Sidebar 2: Associated Equipment
Digital Sources: Apple 2.7GHz i7 Mac mini running OS 10.10.3, with iTunes 12, Pure Music 2.0, Audirvana Plus 1.5.10; iPad mini running iPeng 8; PS Audio PerfectWave DirectStream D/A processor; AudioQuest JitterBug USB noise filter.
Preamplification: Bel Canto Design Black ASC1.
Power Amplifiers: Bel Canto Design Black MPS1, MBL Corona C15 (both monoblocks).
Loudspeakers: GamuT RS7, KEF LS50.
Cables: Digital: AudioQuest Coffee (USB) & Vodka (Ethernet). Interconnect (balanced): AudioQuest Wild Blue. Speaker: Kubala-Sosna Elation! AC: Kubala-Sosna Elation!, manufacturers' own.
Accessories: Target TT-5 equipment racks; Ayre Acoustics Myrtle Blocks; ASC Tube Traps, RPG Abffusor panels; Shunyata Research Dark Field cable elevators; Audio Power Industries 116 Mk.II & PE-1 AC line conditioners (hard drive, computers). AC power comes from two dedicated 20A circuits, each just 6' from breaker box.—John Atkinson
Preamplification: Bel Canto Design Black ASC1.
Power Amplifiers: Bel Canto Design Black MPS1, MBL Corona C15 (both monoblocks).
Loudspeakers: GamuT RS7, KEF LS50.
Cables: Digital: AudioQuest Coffee (USB) & Vodka (Ethernet). Interconnect (balanced): AudioQuest Wild Blue. Speaker: Kubala-Sosna Elation! AC: Kubala-Sosna Elation!, manufacturers' own.
Accessories: Target TT-5 equipment racks; Ayre Acoustics Myrtle Blocks; ASC Tube Traps, RPG Abffusor panels; Shunyata Research Dark Field cable elevators; Audio Power Industries 116 Mk.II & PE-1 AC line conditioners (hard drive, computers). AC power comes from two dedicated 20A circuits, each just 6' from breaker box.—John Atkinson
