Sidebar 2: Associated Equipment
Digital Sources: Apple 2.7GHz i7 Mac mini running OS 10.10.3, iTunes 12, Pure Music 3.0; iPad mini running Bluesound app; Ayre Acoustics QX-5 Twenty, PS Audio PerfectWave DirectStream D/A processors; Ayre C-5xeMP disc player.
Power Amplifiers: MBL Corona C15, Pass Laboratories XA60.8 monoblocks.
Integrated Amplifier: NAD M32.
Loudspeakers: GoldenEar Technologies Triton Reference, KEF Reference 5.
Headphones: Audeze LCDi4 & LCD-X.
Cables: Digital: AudioQuest Coffee (USB) & Vodka (Ethernet), Esperanto Audio (S/PDIF), Kimber Kable Orchid (AES/EBU). Interconnect (balanced): AudioQuest Wild. Speaker: AudioQuest K2. AC: Audio Power Industries, Kubala-Sosna Elation!, manufacturers' own.
Accessories: Target TT-5 equipment racks; Ayre Acoustics Myrtle Blocks; ASC Tube Traps, RPG Abffusor panels; Shunyata Research Dark Field cable elevators; Audio Power Industries 116 Mk.II & PE-1 AC line conditioners (hard drive, computers). AC power comes from two dedicated 20A circuits, each just 6' from breaker box.—John Atkinson
Power Amplifiers: MBL Corona C15, Pass Laboratories XA60.8 monoblocks.
Integrated Amplifier: NAD M32.
Loudspeakers: GoldenEar Technologies Triton Reference, KEF Reference 5.
Headphones: Audeze LCDi4 & LCD-X.
Cables: Digital: AudioQuest Coffee (USB) & Vodka (Ethernet), Esperanto Audio (S/PDIF), Kimber Kable Orchid (AES/EBU). Interconnect (balanced): AudioQuest Wild. Speaker: AudioQuest K2. AC: Audio Power Industries, Kubala-Sosna Elation!, manufacturers' own.
Accessories: Target TT-5 equipment racks; Ayre Acoustics Myrtle Blocks; ASC Tube Traps, RPG Abffusor panels; Shunyata Research Dark Field cable elevators; Audio Power Industries 116 Mk.II & PE-1 AC line conditioners (hard drive, computers). AC power comes from two dedicated 20A circuits, each just 6' from breaker box.—John Atkinson
