Sidebar 2: Associated Equipment
Analog sources: VPI Avenger Direct turntable with VPI 12" FatBoy tonearm and Hana Umami Blue MC cartridge.
Preamplifiers: Line: Rogue Audio RP-7. Phono: Tavish Audio Design Adagio, Manley Chinook.
Integrated amplifier: Riviera Labs Levante.
Power amplifier: Rogue Audio Stereo 100.
Loudspeakers: Volti Audio Razz.
Cables: Interconnects: Agent Pur, AudioQuest Pegasus, Triode Wire Labs Spirit II (all RCA). Speaker: AudioQuest William Tell. AC: AudioQuest NRG Z, Triode Wire Labs Obsession NCF.
Accessories: Pro-Ject VC-S2 ALU, Humminguru ultrasonic record cleaning machines. NiHome Vinyl, AOCISKA soft bristle brushes. AudioQuest PQ-707, IsoTek EVO3 Aquarius power conditioners. AV RoomService vibration protectors. Salamander five-tier Archetype rack (2). IKEA Aptitlig bamboo chopping boards (under turntable, preamp, power, and integrated amps). Mahogany blocks (three to a stack), under IKEA boards.—Ken Micallef
Preamplifiers: Line: Rogue Audio RP-7. Phono: Tavish Audio Design Adagio, Manley Chinook.
Integrated amplifier: Riviera Labs Levante.
Power amplifier: Rogue Audio Stereo 100.
Loudspeakers: Volti Audio Razz.
Cables: Interconnects: Agent Pur, AudioQuest Pegasus, Triode Wire Labs Spirit II (all RCA). Speaker: AudioQuest William Tell. AC: AudioQuest NRG Z, Triode Wire Labs Obsession NCF.
Accessories: Pro-Ject VC-S2 ALU, Humminguru ultrasonic record cleaning machines. NiHome Vinyl, AOCISKA soft bristle brushes. AudioQuest PQ-707, IsoTek EVO3 Aquarius power conditioners. AV RoomService vibration protectors. Salamander five-tier Archetype rack (2). IKEA Aptitlig bamboo chopping boards (under turntable, preamp, power, and integrated amps). Mahogany blocks (three to a stack), under IKEA boards.—Ken Micallef
