My modest, cost effective system. Got some great bang for the buck with some of the later acquisitions. Prices have skyrocketed on the table and the Vandys, glad to have grabbed them when I did. Heavy lifting done by state of the art pre and power amps, sound quality and fidelity are surprisingly great.
Great preamp, cutting edge performance. Only need the 2 inputs, 1 for table and 1 for DAC. Love running balanced XLRs.
March Audio P502
Great Hypex NC502MP power amp, 500 watts into 4 ohms. Love the power, great drive and attack on transients and bass. Nice balanced XLR inputs.
Vandersteen 2ce Signature
Have had these since 2002 and still love them. Nice warm sound, can be laid back but I cranked the tweeter level and bumped the midrange as well. Detailed and balanced. Have Nordost Blue Heaven biwire spades shotgun Z plug made for these.
Magnepan MMG
With Airborne Magna Risers speaker stands, a substantial upgrade in detail and clarity, really opens things up nicely. These duel with my Vandys for my attention and thankfully I don't have to choose just one.
Musical Surroundings Nova Phonomena
Battery powered phono pre with nice neutrality, the menacing green eye cyclops. Found it noisy at 60dB though, so added the SUT. Things are quiet in the background at 40dB, yet still dynamic and detailed.
Dayton Audio Titanic 10" Sealed kit
Great little sub, round, warm and punchy. Keeps up with the Maggies.
Ned Clayton Cinemag 1254 MC Step Up Transformer
Awesome SUT, has 4 gain settings and 3 ground positions. My MC setup has never been this quiet or sounded so good.
SMSL D-6
My modestly priced DAC that performs admirably. It has DSD Direct bypass so DSD coming out of this thing is truly wonderful, so analogue. Super bargain, I love it!
Sony CDP-CA70es
My old school CD changer, still works. Just doing transport duty, Sony ES series stuff is really great. This one has CD Text and reads all my burned discs.
Thanks! The Vandys are old 2ce Sigs that I bought new in 2002. I love them dearly, wonderful warm sound. Can be laid back, but can adjust midrange and tweeter levels accordingly.
