HAVE YOU ARRIVED AT YOUR FINAL SYSTEM AND WHAT’S IN IT? WHAT ARTIST IS YOUR GO TO?

I don't know if I am done or not.  I am certainly satisfied, at the moment.

Front End:

VPI Titan Turntable, Van den Hul Frog gold cartridge

Lumin U-1 Streamer

Esoteric K-03XD SACD/DAC

Amplification:

Phono preamp; Parasound JC3+

Preamp: Evo Luna 400

Amps: Classe Delta Monoblocks

End:

Speakers: B&W 800 D3

Subs: SVS PB-16 ultras (2) 

Other:

I have a dual hi-pass, low pass, up at pre-amp to divide between amps and amplified subs before amplification.

Dedicated 20 amp circuit, well-shielded

Furman commercial surge/filter

Cables are custom Mogami-based XLR/balanced cables for interconnects throughout system and bi-wired 12g OFC, tinned with silver and tipped with WBT silver plugs

Rack: Adonai.

Oh, and I'm a bomb shelter with curious acoustics.  Working on that.

@hilde45 PLUS ONE

@bigtwin And don't let the CFO know how informal the approval process is.  😂

Yes. Tannoy Canterbury GR with VAC Master 300iQ monos and matching Master preamp. The Master amps effected a vast performance increase over other amps. Nothing I’ve ever heard has made so much difference as those amps. The system now matches or exceeds the best sound I ever imagined for that room. I can still play with various phono stages & cartridges for "flavor" changes, and each change is rendered in its best light possible by this downstream.

My "sandbox" for experimenting with more gear combinations has now moved to a smaller office system.

I don’t have a "go to" artist for testing system changes because it becomes boring very quickly! I just use mostly ordinary LPs that have been in recent rotation (no digital at all! lol). Certainly not "audiophile" releases (which I find horrendously boring)! I suppose I do end up using Blue Oyster Cult, Magnum, and Quarterflash more than average. Also like a lot of 80s / new wave / synth wave and some heavy metal (including hair metal). There is a vast difference between a "good" sounding LP and a bad one, and of course I avoid the latter. But the good are certainly not limited to slow, sleepy female singers (like the usual suspects at audio shows).