*** Update November 2009 ***
New digital cables : Acrolink 7N-D5000 AES/EBU
*** Update August 2009 ***
Just back from holiday in Tokyo ... I bought another powercord Acrolink 6N-PC6100 and three powercords Oyaide Tunami GP-X.
*** Update July 2009 ***
Another Kubala Sosna Emotion XLR cable joined the system. Now the signal is running fully balanced from the DAC to the preamplifier to the power amplifier.
*** Update May 2009 ***
- A PS Audio Power Plant Premier is feeding my system.
- The new preamplifier and power amplifier arrived : Viola Cadenza and Viola Symphony.
- A Kubala Sosna Emotion XLR between the pre and the power amplifier.
- Added an Acrolink 6N-PC6100 power cord
*** Update November 2008 ***
BIG changes since the last update, one year ago.
I will be happily living in Singapore until July 2010.
The negative news :
- No longer dedicated attic for the hifi
- The analog gear ( Lyra "Argo i" /VPI "Super Scout Master" /Tom Evans "The Groove")has been stored in a safe place, waiting for my return to Europe.
The positive news :
- The music is much cheaper here, I’m buying lots of CD and SACD
- The American and Japanese hifi gear is much cheaper here than Europe, time for some serious upgrade !!!
*** The digital source ***
The spotlight on the stage has been taken by a TEAC Esoteric triplet :
- P-03 (SA)CD transport
- D-03 Digital Analog Converter
- G-03x clock generator
They are built like tanks , the VRDS-Neo transport has no peers out there, and most of all, they sound amazingly good, both with Redbook CDs and with SACD.
*** The amplification ***
The preamplifier and the power amplifier are from Viola Audio Labs.
For those unfamiliar with the brand, their founders and lead designer, Paul Jayson and Tom Colangelo have been working for decades in the audio industry as designers for brands like Mark Levinson ad Cello.
The preamplifier is the Viola Cadenza with an external PSU
and the amplifier is the Viola Symphony.
Wonderful combo !
*** The speakers ***
The loudspeakers are Sonus Faber Cremona Auditor. These Italian beauties are a two ways design with a 150mm mid-woofer and a 29mm tweeter. The small Auditors ( to my ears at least ) performed better than the big floorstanders sisters Cremona. Part of the merit might be due to the two ways only design with respect to the three ways design of the big ones. A
*** Cables ***
- DH Labs D- 110 AES/EBU digital cables between the Esoteric P-03 and the D-03
-Stereovox XV2 , 75 Ohm BNC digital cables trasporting the clock signals from the G-03x to the P-03 and the D-03
- Two Kubala Sosna Emotion XLR from the DAC to the preamplifier to the power amplifier
-Nordost Heimdall speaker cable
- Nordost Shiva power cord from the wall to the PS Audio PPP
- Two Acrolink 6N-PC6100 power cords from the PS Audio PPP to the Esoteric P-03 and D-03
- Three Oyaide Tunami GP-X from the PS Audio PPP to the Esoteric G-03x , the Viola Cadenza and the Viola Symphony
*** Other accessories ***
- PS Audio Power Plant Premiere
- Solid Steel 5.4 table
Thanks for visiting my page, and stay tuned for more updates !!
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An overview of the system |
TEAC Esoteric P-03 |
TEAC Esoteric D-03 |
The Sonus Faber Cremona Auditor |
The Viola Symphony |
In my teenager years I used my dad`s Philips compact stereo ... no comment.
Growing up, little by little I updgraded to a Denon CDP/Thorens turntable/Harman Kardon amplifier/Indiana Line speakers.
Then it came the AH! Njoe Tjoeb 4000 Reference, the VPI turntable, the Primaluna Prologue Two amplifier and the Sonus faber speakers ... but that`s recent history already.
Omschrijf het geluid van uw systeem.
Deze vraag is nog niet ingevuld.
Waar liggen bij u de verbeterpunten?
- The little Cremona are becoming the weakest link in my system. Given a bigger room size, I may want to upgrade to some floor-stander. However, to match the level of the rest of the system, the financial effort should be quite big, thus not planned yet in the short term ...
Wat zijn uw toekomstige plannen met betrekking tot uw set?
- Sooner or later I`ll upgrade the speakers as well ...
Omschrijf uw luisterruimte (aankleding, inhoud, meubilair, akoestiek etc.)
Just a normal living room ....
Kunt u aangeven hoeveel beeld- en geluidsdragers u heeft en in welke genres dit verdeeld is?
More than 1200 CD and SACD.
In Europe I left more than 500 LPs
About 40% of my collection is Pop/Rock music, 40% Jazz and 20% Classical Music
Hoe vaak luistert u naar muziek?
As much as I can ...
Hoe vaak kijkt u film?
Movies ?? What are you talking about ?
hi-fi, photography, Scuba-diving
Thumbnails description:
1 - Viola Cadenza and its external PSU
2 - TEAC Esoteric P03 transport internal view
3 - TEAC Esoteric D03 DAC internal view
4 - TEAC VRDS-Neo close-up
5 - Close-up Viola Cadenza
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