CD Player/Transport Reviews

Digital Playback: Mark Levinson No.31.5, Mark Levinson No.30.5, The Parts Connection Assemblage DAC-1 and DAC-2, Myryad MC 100, Sonic Frontiers UltraJitterbug.
Preamplifiers: Mark Levinson No.380S, Nagra PL-P.
Power Amplifiers: Mark Levinson No.333, Pass Labs Aleph 3.
Loudspeakers: Paradigm Reference Active/20, B&W John Bowers Silver Signature, Thiel CS6.
Cables: AudioQuest AudioTruth Lapis X2 interconnect (single-ended), Madrigal CZ Gel-1 interconnect (balanced), Mod Squad Wonderlink I (S/PDIF), Illuminati Orchid (AES/EBU), Cardas Golden Cross and MIT MH-770CVT loudspeaker cable.
Accessories: Target equipment stands, Audio Power Industries Power Wedge 116 Mk.II and Power Enhancer.
Room Treatment: ASC Tube Traps, RPG Abffusors; walls lined with books, LPs, and CDs; Sonex foam on the ceiling at the primary reflection points.—John Atkinson