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This is my main system, which is constantly evolvig. I tend to swap in or out a component every couple of months or so. Latest change on the horizon will be speakers as I'm evolving to more of a home theatre capable system.
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    • Supratek Syrah
    Tube two-box preamp with seperate power supply. Includes MC phono stage.
    • Teres 255
    Turntable
    • Electrohome Marquee 8500 HT
    CRT Rules! This beauty comes in custom case which makes it more room friendly.
    • Adona 3 level, double stand
    Granite and steel stand. I originally had my tt atop, but had to move it to lowest level to ensure no vibration.
    • Airtech MG-1
    Linear Tracking Tonearm
    • Joule Electra VZN-160
    160 WPC OTL monoblocks
    • Audio Physic Avanti III
    Floorstanding speakers
    • ZYX Universe S-SB
    This was a major step up from my ZYX Airy 3x-sb, as expected
    • Shunyata Sidewinder
    Power Cable
    • Cellar Cinemas HTPC 465
    HTPC, with Clarity Circuit installed.
    • Starsound Sistrum SP-01
    Isolation stand - I'm using this one for the Preamp, although it's probably overkill. I have two of them.
    • Starsound Sistrum SP-004
    Isolation Platforms for Speakes - I found these speaker platforms particulary effective. I couldnt' live without them.
    • Kimber TAK-AG Phono Cable
    Phono cable
    • Starsound/Audiopoints Sistrum 001
    Now have one of these under each monoblock - was surprised by the performance improvement.
    • Starsound/Audiopoints Sistrum 004
    Using one of these under my preamp and digital rig - used to have them under speakers, but won't fit under my new JM Lab Diva Utopia Be
    • Acoustic Zen Absolute
    1M Reference Interconnects
    • Velodyne DD-18
    Direct Drive, digital power sub. Crazy big driver, very low distortion.
    • Doshi Linestage
    Added a Doshi linestage. Still using my Supratek Syrah for vinyl playback but may try a seperate phono stage soon too.
    • Isoclean Supreme Focus Power Cord
    • Lampizator Big 7 Generation 5 DAC
    Triode DAC - DSD and PCM. With Elrog 300b music tubes and Mullard G-37 rectifier.
    • Thor Audio Phono mkII
    Tube phono stage.
    • JPS Labs Aluminata Speaker Cables
    • Purist Audio Design Proteus Provectus Preasto Revision 1m RCA
    • Purist Audio Design Venustas Interconnects 3m RCA

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Your tonearm has kinda caught my eye, and i read one of your posts on it.

have you carried out the updates on it or not that have recently come out, and also the damping trough - indeed - what is the effect of these on the arms performance.

also what is the arm wand made of? likewise what is the tube on which the wand slides made of?

has the more expensive wand made a large difference to the arms performance.

which arm would you put it on a par with.

I am so curious, becasue i use an amazon model one turntable which is similar in many ways to your teres deck.

talk soon

lohanimal