The High End

by scousepasty on Ever Evolving
First vinyl & cd store.
Jazz records on custom shelving
Small part of classical on custom shelving
System front end components
View from listening area
View into front end on tables in bay area off main room

Description

Genre / Selections: Vinyl - Jazz, Classical. Significant collection of 12,000+ records.

Country and new artist releases sacd & c.d.

System Goals/Comments: Find more time to listen and catalogue my record collection.

Want to add SME 30/12 with SME arm/changeable headshells and a dedicated t/t for playing mono & 78's.

System Strengths: Clarity, definition, soundstage, reality, musical presence.

System Weaknesses: Doesn't like heavy metal / garage/ rap!
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    • Koetsu Rosewood Sig
    Cartridge, mounted in JMW 12.6 arm wand.
    • Clearaudio Titanium
    MC cartridge, mounted in JMW 12.6 arm wand. My preferred cartridge for playing newly released, heavy weight/45 rpm vinyl.
    • ClearAudio Balance Reference
    Phono Stage, fully balanced with seperate power supply.
    • Audio Research REF 610T
    Mono vacuum tube tower amps.
    • Sound Lab U1-PX
    Planar speakers
    • JPS Labs Aluminata Balanced
    Aluminium core cables, used as analogue & digital interconnects, speaker cables, digital AES/EBU cable.
    • JPS Aluminata
    Speaker cable
    • Nordost Valhalla Power cords
    Power cable
    • Furatech Power blocks
    Power conditioners, hard wired into wall outlets with Furatech Power Supply copper cables.
    • VPI Industries SDS
    Turntable motor speed regulator
    • Sound Lab SALLIE
    SoundLab SALLIE damper columns behind speakers. Tip Toe spikes through-out system and supports
    • Wilson Extreme SST
    Wilson Extreme SST silver coating on all connections, fuses, tubes, etc.
    • VPI Industries HRX
    HRX t/t with 3 x JMW 12.6 tone arms. Valhalla power cords, Valhalla arm wiring into balanced junction box.
    • Wadia 581 SE/GNS
    Wadia CD/SACD modified by GNS.
    • Martin Logan Descent
    Pair ML Descenti Subwoofers.
    • Audio Research Ref 5
    Reference Line Stage modified by GNS + plexiglass top plate
    • Audio Research Ref 2 Phono
    Reference phono stage modified by GNS + plexiglass top plate.
    • Sutherland Timeline
    Laser Projection Timing Tool.
    • Audio Research Ref 40 Anniversary Pre-Amp
    Two box pre-amp; power supply and amplifier, connected by 2 umbilical cords.
    Black finish with plexiglass top covers.
    • Audio Research DAC-8
    DAC for use with my Qsonix music server. Black finish, plexiglass top cover is not available as this model is manufactured with the standard 'metal wrap' casing.
    • Qsonix Q205
    Music server sitting on a Gingko Jumbo Cloud isolation plinth + Gutwire NotePad2 placed above loading tray + 17

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How do you find the clearaudio balanced reference? I am using a cullen modified ps audio gcph at the moment but I feel there is more to give. I run a lagrange into the phono stage and then into my active crossovers without using a preamp. I found using the cullen GCPH in this way without a preamp easily beat a TEAD Groove plus / Vibe phono and preamp combination and at 10% of the cost so I am keen to take this route further. My cdp also is also balanced with a stepped output so I just run both into a balanced switch - which seems to be sonically invisible as far as I can tell

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Nick

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