The word music comes from the Greek word moysa, "muse". The occidental idea of music is therefore linked to the Muses and, in this meaning, it alludes to every science and art that awakens the idea of perfect, pleasant and neat thing. At the beginning it was just a game but very soon I realized that it would have become a grand passion.

I was thirteen and I started to listen to the 45 rpm stolen to my brother with a tube Lesa turntable. The world at that time was less hasty and I felt like listening. There were ideas, the Pink Floyd, the Led Zeppelin and the Deep Purple. Also the portable recordplayer was overpowering. We had our first solid portable music.

Gradually, becoming older, I could afford my first Wilson compact stereo with BSR platter: what a music and stereophony!

My desire of growing up, learning and listening took me to new purchases like Sansui, Pioneer and the first real (for me) loudspeakers, the RCF BR41. Thereafter I was looking for the good sound and quality.

Now I am well into my fifties and I’ve found my right portion of music and I try to enjoy it in a big way. Meanwhile, my will of learning how to make and invent something that sounds as I want, has brought me to make many valve amps and preamps, and loudspeakers too.

Today I have several systems and with them I entwine the set-ups to get a sound always fresh and intriguing.

 

CD players:

Sony CDP-XA50ES modified in the output stage

MHZS CD88F valve-state

Sony CDP-X559 ES great reading transporter and exemplar making

Denon DV 1500 audio DVD

Marantz DR-700 CD recorder modified in the reading system

 

Preamps:

Carver C-19 an old good performing gentleman

Vivaldi Pre DIY, tube preamp, with balanced outputs

Orpheus Pre DIY, tube preamp and remote controller on Audio Research design

McIntosh C28 vintage

Sansui C77 vintage

 

Power amps:

T-amp DIY

DIY valve state with KT88 vacuum tubes

DIY valve state with 2A3 vacuum tubes

Oblivion dual mono DIY valve state with 211 vacuum tubes

Yaqin MC-10L A Class with EL34 vacuum tubes

Krell KSA 250 A Class solid state

Eam Lab PA 2600 solid state

McIntosh 2505 vintage solid state

Sansui B77 vintage modified solid state

 

Loudspeakers:

DIY D’Appolito system with Vifa e Seas speakers

Rogers LS 3.5 clones DIY

Infinity 9 Ka five-way

JBL100 ES

 

Signal cables:

Ramm Audio Elite 200 DIY

MIT Shotgun S1 Proline

 

Power cables:

Xindak FS-Gold

YYW-Premium Cable

 

Digital cables:

Musical Fidelity X-24K

SuperPro 707 modified 24/192

MHT2 USB 24/192

 

Turntables:

Thorens TD166mk2 modified with Mission tonearm and Stanton cartridge

 

Reel to reel tape recorders:

Revox B77A

Tascam 32

 

DAT digital recorder:

Sony DTC-ZE700

 

Accessory device:

DBX 118 Stereo Compressor Expander