2nd systems- who’s got one?

2nd system in family room - Ayon Audio Spirit 2 integrated amp, Modwright Elysee DAC, Wadia 171 IPAD transport, IPAD Classic with wav files, JM Reynaud Offrande Supreme 2 speakers, Audio Art Cable power cables, Acoustic BBQ IC and digital cable, Blue Circle power conditioner and Shunyata Defender.

Not sure if I should be proud or embarrassed but I have four systems.

--one in my dedicated listening room

--one in my lower level living area

--one in the upstairs living area which also serves as 2 channel "home theater" 

--a fourth option for private listening when my wife is asleep is a turntable/dedicated headphone based system all housed on a nice Salamander rack with a built in drawer that is great for housing all my turntable goodies.

I set out to have a second system in my basement that I was renovating.

I thought I’d get new speakers for upstairs, and an integrated amp and a DAC.  Problem is I kept comparing it to upstairs and I had to sound at least as good so I started playing leapfrog with my upstairs quality and ended up with my amazing system  in my basement, which I thought would be my second set up.  So easy to compare and as long as one sounded better I wanted that sound.  So be very very careful!  Basement system is Tambaqui DAC, Audionet Max amps and Pre G2 preamp, YG Hailey speakers, Rel Carbon Special subs and K-S Elation cables.