- JVC TT-101 with custom built Plinth
Closest thing to a recording console with 280lbs, 40" tall CLD solid birch plywood plinth.
Full bodied, impactful cartridge, very close to Decca sound without the potential tracking issues
Serious arm. Massive gimbaled bearing. Very dynamic and great match with EMT cartridges
- McAlister Audio Modified PH-6 phono stage
Battery operated solid state MC stage, feeding 6922/12AT7 tube MM stage, no feedback, separate, oversized, choked power supply, Duelund CAST Cu capacitors
- Joule Electra LA-100 mkIII
The sexiness of the 5751 tube sound. This one is modified with 8 Duelund CAST Cu capacitors in the signal path which brought it to a different level (more muscular, dynamic, coherent and smooth)
OTL, Closest thing to a wire with a gain. Area heater but warms my heart too...:-)
Smooth, transparent full bodied and dynamic.
Good match with my system
Not a digital guy so not an expert. Prefer analogue any day of the week, It's relatively smooth so I use it for content only.
In 15 years in this hobby, these are the closest speakers to live sound. Accurate tonality, image like a point source, incredible depth and lifelike dynamics and instrument weight and presence.
