Getting back into 2-channel Audio after an 18 year hibernation.
Finished my basement and built a dedicated listening room.
In the past few years, I've met a load of helpful and wonderful friends who have advised me and given me the ability to hear lots of equipment I never would have had a chance to listen to.
"Purist"-version full function preamp. Includes MC or MM phono-stage input and 1 other input (Single Ended or Balanced). JJ gold-pin ECC99 Telefunken (The Fisher) 12AT7 JJ gold-pin ECC83s
With help from Jonathan Weiss (@ OswaldsMill Audio), I designed and built this Slate table. The initial designed borrowed parts from my Teres (bearing, platter, motor).
However, I added flexibility to the design to enable me to add different motors (Papst w/ Mark Kelly Analog controller) and different platter/motors (Technics SP10).
Teres 320 turntable
Rosewood Plinth and armboard. Teres's composite platter (much better than the acrylic platter on my previous Teres 265). Includes Cocobolo-housed Reference Motor. Holographic mylar tape as drive belt.
Kuzma Airline tonearm
Linear Tracking Air bearing
Ortofon A-90 Cartridge
Moving Coil cartridge
Zyx UNIverse X-SB
Incredible cartridge. Easily the fastest, most dynamic, resolving cartridge I've ever heard. Great in every way. No deficiencies that I've been able to hear.
Studer A807 Mk.II Reel-to-Reel
Reel to Reel Deck
Bottlehead Eros Tape
Tape preamp to allow direct connection to the R2R repro head
Kharma 3.2F CRM speakers
Incredible transparency and accuracy. Imaging is unreal. Focal tweeter.
Kharma CE 1.0 subwoofer
Matched w/ the Ceramique 3.2
Bel Canto CD-1
Great soundstaging
(RAKK based) custom DAC
Home made DAC based on the RAKK DAC circuit. Custom changes to allow A/B evaluation of different CCS (Constant Current Sources) and other components. Will be made into a proper chassis when A/B evaluation and voicing is complete.
