I just replaced the Airy 3X sb, and as much as I liked the Airy 3, the UNIverse is simply that much better. I can't wai till it's broken in and doing everything it should. It has so much more weight and authority, and speed.
TriPlanar VII
black and silver. I've never seen an arm so versatile and easy to setup.
Sota Cosmos sIV (the first one!)
Black plex finish
Pass Labs X-ONO
Excellent industrial chic. Nearly as quiet a phonostage as money can buy, with great sound reproduction.
Pursit Audio Design Venustus
1.5 meter interconnect.
Sony SC-D777es
sacd, 1 bit. Modded by Richard Kern in Dec 2005. added new superclock and replaced all caps with Black Gates. The sound is much less 'digital.'
Purist Venustus
1.5 meter IC
Klyne Audio Arts 7LX-3.5b
This is upgraded to newer than the 3.5 version and includes balanced inputs. VERY musical.
Purist Dominus, 4 meter
4 meter pair of the liquid filled Dominus between the pre-amp and amp. The best cable I have ever heard.
Classe Audio Omicron
350 wpc, nearly 300lbs! IMO this has all the benefits of SS w/o the harsh realities. Much more musical than the Krell FPB 700cx I had previously.
Purist Dominus PC - 2
Using two Dominus PCs on the Classe amplifier
Purist Venustus
1.5 meter pair
Harmonic Precision Caravelle
Smallish two way with the original stand.
Sistrum SP-1 (?)
I bought five shelves with the solid top for the Sota Cosmos table. This is a great rack. If a person spent twice the money they might be able to get something better, but is it twice as good? The picture is just the top shelf. [url]http://starsound.biz/multiplatforms.HTML[/url] gives more info.
Purist Venustus PCs (2)
On the Sota power supply and the Klyne power supply.
Exact Power EP15A
I don't know what this thing is doing, but it sure does it better than the Tice Power Block...
Custom made Brass cones
A machinist associate agreed to make several sets of brass cone to use under my phono stage and pre-amp
Hi Nrchy - It is hilarious that your system is listed in the "budget" category. I hate to think what it might look like when you get really serious. Good luck on pulling everything together. It sounds like you are in the midst of many changes. Remember, in this hobby it has to be about the journey rather than the destination.
