There are really some pretty good looking setups (and sounding as well, I guess!) here, so let me introduce my little system to you.
The Linn Sondek LP12 is the only component I never changed in my audiophile career, that started 1989 with this player.
He is now equipped with Trampolin 2, Keel, Radikal, Ekos 2 and Akiva. There is a Urika phono-stage, so the Linn Silver cable goes into the Line input of the Devialet 200. The Klimax Power supply for motor and phono-stage is placed on a SSC Flatbase.
I notice common ground: Devialet and LP12 are upgradeable, the one more software based, the other more hardware based. Let us hope that the Devialet amps become as iconic as the LP12.
For digital music-files, I have an Apple MacMini with an extern Western Digital 1TB hard-disc connected with firewire. The Mac got the normally tweaks to concentrate on music files reproduction. itunes manages the music library, Devialet does sample-rate changing.
The connection to the Devialet is direct ethernet with a short Audioquest Vodka.
The Devialet sits on a Thixar Silent Base and the rack is a Tabula Rasa Lowboard.
The mains cable of my Devialet, like all my mains cables, is HMS Energia SL/O.
All mains are connected to a PS Audio Dectet.
Speakers are Kef LS50, placed on sand-filled stands from Liedtke Metalldesign, cable is a ViaBlue SC-4 Single-Wire T6. The little Kefs are supported by a Linn Melodik subwoofer. Subwoofer cable is a ViaBlue NF-B6 Air.
The active crossover of the Devialet separates speakers and subwoofer at 70 Hz.
The subwoofer is dsp-corrected with a DSpeaker Antimode 8033S-II. This small and good value device let my room modes disappear.
Some voodoo and tweaks:
I have a dedicated mains spur only for the music system, which is shielded and has a 2,5 mm2 cross section. The fuse is a AHP Klangmodul 20A.
Open in- and outputs are closed with Sieveking RCA and XLR Caps.
The extern hard disc is on a SSC isolation platform. The Mac sits on sorbothane pads.
LP12 is on a light hardwood platform with Cardas Golden Cuboids.
The LS-stands have bronze spikes.
Ekos 2 is Cardas-wired.
At last one listening tip, so don't forget we are all in it for the music:
Dee Dee Bridgewater: Live at Yoshi's. Listen to "Slow Boat To China". This recording is excellent. Musicality and recording technology at is best! One of the most dynamic recording I have heard.
Cheers
The Linn Sondek LP12 is the only component I never changed in my audiophile career, that started 1989 with this player.
He is now equipped with Trampolin 2, Keel, Radikal, Ekos 2 and Akiva. There is a Urika phono-stage, so the Linn Silver cable goes into the Line input of the Devialet 200. The Klimax Power supply for motor and phono-stage is placed on a SSC Flatbase.
I notice common ground: Devialet and LP12 are upgradeable, the one more software based, the other more hardware based. Let us hope that the Devialet amps become as iconic as the LP12.
For digital music-files, I have an Apple MacMini with an extern Western Digital 1TB hard-disc connected with firewire. The Mac got the normally tweaks to concentrate on music files reproduction. itunes manages the music library, Devialet does sample-rate changing.
The connection to the Devialet is direct ethernet with a short Audioquest Vodka.
The Devialet sits on a Thixar Silent Base and the rack is a Tabula Rasa Lowboard.
The mains cable of my Devialet, like all my mains cables, is HMS Energia SL/O.
All mains are connected to a PS Audio Dectet.
Speakers are Kef LS50, placed on sand-filled stands from Liedtke Metalldesign, cable is a ViaBlue SC-4 Single-Wire T6. The little Kefs are supported by a Linn Melodik subwoofer. Subwoofer cable is a ViaBlue NF-B6 Air.
The active crossover of the Devialet separates speakers and subwoofer at 70 Hz.
The subwoofer is dsp-corrected with a DSpeaker Antimode 8033S-II. This small and good value device let my room modes disappear.
Some voodoo and tweaks:
I have a dedicated mains spur only for the music system, which is shielded and has a 2,5 mm2 cross section. The fuse is a AHP Klangmodul 20A.
Open in- and outputs are closed with Sieveking RCA and XLR Caps.
The extern hard disc is on a SSC isolation platform. The Mac sits on sorbothane pads.
LP12 is on a light hardwood platform with Cardas Golden Cuboids.
The LS-stands have bronze spikes.
Ekos 2 is Cardas-wired.
At last one listening tip, so don't forget we are all in it for the music:
Dee Dee Bridgewater: Live at Yoshi's. Listen to "Slow Boat To China". This recording is excellent. Musicality and recording technology at is best! One of the most dynamic recording I have heard.
Cheers
Linn LP12 Sondek + Radikal + Urika + Ekos II + EMT HSD006 - roon nucleus + SBooster - Devialet 220 Pro CI - Kef LS50 - Dspeaker Antimode 8033s II + SBooster - Kef KF92 Subwoofer
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