This room featured multiple world premieres, including the TechDAS AF 4 turntable ($31,500, all prices approximate when converted from Euros), The Wand Dark-Light tonearm ($8200), and the Mutech RM Hayate MC cartridge (Corrected: $9000 after tariffs).
Also in the system: an Engström M-Phono phono stage ($32,500), plus, on the digital side, an APL Hi-Fi DSD-WR DAC and an NSP-GR streamer ($21,500 each), along with an ANS-MR network switch ($2500). An Engström Arne 300B integrated amplifier ($40,900) drove Kroma Atelier Macbeth standmount speakers ($29,000/pair). Ikigai Audio cables, an Artesanía Audio Exoteryc Pro 3+3 rack, and Subbase PhiTon_resonaTor feet completed the setup (prices vary).
Some systems seem finely tuned yet oddly restrained, as if optimized on paper but hesitant in practice. Not this one, which flung open the throttle and made every track feel urgent.
Some systems seem finely tuned yet oddly restrained, as if optimized on paper but hesitant in practice. Not this one, which flung open the throttle and made every track feel urgent.
