Sidebar 2: Associated Equipment
Digital sources: Roon Nucleus+ file server; MBL N31 CD player/DAC; Ayre Acoustics C-5xeMP universal player; Ayre Acoustics QA-9 A/D converter; NetGear Nighthawk router.
Power amplifiers: Parasound JCA100 Tribute monoblocks, Ayre Acoustics VX-8.
Loudspeakers: GoldenEar BRX, MoFi Electronics SourcePoint 888, Stenheim Alumine Two.Five.
Headphones: Audeze LCD-X.
Cables: Digital: AudioQuest Vodka (Ethernet), AudioQuest Coffee (USB), DH Labs (1m, AES3). Interconnect: Ayre/Cardas, AudioQuest Wild Blue (balanced). Headphone: Nordost Heimdall 2. Speaker: AudioQuest Robin Hood. AC: AudioQuest Dragon Source & High Current, manufacturers' own.
Accessories: 24"-high, single-pillar Celestion loudspeaker stands with GoldenEar speakers, Target TT-5 equipment racks; Ayre Acoustics Myrtle Blocks; ASC Tube Traps; RPG Abffusor panels; AudioQuest Niagara 5000 Low-Z Power/Noise-Dissipation System (amplifiers) and AudioQuest Niagara 1000 Low-Z Power/Noise-Dissipation System (source components). HDPlex linear power supply for Roon Nucleus+; AudioQuest Fog Lifters cable supports. AC power comes from two dedicated 20A circuits, each just 6' from breaker box.
Room: 20' (left side), 25' (right side) × 16' × 8'.—John Atkinson
Power amplifiers: Parasound JCA100 Tribute monoblocks, Ayre Acoustics VX-8.
Loudspeakers: GoldenEar BRX, MoFi Electronics SourcePoint 888, Stenheim Alumine Two.Five.
Headphones: Audeze LCD-X.
Cables: Digital: AudioQuest Vodka (Ethernet), AudioQuest Coffee (USB), DH Labs (1m, AES3). Interconnect: Ayre/Cardas, AudioQuest Wild Blue (balanced). Headphone: Nordost Heimdall 2. Speaker: AudioQuest Robin Hood. AC: AudioQuest Dragon Source & High Current, manufacturers' own.
Accessories: 24"-high, single-pillar Celestion loudspeaker stands with GoldenEar speakers, Target TT-5 equipment racks; Ayre Acoustics Myrtle Blocks; ASC Tube Traps; RPG Abffusor panels; AudioQuest Niagara 5000 Low-Z Power/Noise-Dissipation System (amplifiers) and AudioQuest Niagara 1000 Low-Z Power/Noise-Dissipation System (source components). HDPlex linear power supply for Roon Nucleus+; AudioQuest Fog Lifters cable supports. AC power comes from two dedicated 20A circuits, each just 6' from breaker box.
Room: 20' (left side), 25' (right side) × 16' × 8'.—John Atkinson
