Sidebar 2: Associated Equipment
Digital Sources: Ayre Acoustics C-5xeMP, dCS Puccini disc players; Apple Mac mini (G4 processor, 1GB RAM) running OS10.4.11 for media storage & playback with iTunes 9.0, used with Bel Canto USB Link 24/96.
Power Amplifier: Simaudio Moon Evolution W-7.
Loudspeakers: Aerial Acoustics 20T V2, PSB Synchrony One.
Cables: Digital: Kimber Illuminations Orchid AES/EBU, AudioQuest VSD-4, Stereovox XV2 S/PDIF, Belkin Gold USB 2.0. Interconnect: AudioQuest Wild DBS, Ayre Acoustics Signature (both balanced). Speaker: AudioQuest Kilimanjaro, K2. AC: PS Audio Lab, manufacturers' own.
Accessories: Target TT-5 equipment racks; Ayre Myrtle Blocks; ASC Tube Traps, RPG Abffusor panels; Shunyata Research Dark Field cable elevators; Audio Power Industries 116 Mk.II & PE-1, APC S-15 AC line conditioners (not power amps). AC power comes from two dedicated 20A circuits, each just 6' from the breaker box.—John Atkinson
Power Amplifier: Simaudio Moon Evolution W-7.
Loudspeakers: Aerial Acoustics 20T V2, PSB Synchrony One.
Cables: Digital: Kimber Illuminations Orchid AES/EBU, AudioQuest VSD-4, Stereovox XV2 S/PDIF, Belkin Gold USB 2.0. Interconnect: AudioQuest Wild DBS, Ayre Acoustics Signature (both balanced). Speaker: AudioQuest Kilimanjaro, K2. AC: PS Audio Lab, manufacturers' own.
Accessories: Target TT-5 equipment racks; Ayre Myrtle Blocks; ASC Tube Traps, RPG Abffusor panels; Shunyata Research Dark Field cable elevators; Audio Power Industries 116 Mk.II & PE-1, APC S-15 AC line conditioners (not power amps). AC power comes from two dedicated 20A circuits, each just 6' from the breaker box.—John Atkinson
