In my small dedicated listening room with vault ceilings this is the best system so far. The Sonus Faber Guarneri Homage's are some of the last pairs to be brought into the US. Jeff Rowland modded Model 8T with choke and the CAT SL1 REN BPX with rolled in tubes supply the power chores and a Linn LP12 with Radikal D and Karousel/Kore-Majik is the front end.
Jadis JA30Mk2 with KT150's. Replaced the ARC D70Mk2...which says a lot for the Jadis!
Esoteric DV60 and Esoteric D05 DAC, Audioquest Carbon coax.
. Using Nordost Red Dawn v.11 between Jeff Rowland and SF's. Black Cat Graceline cables for digital and ss amp. Two REL T5i’s running high level off Jadis mono blocks.
belt, 33, no arm, mtr drive upgraded to Radikal D. Karousel/Kore/Magik sub chassis, Trampolin 2
well tempered wta
wta classic updated with VDH cabling running all through and dual weighting system
Lyra Kleos
Loaded at 750 ohms.
Sonus Faber Guarneri Homage
New in '06. These are absolute works of art with sound to match. In my small room they are magnificent
Convergent Audio SL-1 Renaissance BPX
Telefunken and Valvo tubes in the phono section
Jadis JA30mk2
Mono blocks running KT 150’s. Latest edition.
Jeff Rowland Model 8 T
250w x 2 upgraded top plate, original choke power supply, far superior to later dual mono unit. Jeff just upgraded the amp with new Transimpedance modules and a grounding support. Sounds a lot more resolving now!
ps audio micro lab
Micro lab used on DAC only
Harmonix footers
under Transport and DAC
Sound Anchor rack stand rack stand
Three leg Sound ANchor rack stand with turntable support
IVAC CUSTOM 1
All gold power cable for transport.Custom made by IVAC with custom made hospital connectors
Grand Prix Audio Monaco amp stand
Grand Prix monaco amp stand under the Jeff Rowland model 8T.
Cable elevators Plus
Ceramic lifters to move cables off floor
Nordost Red Dawn v11
Bi-wire cable used from ARC to SF's. Very fast and detailed. Great for tubes
Nordost Tyr
Nordost TYr...ultra resolving and fast
Nordost Tyr
Phono cable
Nordost Frey
Bi-wire
Real Traps Mondo Traps
Used behind speakers. Highly recommended bass trapping. Increases micro detail and bottom end transparency
Shakti Innovations Shakti Hallograph
Grand Prix Audio Monaco
Two(2) Monaco amp stands. One for the Jadis JA30Mk2's with Apex and one for the JR Model 8T custom amp
Shakti Innovations Hallograph
Grand Prix Audio Monaco Amp stand
Two(2) one for the ARC D70Mk2 and one with Apex footers for the JR Model 8T custom
REL Acoustics T5i
Subwoofer. Two for stereo.
REL Acoustics T5i
Second REL added to system with Signal cable REL Speakon link.
Audio Art cable SE-1
With Furutech FR-1 connectors. Dual runs for Jadis mono blocks!
I had limited (but not zero) listening experience, with the Hales. They seemed like a very good speaker, with a somewhat laid back sound, although not overly so. They SORT OF put me in mind of the Aerial line, but that may be off base, and people with more experience may strongly disagree. At any rate, it's very sad that such a fine company went out of business. I really hate to see that happen.
