AC POWER
Hardwired 10kVA balanced mains powering entire system
AMPS
Meridian 557 power Amp (Modded) / PS Audio BHK Preamp (Modded)
SPEAKERS
Wharfedale Evo 4.4
DAC
PS Audio Directstream (Modded)
TURNTABLE
Pro-Ject X8 balanced output via XLR / Ortofon Quintet Blue cartridge
PHONOSTAGE
Pro-Ject DS3 B balanced Input (TT and Phonostage powered by Pro-Ject Power box RS2 linear psu)
DIGITAL
OPPO 203 (Modded: Linear PSU, i2s output to Dac) - Roon Endpoint, HDMI input used for all things Streaming/ PS5 /AppleTV ... also good for movies apparently?
MUSIC PLAYBACK
Tweaked AP-Linux based Roon Server into Oppo 203 as Roon endpoint
Ipad Roon Remote.
Apple Music/ YouTube via AppleTV, fed to Dac via Oppo HDMI input/i2s output to Dac.
SPEAKER CABLES
Biwired: Duelund DCA10GA (Bass) Duelund DCA16GA (mid & treble) Duelund 12DCA used as jumpers (On "Blackcat Cable" Chris Sommivigo's advice - yup, even with biwire it sounds better - and it does)
INTERCONNECTS
All Balanced: Ghost+ recording studio XLR cables
I was very careful about that, and I was technically correct - but I couldn't say "homegrown" and then say they were Scottish, is I'd have been lying
Royksopp are a one hit wonder for me with regards to albums. Melody A.M. was brilliant. Then it all fell apart. Saw Mogwai last year on the Atomic tour. Not heard of your last recommendation.
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I'm quite a big fan of electronic music including Boards of Canada. Their Peel sessions EP on Warp Records is particularly nice.
Ulrich Schnauss Faraway Trains Passing By is a very nice album if you wanted to dip your toe
I've only listened to the album Signalling The Stars so far, but these guys are very BoC!
https://lunartestinglab.bandcamp.com
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I'm Simon.
Boards are OK.
Check out Dubmission Records on Bandcamp.
Pitch Black - Filtered Senses and the rest of their stuff is better than The Boards IMHO.
Today I came across Shulman - ALive and that is interesting and good.
TIDAL have quite a bit of the Dubmission stuff.
Neither quite the same as the Boards but not that far off.
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I'm Simon.
How about Ulrich schnauss. Similar to b o c.
https://youtu.be/KEfA7Lr18Jo
Those who enjoy a bit BoC may also appreciate
Carbon Based Lifeforms
Solar Fields
One of these days... I'm going to cut you into little pieces.
avid hifi | audiomica | amphion | anthem | audioquest | ascendo | bel canto | bluesound | caas audio | eggleston works | exposure | hegel | isoacoustics | innuos | kef audio | larsen | lumin | merason | moonriver | nagaoka | ophidian | primare | perlisten | paradigm | svs | spectral furniture | silent angel
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Almost everything on the Ultimae website is a good listen - all recommended.
https://ultimae.com
avid hifi | audiomica | amphion | anthem | audioquest | ascendo | bel canto | bluesound | caas audio | eggleston works | exposure | hegel | isoacoustics | innuos | kef audio | larsen | lumin | merason | moonriver | nagaoka | ophidian | primare | perlisten | paradigm | svs | spectral furniture | silent angel
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