And what looks like a Townshend Seismic Stand. Yes?
Well spotted - also forgot to mention the Tom Evans phono stage and Isotek power conditioner.
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And of course the Bartók (without headphones amp).
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This system is the culmination of 25 years of steady upgrades. I’m pretty close to done; a couple more Stealth power cable upgrades and some isolation between the DeBussy/UClock, the UClock/Puccini SACD and the SACD and the rack are on the way courtesy of Eden sound. Check them out—great company and their TerraStone products are awesome.
The full rundown:
COMPONENTS
D’Agostino Momentum HD preamp
D’Agostino Momentum 300 mono amps (x2)
dCS DeBussy DAC
dCS Puccini SACD/CD
dCS UClock
Marchand XM66 crossover
Shunyata 2000T power conditioner
Shunyata 6000V2 power conditioner
Red Dragon M-1000 Class d amps (x2)
Revel Salon I speakers
Revel Sub-15 passive subs (x2)
INTERCONNECTS
Preamp to amps for main speakers. Stealth Indra V7
Preamp to crossover. Stealth Metacarbon
DAC to preamp. Stealth Sakra
SACD/CD to preamp. Audioquest Water
Crossover to class d amps for subs. Straightwire Virtuoso R
UClock to DAC. Stealth Varidig BNC
UClock to SACD/CD. Stealth Varidig BNC.
POWER
Wall to Shunyata 6000V2. Stealth V10 (wall)
Shunyata 6000V2 to DAC. Stealth Cloude 99 (full)
Shunyata 6000V2 to UClock. Stealth Cloude 99 (front)
Shunyata 6000V2 to SACD/CD. Stealth Cloude 99 (front)
Shunyata 6000V2 to preamp. Stealth V10 (pre)
Shunyata 6000V2 to crossover. Stealth Swift
Wall to Shunyata 2000T. Stealth V10 (wall)
Shunyata 2000T to D’Agostino amps. Stealth V10 (power) (x2)
Wall to RPG400. Audioquest Thunder (x2)
RPG400 to class d amps. Stealth Cloude 99 full; Silver Sonic
SPEAKER WIRE
Amps to Revel Salons. Stealth custom bi-wire.
Class d amps to passive subs. Straightwire Maestro.
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I don’t have too many regrets over trading up the Debussy to Bartók performance wise, but I do miss its classy curvy slim profile. Not even a lighted logo (which I happen to leave off) can make up for the Bartók’s boxiness.
Very nice Miguel. Is that a little Mac mini in that rack?
Yes it is. Mac mini 2012, i7, 16GB RAM, 250GB SSD (system, software, and Roon db), and 3TB FW800 hard drive with music. Power is via an Uptone JS-2 linear power supply. The mini is running macOS Mojave and Roon core, and I stream to the Rossini over RAAT.
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Kelvin,
I’m really happy with the DeBussy’s performance, and I think it integrates well with the Puccini set…a Bartok would be nice, but I’ll stand pat for now. Unless a smokin hot deal falls in my lap…
Cheers,
Mitch
My office setup: Roon Nucleus > dCS Bartok > SPL s800 amplifier > Raal Interface Box > Raal Requisite SR1a “earfield monitors”. Bliss!
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The SR1a is a superb transducer. I love mine. The S800 is an interesting amp choice. Do you like it?
Yes, I like the s800 but it is a bit overpowered for the SR1a interface box and transducers (185 watts per channel), so I have to be careful not to add too much gain.
Raal has come out with a purpose-designed amplifier for the SR1a’s, the HSA-1b, which I hope to audition In the near future. It doesn’t require an interface box.
I know this thread reveals a not unwarranted bias against the “altar-in-the-middle” approach, let alone—heaven forbid!–a giant hard surface screen. But when you have the kind of room correction capability that Legacy does, you worry less about such things. With the Valors, I am hearing things in ordinary 16/44 recordings I had not heard before.
Roon Nucleus+
Vivaldi Upsampler
Vivaldi DAC
Vivaldi Clock
Cybershaft OP21A
Townshend Allegri Reference Pre
Legacy/Bohmer Wavelet
Merrill Audio Element 116 Monoblocks
Legacy Audio Valor Speakers
Torus AVR2-20 Power Conditioner
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Yeah, I have the amp. I much prefer it to using the buffer box.
My modest system
2 dedicated radial mains feeds, one 6mm to a single plug, the other 10mm to a 6 way multi, mounted flush in the wall.
Rossini and clock, using Wyde Eyde cables, and my own mains cables.
Melco n1zs/2, again with my own mains cable.
Rega P10 and apheta 3 cartridge.
Rega aura phono stage, using standard cables that come with it.
Naim 552dr
Naim 500dr
Naim powerline mains cables, 500 plugged into single socket on 6mm.
Violectic V281 headphone amp, running direct from balanced outputs from rossini, once again using my own mains cable.
Interconnects are witchhat morgana, and between 500 and power supply.
PMC fact 12’s speakers on giai 111 isolation feet.
Witchhat phantom speaker cable.
Naim fraim.
Audioquest diamond ethernet cable from melco to rossini.
Catsnake 6 ethernet cable for the rest
Cisco switch, but want to swap to EtherRegen (next upgrade)
Isoacoustic feet under, rossini, clock, melco and rega power supply.
Think thats it
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Cheers, i am very happy with it, its certainly the best sounding gear i have ever had.
Next gor me is going yo be some room treatment, but thats not going to be easy with the wife, so looking at some panels that i can place and then remove when not being used would be great, probably looking at something to go behind speakers and first reflection point
Thanks to JS Audio, I’ve hit the sweet spot - they came down (3 hr drive) with a pair of Wilson Sasha DAWs, a Vivaldi DAC and a Vivaldi upsampler. After they muscled out of the way my Revel Salon1s (they were no slouches by the way and gave me 12 years of enjoyment) and got the Vivaldi gear in the rack, they meticulously placed the DAWs. If you have not seen it before checkout YouTube for the Wilson Speaker Placement method. Narrated by David A. Wilson, in whose honor the DAWs are named. It was such a cool afternoon/evening with Steve and Dave (the owners and a couple of chill dudes to boot). Their placement of the speakers took about 2 hours after they were hooked up and it was awesome to witness/participate.
The D’Agostino gear just blows me away, and the twin JL Audio F113 subs can handle everything with power and clarity.
Cabling is almost exclusively Stealth. Bunch of Dream V10/12/18 power cables, Sakra/Indra/SwiftXLRs, Octava/Varidig BNC, and Dream V14 speaker cables.
I moved from a Mac-mini based system to streaming a month ago, and it was the best thing I ever did. Much better SQ than pulling data from the Macmini hard drive, and the world is at my fingertips now. I’ve read every post here about Ethernet cables (spend big $ or not). I had the budget available, and got great prices so I’m using AQ Diamond and Vodka cables. I did have Blue Jeans Cable in the system for a short while, but switch to the AQ stuff came at the same time as the whole system upgrade so I can’t claim any improvement from this alone. The quality of the connectors on these cables is much more substantial than the BJC plastic connectors as well.
I thought I’d never get to the point where I’m not looking for the next upgrade; I am there now. The only thing that could round out the system would be a Vivaldi clock. I don’t have the rack space, so I’ll just have to make due with the Rossini clock…
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