Sunnyboy in 2007

by sunnyboy1956 on Done For Now
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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 !
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    • Musical Fidelity Kw DM 25 transport
    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.

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Very nice setup. I have Quad 988 and conrad-johnsons, but I am not there yet, and looking to upgrade my IC between conrad-johnson CT6 and MV60 (and eventually my Cardas Cross loaner speaker cables from a friend).

I read that Cardas Golden Reference works better in a room that has acoustic treatments, so I purchased Golden Cross IC between my CDP and CT6. What is your experience trying different cables in your system/room? Have you tried Kimber?

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