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Does duty in the home office, keeps me sane while I work at home. Each of the D 240 Mk IIs is bridged to mono. Cabling is mainly PS Audio Statement Plus XLR, with some random Kimber PBJ thrown in for SE duty and Discovery NOS for the TT.

The PH-3SE is a new purchase, will have to see how it compares to the Grade PH-1 I was using. I got no gain out of that thing using a Grade Statement Sonata cart. Switched to a Sumiko Blue Point Special, but that is probably a placeholder until I find a better cart.

The odd part is that the main source doesn't show up... It's a WinXP box connected to a server with 530GB of ripped WAV files on it. The computer is set up with an Waveterminal U24 USB audio interface, which plugs into the Theta with coax. The only drawback is that it routes system sounds to the USB device as well, so you can get some rather loud and disturbing notifications.

Comments welcome.
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    • Proac Response 2
    Nice light oak finish, ugly old school Proac logo...
    • Audio Research D 240 Mk II
    Each is bridged to mono...
    • Audio Research D 240 Mk II
    Solid state 120 WPC
    • Audio Research LS-5 Mk III
    Can't make it all solid state...
    • Audio Research PH-3 SE
    Tube phono stage...
    • Theta David
    Well, it spins CDs and has a AES/EBU digital out...
    • Theta Digital DSPro Basic IIIa
    Does duty for CD player and .wav's from the 'puter...
    • VPI Industries Aries Scout Turntable
    For that black vinyl stuff...
    • VPI Industries JMW-9 Tonearm
    Seems to be
    • Sumiko Bluepoint Special
    Temporary...
    • VPI Industries SDS
    Synchronous Drive System to keep my vinyl moving smoothly at the right speed...
    • PS Audio Power Director
    Think its a 4.6?
    • Kimber Kable Bifocal XL
    Ugh, they look like 8' vacuum hoses...
    • Target RS Speaker Stands
    Mandatory for the Proacs...
    • VPI Industries HW-14.5 Record Cleaner
    Love the automation...

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can you play music from your comp server via U24 (and its analog out) without a separate DAC (like your Theta), have you tried it like this?

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