Sidebar 2: Associated Equipment
Analog sources: VPI Avenger Direct turntable with VPI 12" Fatboy Gimbal tonearm and Hana Umami Blue MC cartridge.
Digital sources: HoloAudio May DAC, Sonore opticalRendu, Roon Nucleus+, Small Green Computer power supply, TRENDnet switch, Apple iPad mini.
Preamplifiers: Sugden LA-4, Ayre K-5xeMP line preamplifiers; Manley Labs Chinook, Goldnote PH-5 phono stages.
Power amplifier: Pass Labs XA-25.
Loudspeakers: Volti Audio Razz SE.
Cables: Interconnects: AudioQuest Pegasus Zero-Tech, Triode Wire Labs Spirit II (RCA). Speaker: Analysis Plus Silver Apex Speaker. AC: Triode Wire Labs Obsession NCF.
Accessories: IsoTek EVO3 Aquarius line conditioner, Salamander five-tier Archetype rack (2), IKEA Aptitlig bamboo chopping boards. Hi-fi set up on short wall firing into 10' × 12' room, wood slat on plaster walls.—Ken Micallef
Digital sources: HoloAudio May DAC, Sonore opticalRendu, Roon Nucleus+, Small Green Computer power supply, TRENDnet switch, Apple iPad mini.
Preamplifiers: Sugden LA-4, Ayre K-5xeMP line preamplifiers; Manley Labs Chinook, Goldnote PH-5 phono stages.
Power amplifier: Pass Labs XA-25.
Loudspeakers: Volti Audio Razz SE.
Cables: Interconnects: AudioQuest Pegasus Zero-Tech, Triode Wire Labs Spirit II (RCA). Speaker: Analysis Plus Silver Apex Speaker. AC: Triode Wire Labs Obsession NCF.
Accessories: IsoTek EVO3 Aquarius line conditioner, Salamander five-tier Archetype rack (2), IKEA Aptitlig bamboo chopping boards. Hi-fi set up on short wall firing into 10' × 12' room, wood slat on plaster walls.—Ken Micallef
