I have been an audiophile for about 20 years. My system is the result of years of searching and listening. It is a mix of DIY and commersial pieces. The DIY stuff is mainly built/constructed by friends and craftsmen with the right skills, tools and knowledge. My own contribution is limited to assembly of pieces and soldering the speaker crossovers.
The crossovers will be upgraded with Duelund CAST PIO-cu and VSF-cu capacitors and Duelund CAST inductors. I am also working on a new rack that will allow me to use both my turntables.
The MacMini uses a tweaked Linux version optimized for the MPD player.
Lencorian the gut
A Lenco based DIY player with Corian plinth and a gorgeous piece of art bearing from Jeremy Clark (UK)
Kuzma 4 point
My reference radial arm
van den Hul Grasshopper mkIV
My favourite Van den Hul
Dynavector DRT XV-1s
Have owned this for some years. Still one of my all time favourites
van den Hul the Canary
A delicious bird :)
Aesthetix Callisto
MKII
Aesthetix IO
Signature version
BeerGuts reference system
Nagaoka designed backloaded horn satelites with Fostex FE203En-S and T500amkII drivers. The basstowers is an open baffle construction with Great Planes Audio (Altec) 16
Good points indeed. One thing that really bugs me is when someone "upgrades" his equipment by simply installing the most expensive caps or some other part. It just isn't that simple. You have to invest a lot of time as well as money to find out how different parts sound and only then can you figure out what combination of parts is truly an upgrade.
Very nice system BeerGut! I like how you have brought together DIY components and commercial pieces. Like you, I am using Duelund CAST caps and North Creek inductors in my speaker crossovers. They seem to work very well together.