-Stereo 2-Channel System

1. Mains: dedicated 20A mains circuit, James Romeyn Pure Grid Power 8-outlet alloy extender box.
2. Vinyl: original motor, controls, bearing and platter from early 1960's US made Empire 208 on custom Bill Berndt plinth comprising 1.5 inch thick 6061 alloy, platter underside lined w/Dynamat, 1.5 inch Dynamat-lined MDF base, solid maple cabinet, 73#.  Original Audio Technica AT1100 ultra-low mass tonearm.  Original high compliance Panasonic Straingauge solid-state active cartridge.  Modified Panasonic Straingauge demodulator feeds DC to the cartridge.
3. Server/Renderer: we became friends with a generous client, a professional network and IT security systems engineer, who designed and built our so-called "Big Daddy" (BD) computer running HQ Player's most complex filters, modulators and over sampling (both DSD and PCM.)  BD is more powerful than Extreme's $30k server/streamer and Chord's renown $6k M-Scaler.  (The DAC runs in NOS/non-oversampling mode.)  A smaller NUC in the sound room functions solely as renderer running HQ Player kernel, solely providing USB output > Intona isolator USB > DAC 200.  A 200W HD Plex LPS powers the renderer NUC.  A larger NUC is the Roon Core for library function only meaning no Roon DSP.  HQ Player author Miska co-designed DAC 200's DSD section. We join a large # of fans describing HQ Player as a state-of-the-art music player.  HQ Player setup correctly driving T+A DAC 200 is difficult or impossible to beat at any cost.  
4. DAC: T+A DAC 200, proprietary true non-oversampling DSD which HQ Player author Miska co-designed.  We use fixed balanced output.  HQ Player setup correctly > DAC 200 is difficult or impossible to beat at any cost.  $7150 SRP, Germany
5. Pure Analog Line Preamp: Wyred 4 Sound STP SE Stage 2, $3700 SRP, USA.
6. Power Amp: Schiit Audio Aegir sliding bias class-A $800 SRP, USA
7. Best Main Speaker: Illusio Audio "Alana" satellite, natural cutoff @ 70 Hz, proprietary AudoKinesis 10.5" neodymium pro-sound mid-bass (pulp cone, treated accordion surround,) state of the art Radian 1" throat beryllium compression driver loaded in AK proprietary 10.5" oblate spheroidal wood horn (CD exit angle matches the horn's entry angle,) true 90 dB @ 1W (9-ohm nominal, 6.5-ohm minimum, benign phase angles,) xo comprises V-caps and 14-gauge coil, internally wired with Infigo Audio cables, Cardas solid copper binding posts, designer Duke LeJeune's all-time best domestic speaker, cabinet design by Hans Looman of Infigo Audio, demo colors 2022 Porsche GT3 gold metallic, US-made, $20k/pr SRP
8. Proprietary LORAstand, stand version of Late-Onset Reflection Assist reverberant field accessory speaker, wide-range horn-loaded large-format compression driver, separate xo and input, passive level control, selectable 2-pole high-pass crossover, high input impedance (ca 24 ohm), virtually any main amp drives LORA parallel w/main speakers, cabinet design by Hans Looman of Infigo Audio, demo color 2022 Suzuki Hayabusa glass sparkle black, $10k/pr SRP
9. Distributed Subwoofer Array for Satellite Speakers, two each DEBRA and AK Tall Subs.  Two Dayton Audio SA1000 kilowatt sub amps w/staggered phase and xo poles in front/rear variation of Dr. David Griesinger's “Phase Quadrature" Tuning: sub amp #1 > 2 subs closer to main speakers, sub amp #2 > 2 subs closer to rear wall.
10. Cables: Renderer USB output > Infigo Audio cryo USB IC > DAC > Infigo Audio Signature XLR > preamp > Infigo Audio Signature RCA > power amp > Infigo Audio cryo mono-crystal speaker cable > main speaker.  Clarity Cable's best Vortex power cables.
11. Acoustic Treatments: Illusio Audio and AK speakers do not need treatments.  To squeeze the last percentile of performance we employ light treatments only to prevent energy build-up in corners behind the speakers and to diffuse the ceiling first reflection point.  Upon request we shall remove treatments for demo.  Owens Corning 703 rigid fiberglass and loose fiberglass insulation in environmentally safe knit cloth.  The room is moderately lively/not overdamped: high frequency dispersion film on all treatments maximizes detail, density, liveliness, spectral balance and spatial qualities.  END.