Dimensions: 21’ × 18’ Large
Ceiling: 9’
-Network room separate from main system room,
-Dedicated 20A line for all network gear and server,
-Jon Risch AC filter and shielded power cords for all network gear,
-Cable modem at 300-400 Mbps,
-Ethernet from modem to Orbi mesh router,
-Ethernet from Orbi router to optical converter #1, then fiber cable to converter #2,
-Ethernet from converter #2 to Silent Angel Bonn N8 switch,
-Ethernet from Bonn switch to SGC sonicTransporter i9 (Gen 4) music server,
-Ethernet from Bonn switch to Sonore opticalModule Deluxe fiber converter,
-Linear power supplies on all networking equipment and peripherals
-Brass weights and platinum silicone footers for vibration damping on all equipment
-45 feet of fiber from opticalModule to Sonore Signature Rendu SE Deluxe -Optical
-Finisar SFP modules on both opticalModule and Sig Rendu SE Deluxe
-Muon USB cable from Sig Rendu SE Deluxe to Singxer SU-6 DDC,
-Various cables from Singxer DDC to various DACs in my main system
The boys are back in town!
After two years of looking for the perfect amplifier for my system, I am right back where I started with a pair of Clayton M300 Class A monoblocks. These are just back from Clayton after receiving a full power supply upgrade (basically a reconstruction and upgrade of the amplifiers with larger low-noise transformers, upgraded capacitors and other parts) and they sound outstanding. They are sitting on Sound Anchor sand-filled steel stands with custom-made 1.75-inch quarter-sawn white oak wood platforms and edenSound brass Bearpaws on concrete. TerraStones on the way from edenSound to replace the stock aluminum footers.
My 2-year search included a pair of Acoustic Imagery NC1200 Class D amplifiers (Bruno Putzey’s Ncore), a pair of Lamm M1.2 Reference hybrid Class A amplifiers, and a McCormack DNA-2 LAE with SMc Audio’s top-level upgrades (that I still own). These are all very good amplifiers but IMO none of them quite reach the combination of dynamics, body, rich tone and control of the 300 wpc Claytons, which run fully in Class A. They do run hot, but there is a low bias switch which cools things off a bit when I am not listening. It was a pleasure working with Wilson Shen on what is now my third pair of Clayton amplifiers.