I have been in this pursuit for nearly 35 years. Turned 50 last year and thought to myself if I don't get my dream system now I never will. Starting last August have revamped the entire system and am really proud of the sound. Its no mean feat to cobble together an all tube/electrostatic system in my native country, India, given the limited availability of brands.The latest entrant is a VPI 16.5 record cleaning machine.Have gone vinyl and loving every minute !
Transport that is the identical other half of the DAC
Musical Fidelity Musical Fidelity Kw DM 25 DAC
Tube/solid state DAC
Conrad Johnson CT 5
One notch lower than the top of the line ART.
Conrad Johnson LP 70S
70wpc power amp in the successor line to the Premier series
Quad 2905
Superior build quality and fit n' finish over the 989s
Cardas Golden Reference Interconnects
All cables Cardas except power chords
Cardas Golden Reference Speaker Cables
Sits on home made wooden cable elevators
Transparent and Straightwire Power Chords
A mish mash of Transparent Audio and Straightwire power chords. The latter are the green ones.
MBL Stands
Bought from Coherence Audio ,Singapore. OEM for the MBL range from Germany.
Shunyata Research VRay
Replaced the Hydra 6. An outstanding piece of gear.
Shunyata Research Anaconda
Top of the line power chord that feeds the VRay from the wall outlet
TW Acustic Raven AC 1
A German bemoth of a TT
Triplanar Mk 7 U 2
Utterly nude Triplanar with the dampening trough removed. Mounted on a Padauk(wood found only in the Andaman Islands, Indian Ocean)arm board.
Nagra VPS phonostage plus VFS
Massive upgrade from the Sutherland Phd
Transfiguration Orpheus L
New generation Orpheus
REL Acoustics REL 505
A mid size sub that adds solid LFE. Mates well with the Quads.
Harmonic Resolution Systems (HRS) S-1
Rests under the Gyro. The TT feet and motor housing all rest on HRS Nimbus spacers and couplers. Am using HRS dampening plates on top of all components. Do they work? No idea coz am a sucker for snake oil and assorted mumbo jumbo. Darn expensive tweak.
Hi, how are you? I saw you posted on a separate thread about your new Thalea arm. Any comments how that compares to your TriPlanar? I've been thinking about this arm also for my Lyra Skala...
Definitely a 7 - 8 type of thing. I like em better in my Nagra PLL. Clear 10 there. In the phono they seem to have better drive, energy, lower noise floor. Sweeter top end and images seem more fleshy and round. Again, give a few days playing time before you make the call. I got the idea from here :
Hi How are you? I'm reading your posts on the TriPlanar vs Talea. Will make a few comments on that thread. Your system is really evolving. I to have found the Nagra to be sensitive (like most everything) to placement and isolation. Even the external power supplies. Looks like you have some of the nimbus plate on top of your VPS and power supply...any comments? Maybe I should try...
Also, I tried a TJ full music 12ax7 (left the stock 12at7 in) in my Nagra VPS and a pair in my PLL. Umm Wow. It's worth $110 to try a pair (but just use one in your VPS !). I never went back to the stock tubes. Takes about 25 hours for them to break in and sound their best...but right from the start I liked em...
