After many trials and tribulations and lost dollars I have finally assembled a system that transports me in the concert hall or recording studio and stirs up emotion and makes me say – Wow! My only limitation with having a hi-end system in a swank modern DC Condominium is not having a dedicated listening room to fully enjoy and maximize the capability of the system or to do the tweaks necessary to get the best out of the system. Nevertheless I have overcome these challenges – even the WAF and have a system that is integrated into the houses decorum and allows me to hear into the music and gives me joy. Here is my system along with a few pictures.
Tidal Audio Agoria Platinum Special Edition (SE) Speakers
With silver edition crossover upgrade - only 3 in world with this option - priceless. Added Stillpoint Ultra 5 Footers which took the sound to another level.
REL Acoustics Carbon Special Subwoofers - Qty 2
Awesome Subwoofers that takes my sound to a live performance
Symphonic Line 40th Anniversary Kraft 300MK3A Monoblocks
300 Watt Pure Class A Amplifiers - Not well known but can compete and blow away many hi-end amplifiers
Symphonic Line Erleuchtung Reference Mk3 HD Tube Preamplifier w/Turbo Reference Power Supply
Awesome Sounding Tube Preamplifier - Probably the most transformational component in the system that can be modified with rolling tubes to your liking.
Best Turntable I’ve ever owned - exceeds my digital system which says a lot.
Acoustic Signature TA-7000 Tonearm - Gold Plated
DS Audio Grand Master EX Optical Cartridge
DS Audio Ionizer
Otari Reel to Reel MX-5050 BII-2
Technics RS-1500U Reel to Reel (Gold Edition) modified by J-Corder Luxury Audio
Taiko Audio SGM Extreme Server w/USB Card/NIC/XDMS
Phenomenal Server that is in another class from previous Innuos Statement server. Helps to bring my Digital to almost equal of my Analogue rig. XDMS Software upgrade is a game changer
dCS Vivaldi One APEX Digital Player/DAC System
Digitial Playback System /All-In-One SACD/CD Player, Streamer, DAC and Upsampler.
dCS Vivaldi Master Clock
Synergistic Research Ethernet Switch UEF
Synergistic Research Black Box - Low Frequency Resonator Array
Synergistic Research FEQ Carbon/FEQ Carbon Tuning Modules
Two-channel Acoustic Field Generator
Synergistic Research Master Fuses
All Components
Nordost Odin 2 Reference Supreme Interconnects and Power Cords;
Odin 2 Power Cords and Interconnects
Nordost Valhalla 2 USB Cable
SOtM dCBL-CAT7 Ethernet Lan Cable (Qty 2)
Connect DAC and Server to Ethernet Switch and from Switch to Modem.
SOtM dCBL-BNC Cable (Qty 3)
Used to connect Clocks to dCS DAC
Audio Desk Vinyl Cleaner Record Cleaning Machine
Symposium Acoustics Ultra Foundation Doublewide Rack and Amp Stands
Verifiaudio Swiss Digital Fuse Boxes (6) w/Graphene Sluggos
Used on Preamp, Mono-blocks, Server, DAC, Phono Equalizer
Hi Jon, I made it over to your page to check out your system. You have a fantastic system. I think you will be happy when you audition the Progression amp. I really liked the Ref 250SE (on loan) and they are fantastic and mate well with the Ref10. I can say without a doubt that the Ref 10 and Progressions match up very well. I'm not the only one to try this from what I have seen. They are exactly what I wanted and needed. Solid state amps but tube like and control and slam I have never heard or had in my system before!. I will be curious as to what your observations and opinions are after listening.
