REFERENCE SYSTEM(S)

REFERENCE 1 - TWO CHANNEL:

GRIMM AUDIO MU2 STREAMER/DAC/PREAMP | SILENT ANGEL GENESIS GX CLOCK & BONN NX NETWORK SWITCH | LYRIC Ti 100 SET INTEGRATED | VIVID AUDIO KAYA 45 SPEAKERS | SEISMION REACTIO 541 AMP STAND | TORUS AUDIO AVR2 POWER CONDITIONER | KUBALA SOSNA EMOTION WIRES/CABLES & SENSATION POWER CORDS

REFERENCE 2 - HEADPHONE SYSTEM:

GRIMM AUDIO MU1 STREAMER | SILENT ANGEL RHEIN Z1 PLUS STREAMER/FORESTER F2 POWER/BONN N8 NETWORK SWITCH | BRICASTI M1SE DAC | MOJO AUDIO MYSTIQUE X SE DAC | HEADAMP BLUE HAWAII SPECIAL EDITION ELECTROSTATIC HPA | AURORASOUND HEADA HPA | PASS LABS HPA-1 | MEZE EMPYREAN | ZMF ATTICUS | ABYSS AB1266 PHI TC | HIFIMAN SUSVARA | ANTICABLE POWER CORDS | RSX POWER CORDS | TORUS RM20 POWER CONDITIONER | SHAKTI BLOCKS

REFERENCE 3 - PERSONAL AUDIO:

SHANLING M8 DAP | CAYIN N6II/AO1, EO1, DAP | OBRAVO EAMT-2C IEM | MEZE RAI PENTA IEM, MEZE ADVAR IEM, MEZE 99 CLASSICS HEADPHONES

REFERENCE SYSTEM(S)

SYSTEM(s): Sources: Desktop; Audirvana, Amarra Luxe on Mac mini with RA Design Labs isolation cones. Mobile; Pono Player, Astell & Kern AK120, Calyx M1. Amplification; Lindell AMPX, Parasound JC 5, Zen V4 monoblocs, Rocness BA-3 custom preamp. Conversion; Desktop; exaSound e22 Mk. II, Mytek Brooklyn. Mobile CEntrance DACport, Sony PHA-3, THX Onyx. Cabling; ANTICABLES Level 3.1 speaker cables, ANTICABLES Level 6.2 RCA/RCA, Cardas HPI-A, Monoprice USB-A to USB-B 2.0 active, Soundstring GEN II Beta 2-22S XLR/XLR and RCA/XLR, Soundstring GEN II Digimax-18 power, VUE Cables Digital VU-3 USB, Wireworld Starlight 7 USB. Headphones; Audeze LCD-3 with Wireworld Nano-Platinum Eclipse, Audeze EL-8 with Wireworld Nano Eclipse, beyerdynamic xelento remote & MMX 102 iE, Etymotic ER•4PT, Flare Audio R2PRO prototype, Klipsch X11i, Westone W60. Speakers; Bowers & Wilkins 685, IsoAcoustics ISOL8R155 on Sanus Foundations Steel.

REFERENCE SYSTEM(S)

MAIN: Speakers: Magnepan 1.7i | Subwoofers: JL | Audio Dominion 8 (stereo pair) | Preamp: Rogue RP-5 | Power Amp: SImaudio 330A | DAC: Bryston BDA-3 | Streamer: Sonore microRendu 1.5 in Roon mode | Turntable: Rega Planar 8 w/Rega Fono MC | Cables: Black Cat Graceline (analog), Intona (USB) | Tape Deck: Revox A77 & B77 | Power Conditioners: Bryston BI15/Audience aR6

SECONDARY: Speakers: Spendor S35a | Preamp: Channel Islands Audio PLC-1 | Power Amp: Audio Research VS-55 | DAC: Marantz HD-DAC1 | Streamer: Sonore microRendu 1.4 | Turntable: Rega Planar 3 w/Lounge Audio LCR MKIII | Cables: Black Cat/Transparent/Wireworld | Power Conditioner: Audience aR2

REFERENCE SYSTEM(S)

MAIN SYSTEM: Pro-Jekt turntable | Rotel CD player | Aaron speakers | Sonos | Ruark Audio portable radio | Rotel Amplifier

REFERENCE SYSTEM(S)

FRONT ROOM: Fern & Roby Raven II | EAR V12 Integrated amp | Innuos ZEN Mini server/streamer | Fern & Roby Tredegar Turntable | Schroder CB tonearm | Sculpture A .4 cartridge (silver coils) | Sculpture A Mini Nano SUT | EAR Phono Classic Phono-pre | Fern & Roby Equipment Rack | Various Black Cat and Graceline Cables (in and out of the system)

DESKTOP HEADPHONE SYSTEM: Concert Fidelity XHP-7 Headphone Amp | Concert Fidelity USD-040 DAC | iMac source (USB) | Audeze LCD-3 Fazors

