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My main 2-ch system: it is integrated with my HT system.
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    • JM Labs Alto Utopia Be
    3-way floor standing speakers, 91dB/m/w with BE tweeters
    • Counterpoint NP100 Platinum
    Hybrid amp with all the upgrades from Alta Vista Audio. Mike Elliott installed 8 Bybee filters and V-caps, and voiced the amp to SET amp sonics.
    • Tube Research Labs The Dude
    6SN7 based preamp
    • Marantz TRL modded SA11S1
    TRL modification has made the sound more life like.
    • Logitec ModWright modded Transporter
    Tube rectifier and output stage have been added to the Transporter.
    • JPS Labs Superconductor 3
    all I can say is WOW
    • Zu Audio Mission
    10ft RCA ICs between the preamp and the amp
    • Shunyata Guardian 6
    for the source equipment
    • Blue Circle Peed Al Sea (PLC) Thingee FX2
    for the preamp and the amp

Comments 8

Nice system .

kirk930

Owner
System edited: System changes: ModWright modded Transporter and TRL modded Marantz SA11 as the source, added a Blue Circle PLC for the amp

vett93

"The Dude is a great preamp"

No wonder, no suprises here about the Dude. Congrats.

gallant_diva

Owner
The Dude is a great preamp. To summarize it in a few words: it sounds more like live music. The guys at TRL are very talented. I like their work a lot.

vett93

How do you like the Dude?

lak

Owner
System update: replaced BAT VK-3iX with the Dude from TRL

vett93

Owner
Thanks for the comment, Studio1. I agree that the preamp can be further improved. A friend brought his highly modified Ming-Da 2A3 preamp to my house and it had a better texture for violin music. I am thinking to tweak the BAT preamp....

Regarding the CD player, it has a tube output section from ModWright.

vett93

Friend

Speakers, speaker cables, and Interconnect are fine! Preamplifier is nice but could be outperformed by CAT or Dehavilland; and, CD Player may be able to take one more leap with a Perpetual Tech DAC.

Studio1

studio1

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