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REFERENCE 1: GRIMM AUDIO MU1 | MOLA MOLA TAMBAQUI | DENAFRIPS TERMINATOR II | BLUE HAWAII SE HPA\E | VIVA EGOISTA STX HPA\E | STAX SRM-700T HPA\E | STAX SR-009S | ABYSS AB1266 PHI TC | MEZE ELITE | ZMF ATRIUM | ZMF VERITE | DAN CLARK VOCE | AUDIENCE Front Row | RSX MAX, BEYOND Power Cords | TORUS RM20 POWER | AUDIENCE ADEPT RESPONSE

REFERENCE 2: SILENT ANGEL Z1 | DENAFRIPS PONTUS II | Border Patrol SE-i | HeadAmp GS-X Mini HPA | MEZE EMPYREAN | Rosson Audio RAD-0 | ZMF ATTICUS | ANTICABLE cabling | RSX BENCHMARK Power Cords | TORUS RM20 POWER | RSX POWER 8

REFERENCE PERSONAL AUDIO: MacBook Pro | Obravo RA-C-CU IEM | Obravo EAMT-2C IEM | Meze LIRIC | MEZE 99 CLASSICS | MEZE RAI PENTA IEM | Vision Ears ELYSIUM IEM | FiiO FDF IEM | iBASSO AM05 IEM | iBASSO IT00 IEM | Cayin N6II/A01/E01 DAP | Shanling M8 DAP | iBASSO DX220 DAP

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Turntable: Linn LP12, Alphason HR-100S MCS tone arm, London Reference pickup | Phono preamp: Audiomat Phono-1.6 | CD/SACD player: Linn Unidisk 1.1 | Other digital source: Apple MacBook Pro | USB interface: Stello U3 | Preamplifier: SimAudio Moon P-8 | Power amplifier: SimAudio Moon W-8 | Loudspeakers: Reference 3a Suprema II | Interconnects: Pierre Gabriel ML-1, Atlas Mavros | Loudspeaker cables: Pierre Gabriel ML-1 for most of the range, Wireworld Polaris (subwoofers) | AC line filter: GutWire MaxCon Squared | AC power cords: BIS Audio Maestro, UHF14F | Acoustical treatment: Gershman Acoustic Art panels

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MAIN: Speakers: Magnepan 1.7i | Subwoofers: JL | Audio Dominion 8 (stereo pair) | Preamp: Rogue RP-5 | Power Amp: SImaudio 330A | DAC: Bryston BDA-3 | Streamer: Sonore microRendu 1.5 in Roon mode | Turntable: Rega Planar 8 w/Rega Fono MC | Cables: Black Cat Graceline (analog), Intona (USB) | Tape Deck: Revox A77 & B77 | Power Conditioners: Bryston BI15/Audience aR6

SECONDARY: Speakers: Spendor S35a | Preamp: Channel Islands Audio PLC-1 | Power Amp: Audio Research VS-55 | DAC: Marantz HD-DAC1 | Streamer: Sonore microRendu 1.4 | Turntable: Rega Planar 3 w/Lounge Audio LCR MKIII | Cables: Black Cat/Transparent/Wireworld | Power Conditioner: Audience aR2

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MacBook Pro Laptop with Apple Music USB’d to my Mytek HiFi Manhattan II DAC. Vinyl played on a Pro-ject turntable with the Shelter Model 501 III MC Phono Cartridge wedded to the Sutherland Engineering KC Vibe Mk2 Phonostage and all tied together with Rob Fritz’s fantastically impressive cables from Audio Art Cable. Home speakers are presently the Tri-Art B-Series 4 Open Baffle Speakers, with the main amp being the NAD Stereo Integrated Amplifier C 375BEE. CD player an aging but suitable Yamaha Compact Disc Player CDC-585.

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Esoteric™ Basement Digital Rig

Esoteric P-03 SA-CD Transport | AfterDark Project OCXO Emperor Geisemann EVA Word Clock | Esoteric D-05 DSD DAC | Audio Research LS-28 tube Pre-Amplifier | Icon Audio MB-90 MK#2 Mono-Block Tube Amplifiers | Sonus faber Sonetto 8 floorstanding loudspeakers | Furutech Daytona-303 A/C Filter | Modified Torus BX-10 A/C Regenerator | Stealth, Furutech, Synergistic Research, and Rick Schultz Audio cables | Synergistic Research HFTs, ECTs, GCTs, & MiG 3.0s; Furutech A/C Boosters + | Booster Braces | Rick Schultz Audio NPS-Pro + NPS-Q45T conductive contact enhancers

OLD SCHOOL - Sonic Frontiers 2-ch Rig

Sonic Frontiers (SFI) CD-Transport | Assemblage D2D-1 Upsampler | SFI Processor-3 tube DAC | SFI Line-3 SE tube Pre-Amplifier | 2 x SFI Power-1 Tube Amplifiers | Sonus faber Olympica Nova 3 floorstanding loudspeakers | PS Audio P-10 A/C regenerator | Furutech e-TP809 NCF A/C power distributor | Stealth, Atlas Asimi, Furutech, Synergistic Research Galileo, Audio Sensibility OCC- | Silver, and Virtual Dynamics cables | 1877-Phono Badlands Turntable + Zavfino Aeshna Tonearm + Stealth Hyper-Phono phono IC | Heavily Modified Rega P-25 Turntable + P600 Tonearm | SFI Phono-1 SE tube Phono Stage | Symposium Rollerblocks + Furutech A/C Boosters + Synergistic Research HFTs,GCTs, & ECTs | Michael Green Corner Tunes | 2 x Target Equipment Racks | Rick Schultz Audio NPS-Pro + NPS-Q45T conductive contact enhancers

HEADPHONE

Quad Platinum DMP (Digital Media Player) CD-Transport | Assemblage D2D-1 Upsampler | Lampizator Baltic-3 tube DAC | Presence Audio Line Stage 1 tube Pre-Amplifier (w/ Siemens-Halske 7308 gold pins) | Woo Audio WA-6 SE tube Headphone Amplifier (w/ CV-181T tubes) | Revelation Audio Labs Paradise Cryo-Silver HP cable | Audience AR2-TSSOX A/C Line Conditioner | Walker Audio Velocitor A/C Distributor | Audeze LCD-4 Planar Magnetic Headphones | Audience, High Fidelity Cables (HFC), Kharma, Atlas Asimi, + Furutech cables. | Tube Magic™ Hydraulic component stand + carbon fibre stands | Furutech A/C Boosters | Rick Schultz Audio NPS-Pro + NPS-Q45T conductive contact enhancers

REFERENCE SYSTEM(S)

MAIN: C.E.C. TL51XR CD Player | Border Patrol DAC | Audiomat Arpege Integrated | Trenner an Friedl Dizzy Speakers | AudioQuest Dragonfly Black | Final Audio Sonorous III Headphones | AntiCable Cables & Wires