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
No one sings like you anymore...
TT: none atm; Carts: Benz Micro Ace SL; Phono stage: Nuda dual mono
Digital: Rotel RCD-965BX, rDAC; Amp: Modwright KWI-200, Speakers: Dynaudio Special 25
R,I.P. Spoonman
Turntable
Toshiba SR-370/Mission 774/Van Damme cable with MS Starline plugs/Ortofon Quintet Black
CD
Cambridge CXC transport/modified Musical Fidelity X-DAC/modified Musical Fidelity X-10 V3 tube buffer
Network Player
Cambridge NP30
Amplifier
Denon HA-500 head amp/Nakamichi CA-5E pre-amp/Chinese passive RVC/Proton AA-1150 DMC power amp
Speakers
Mordaunt Short Signifer on original factory stands
Cables
Mogami with Rean Neutrik plugs/NVA LS5
Headphones
Sennheiser HD600/Sennheiser HD650/Koss Pro4 AA
One of the great rock voices of the past 30 years, and a great way with writing a melody for use at full power. Audioslave's "Wide Awake" gets me every time. Far too young. RIP.
Pete
Suicide by hanging
[B]Class A , A,B Amplification[/B\]
Marantz PM4
Turntable
Thorens TD 125 MK1 , SME 3009 S2 Non Improved , Shure V15 II , SME 2000 Plinth
CD Transport & DAC & PSU
Marantz 6005 , Beresford Caiman , Paul Hynes SR4
Loudspeakers
Tannoy 615 MK2
Speaker Cable , Digital Coax , Interconnects
QED Speaker Cable , Chord Coax Digital , Nakamichi Interconnect , Belkin Interconnect
Very, very tragic and so sad. I was very lucky to have met and interviewed Soundgarden before a gig in 1991 at the Irish Centre in Birmingham. I was a very shy 23 year old who probably looked like a Rabbit caught in headlights faced with the prospect of conducting an interview. They all turned out to be really lovely, charming people paricularly Chris Cornell and Kim Thayil who were really kind and helped put me at ease. The band were a powerhouse that night. Something else.
Such a sad loss. RIP Chris Cornell.
Last edited by HackneyRF; 18-05-2017 at 19:59. Reason: Typo
I loved Soundgarden and never got to see them live. Absolutely gutted.
I've been listening to their discography all weekend, as well as his excellent first solo record 'Euphoria Morning'
I reckon 'The Day I Tried To Live' is one of my favourite rock songs of all time