Well, before COVID, I had a set of Vanderteen 2Ci’s, and Adcom GFA-555 and an Adcom preamp/tuner with an old Sony CD player. I got that setup 30 years ago in college. And because of COVID, I sold everything.
Now that I have landed on my feet, I have gone back down the vintage rabbit hole. Always had my eye on those Aragon amps, so I picked up a 4004 Mkii and a 24k preamp (which sounds great, BTW, with the P&G potentiometer). I picked up a non-vintage set of MA Silver 500’s and some Audiolab stuff to round out the system.
Then I picked up an 8008BB, and then a set of Aragon Palladium monoblocks.
After listening to that for awhile, I got curious about tubes and picked up a classic Audio Research LS-5 mkiii and a D400mkii. The tube preamp was revelatory.
And then I went back to my roots and got a pair of Vandersteen 3A Signatures along with two 2Wq subs. I think that should hold me for awhile. My dad gave me a pair of old Genesis 700’s that he used for surround sound speakers, and with the dipole tweeter, they’re pretty amazing.
Only thing I’ll probably add is a newer DAC and streamer. The Audiolab stuff is decent, I just want a step up.
