Sidebar 2: Associated Equipment
Digital sources: Oppo Digital UDP-105 universal disc player, Baetis Prodigy-X PC-based music server running JRiver Media Center v25 and Roon, exaSound e38 Mark II D/A processor, QNAP TVS-873 NAS.
Preamplifiers: Audio Research MP1, Parasound P7.
Power amplifiers: Benchmark AHB2, Hegel C-53, Classé Sigma Mono, Parasound Halo A 31.
Loudspeakers: Revel Ultima2 Studio, GoldenEar Triton One.R, Revel Performa F228Be, Dutch & Dutch 8c.
Cables: Digital, AudioQuest Coffee (USB); interconnects; AudioQuest Earth/DBS balanced, Kubala-Sosna Anticipation (RCA); loudspeaker cables, Benchmark Studio&Stage (NL2 to banana), Canare 4S11 (Blue Jeans Cable); AC, Kubala-Sosna Emotion, SignalCable MagicPower 20A.
AC accessories: AudioQuest Niagara 5000 and BrickWall 8RAUD power conditioners, HDPLEX 400W ATX Linear Power Supply, CyberPower 850PFCLCD BBU (supplied with server).
Listening room: 24' L × 14' W × 8' H, furnished with 2 MSR Acoustics Dimension4 SpringTraps in the front corners, 2 Ready Acoustics Chameleon Super Sub Bass Traps to the sides and moderately sound-absorbing furniture. Front wall has large windows partly covered by fabric drapes and 4" thick 2 × 4' OC 705 panels.—Kal Rubinson
Preamplifiers: Audio Research MP1, Parasound P7.
Power amplifiers: Benchmark AHB2, Hegel C-53, Classé Sigma Mono, Parasound Halo A 31.
Loudspeakers: Revel Ultima2 Studio, GoldenEar Triton One.R, Revel Performa F228Be, Dutch & Dutch 8c.
Cables: Digital, AudioQuest Coffee (USB); interconnects; AudioQuest Earth/DBS balanced, Kubala-Sosna Anticipation (RCA); loudspeaker cables, Benchmark Studio&Stage (NL2 to banana), Canare 4S11 (Blue Jeans Cable); AC, Kubala-Sosna Emotion, SignalCable MagicPower 20A.
AC accessories: AudioQuest Niagara 5000 and BrickWall 8RAUD power conditioners, HDPLEX 400W ATX Linear Power Supply, CyberPower 850PFCLCD BBU (supplied with server).
Listening room: 24' L × 14' W × 8' H, furnished with 2 MSR Acoustics Dimension4 SpringTraps in the front corners, 2 Ready Acoustics Chameleon Super Sub Bass Traps to the sides and moderately sound-absorbing furniture. Front wall has large windows partly covered by fabric drapes and 4" thick 2 × 4' OC 705 panels.—Kal Rubinson
