My stand alone Two Channel system. Integrated but seperate from my HT system. I listen to lots of LPs of any genre. I have been upgrading (and moved) since the photos. I added the Modwright Pre, Scoutmaster Table and the Quad phono stage. A very noticable difference. Much more extended top to bottom with higher resolution but no loss of that tube magic. I will add new photos soon.
Replaces mt Sumico Blackbird. Out of the box, classical piano is jaw dropping. Looking forward to the sound after a full break-in period.
Valve Amplification Company PA 100/100
Perfectly clean used piece. 100 watts. Sounds best IMO rolled with the new Valve Art Cyro'd KT-88 and NOS 12AU7 RCA clear-top.
Modwright SWL 9.0 SE
I rolled out the Raytheon tubes for Sylvania Gold Brand. Much warmer sound and holographic sound field. I though the unit with the original tubes was way too cold.
Quad U S A Quad QC-24P
Quad QC-24 dedicated phono stage designed by Tim DeParavicini. I just finished burning in this puppy. Sounds great. On the warm side but detailed and balanced. Uses wierd 6111 pencil tubes from nuke missles. Claims 100K hours life. Swords into plowshares dude.
Ah! Njoeb Tjoeb 4000
With upsampler, upgraded feet and powercord, NOS Amperex tubes. I love this piece and it puts out the widest deepest soundstage of all my components. Great bang for the buck. Only quibble is the display is too dim.
Sony XA5400ES
Great on SACD! Resolution soundstage and clarity of the recordings is very close to my analogue set up, sometimes better. I still prefer the Ah! Njoeb Tjoeb for redbook though.
Apple I-pod Classic 160 GB
Suprisingly good sounding music server. Simple cable hook-up to the Modwright. Has all my CD's stored in it. If you look at some of the i-pod mod sites they compliment Apple on the DAC quality used. I think that explains the suprising sound quality. I love the shuffle mode.
Jean Marie Reynaud Offrande Speakers
Built by hand by a Frenchman with vision. I have not yet found the limits of this speaker. They sound better with every upgrade. Bought used. Replaced the drivers in '06. JM has changed the design to a new generation. I'd love to hear the new ones but at $6K + I'll stick with these a while longer.
Ruark Acoustics Logarhythm Subwoofer
Very musical. Madingly long break-in. Has two gain controls so you can run your two channel amp at different setting than your Home Theater LFE.
Audioquest CV-6
10 feet speaker cables. With the battery pack.
Billy Bags Custom Built LP Storage
Super solid table custom built to fit under near by kitchen window. Holds 750 LPs.
VPI 16.5 Record Cleaner
Absolute necessity if you have lots of LPs.
Cardas Golden Reference
The system has been fully cabled with CGR. The improvement is so vivid even my wife was startled. Expensive but well worth the upgrade
