Sidebar 2: Associated Equipment
Digital sources: Oppo Digital UDP-103 universal disc player, Custom Intel/Win11 music server running JRiver Media Center v32 and Roon, Merging Devices Hapi II multichannel DAC. QNAP TVS-873 NAS.
Power amplifiers: Benchmark AHB2, NAD C 298.
Loudspeakers: KEF Blade 2 Meta (L/C/R) with IsoAcoustics GAIA II feet, KEF LS60 Wireless (SL/SR). 2 JLAudio e110 and 1 SVS SB-3000 subwoofers.
Cables: Digital interconnects: Mogami Gold AES TD DB25-XLR0 snake. Analog interconnects: Mogami Gold AES TD DB25-XLR snake, Benchmark Studio&Stage XLR-XLR. Speaker cables: Blue Jeans Canare 4S11, SpeakOn to locking banana.
Accessories: Furman Elite 15 DM, HDPlex 300W Linear Power Supply and AC filter (for server).
Listening room: 24' L × 14' W × 8' H, furnished with custom-built GIK Monster Bass Traps built into each front corner. Sidewalls lateral to L/R speakers have 2" thick, 2' wide floor-to-ceiling OC 705 panels. Front wall has large windows partly covered by solar shades. Rear of room opens into 10' × 7' foyer and a 12' × 8' dining area.—Kalman Rubinson
Power amplifiers: Benchmark AHB2, NAD C 298.
Loudspeakers: KEF Blade 2 Meta (L/C/R) with IsoAcoustics GAIA II feet, KEF LS60 Wireless (SL/SR). 2 JLAudio e110 and 1 SVS SB-3000 subwoofers.
Cables: Digital interconnects: Mogami Gold AES TD DB25-XLR0 snake. Analog interconnects: Mogami Gold AES TD DB25-XLR snake, Benchmark Studio&Stage XLR-XLR. Speaker cables: Blue Jeans Canare 4S11, SpeakOn to locking banana.
Accessories: Furman Elite 15 DM, HDPlex 300W Linear Power Supply and AC filter (for server).
Listening room: 24' L × 14' W × 8' H, furnished with custom-built GIK Monster Bass Traps built into each front corner. Sidewalls lateral to L/R speakers have 2" thick, 2' wide floor-to-ceiling OC 705 panels. Front wall has large windows partly covered by solar shades. Rear of room opens into 10' × 7' foyer and a 12' × 8' dining area.—Kalman Rubinson
