VPI TNT with flywheel, silk thread drive, custom brass feet.

One-off custom built base.

Op amp based phono stage based on a board and plans published on the the Audio Karma discussion forum.  Blows away anything I've had previously.

ET 2.5 direct wired from cartridge pins to Eichmann RCA plugs, added a cueing lever to front.

By far the quietest "in the groove" cartridge I've ever owned, and the best sounding.  The Replicant 100 stylus does require exact setup to deliver the goods.  I used the Feickert system and a digital microscope to set Azimuth and VTA.  Update 8/22.  There was some distortion, I sent the cartridge to Steve at VAS and he retipped it with a line contact stylus.  It's sounding as good if not better.  While it was being retipped I tried a Hana ML and a ZYX Bloom 3, but big surprise, the Ortofon, and basically twice the price of those two, is better.  Every once in a while I think I might spring for a Verismo.

Dipole speakers seem especially sensitive to balance and I couldn't do without the Muse remote with balance adjustments.  I purchased a much more expensive preamp, but ended up going back to the Muse.

Dipole open baffle.

Connecting phono stage to preamp

2.2 meter, balanced, preamp to amp.

From Deep Core to Equi Core and from Deep Core to amp.

2 subwoofers

Bi-wiring with these.  Using Mediabridge banana plugs.

Connected to the HSU subwoofers.

Work as advertised.  A much more stable image.  To use a video analogy, your TV could be projecting a well focused picture, but if it's sitting on a paint shaker, it's going to appear blurry.  Shaking speakers, same thing.  These things really diminish that.