Tom Hannon's System

by 4hannons on

Description



McCormack DNA-1 Rev. A... Pass pre... tube pre's...Sonus Faber Liuto speakers, Vandersteen subs (2).  Spent considerable time ripping my cd collection to hdd enabling DSD128 playback via HQPlayer. Since 2018 I've been intermittently switching between my three pre-amps to appreciate the differences, especially between tubes and of solid state Pass Labs.

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Room Details

Dimensions: 30’ × 21’  X large
Ceiling: 10’

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    • Pass Labs XP-10
    • deHavilland Electric Amp Ultraverve 3 Remote
    With 1944 RCA VT231 6SN7GT
    • McCormack DNA-1 dlx
    Rev. A done in 2002. What a great amp! This replaced my Parasound A23 which replaced a B&K ST-140 which replaced a NAD 325BEE. I love this amp, by far the best I've heard in my room. 2014 SMc upgraded to Furutech IEC, added Shunyata Cohergenic internal wiring.
    • Magnepan 1.7
    with AMR tuning fuse
    • (2) Vandersteen 2wq
    Stereo subwoofers
    • Holo Spring Kitsune Lv 3
    DAC
    • Singxer SU-1 USB
    • Apple Mac Mini (Late 2009)
    SSD HD, 2.66Khz processor
    • Sonore MicroRendu
    Network Audio Adapter, RJ45 to USB
    • Core Power Technologies Equi=Core 50
    AC Balanced Power Conditioner
    • Morrow MA-5 Interconnect
    • Burson AB-160
    Buffer used with Lightspeed. Set on 6db increase. Removes impedence mismatch between Lightspeed and McCormack amp.
    • Oyaide Electric Inc. R-1
    AC Outlet
    • Curious Cables USB
    • Herbies Audiolab Tenderfoot
    Use Tenderfoot under amp, Baby Booties under DAC, MacMini, external hdd.
    • Lightspeed Attenuator
    LDR passive. Fit it into an empty Burson case to have it match my Burson AB-160 buffer. Looks good doesn't it? Burson was nice to sell me an empty case; good guys.
    • Sonus Faber Liuto Floor Standing

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Owner
Hey Jafant, sorry I missed your question from like 6 months ago, The combo of Pass and McCormack, sounds good, no issues with synergy nor compatibility. Visually the Pass exudes quality and luxury, everyone always comments on the look. Then they hear it and wow.

4hannons

Nice system- Tom
how do you like the McCormack/Pass Labs combo?
Happy Listening!

jafant

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