New member Gerald Schrader here. I'm a retired aerospace engineer. My main hobby is listening to music and tweaking my stereo system. Here's a rundown of my components, and a photo of the system:
Disc Player: OPPO BDP-105 Blu-ray/DVD/CD/SACD/DVD-A player with Shunyata Venom V14 1.75-meter power cable and Nordost Blue Heaven 1-meter HDMI cable.
Music Server: Roon Labs Nucleus running Roon Core, with Samsung 4TB 860 EVO SSD. Teddy Pardo 19VDC power supply with Shunyata Venom V14 1.75-meter power cable.
Music Streamer: Sonore ultraRendu with Teddy Pardo 7VDC power supply with Shunyata Venom V14 1.75-meter power cable. Nordost Blue Heaven 1-meter USB A-B cable.
DAC: Bryston BDA-3 with Shunyata Venom V14 1.75-meter power cable.
Preamp: Audio Research LS17SE with Shunyata Venom V14 1.75-meter power cable. Electro-Harmonix 6H30Pi tubes (“ARC select” grade from Upscale Audio).
Power amp: Conrad Johnson Classic Sixty SE with Shunyata Venom HC 1.75-meter power cable. Brimar CV4003 tube (“Special CJ Test Grade”), BEL Philips SQ design 6922/E88CC tubes (“Kevin’s Stash” grade), and Tung-Sol KT120 output tubes, all sourced from Upscale Audio.
Speakers: Harbeth C7ES-3 on Sound Anchor 19” three post stands sitting on Sound Anchor Conecoasters.
Rack: Standesign Design 4.
Interconnects: One 1-meter pair of Shunyata Venom with RCA plugs. One 1-meter pair of Shunyata Venom with XLR plugs.
Speaker cables: 2-meter pair of Shunyata Venom SP with STIS banana plugs.
Power conditioner: PS Audio Dectet with PS Audio AC3 1.5-meter power cable.
Network: Motorola MB7420 cable modem with iFi Audio iPower 12V DC power supply. Asus RT-AC86U Wi-Fi router with BRZHiFi 19V DC power supply. UpTone Audio EtherREGEN switch. Blue Jeans Cables CAT6a Ethernet cables, Cable Matters CAT8 Ethernet cable.
