CD Player/Transport Reviews

Sidebar 2: System

I listened to the Data Basic driving the PS Audio UltraLink, Adcom GDA-600, Meridian 263, and Mark Levinson No.35 processors. The processors fed an Audio Research LS5 preamp, which drove Audio Research's VT-150 tubed monoblocks. Loudspeakers were Thiel CS3.6es, connected by 8' runs of AudioQuest Sterling. Interconnects included AudioQuest Diamond, Monster Cable Sigma, and Expressive Technologies IC-1.—Robert Harley