Had Pass Labs Aleph equipment until 6 years ago when I replaced it with Devialet 400 monoblocks. Used them in a 12 x 23 x 8 shared space. Recently moved to a new house with space for a dedicated listening room and decided to return to my analog roots in an end-game way. Went preowned on most of the electronics and still spent a lot but the music is remarkable. A lot of credit has to go to the luxury of a dedicated room and the opportunity for abundant acoustic treatment. Did not plan it this way, but my budget turned out to be about 1/4 preamp, 1/4 amplifiers, 1/4 cartridge/tonearm and 1/4 room treatment. The imaging is pinpoint, the sound articulate and crystal clear. I believe room treatments made the biggest difference.
Black Diamond Racing Shelf for the Source; Boca ceramic bearing; Sota Total Eclipse SAMA with Swagman Labs LPS; modified base and suspension with Black Diamond Racing Cones, Herbie's Audio Lab Tenderfeet and Pucks, Rotalocks.
Eminent Technology ET2 Tonearm
High pressure manifold with upgrades; manometer
DS Audio DS003 Cartridge and Equalizer
Roon Labs Nucleus Plus
Tony Pardo LPS; Qobuz
Sonos Connect 1st Generation
For her Spotify account
SolidSteel Equipment Rack
Vintage; Model 410
AudioQuest Niagara 1200 Power Conditioner, Vodka Ethernet Cable, Carbon USB Cable
Vodka between Startech and Nucleus Plus; Carbon between Nucleus Plus and Vinnie Rossi L2S
ZeroSurge 2R15W Surge Protector
For Pass Labs monoblocks
Furutech Power Cords
DIY
Indiana Michigan Power Electrons
2 dedicated 15 amp circuits
Environmental Potentials EP-2050-EE
Whole house surge protection
Zu Audio Event Interconnects
JL Audio CR-1 to Dayton SA1000
Empirical Design Interconnect
Phono cartridge to phono equalizer; Phono equalizer to preamp
Vicoustic Various
Front wall: Multifuser Wood 64 MkII and Flexi Wave Ultra; Ceiling: Multifuser DC3; Front corners: Super Bass Extreme Ultra; Front and Side Walls: Wavewood Diffuser Ultra MkII
