My personal manifesto, adapted from ReMusic’s one, is: “I am in love with the means to reproduce – well – the music”:
My passion for the Hi-Fi – lucky thing – began more than forty years ago and I have cultivated it by studying and experimenting.
I judge the devices for their performances but I am not satisfied if they are not thought, designed and made in order to justify their price. Otherwise, they reach just one part of my heart.
Turntables
Linn Sondek Lp12, tonearm Ekos, cartridge Spectral MCR Signature with Van Den Hul retip.
Pioneer PLX-1000 Ortofon Bronze cartridge, a setup not to underestimate, mainly for the price
Phono preamps
EAR 834P
The Mod Squad Phono Drive
Preamplifiers
Conrad Johnson PV10A with MM phono stage
Conrad Johnson PV10B only line
The Mod Squad Line Drive
Power amps
Conrad Johnson MV 52 with several sets of tubes, among them also some EL34 Mullard
McCormack DNA 0.5
Loudspeakers
Klipsch Heresy of 1980, late first series with crossover by Bob Crites and mid K52H Heppner. I also have someK55 Electrovoice
Stat Audio Immagine by Roberto Rocchi
Headphones
AKG 141, Sennheiser 595 and 598
Headphone amplifier
Schiit Audio Aasgard
Cables
Let it go. Too many and they are not my passion.
Measurements systems
Audiomatica Clio Pocket
Streaming players
A self-assembled PC with cAsus Xonar STX audio cards
Another PC with the Xonar H6
Cocktail Audio X12
Other components available for fun
(Editor’s note – There are no other reasons for our passion…;)
Turntables
two Garrard 301, one with spindle lubricated with grease and one with oil
two Garrard 401, first and second series
two Thorens TD124
Thorens TD125 with big base for 12" tonearms
Thorens TD521, a remake of the 125 but with several “modernities”. Also this one with big base for 12" tonearms
two Lenco L75
Roksan Xerses first series
ERA 555 MkIV
AR The Turntable
Sony PL-X65
Tonearms
two SME 3012
SME 3009 Series III
Rabco SL-8E
Decca London
two Rega RB 300
Cartridges
Ortofon SPU Gold
Shure V15 V
Shure M97 E
Stanton 681 EEE
Denon DL-103 retip Van Den Hul elliptical
Grado Platinum Signature
Goldring… Goldring… I do not remember the signature…
Integrated Amplifiers
NAD 3020
Cyrus II
TDY Power amp with MOSFETs
Loudspeakers
Genesis G1+
PSB, I do not remember the signature
Then I have many other things, like drivers, accessories, tubes, mats for turntables, template jigs, phono preamps, line preamps, etc. etc.
