Hi, My name is Phoenix and I've been in the high end audio racket since the 1970's. My musical tastes run to the soft rock groups of that era (Buffalo Springfield, Fleetwood Mac, Beatles, Stones, Jackson Brown, Dylan, Linda Ronstadt, CSNY, Joni Mitcell, as well as classical and in the last ten years, Jazz. Over the 30 years I've had this hobby I've owned a number of Classic components: Large Advents, Bose 901's (the originals and a real disappointment), Rodgers LS3/5A's, Martin Logan CLS's, and Aerial Accoustic 10t's (my current speaker. Originally a vinyl freak, I've owned some true analogue classics as well including the Fidelity Research FR64s tonearm w' B60 Stabilizer which cost over $1200 in 1979 (ouch), but it's still my current analogue tomearm. Phone cartridges included the Classic ADC XSM, The Fidelity Research FR-1 Mk 3f, the Talisman Virtuoso DTi, and the Cardas Heart Ruby (My Current). Turntables included the original Accoustic Research turntable (still a great table for someone who wants a cheap analogue rig which will play well) and a VPI HW-19 Mk 4 with a 20 lb platter, a speed control and a Vibraplane. I also own a number of tube preanps including the Audible Illusions Mk 3, and the Harmon Kardon Citation I. My power ams are the inimitalbe Bel 1001, Mk 5 (two bridged to deliver a rock solit 200 wpc to anything) with all Nordost SPM cabling.
I got into the Squeezebox because it offered tmy 1000+ albums (cd's) on a hard drive the size of a small book and playing them back perfectly to my Benchmark DAC1. It seems like and is the perfect way to listen to digital audio whic I believe has caught up with analogue audio. I also use a TACT RCS 2.0 to deliver room and speaker correction. All in all it sounds great, offers the ultimate in convenience and if I ever decide to get rid of the analogue side of things, I'm convinced I could live with a Squuzebox into a Tact into a Benchmark into the Audible Illusion into the Bel's and the Aerials quite happily. -- Phoenix ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phoenix's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30484 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30141 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
