Description

Amplifier: Gryphon Colosseum
Preamplifier: Gryphon Pandora

Niagara 5000 Power Conditioner

Sources: Michell GyroDec turntable, Aqua Formula DAC driven by a Mac Mini, Roon integrated with Tidal and Qobuz, Accuphase DP-65V CD Player, Accuphase T-1000 FM tuner.

Recording: Denon DN-900R

Record cleaner: Degritter Mark 2
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Room Details

Dimensions: 12’ × 12’  Small
Ceiling: 8’


Components Toggle details

    • Gryphon Colosseum
    A beast of a Class A amplifier. 160wpc
    • Gryphon Pandora Preamp
    Pandora preamp with phono stage.
    • Gryphon Cantata
    An amazing speaker that is engineered for small rooms, with a Q controller to tailor bass response.
    • Gryphon PSC Speaker Cable
    Planar Speaker Cable - gold embedded in silver, the cables I assume Gryphon used when developing the Cantata. Seemed like the right choice.
    • Michell Engineering Gyro SE turntable
    A wonderful turntable. A beautiful object.
    • Gryphon Q Controller
    Allows user to select three different Q levels depending on the liveliness of the room.
    • Nordost SPM
    Transparent.
    • Aqua Formula
    A nice sounding DAC, paired with a Mac Mini running Tidal and Qobuz integrated under Roon.
    • Accuphase Laboratory, Inc T-1000
    An amazing FM tuner with digital output.
    • Accuphase Laboratory, Inc DP-65v
    CD player
    • Denon DN-900R
    Solid state recorder. Why not?
    • Niagara 5000
    Power conditioner unit
    • Degritter Mark 2
    Ultrasonic record cleaning machine

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Very nice job. I love the idea of implementing old school audio with new school computer technology. Couple of ideas for you, try importing your music in Apple Lossless format. This will be a much better than the AAC files you have. There is also a great applescript called Lossless To AAC Workflow, it will take a cd, import Lossless to your computer, and then convert to AAC, add the AAC files to your ipod, and then delete the AAC files from your computer so you don't have duplicates (It works great)!! From there you could look into a high end DAC because you have optical out on the G5. I have found this to work great because the computer is strickly a transport, and has very little effect on sonic quality. Happy listening!!

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