Sidebar 2: Associated Equipment
Digital Sources: Apple 2.7GHz i7 Mac mini running OS 10.10.3, iTunes 12, Pure Music 2.0, Audirvana Plus 1.5.10; Antipodes DX Reference music server; iPad mini running Aurender Conductor app for N10, iPeng 8 for Antipodes DX; PS Audio PerfectWave DirectStream D/A processor; AudioQuest JitterBug USB noise filter; UpTone Audio USB Regen.
Preamplifier: Ayre KX-R Twenty.
Power Amplifiers: Vandersteen M7-HPA monoblocks.
Loudspeakers: Vandersteen Model 7 Mk.II.
Cables: Digital: AudioQuest Coffee (USB) & Vodka (Ethernet), Kimber Kable Orchid (AES/EBU), Esperanto Audio (S/PDIF). Interconnect (balanced): AudioQuest Wild. Speaker: AudioQuest/Vandersteen. 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
Preamplifier: Ayre KX-R Twenty.
Power Amplifiers: Vandersteen M7-HPA monoblocks.
Loudspeakers: Vandersteen Model 7 Mk.II.
Cables: Digital: AudioQuest Coffee (USB) & Vodka (Ethernet), Kimber Kable Orchid (AES/EBU), Esperanto Audio (S/PDIF). Interconnect (balanced): AudioQuest Wild. Speaker: AudioQuest/Vandersteen. 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
