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This system sounds just great. Finished the amps a week ago, and they sound FANTASTIC. Pretty heavy mods going on, which makes it very, very smooth. TJ meshies are absolutely fantastic as well. I'm using the Plinius as a pre-amp for now until I get my Consonance T-1 pre-amp finished. It's going to be ultra-modded as well, so it should sound good (god-willing). Next upgrade is DEFINITELY some good, high sensitivity speakers. Looking at Triangle, Meadowlark, and various DIY routes (bottlehead straight eight's, Ed Schilling's the Horn). Suggestions?
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    • Linn Ikemi
    Great, smooth little CDP
    • Plinius 8150i
    150w x 2, integrated, remote
    • Consonance M500
    9 W 300B monoblocks w/TJ meshplates
    • B & W Loudspeakers Matrix 803
    Great, fairly high sensitivity
    • Harmonic Technology Truth-Link
    1 m interconnect for CDP
    • Homemade John Risch design
    Great DIY cable, 2m pair for amps
    • Harmonic Technology Pro-9+
    8 ft. Speaker pair biwires
    • Shunyata Black Mamba
    Power cord for Plinius
    • JPS Labs Digital
    Power cord for CDP
    • Homemade Bob Crump design
    2 power cords for monoblocks
    • Homemade Jon Risch power filter
    Great line filter @ surge suppresion

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Thanks for the comments guys. This system isn't going back to college with me, it's mostly my Dad's. I'll have a Creek 43 (great player!) or Marantz 6000OSE instead of the Ikemi, I'll be using a Consonance T-1 pre, and my dad will go back to using the Plinius as designed...like an integrated amp. The Harmonic Tech's stay home too...I'll be using AudioQuest Indigo+ dual run bi-wires. And Sean, I'm using the straight 89259 right now, but as soon as I get the $$$ I'm going to make a pair of the twisted 89259/89248 combo's to get rid of the completely weirdo Homegrown Silver Lace I'm using right now to connect my sub (which I left out of the system...B&W ASW 1000). It's great having a dad in the audio game...everytime he upgrades, I'll buy the old gear off him cheap. I live in a frat house, so I've also got a Rotel 985BX integrated for when I need to bring the system downstairs for a party. Pretty good party tunes, I can tell you. Cheers!

hueske