Sidebar 2: Associated Equipment
Digital Sources: Aurender N10 music server (big rig); Antipodes DX (desktop system, headphones); Meridian Explorer USB D/A processor; AudioQuest JitterBug, UpTone Audio ReGen USB cleaner-uppers; MacBook Pro running Pure Music 3.
Power Amplifiers: MBL Corona C15 monoblocks.
Loudspeakers: KEF LS50, Rockport Technologies Avior II.
Headphones: Audeze LCD-X, AudioQuest NightHawk, Sennheiser HD-650, Thinksound On-2.
Cables: Digital: AudioQuest Coffee, Belkin Gold, USB; Monster 3.5mm–TosLink, S/PDIF optical. Interconnect (unbalanced): AudioQuest Cheetah. Speaker: Transparent Reference. 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
Power Amplifiers: MBL Corona C15 monoblocks.
Loudspeakers: KEF LS50, Rockport Technologies Avior II.
Headphones: Audeze LCD-X, AudioQuest NightHawk, Sennheiser HD-650, Thinksound On-2.
Cables: Digital: AudioQuest Coffee, Belkin Gold, USB; Monster 3.5mm–TosLink, S/PDIF optical. Interconnect (unbalanced): AudioQuest Cheetah. Speaker: Transparent Reference. 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
