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by budburma on Ever Evolving
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Room Details

Dimensions: 16’ × 20’  Medium
Ceiling: 9’

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    • Daedalus Athena v2
    Transcendant.
    • VAC Phi Alpha Integrated
    Detailed, a touch warm, spacious, digs deep, insightful, and nuanced with PRaT to spare. A perfect match for Daedalus.
    • Linn LP12, Alphason Xenon, Sumiko Amethyst
    Modded/upgraded Linn with a one piece Mober subchassis/armboard, Cirkus bearing, Stacks motor/speed control. 
    Alphason Xenon arm rebuilt and rewired/cabled with his new UPOCC wire for the HR200s. 
    Sits on a Rega TT shelf mounted to wall for isolation.
    Sumiko Amethyst 
    • Lampizator Atlantic3 TRP
    Wow.
    • Sound Science Music Vault Diamond Ultra Server/Streamer
    Pink Faun AES card/Ultraclock
    What can I say. It sounds great.
    • Paul Pang OXCO Quad Switch
    Quiet, rich, clean ethernet - 4 cascaded switches with individual OXCO clocks with internal 5 rail LPS. Plug and play.
    • Mojo Audio Illuminati v3
    Powers the PF card and modem/router. Quietude.
    • Dynamic Design THB Nebula GS PC
    Can this really be for real? Elegant and full throttled no nonsense love of music. Big, natural, quiet, incredibly layered and 3D, detailed, extended and nuanced. Just beautiful on my VAC integrated.
    Hard to understand why these aren't more known and more widely used
    • Dynamic Design Neutron SW16 DPC
    Huge, articulate, round, layered, and on and on. On Lampizator DAC
    A dream.
    • Dynamic Design Challenger AE15 DPC
    3D!! Huge stage, quiet, natural and persistently present, nuanced and eliquent. Powering my server and switch.
    • Dynamic Design Titania Ariel GS DPC
    Tonal density, separation, layering, nuance delivered. Powering my LPS.
    Hard to understand  these aren't more known and more widely used.
    • Revelation Audio Labs Passage Reference DC cables
    Brad at RAL builds beautiful sounding cables, that's all there is to it. His umbilicals and digital cables are some of the very best aftermarket upgrades available (IMHO) - phenomenally quiet, open, palpable, detailed and nuanced.
    • Dynamic Design TBK Nebula Interconnect
    Ohmystarsandgarters. Limited edition SOTA design from some time ago and still phenomenal. Rich, natural and nuanced. 12ga from DAC to Pre and 8ga from Pre to Amp.
    • Dynamic Design TBH Nebula GS AES/BSU
    1m AES/BSU cable from   Just awesome.  Much better than any AES I've heard...and other USB to boot.
    • Sablon Audio 2020 Ethernet
    Detailed and full spectrum. Mode/Router to switch.
    • Revelation Audio Labs Prophecy Ethernet
    Cryosilver. Spacious and rich sound. Great pace. Switch to server.
    • Wywires Daedalus speaker wire
    Lou Hinckey was right! - these really bring out the presence and realism his speakers are so able to portray.
    • Avatar Acoustics Afterburner 8 Outlets
    A total of five duplexes on 3 dedicated lines: 2 for analog, 2 for digital and 1 duplex on a dedicated amplifier/power circuit. No hiding. Full, round and without limit.
    • Elgar HIT 5.0-13 5kVA 0.0005pf High Isolation Transformer
    In line on a 30A circuit between main box and dedicated sub panel.
    • Environmental Potentials EP-2075
    Ground filters on each of 3 dedicated lines from audio subpanel to analog, digital and power.
    • Custom Home Made Tiger Maple Audio Cabinet
    Made by your's truly:  1.5 in. tiger maple throughout with Eden Brass footers.  All from an old maple downed, milled, planked in my front yard and barn dried for 2 1/2 years.  Cut into boards, planed, joined, biscuited, glued up, aniline dyed and waxed in two friends' shops.  I owe them a debt of gratitude because I really love the piece.
    • Battle Rock Studios Myrtlewood Plinths w/EdenSound Brass Footers
    2.25" under each piece with EdenSound brass footers.

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I am impressed by your system. I am rebuilding my system and was interested in your comments regarding the Karan KAI 180 powering your Dynaudio Confidence 3's. I too have the Confidence 3's which shall remain. I am considering the Karan KA S180 with a tube front end...seriously considering a Shindo Monabrison. I have also been researchng the AMR CD77. I will be contacting Avatar. As far as IC's and speaker cables Shindo recommends their silver wire IC's and the Auditorium 23 speaker cables. I will have to look into the Gabriel cables.

I would be interested in your thoughts on the Confidence 3's. I am also considering a Conrad Johnson Premier 350 because the Dynaudio's do need sufficient power to be at their best.....that's my game plan anyway!

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