I recently joined the circle to learn and share knowledge. A budget minded audiophile of thirty years, I've spent the last five months updating my system with less of a focus on budget and more on value added. I'm totally in the digital domain because I travel full time in my motor home and can't afford the weight of vinyl I shudder to think what the weight of over 900 albums would be! Plus, having grown up with the only option being vinyl I have no interest in getting up and flipping media! I love the flexibility of building a playlist that suits my mood.
What's my kit you ask? A wired network HTPC with SOtM sata filters and a SOtM tX-USBexp PCI express USB 3.0 host interface card, a wired networked QNAP NAS for file storage, a Chord Hugo M Scaler, a Chord Hugo TT 2 DAC, pre-amplifier, headphone amp, two Schiit Aegir Class A amps running in mono block configuration, a pair of Bryston Mini A speakers. I have three headphones, Focal Utopia, Audeze LCD-MX4 and Oppo PM1 (with Oppo HA2 amp). My music and movie collection is managed through JRiver Media Center. I don't buy into exotic snake oil products.
Anyhow, nice to be here.
