Sidebar 2: Associated Equipment
Digital Sources: Astell&Kern AK100 portable media player; Apple 2.7GHz i7 Mac mini laptop running OS10.7.5, iTunes 10, Pure Music 1.89, Audirvana Plus 1.5.10, JRiver Media Center 19 for Mac; Shuttle PC with Lynx AES16 soundcard & dual-core AMD Athlon processor running Windows 7, Adobe Audition 3.0; Arcam rBlink Bluetooth D/A converter; Auralic Vega D/A converter.
Headphone Amplifiers: HeadRoom BlockHead, Benchmark DAC1, ASUS Xonar Essence One Muses Edition, Meridian Prime with Prime power supply.
Headphones: Sennheiser HD650 & HD800.
Cables: Digital: Kubala-Sosna Elation! AES/EBU, AudioQuest Coffee, Belkin Gold USB. Interconnect (balanced): AudioQuest Wild, Kubala-Sosna Elation! AC: manufacturers' own.
Accessories: Audio Power Industries 116 Mk.II & PE-1, APC S-15 AC line conditioners (computers, hard drive); AC power comes from two dedicated 20A circuits, each just 6' from breaker box.—John Atkinson
Headphone Amplifiers: HeadRoom BlockHead, Benchmark DAC1, ASUS Xonar Essence One Muses Edition, Meridian Prime with Prime power supply.
Headphones: Sennheiser HD650 & HD800.
Cables: Digital: Kubala-Sosna Elation! AES/EBU, AudioQuest Coffee, Belkin Gold USB. Interconnect (balanced): AudioQuest Wild, Kubala-Sosna Elation! AC: manufacturers' own.
Accessories: Audio Power Industries 116 Mk.II & PE-1, APC S-15 AC line conditioners (computers, hard drive); AC power comes from two dedicated 20A circuits, each just 6' from breaker box.—John Atkinson
