Sidebar 2: Associated Equipment
Analog sources: VPI Avenger Direct turntable, VPI Fatboy tonearm, VPI Shyla MC cartridge.
Digital sources: HoloAudio May DAC, Sonore opticalRendu, Roon Nucleus+, Small Green Computer power supply, TRENDnet switch, Apple iPad mini.
Integrated amplifier: PrimaLuna EVO 400.
Preamplifier: Sugden LA-4.
Power amplifiers: Ayre VX-8, LKV Research PWR-3.
Loudspeakers: Spendor BC-1.
Cables: Interconnects: AudioQuest Pegasus, Triode Wire Labs Spirit II. Speaker: Analysis Plus Silver Apex Speaker. AC: Triode Wire Labs Obsession NCF.
Accessories: TonTräger loudspeaker stands, Pro-Ject VC-S2 ALU Record Cleaning Machine, Audio Desk Systeme Vinyl Cleaner Pro, Hunt Mark 6 Carbon Fiber Record Cleaning Brush, IsoTek EVO3 Aquarius line conditioner, 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 cutting boards.—Ken Micallef
Digital sources: HoloAudio May DAC, Sonore opticalRendu, Roon Nucleus+, Small Green Computer power supply, TRENDnet switch, Apple iPad mini.
Integrated amplifier: PrimaLuna EVO 400.
Preamplifier: Sugden LA-4.
Power amplifiers: Ayre VX-8, LKV Research PWR-3.
Loudspeakers: Spendor BC-1.
Cables: Interconnects: AudioQuest Pegasus, Triode Wire Labs Spirit II. Speaker: Analysis Plus Silver Apex Speaker. AC: Triode Wire Labs Obsession NCF.
Accessories: TonTräger loudspeaker stands, Pro-Ject VC-S2 ALU Record Cleaning Machine, Audio Desk Systeme Vinyl Cleaner Pro, Hunt Mark 6 Carbon Fiber Record Cleaning Brush, IsoTek EVO3 Aquarius line conditioner, 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 cutting boards.—Ken Micallef
