Love at first audition. Zero regrets: Will never exhaust their potential, but wonderful as is.

Acquired after extensive listening (thanks Dr. Vinyl). Like the amps - see next item - these strike me as offering truly exceptional performance at anything short of stratospheric prices that I won't be able to hear in my system or afford.

 This company's products should in my view be much better known. One listener found them comparable to the $80,000 (roughly) Audio Note Ongaku. I have no idea if that's true - just to say I have heard a number of fine amps in my room and this has been a keeper for a while....

Another super value-for-money (I know, doesn't fit with the splurge on the Alsyvox but that's a long story!). The less expensive turntable in this line was rave-reviewed years ago in the Absolute Sound, I believe. It's as heavy as you could(n't) wish, and just presents a wonderful soundstage and detail: I replaced the belt drive with a unit from Sterling which is just better built. I am not yet settled on a long-term cartridge - will audition the Ds-audio 003.

Not the quietest - no filtering, no upsampling - but creates a visceral, engaging reproduction of music which I find really appealing. I have tried to find a DAC/Streaming set-up for sub-$15,000 to match, but so far what I have heard - while smoother than the Audio Note and without moments of uncontrolled (jitter?) - has just left me under-involved.

This is the junior version - normally a single unit, but I got a rare sample with a non-tube external power supply.