Sidebar 2: Associated Equipment
Analog Sources: Continuum Audio Labs Caliburn, Cobra, Castellon turntable, tonearm, stand; Graham Engineering Phantom II tonearm; Audiostone Pythagoras turntable, HiFiction Thales AV tonearm; Ortofon A90, Lyra Titan i, Miyajima Premium BE (mono) cartridge.
Digital Sources: Playback Designs MPS-5 SACD/CD player–DAC, Camelot Roundtable Anagram Technologies DAC, Benchmark ADC1 A/D converter, BPT-modified Alesis Masterlink hard-disk recorder, Meridian-Sooloos music server.
Preamplification: Einstein The Tube Mk.II, darTZeel NHB-18NS preamplifiers; Einstein The Turntable's Choice, Boulder Amplifiers 2008, Esoteric E-03 phono preamplifiers.
Power Amplifier: Musical Fidelity Titan.
Loudspeakers: Wilson Audio Specialties MAXX 3, Vandersteen Model 7.
Cables: Phono: Hovland/Graham Engineering MG2 Music Groove. Interconnect: TARA Labs Zero, Stealth Sakra, ZenSati. Speaker: TARA Labs Omega Gold, ZenSati. AC: TARA Labs The One Cobalt, Shunyata Research King Cobra Helix CX, Isoclean 1000.
Accessories: Finite Elemente Pagode, HRS SXR stands; Symposium Rollerblocks; Audiodharma Cable Cooker; Shunyata Research V-Ray II Reference, Silver Circle Audio Pure Power One 5.0 power transformer, TARA Labs Power Screen power conditioners; Furutech DeMag & deStat LP treatments; Oyaide AC wall box & receptacles; ASC Tube Traps, RPG BAD & Abffusor panels; VPI HW-17F, Loricraft PRC4 Deluxe record-cleaning machines.—Michael Fremer
Digital Sources: Playback Designs MPS-5 SACD/CD player–DAC, Camelot Roundtable Anagram Technologies DAC, Benchmark ADC1 A/D converter, BPT-modified Alesis Masterlink hard-disk recorder, Meridian-Sooloos music server.
Preamplification: Einstein The Tube Mk.II, darTZeel NHB-18NS preamplifiers; Einstein The Turntable's Choice, Boulder Amplifiers 2008, Esoteric E-03 phono preamplifiers.
Power Amplifier: Musical Fidelity Titan.
Loudspeakers: Wilson Audio Specialties MAXX 3, Vandersteen Model 7.
Cables: Phono: Hovland/Graham Engineering MG2 Music Groove. Interconnect: TARA Labs Zero, Stealth Sakra, ZenSati. Speaker: TARA Labs Omega Gold, ZenSati. AC: TARA Labs The One Cobalt, Shunyata Research King Cobra Helix CX, Isoclean 1000.
Accessories: Finite Elemente Pagode, HRS SXR stands; Symposium Rollerblocks; Audiodharma Cable Cooker; Shunyata Research V-Ray II Reference, Silver Circle Audio Pure Power One 5.0 power transformer, TARA Labs Power Screen power conditioners; Furutech DeMag & deStat LP treatments; Oyaide AC wall box & receptacles; ASC Tube Traps, RPG BAD & Abffusor panels; VPI HW-17F, Loricraft PRC4 Deluxe record-cleaning machines.—Michael Fremer
