Dennis' Sound Room

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I've done a few upgrades recently.  I added an SRA Platform under the preamp and turntable and the improvement made me go out and upgrade my preamp.  I replaced the Jeff Rowland with a Soultion 725.  The improvement is beyond description.  I ordered a Virginia Class SRA base for the Soultion.  I also ordered a custom turn table stand from the incredible people at Timbernation and should have in the coming weeks.  

This system, to me, has reached the level I had dreamed of.  A beautiful 3-D soundstage, deep, transparent, detailed, dynamic and textured.  
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    • Sanders Sound Systems Magtechs and 10E Speakers with DBX Crossover on Timbernation Rack
    Utter bliss.
    • Esoteric K03
    Incredible player & DAC!
    • Sanders Sound Magtech Amps
    All I can say is Wow! Plugged directly into wall, Each amp rests on three Finite Element CeraPucs. Pluged into Shunyata Hydra via Shunyata Anaconda PC. Balanced Tara Labs The One IC into preamp
    • Soultion 725
    I NEVER thought I would replace my Jeff Rowland Criterion.  The Soultion Preamp is absolutely insane.  Transparency, resolution, detail, you name it.
    • Sanders Sound Systems 10D
    Brand new with his new aluminum drivers. Just awesome!
    • Tara Labs The One
    Speaker Wire and Interconnects - Balanced and single ended, as well as digital for the upsampler to K03.
    • Allnic Audio H-3000
    Tube phone stage - upgraded from the Rhea.  This tubed phono stage is dead quiet.  Absolutely no tube rush.  Incredible soundstage depth.  The slam is insane.
    • Shunyata Python Anaconda and Alpha Helix
    Shunyata Power Cables throughout
    • McIntosh MR-78
    With the Modaferri mod. Great tuner but depends on what stations are doing what programming. Living here (Long Island NY) 10 years, I am currently enjoying FM very much with a local station recently going to classic rock, make that, incredibly, non-repetitive classic rock with minimal commercials. Shhh.... I know this is a programming error but until they figure it out, I am listining to some really great stuff.
    • Shunyata Hydra 8
    Used for preamp, tuner and digital front ends.
    • Alesis Masterlink
    CD Burner used for compilations. Nordost Silver shadow digital into G25U and into DAC. Hard drive sounds supersweet and blows away any puter audio I have ever heard, but just 40Gig HD.
    • Transrotor Rodino
    Magnetic drive turntable.  It has taken me to that vinyl level I have dreamt about.
    • SME 5012 - Made specifically by SME for Transrotor
    12 inch arm.   Wow!
    • SOTA Power Supply ordered at an HiFi show directly from Igor Ultimate Power Conditioner
    Used for ESL Panels and digital crossover
    • Degritter Degritter
    Ultrasonic Record Cleaning Machine - I do believe its the best available right now.  Incredible upgrade
    • Air Tight PC-1 Supreme
    All I can say is wow.
    • Shakti Holographs
    Widened and deepened sound stage
    • Finite Elements Cera Pucs
    Under CD Player and Amps
    • Timber Nation stands
    Rack for amps and crossover between speakers
    • Shakti Stones
    On amps and Hydra
    • Symposium Svelt Plus
    Improvement over the svelt shelf is staggering
    • Billy Bags Pro shelf
    Double wide for front end and preamps
    • Magnun Dynalab Signal Sleuth
    used with outdoor FM antenna to get NYC stations (I live on Long Island)
    • Entreq Silver Minimus
    Grounding box and silver ground wire for K03. Puts the player on steroids.
    • DBX Digital Crossover DriveRack
    Man oh man.
    • Silent Running Audio Ohio Class
    Custom made for Esoteric K-03. AWESOME upgrade.
    • Akai GX-625
    1/4 inch 4 track stereo dec. 7 1/2
    • Vicoustic Super Bass Extreme Bass Traps
    Three on each side with stands and supports. Incredible addition to the room.
    • Studer-Revox B-77 Modded by Arian Jansen - 15ips
    Tape Project is INSANE
    • Maple Shade 4 inch board
    Under the dbx digital crossover
    • Aurender N-10
    Replaced the PC based system which was just a PITA.  The Aurender is incredible.
    • Soulution 725 Preamp
    Transparent.  Just incredible.  The centerpiece of the system.

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Hey Dennis,

nice system(s)!

I did the upgrade from NordOst SS to Valhalla a long time ago so but if you want to step up another level, my move from Valhalla to High Fidelity Cable CT1-E was at least as good an upgrade. I have now CT1-U which is IME still worth the upgrade.

Which other coupling device did you try before settling on the Cera Pucs?

Charles

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