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I'd take pictures of my stereo.

The system is built along with the minimalistic philosophies regarding aesthetics, assimilation within surrounding nature and environment with enough rough edges to tweak in order to waste a lot of time and money.
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    • Porter Ports Cryo'ed Hubbel Outlets
    A small but neccessary piece of my system
    • Eichmann AC
    6 FT Cord
    • Furutech ETP60
    3 duplex splitter with passive filter.
    • Michael Wolff Gain and Source
    I got 2 Gain and 1 Source cords. First Gain connects the Furutech ETP60 to the Audio Magic Stealth power distributors. Second Gain cord connects Stealth to Gaincard. The Source cord connects ETP60 to CD player.
    • Bogdan AC
    3 Feet
    • Audio Magic Stealth Mini
    On top of a Skyland stand with two cans of water to keep it from doing a wheely.
    • Parasound CDP-2000
    Parasound CDP-2000 Ultra

    It is a CEC transport similar to the CEC 5100Z and a UltraAnalog DAC section using PCM-1702 burrbrown chips.

    However, I am using this as a transport only.
    • Symposium Rollerblock Jr
    3 under the Parasound
    • OTA/Eichmann Digital Cable
    1 Meter, 47 OTA signal and Near Sota OTA neutral.
    • OTA/Furutech Powercord
    One male and two female IEC Furutech dual headed powercord powering the Gaincard and Dackit's outbourd PSU.
    • Scott Nixon DacKit
    This is a non-oversampling 16 bit dac using a CS8412 chipset. The powersupply is a 3XDC.
    • OTA/Eichmann Interconnect
    .75m
    • 47 Labs Gaincard
    Hard cold steel!
    • Symposium Svelte Shelf
    Under the Power Humpty
    • Carolina Audio JTM
    This is a Jordan/Leijlic design as far as I know which uses the Jorden JX92 aluminum 4 inch drivers. Ronnie, the sole proprietor at Carolina Audio, custom makes these speakers according to the original designs with some of his own modifications.
    • BDR #3 Cones
    Under the speakers
    • Hibord Precision Platforms
    Granite surface plates under the Gaincard and speakers. hibordtool.com/page28.htm
    • Stillpoints ERS
    Used in three ways: CD mat, wrapped around AC cord, and fitted inside Eichmann Bulletplugs. Beat that Jack Bybee!

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Thanks,V

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V,

I've looked at Scott Nixon's web page time and time again. Having used his dac a while,would you buy it again?

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