Floor Loudspeaker Reviews

Analog Sources: Simon Yorke S7 turntable; Immedia RPM-2, Graham 2.2 & Phantom tonearms; Lyra Titan, Graham Nightingale, Grado Statement Reference cartridges.
Digital Sources: Musical Fidelity Tri-Vista SACD player and kW SACD player, Alesis Masterlink CD-R recorder.
Preamplification: Musical Fidelity kW & kWP preamplifiers, Manley Steelhead phono preamplifier.
Power Amplifiers: Musical Fidelity kW & kW750, Music Reference RM-200 (tubed), Audio Valve Baldur 70 (tubed).
Loudspeakers: Wilson Audio Specialties MAXX2.
Cables: Phono: Graham IC-70, Hovland MG 2 Music Groove. Interconnect: Acrolink 6100, AudioQuest Sky, Transparent Audio Reference, Harmonic Technology CyberLight LAM Photon Transducer. Speaker: Transparent Reference, Acrolink 7N-20000 Mexcel. AC: Shunyata Research JPS, Acrolink 8N-PC8100.
Accessories: Equipment Stands: Sounds of Silence Vibraplane (active isolation), Continuum Castellon (magnetic isolation), Finite Elemente Pagode, Symposium Ultra shelf. Shun Mook Audio LP Record Clamp, Locus DampClamp, Hagerman Audio UFO clamp/strobe; Loricraft, VPI HW-17F, Blue Danube Aragon record-cleaning machines; Audiodharma Cable Cooker; Walker Audio Precision Isolated Power Motor Drive; Shunyata Research Hydra 2 & Hydra 8 power conditioners, APC S15 power conditioner with battery backup; Richard Gray's Power Company Substation isolation transformer & 1200S, 600S, Pole Pig power conditioners; Shakti Stones & On-Lines, ASC Tube Traps, RPG BAD & Abffusor panels.—Michael Fremer