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I put this system together with the help of my Friends and fellow A'gon members Cincy_bob & Raquel. I have had the great fortune of buying some of Bob's equipment as he has made upgrades to his reference system over the past several years. I replaced my Naim CDX with the Chinese made Doge 6 Tube CD Player last year, the Doge outperformed the Naim hands down. I also replaced my Kimber Select interconnects & speaker cables with Morrow Audio Reference cables. Mike Morrow's cables made a vast improvement in my system over the Kimber Selects, and were a much better value than the Kimbers as well. I have also integrated an old CAL Sigma DAC into the system in order to stream internet radio for parties and background music.

You might notice the Acoustic Energy Aegis 1 bookshelf speakers, B&W CC2 center Channel as well as the Pioneer Elite HT Receiver, Monster Power unit & Satellite box. Those pieces are for a completely separate home theatre system that does not impede upon my 2 channel audio system.
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    • Oppo DV-980h Universal Player
    Giant-killer universal disc player that competes way above it's station.
    • California Audio Labs Sigma DAC
    Venerable single tube DAC
    • Audio Research LS3 Preamp
    Extremely detailed and versatile solid state preamp.
    • Bryston 4B-ST Amplifier
    legendary 250 WPC amp that is both refined and provides the power that my Revel F30's need to sing.
    • Revel Performa F-30 Full Range Louspeaker
    I am the second owner of these speakers. Three-way floorstanding loudspeaker. Drive-units: 1
    • Rotel RT-935ax Tuner
    Great performing tuner with a pure & natural sound
    • Morrow Audio MA-2 Reference
    One of the best value cables on the market today.
    • Morrow Audio SP-2 Reference
    Outstanding performance and tremendous value. These replaced my Kimbers.
    • Pangea Audio AC-9 Power Cord
    One on my amp and one on my digital front end.

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System edited: System Update 4/14/10: I finally got a real audio rack-a Salamander Archetype 5.0. After playing with the Oppo/Sigma combo I discovered that this modest setup outperformed my $1800 Doge Tube CDP hands down. I sold the Doge and now use the Oppo/Sigma as my music source. I also switched to Pangea AC-9 Power Cords, which sound great in my system, and are a real bargain too boot.

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