Our Gear [4 Sept 2015]

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We tend to be "music first" so we don't usually think of the equipment we use, but once in awhile the question comes up, so we'll talk about what we have.  When we evaluate, be it a component, cable, music it will use one or another combination of these.  We generally do not churn gear, so with the odd additions and subtractions we'd expect things to remain fairly stable over time.  While we are on the hunt for new speakers, and may want to tinker with our sources some (and you can see below we have a "DAC" problem collection), this list is "it" for the time being a long, long time.

 Speakers:
Thiel CS2.4
Thiel CS3.7*
REL T-5 Subwoofers (2 used in a stereo pair)

 Amplifiers:
Ayre V-5xe*
Parasound A23

 Preamplifiers:
Ayre K-5xeMP*
NAD M51 (DAC/Preamp)

 DAC:
Berkeley Audio Design Alpha DAC series 2*
NAD M51
Schiit Bifrost (with USB input)
Rega DAC

 Disc players:
Ayre C-5xeMP*
Oppo BDP-103

 Ethernet Transports/Music Servers/etc.
Logitech Squeezebox Touch*
Mtech USB to SPDIF converter
Apple Mac Mini (server)
Sonos (3 Sonos:Connects, a Play:1, Play:3, Play:5, Soundbar, a Sub, and a Bridge)

Analog:
SOTA Sapphire turntable*
Jelco 750E tonearm w/AS arché-headshell*
Grado Sonata1 HOMC cart
Ortofon Rondo Bronze LOMC cart*
Denon 103R LOMC cart
Plinius Koru Phono Preamp*

*- The default gear we use unless we specifically mention otherwise

Comments

  1. UnknownNovember 15, 2015 at 10:10 AM

    Nice rig. I see why you don't want to change change things. I am too at a stage where I am tweaking what I have, rather than large changes. I found that changing speakers. especially brands or designs quickly opens a rabbit hole to more upgrades or changes to make the system sound right again...

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  2. Bromo33333November 15, 2015 at 11:48 AM

    Thanks for the nice comments! We really are at a point, too, where there isn't a lot of motivation to do anything but tinker some. Unless there is some big life change or other, we can't see making big changes at this point.

    THe urge to system build and tinker has been satisfied in helping friends, and our kids get started. The rest of it? Listening to music which is why we got it in the first place! :-)

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