Here is my personal reference system that I am very proud of!
I bought every single piece USED, so I saved a TON OF MONEY on it.
It took me almost 3 years to put it together.
Unbelievable speed, transparency, detail, image width and depth, focus, bass power, and dynamics!
The top-end is the BEST I have heard at ANY PRICE! Open, detailed, EXTREMELY extended, airy, and sweet.
I listen mainly to vinyl. It is the highest resolution source out there! But, on my Linn Unidisc, all the digital formats are extremely enjoyable and listenable.
Everytime I fire my system up, it blows my mind. I am very, very happy with it and have no plans for upgrades any time soon.
The best overall "one box" player I have ever heard! Plays CD's, DVD's, DVD-Audio, and SACD discs.
VPI Industries Scoutmaster turntable
Exceptional sounding turntable for the money.
VPI Industries JMW-9 tonearm
Great tonearm for the price. Matches perfectly with the Scoutmaster turntable.
Clearaudio Virtuoso Wood cartridge
Exceptional sounding cartridge for the money.
Ayre Acoustics K-1xrp preamp
Excellent solid-state preamp with remote and dual-mono phono board included.
Parasound JC-1 monoblock amps
Exceptional power amps, even at their full retail price!
Magnepan Magneplanar MG 3.6R, modded.
Exceptional sounding dipole speakers with some of the best ribbon tweeters on the planet! The X-overs were modified by the previous owner. Don't know exactly what was done to them, but they sound exceptional.
Hsu Research TN-1220HO Powered Subwoofers
2 round cylinder subs with 12" HO woofers in each cylinder and 500 watt amp, that powers both of them. Crossover to the magneplanars at 80hz. Exceptional Bass Power and speed!They easily rattle the whole house!
Audience AU 24 Interconnects
Great sounding interconnects.
Audience AU 24 Bi-Wire speaker cables
Excellent sounding speaker cables.
Audience Power Chord, power cords
I use these exceptional power cords on other components in my system.
TG Audio SLVR power cords
Exceptional match to my JC-1's!
Shunyata Research Hydra 8
Power distribution device. Makes a world of difference!
You say "world of difference" on your Hydra 8. Could you elaborate a bit? I'm considering one myself, but I'm worried that there isn't any noise to get rid of. Does it help in other ways?