HOME 2 CH SYSTEM: JBL L200 (lenses removed) | David Berning Siegfried integrated amp | Forsell Air Reference Mk IV transport | Forsell Air Reference DAC | Luxman PD444 turntable | Grace G-714 arm | SAEC 308L Arm | Sculpture-A cartridges | Sculpture A MiniNano SUT | Soundsmith MCP-2 Phono Stage | Soundsmith Strain Gauge cartridge (and SG preamp) | Graceline L2 interconnects, speaker cables | Black Cat Cable PCX power cords

HOME HEADPHONE SYSTEM: Woo Audio WA8 | Unobtainium “Indigo” USB cable with lightning adapter | iPhone or iPad source (usually Qobuz, sometimes Spotify) | Enigma Dharma 1000 headphones

REFERENCE SYSTEM(S)

MAIN: C.E.C. TL51XR CD Player | Border Patrol DAC | Audiomat Arpege Integrated | Trenner an Friedl Dizzy Speakers | AudioQuest Dragonfly Black | Final Audio Sonorous III Headphones | AntiCable Cables & Wires

REFERENCE SYSTEM(S)

Turntable: Linn LP12, Alphason HR-100S MCS tone arm, London Reference pickup | Phono preamp: Audiomat Phono-1.6 | CD/SACD player: Linn Unidisk 1.1 | Other digital source: Apple MacBook Pro | USB interface: Stello U3 | Preamplifier: SimAudio Moon P-8 | Power amplifier: SimAudio Moon W-8 | Loudspeakers: Reference 3a Suprema II | Interconnects: Pierre Gabriel ML-1, Atlas Mavros | Loudspeaker cables: Pierre Gabriel ML-1 for most of the range, Wireworld Polaris (subwoofers) | AC line filter: GutWire MaxCon Squared | AC power cords: BIS Audio Maestro, UHF14F | Acoustical treatment: Gershman Acoustic Art panels

REFERENCE SYSTEMS:

Esoteric™ Basement Digital Rig

Esoteric P-03 SA-CD Transport | AfterDark Project OCXO Emperor Geisemann EVA Word Clock | Esoteric D-05 DSD DAC | Audio Research LS-28 tube Pre-Amplifier | Icon Audio MB-90 MK#2 Mono-Block Tube Amplifiers | Sonus faber Sonetto 8 floorstanding loudspeakers | Furutech Daytona-303 A/C Filter | Modified Torus BX-10 A/C Regenerator | Stealth, Furutech, Synergistic Research, and Rick Schultz Audio cables | Synergistic Research HFTs, ECTs, GCTs, & MiG 3.0s; Furutech A/C Boosters + | Booster Braces | Rick Schultz Audio NPS-Pro + NPS-Q45T conductive contact enhancers

OLD SCHOOL - Sonic Frontiers 2-ch Rig

Sonic Frontiers (SFI) CD-Transport | Assemblage D2D-1 Upsampler | SFI Processor-3 tube DAC | SFI Line-3 SE tube Pre-Amplifier | 2 x SFI Power-1 Tube Amplifiers | Sonus faber Olympica Nova 3 floorstanding loudspeakers | PS Audio P-10 A/C regenerator | Furutech e-TP809 NCF A/C power distributor | Stealth, Atlas Asimi, Furutech, Synergistic Research Galileo, Audio Sensibility OCC- | Silver, and Virtual Dynamics cables | 1877-Phono Badlands Turntable + Zavfino Aeshna Tonearm + Stealth Hyper-Phono phono IC | Heavily Modified Rega P-25 Turntable + P600 Tonearm | SFI Phono-1 SE tube Phono Stage | Symposium Rollerblocks + Furutech A/C Boosters + Synergistic Research HFTs,GCTs, & ECTs | Michael Green Corner Tunes | 2 x Target Equipment Racks | Rick Schultz Audio NPS-Pro + NPS-Q45T conductive contact enhancers

HEADPHONE

Quad Platinum DMP (Digital Media Player) CD-Transport | Assemblage D2D-1 Upsampler | Lampizator Baltic-3 tube DAC | Presence Audio Line Stage 1 tube Pre-Amplifier (w/ Siemens-Halske 7308 gold pins) | Woo Audio WA-6 SE tube Headphone Amplifier (w/ CV-181T tubes) | Revelation Audio Labs Paradise Cryo-Silver HP cable | Audience AR2-TSSOX A/C Line Conditioner | Walker Audio Velocitor A/C Distributor | Audeze LCD-4 Planar Magnetic Headphones | Audience, High Fidelity Cables (HFC), Kharma, Atlas Asimi, + Furutech cables. | Tube Magic™ Hydraulic component stand + carbon fibre stands | Furutech A/C Boosters | Rick Schultz Audio NPS-Pro + NPS-Q45T conductive contact enhancers