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Heavy plinth Lenco with Advanced Analog MG-1 linear tracking air bearing tonearm.

I owned a pair of pin/blade SDA SRS2's that I modded. Also had 2B's, CRS+. Heard just about all models of SDA's.

I went hybrid ESL's. InnerSound Eros MK II's. Powered by tubes, tubes/SS.

A custom Marchand active crossover in the early days.

Nottingham Space Deck with Space Arm.

ModWright Sony 9100ES, Signature Truth mods w/ Tube regulated power supply. High current low distortion Class A tube circuit.

ModWright SWLP 9.0 Signature Edition w/Tube regulated PS. More high current extremely low distortion goodness.

A Gingko Cloud isolation base with ClaraVu cover is the best turntable isolation base I have ever owned. Dance on the suspended floor, pound on the rack and nothing disturbs the stylus tracking the groove.

Space 294 with Moerch DP-6 arm, Karat 17D3, TTweights periphery ring and weight. Not pictured, Wave Mechanic speed controller.

All SS now. InnerSound MK II active crossover bass amp (600WPC @ 4 Ohms). Sanders ESL amp, 700WPC @ 4 Ohms). Highly dynamic and neutral.

InnerSound Eros MK III's in a South wall setup. MK III's had ESL panels built to last. Not bothered by humidity, insects, pet fur. GIK Acoustic treatments tame the room.

It is a small sweet spot but oh what a place it is. As I age, I move around a lot less. I like dynamic, detailed, neutral with shade of warmth.

West wall setup.

Another west wall setup. Acoustic treatments allow me to experience the absolute best sound quality my system can offer. There was a time I foolishly added subs to speakers that did not need them. Many unfair judgements of gear can be made if the room works against you. I regret not adding them sooner.

Yup, I went hard drive based digital with Squeezebox Touch/external modded MH 25.3 DAC. Still trying to match or better the ModWright Sony 9100ES sound.

Modded MH 25.3 DAC. Belleson Super Regs, Mundorf's, Burson HD discrete op amps, MUR860's, Elna Silmic's, Fox Crystal.

Squeezebox Controller. Also have a Squeezebox app for my Droid phone.

Twisted Pear Buffalo III DAC. ESS Sabre 32 goodness. No chassis yet...maybe a dual mono DAC build is in the works. This DAC is superb! Might take a dual mono build to unseat the ModWright Sony. A Denon 3910 is modded to export I2S (CD) and DSD (SACD) to the DAC. Clock and data are seprarate, unlike S/PDIF.

Yes, I went dual mono! Nothing new here. A dual mono DAC makes for the highest dynamic range possible along with the best channel separation. Trying to implement Arduino control of the DAC via I2C (serial bus) with an LCD display. A nice chassis will follow.