Sidebar 2: Associated Equipment
Digital sources: Roon Nucleus+ music server; MBL N31 CD player/DAC; Ayre Acoustics QB-9 Twenty D/A processor.
Power amplifiers: Parasound Halo JC 1+ monoblocks.
Loudspeakers: GoldenEar BRX, PSB Synchrony T600.
Headphones: Audeze LCD-X, Sennheiser HD-650, AudioQuest NightHawk.
Cables: Digital: AudioQuest Vodka (Ethernet), AudioQuest OptiLink 5 (TosLink). Interconnect: AudioQuest Wild Blue (balanced) & Fire (single-ended). Speaker: AudioQuest Robin Hood. Headphone: Nordost Heimdall with Audeze LCD-X. AC: AudioQuest Dragon Source & High Current, manufacturers' own.
Accessories: Sanus 29" loudspeaker stands; 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). 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 Halo JC 1+ monoblocks.
Loudspeakers: GoldenEar BRX, PSB Synchrony T600.
Headphones: Audeze LCD-X, Sennheiser HD-650, AudioQuest NightHawk.
Cables: Digital: AudioQuest Vodka (Ethernet), AudioQuest OptiLink 5 (TosLink). Interconnect: AudioQuest Wild Blue (balanced) & Fire (single-ended). Speaker: AudioQuest Robin Hood. Headphone: Nordost Heimdall with Audeze LCD-X. AC: AudioQuest Dragon Source & High Current, manufacturers' own.
Accessories: Sanus 29" loudspeaker stands; 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). 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
