A great bit of kit.
discrete power supply for CDX2
- Audio-Technica USA 150MLX
A tasty lil' mm cart...
SL-1210M5G modded with silicone damper and Mapleshades brass footers. Sitting on Timbernation 26x18x3 tigermaple plank, resting on Mapleshades Isoblocks.
One word, incredible.
Esoteric pre, prolly made in the dudes basement. Whatever. I really don't have anything to comapare it to other than the stock phono section of my Carver CT-17 (sucks) and my NAD PP-2 in the garage. It is better than the PP-2.
Discrete power supply for the DB-8 phono pre.
ss brutes
- Von Schweikert Audio VR4 Gen III HSE
bass down to 16hz. believe it.
I made some brackets and hung the fm tuner under the drawer asm. I'm not big on stacking components. Besides, it looks cool!
I mounted one of these in the attic to pull in an awesome rock station in an outlying area where I live. It marginally improved that station, but made a greater improvement on the strong signal stations, IMO.
- Harmonic Technology Pro-Silway Mk III-XLR
1.5 meter balanced from preamp to amps-the improvement over SE is monumentel with the JC-1's.
- Harmonic Technology Pro-Silway Mk III+ SE
1.0 meter from cdp to amps
used on tuner, dvd and vcr
- Harmonic Technology Pro-9 plus
four discrete 8' lengths bi-wiring the VR-4's, rhodium over gold plated, cryo'd, demagnetized spades.
- Harmonic Technology Fantasy AC-10
I put this pc first on my JC1 monoblocks, then the Calypso preamp and lastly the CDX2 cdp. After adding the pc's in stages (with a good deal of time in between), I'd have to say that pc's are at least AS important as ic's. Good pc's are not cheap, but they are worth every penny in my book. And I was a pc skeptic for a very long time.
upgraded ac outlets wired to two dedicated 20amp circuits
76w x 26h x 23d, 3/4" glass top
- Aurios Pro-Max Isolation Bearings
Much more user friendly than the original Pro's...
- Aurios Pro Isolation Bearings
Currently installed under JC1 monoblocks.
- Hoover Precision Tungsten Carbide Balls 5/8
All components with Aurios bearings now running 5/8 balls. This pic shows the dramatic size difference between 1/2 and 5/8. Why these things make such a huge difference is unknown to me. Worth every penny.
Cool blue and better tracking.
A must have over a TT. LED version produces beautiful white light and soft red light as well.
Halogen version.
- Herbie's Audio Lab Big Black Dots
four 1" dots used between m/t and woofer modules. Huge improvement over stock rubber footers.
- Absolute Black Granite Slabs
25x16x3/4, soft rounded edges/corners and polished. I had these made so that I could try different isolation devices under my speakers.
- Herbie's Hal-O Tube Dampeners
Used on the gain and output tubes on the Calypso pre. Do they help? Not sure, made too many other changes when these were installed. But at $10 bucks a pop...
Two 8'x11' area rugs, one on front wall, one on back wall serving dual purpose, acoustics and aesthetics.
- Echo Busters Absorption panel
4'x12
- Echo Busters Corner Busters
Triangular absorption panels 15"x15"x15"
One side absorbs treble, the other side diffuses it.
- The Ultimate Tweak Two ...
don't put all ur eggs in one basket...