TT--Rega Planar 3 w/ Super Elys cart., then w/ Shure V15VxMR cart., then a Dvnavector 10x5 cart., which is now mounted on the Rega P25.
CDP--Cambridge Audio D300, then D500SE, then MSB Link Dac II w/ cheapo dvd player, then Philips 963 SA.
Phono Preamp--Built in phono stage in Cambridge Audio A3i integrated, then Monolithic ps-1, then added Monolithic power supply, now built in phono stage of Audible Illusions 2D
Amp/Rreamp--Cambridge Audio A3i integrated, then Conrad Johnson PV10AL w/ McCormack DNA .5 dlx, now Audible Illusions 2D w/ the McCormack.
Speakers--PSB Image 4t, now Vandersteen 2CE.
Strengths of Current System:
I like the big, open, natural, nearly full-range sound.
I like the flexibility of having many sources.
Weaknesses:
The room is really the limiting factor now. The AI 2D has limited inputs and no remote.
Future Plans (feel free to offer suggestions):
Long term plans include buying a larger house where I hope to have a dedicated a/v room. If that happens , I'd like to move up the chain a bit. Right now I'm thinking along these lines:
TT--Nottingham Interspace
CDP--a dedicated redbook player (though SACD, if it survives, would be nice to have too), or maybe just a sonically better dvd player like CAL, Muse, etc.
Pre--Something tubed--Sonic Frontier? VTL?
Phono pre (if needed)--ARC PH3? EAR?
Amps--perhaps tubes here as well--Quicksilver? VTL? ARC?
Speakers--Vandersteen 3A Sigs.
Definately some serious attention paid to room treatment.
Possibly some serious attention paid to cabling, which in my experience at my current price point, has just not been worth it.
