The arrival of warm/hot weather means it's time to swap out the tubes for some cool-running solid state gear. Bluesound SMSL Ohm Omega Better Cables Brick Wall
Some changes from previous: VPI, Soundsmith, SME, Audio Research, PS Audio BHK Signature, Oppo, Bluesound, Audio by Van Alstine - no longer own, Bryston, Magnepan, Totem Acoustics, Dual, SVS, REL, MartinLogan, Parasound, Musical Surroundings, Hana, Shure, Signet, Grace, Denon, Bob's Devices, Thorens, Denon, Pickering, Ortofon, new additions or omissions - McGary Audio, Backert Labs, DS Audio, Phoenix Engineering, Audio Technical, Technics
2nd system: Polk Monitor 7 Dayton Audio BTR01 Marantz 2215b main system just received a Grado Red3 upgrade.
I made a few changes so here is the latest: Thorens turntable Sumiko cartridge Yamaha SACD/CD CEC CD Denon tape deck Rogue Audio preamp Krell amp Legacy speakers Zen Audio ifi Bluetooth adapter all strung together with Audioquest and Tara Labs
Man this is an easy one for me. Linn, linn, linn, bluesound, linn, naim, naim, linn linn linn linn and linn.
Are we talking about known to audiophiles or the general public? Most of my stuff would be totally unknown to the general population and even to most music lovers.
Main Setup: McIntosh (Preamp, Tuner) Nikko (Alpha VI Amps x 2) VPI (Turntable and speed control) B&W (Speakers and Subs) Audio-Technica (Cartridge BMC (FM Beam Box) DBX (3BX Dynamic range expander used on FM) Logitech (Transporter for the Music Network / streaming)
I have three rooms, and use Roon with an SGC core. Main: Naim, Thorens, Well Tempered Office: Sansui, Quad, Chord HT: Denon, Axiom
Pioneer - TT Mytek - DAC Bluesound - streamer Luxman - tuner/preamp/amp separates Audiolab - CD transport Denon Blue Jeans cables Sony - SACD/CD player
Yamaha - integrated amp Rega - turntable / cartridge / phono amp / CD player Thorens - turntable Grace - tonearm Hana - cartridge Focal - speakers
After a reshuffle; Dynaudio Electrocompaniet Octave Audio Ayon Bow Technologies Cavalli Audeze Nordost Purist Audio Design Cardas Townshend Furutech OCOS
Audio Research AudioQuest Ayre dCS Lyra Sansui (a tuner from the 1970s I bought a few years ago and blows away any modern FM tuner) Shunyata Synergistic Research VPI Also a second system with: AudioQuest McIntosh Simaudio Moon Synergistic Research
