April 15, 2012

  • System Evolution

    I thought some reader(s) might be interested in how my system has changed over time.  Dates, when given, are approximate and I'm also sure I've left out any number of items.  But this was generally speaking how it's evolved.

     

                   
                   
    * indicates still in possession            
    ** indicates still in use            
                   
      First System Second System   Third System Mix'n'Match
      c. 1968 Nov., 1974 1980's 1980's 1990's 2000's 2010's
                   
    Turntable Dual (?) Pioneer PL-61     *Music Hall MF1   **Clearaudio Concept
    Cartridge ? Pickering XUV 4500Q     *Rega bottom line   **Ortofon 2M Black
    Tape Player   Dokorder  7140          
    Disc Player     Panasonic 2nd generation player   Adcom GCD-600 Pioneer DV-414 **OPPO BDP-95
                **Modwright/Music Hall RAM Signature CD25  
                *Toshiba HD A2  
    Other   Marantz SQ Decoder     Assemblage 2.5 DAC **Shunyata Hydra Power Conditioner **Olive O3HD Music Server
        Marantz CD-4 Disc Demodulator     **Black Diamond Racing #3 and #4 cones **Shunyata Taipan Helix Power Cord  
              **Blue Circle BC68 power cords/conditioners **Black Diamond Racing Pucks  
                **Mapleshade Triple and Mega Mount footers  
    Preamp       Adcom GTP-400 c-j PV-10AL c-j Premier 17  
              **c-j PV-10A (October, 1998) **c-j Premier 16LS2 (May, 2005)  
    Amp       Adcom GFA-555 Golden Tube Audio SE-40 *Marantz MA 600 (c. February, 2002)  
              Golden Tube Audio SE-100 **c-j Premier 11A (October, 2003)  
                *c-j Premier 140 (June, 2004)  
    Integrated Amp Lafayette            
    Receiver   Marantz 4300          
    Speakers Layfayette Criterion A25 Cervin Vega 211R (4)   Polk SDA-2B Martin-Logan Aerius **QUAD ESL-989 (November, 2003)  
              *Magnepan MMG    
    Cables:  Interconnects Patch cords Patch cords   Monster Interlink 400 Kimber PBJ *Silver Audio Hyacinth **Shunyata Altair
            Audioquest Ruby **D-Lin Audio Silver Bullet 3.0 *Magnan Signature **Shunyata Antares
                *Oritek X-1 **Nordost Red Dawn
                **Oritek X-2  
    Cables:  Speaker Lamp wire Lamp wire   Monster TARA Space & Time TFA Return *Magnan Signature *Shunyata Lyra
              Kimber 8TC *Oritek S-1 **Nordost Red Dawn RevII
              MIT Terminator2    
              *WWWires    

    Any comments are welcome.  Thank you. 

     

     

     

                          

Comments (2)

  • Whoa! Did you use a spreadsheet to compose this?

    Weren't the Monsters called Interlink-400? That's what ALL of us started out with.

  • @rpghero27 - 

    You can take the boy out of financial analysis, but you can't take the financial analysis out of the boy. Yes, this was done originally as a spreadsheet which I then copied and pasted. That's why the typeface is so small, it was the only way it'd fit properly. Sorry if it's hard to read.

    Interlink 400 sounds right for the Monster interconnects. I'll see if I can update the entry accordingly. Thanks for the clarification.

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