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I have finally reached a point where the "evolving" may end. I have been on this path for almost 30 years. There may be a media server in the offing and perhaps a higher end DAC or upgraded CD player with DAC only functionality, but for now I think any upgrade would distort the balance I have achieved in my 2-channel system.

Many thanks to Jan Vigne, John Fort, Mark O'Brien, Jerry Ramsey, and Geoff Kait, and my friends at eCoustics for their guidance and assistance.

Never have I expected to reach a level of performance that I can now enjoy with my kit in my dedicated listening room. Believe me regarding the "dedicated" part of that as my wife most often will not step foot in the "man cave".

Maybe now I can afford to go golfing again...

I also have the following ASC and Auralex room treatments which I could not add to the equipment list as a bug in Audiogon did not allow it to post correctly;

4 ceiling corner traps

2 16" Tubes

2 11" Tubes

2 9" Tubes

8 48" X 6 " Panels

All diffuse and absorb

4 48" X 24" Auralex absorption panels

Cheers!
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    • McIntosh MC-240 Monoblocks
    Restored to original with all new matched tubes McIntosh MC-240 Tube Amplifiers mono rated 80wpc
    Each sitting atop 4 wooden game pieces all on a bamboo cutting board which is on top of two pieces of birch plywood sitting on a MDF board atop a 50lb tray of sand.
    • Anthony Gallo Sub-Amp
    Anthony Gallo Reference 3 S.A. (sub-amp)
    MIT Shotgun 2 RCA Interconnects
    MIT Shotgun 2 speaker cable
    MIT Z Cord II 4m power cable
    Sitting atop 4 wooden game pieces
    • Rogue Audio 99 Magnum
    Rogue Audio Magnum 99 Tube Pre-Amp w/phono option upgraded with Tung-Sol 6SN7GTB and 12AX7 tubes tested and balanced my Mark O’Brien CEO of Rogue Audio
    MIT CVT 1 RCA Interconnects
    Black Mountain Cable Peak Power Cord - Gold 1 meter
    with 4 3 lb. lead diving weights sitting each one on 2 wooden game pieces sitting on top of each corner of the pre-amp which in turn is sitting atop 4 racket balls (one under each foot) on a MDF shelf on a 50 lb bag of sand on MDF shelf sitting on 4 wooden game pieces on my audiophile rack (top) moved to the floor
    • Gallo Acoustics Nucleus Ref 3.1a
    Sitting atop homemade stands made up of 3 American hardwood cutting boards each spiked through carpet into floor with shelf line between each board.
    • Linn LP-12 Sondek Ittok
    Linn Sondek LP12 Turntable
    Ittok LVII Tone Arm
    Benz Micro Glider S Phono Cartridge tested at 2.7mv
    Origin Live Ultra / DC 200 motor / top option transformer upgrade
    SLC Cables RCA
    Sitting atop 4 wooden game pieces
    which is on an MDF shelf, sitting on 7 racket balls each on 2
    • Rega Saturn
    Rega Saturn CD Player
    MIT CVT 1 RCA Interconnects
    Element Cable Red Storm Power Cord 1m
    Sitting atop a mesh bag of 10 racket balls on a 50 lb bag of sand.
    • McIntosh MR-71
    McIntosh MR-71 Analog Tuner MIT AVT 1 Interconnects Sitting atop bag of a dozen tennis balls MDF shelve on top of 4 wooden game tiles in audiophile rack.
    • HRT Media Streamer +
    Media Streamer+ DAC MIT Shotgun 2 RCA 1m Kimber Cable 3m. USB - USB
    • Audio Magic w/ ELCO Audo Power Cord Stealth Matrix
    Audio Magic Stealth Matrix Power Line Conditioner upgraded caps and 3 circuits built to match my system plus a Audio Magic Pulse Gen-ZX added with work all done by Jerry Ramsey ELCO Audio HPC-10SP Power Cord
    • Machina Dynamica Clever Little Clock Signature Ver.
    Along with 4 other of Geoff Kait's products
    • Sw1 - RR 77 Schumann Resonance SW1
    http://www.google.com/search?q=Schumann+Resonator+Products&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

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