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The stereo.
Listening position. I don't have the iMac hooked up to the stereo. Listening position, with bass trap in rear corner.
The components.
Oracle Delphi Mk i turntable, with Sumiko Premier FT-4 tonearm, Benz Micro Glider cartridge, and Audioquest Sorbothan mat. Vintage but in perfect condition. Includes spiked feet, which rest on Sorbothane pucks. Prior to this table, I had a Rega Planar 3. I still have an extra Rega RB250 tonearm with Origin Live mods, that I will eventually setup on this table to see how it compares to the Sumiko tonearm.
Sumiko Premier FT-4 tonearm. Silicone damped.
Benz Micro Glider. The cable goes into a Sumiko Premier PIB-2 interface box, hidden under the table. This allows for the turntable suspension to move freely, without any pull from the cable.
Ortofon T-30 step-up transformer. This increases the output of the low-output Benz cartridge. The selector switch is very handy.
Turntable setup is wired with Audioquest Vampire interconnects. Two sets, half meter each.
Dynaco Mk iii mono block amplifiers. (Right channel pictured here) These were completely stripped and rebuilt by Craig over at NOSvalves.com. He uses his own design to make up for some flaws in the orginal design. The circuit board is his own, and he added an extra input tube, along with other features. Switchable between ultralinear and triode modes. I prefer triode, while Craig has ultralinear on his personal setup. Tubes are a mixed bag of vintage tubes - Telefunken diamonds, Mullard and International Service Master. Great tubes - but I will be getting matched quads and pair in the future.
PS Audio P300 Power Conditioner. The turntable, CD player and pre-amp are hooked up. It provides clean power to these units. Remarkable effective.
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