The BEST system you've ever built !!!!

bat vk 75, wadia 861, harm. tech BNC cables, kimber bi focal xl, dunlavy sm-1's, top of the line MK sub using rca outs on the 861. pure and simple. tube mid and treble with solid state bass. the system is not perfect, but I've changed a few people's lives.

Audio Research Reference 1 preamp, PH-2 phono preamp, M300 Mk II power amplifiers, Sim Audio W10 power amplifiers, Infinity IRS Beta speakers, Theta Miles CD player (as a transport), Theta Gen Va 24/96 DAC, SOTA Star Sapphire turntable/SME V tonearm/Benz Micro H2 cartridge
McIntosh MR7083 tuner, XLO Signature 2.1 balanced interconnects, 1.1 RCA interconnects and 5.1 speaker wire for front end and planars, type 1 interconnect and type 5 speaker wire for woofer connections, Kimber Illuminations D-60 digital wire, Synergistic AC Master coupler power cords. The system is a work in progress, but I am very happy with it.

My system contained from 4 pieces:
-- Yeshchenko custom built 6-string guitar with strings made of sheep's blood tubes,
-- Weltmeister 120-bass Accordion,
-- Winston Trombone used as bass,
-- and finaly the Snare drum with hat cymbals(do not remember the brand)
-- Microphones -- none
-- Speakers -- none.

I was playing Weltmeister.

Nice one, Mara. Was that the dual mono Weltmeister? (a great piece back then!)

Not complicated or expensive. Redgum RGi120s integrated amplifier, Arcam Alpha 8 cd player, Soliloquy 6.3 loudspeakers, Kimber 4TC ( biwired, wbt banana @ amp end , Kimber postmaster @ speaker end), Acoustic Zen Matrix interconnects, Brooklyn Audio power cable @ amp. Very simple but very musical. I finally took the plunge and sent my home theater out to pasture. I am happy that I did. I will soon add a power cord to the cd player. I love listening to the music and not thinking about what I need to improve upon in my system.