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My wife & I are professional musicians/ professors. Our system in its present form is the result of 5 yrs. trial/error. It may not be the end-game yet, but it delivers a beautiful synthesis of clarity, transparency and warmth. As fellow enthusiasts, I welcome your thoughts and suggestions.
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    • Esoteric K-03
    Upgraded from X-03se.
    • VPI Industries Scoutmaster Signature
    Includes HRX Center Weight, Periphery Ring Clamp, and custom acrylic cover
    • Dynavector DRT XV-1s
    Replaced Sumiko Blackbird
    • VAC Signature IIa SE w/ phono
    • Daedalus Audio Athena v.2
    Beautiful artisanship both aesthetically and sonically.
    • JPS Labs Aluminata
    Balanced.  Digital. source, amps, & preamp. One of the most significant all around upgrades. Crystalline presentation w/o coloration.
    • JPS Labs Superconductor 3
    12' speaker runs & i/c's (RCA) for table.
    • JPS Labs Aluminata pc
    Throughout system
    • Nitty Gritty 1.5fi
    A war-horse cleaner!
    • Apollo 5-shelf Soprano
    w/ custom-made thick smoke glass shelving.
    • VAC Statement 450S iQ amp
    w/ phono stage
    • Audience Adept Response AR6
    w/ frontRow pc

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Very nice system.

It is not easy to find a spot to put a piano, but have you
noticed that the strings vibrate when you play the stereo? You may not realize it when music is playing, but it is easy to identify the problem by shouting in the same room, the piano picks it up and the strings will ring. These sympathetic string vibrations add undesirable noise to reproduced sound. Some kind of soundproofing over the piano, such as a quilt, is probably about all one can do.

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