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    • Technics SP-10 mkII
    Updated and Upgraded. Custom made plinth of Phenolic and aluminum. This is probably one of the best turntables in the world now! I have heard a lot, but I have heard few better!
    • TriPlanar VII
    black and silver. I've never seen an arm so versatile and easy to setup.
    • Soundsmith Strain Gauge
    Not moving magnet or moving coil. The best I have ever heard regardless of price.
    • Sony SC-D777es
    sacd, 1 bit. Modded by Richard Kern in Dec 2005. added new superclock and replaced all caps with Black Gates. The sound is much less 'digital.'
    • Pursit Audio Design Venustus
    1.5 meter interconnect.
    • Soundsmith (custom made) SG - 400
    Phono section with line stage single input. Custom Cocabolo cabinet.
    • Purist Dominus, 4 meter
    4 meter pair of the liquid filled Dominus between the pre-amp and amp. The best cable I have ever heard.
    • Atma-Sphere M 60 mk III
    60 wpc class A OTL mono blocks with V-Cap Teflon caps, power supply boost, Caddock resistor package, and stainless steel front panels.
    • Purist Dominus PC - 2
    Using two Dominus PCs on the Classe amplifier
    • Purist Venustus
    1.5 meter pair
    • Harmonic Precision Caravelle
    Smallish two way with the original stand.
    • Sistrum SP-1 (?)
    I bought five shelves with the solid top for the Sota Cosmos table. This is a great rack. If a person spent twice the money they might be able to get something better, but is it twice as good? The picture is just the top shelf. [url]http://starsound.biz/multiplatforms.HTML[/url] gives more info.
    • Purist Venustus PCs (2)
    On the Sota power supply and the Klyne power supply.
    • Exact Power EP15A
    I don't know what this thing is doing, but it sure does it better than the Tice Power Block...

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Thanks for the infor! Its a really nice rack. If your floor is concrete or otherwise very solid, I believe that your rack did help the rest of your electronics. Although quite solid due to Calif. earthquake standards, we have a suspended wood floor, so with that and the Sota suspension, I have not yet taken the coupled rack route for vibration control. But each time I get a Mapleshade catalog in the mail I think about it. In the meantime, I think I'll try to find some threaded brass cones for my Star.

Terry

txp1

Is that a Mapleshade rack? Did it improve your sound? I also have a Sota Star series III TT and have been using a cheap (Sanus) rack because I thought that the Sota hanging suspension did not need a heavy, coupled rack. Also, did the brass cones under the Star help?

Thanks,
Terry

txp1