Feel the Charity shops have gotten a bit "wise" with their CD pricing, which wouldn't be a problem till you figure the bigger ones are now profit run...
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 (Modded) DAC
PS Audio Directstream (Modded) TURNTABLE
Pro-Ject X8 balanced output via XLR / Ortofon Quintet Blue cartridge (not Modded ) PHONOSTAGE
Pro-Ject DS3 B balanced Input (TT and Phonostage powered by Pro-Ject Power box RS2 linear psu) DIGITAL
CD PLAYBACK - Shanling ET3 CD Transport over i2s to Dac + MOVIE PLAYBACK Oppo 203 (Modded: Linear PSU, i2s output to Dac)
Tweaked AP-Linux based Roon Server into Oppo 203 as Roon endpoint
Ipad Roon Remote.
Apple Music/ YouTube via AppleTV, fed to Shanling via Airplay 1 (losslessly) and onwards to Dac via Wireworld Silver Electra 7 i2s HDMI cable SPEAKER CABLES Biwired: Biwire from Meridian 557 amp to speakers - Duelund DCA10GA on both bass and treble runs INTERCONNECTS
All Balanced: Ghost+ recording studio XLR cables