all silver designed by Jaap Gunter, former chief designer for Siltech
Denon DP-59L
heavily modified; re-wired with Cardas; sorbothane applied to underside of platter; tonearm shrinkwrapped; feet removed and replaced with cones; cones sit on discs; discs sit on sorbothane; sorbothane sits on granite; granite sits on sorbothane; sorbothane sits on shelf!
Grado The Statement
moving iron, top of the line Grado
Plinius Jarrah
Phono stage
Plinius 8200
MkII mode; integrated. Powers the speakers in stereo mode; powers the L and R channels in home theater mode.
Hsu Research 500W Amp
Subwoofer amp
Snell Type B Minor
stereo speakers; L and R channels in home theater mode; Snell center channel and surround speakers. GREAT speakers! BTW, Joe D'Appolitto, the inventor of the "D'Appolitto array," is now a designer at Snell. Previously had both the Snell A Reference Tower System and the B Minors. The A Reference Towers were great, but overpowered my small-ish listening room. The B Minors sound more "integrated" in my room, despite the tremendous variance in cost.
Nordost SPM
L, R and CC.
Analysis Plus Oval 9
Powers the surround speakers.
Audio Power Industries Powerwedge 16; PowerPack V
AC line conditioners
ErnieM Power Products 9 gauge
Heavy-duty PCs based on Beldon fire-wire.
Self-Designed Record Cleaning Machine
Based upon a Russco transcription turntable, a very small shop vac, and sorbothane, this record cleaning machine applies 1 hp. of suction power, while the 'table part is about as powerful as you'll ever find. Is it any good? John Grado had me build one for him. The photo demonstrates just how much this machine can remove!
Self-Designed Record Cleaning Machine
Another photo. Contact me if you'd like instructions for building your own.
Snell SUB-1800
Snell's monster sub. Comes with earthquake insurance!
Snell XA-55cr
Snell's expanding array center channel speaker -- fantastic intelligibility and range.
Snell SR30 THX
Snell Suround speakers; each one has 3 tweeters, 2 midrange, and 1 woofer.
