconnect with balanced (XLR) connectors.
    • Cardas Golden Cross
    44" biwire with spade connectors
    • Sonic Frontiers Phono One
    Phono stage with 4 Brimar 6DJ8s
    • VPI Industries JMW 12.5
    Unipivot

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Very nice system.

I love the thread title.
I think most of us here on Audiogon have the same opinion of our systems, and I KNOW that our spouses do!

I notice you use the Tice Powerblock. What do you think of it? Did you ever try out any other AC line conditions, (especially the PS Audio powerplants), and if so, what did you think of each of them?
I am considering getting one for my system. What do you think would make more of sonic difference: Getting an AC line conditioner or having a couple dedicated 20A power lines for the system installed?

kurt_tank