For the enjoyment of music. Lot's of changes over the years. I typically won't buy something unless I can listen to it in my system. Spending a lot of time recently searching out well recorded and interesting music via hi res downloads. I have a really nice vinyl collection mostly Jazz and pop. Digital I'm filling out my classical titles and more modern recordings. Jan '16
A seriously great preamp...one of the best...if you're reading this...contact me...this is that good..
DCS Vivaldi DAC, Transport, Clock & Upsampler
dCS Vivaldi DAC, Trans and Clock
Transparent Opus Gen 5 & Magnum Opus
replaced mm2 version
Transparent Audio Opus Power and Opus Power Source Gen 5
Transparent Opus Gen 5 Speaker Cable
Speaker cable
Grand Prix Silverstone F1
stand
Spiral Groove Centroid
Uni Pivot arm
Grand Prix Audio Monaco
Direct Drive Turntable s/n 40
Nagra Classic Amp
Stereo amp
Nagra VPS/MPS and VFS
Just added the Nagra MPS power supply. Really more sublime now...the Nagra VPS/VFS combo was already great, however the MPS lowers the noise...sound stage opens up and transparency increases
Grand Prix Audio Apex - Threaded footer
very finely threaded very of Apex for minute level adjustments
Keith Monks Ruby
Killer record cleaner. I've always wanted a Monks.
Shunyata Hydra Triton v2/Typhon/DPC-6 v2
Sigma HC feeding Triton & Anaconda Zitron Feeding Typhon. All front end (dCS, Nagra, and TT motor controller...
Transparent Audio Reference XL Digital
Clock cables for dCS (2) bnc to bnc and Dual AES trans to dac
Jfrech: Absolutely beautiful room and system,...definitely love the overall appearance and the use of those wood elements. Which woods/materials overall did you wind up finalizing on and if different woods/laminates (in the sound treatments, back wall sections and ceiling members) were considered, what led you to choose these? Outstanding to look at, can only guess how beautiful the sound must be!
Jfrech: Thanks for the response; can I assume you mean the total cost of building the room plus the Rives fee equals a few of our power cords and not that the consulting fee was that high :-) ???
Yes I have and I am still thinking about it having to deal with WAF among other things. There are some wood as well as some (separate) composite products from RPG and others that have my attention alas with WAF alive and well, I'll need to make it aesthetically pleasing in the long run. A minor victory recently was taking the glass out of all frames I have in the room (artwork that is...). No surprise, but it made a hell of a difference. My past room in the old house was decked out like a sound studio with treatments; unfortunately, our realities are different nowadays!
I'd like to study your room (and others like Mike Lavigne's) more carefully from a construction and appearance point of view as I'm planning a reno in the next 1-2 years which could achief WAF and sonic improvement all at the same time. Do you have anymore detailed photos you could post or send me via email?
