My dream turntable, Peter Kroack's Tao table with Helius Cyalene silver wired arm, Len Gregory's (aka the Cartridge Man) Musikmaker Mk III MM cartridge and a superb Ortofon 309i arm, excellent RS Labs RS-3 head shell and Denon DL-103R cartridge.   Welborne Labs Moondog 2A3 mono block  SET amps (Kit version), they sound magical,  especially with some NOS 6SN7 drivers and NOS GZ37 rectifie   ASL Tulip 2A3 stereo amp with Vaic 2A3 Meshplates. Aren't they gorgeous? The sound of the Tulip is wonderful, though not as authoritative as the Moondogs are ( In the meantime I have sold the Tulip - no easy decision - due to my next project the building of a pair of WE 91 300B SE amplifiers - a kit-version offered by DIY Hifi Supply in Hong Kong) Joe Aigner's test version of a 5687 based line stage with two kinds of output transformers (using parafeed and ultrapath circuits). Fully homebrewed but highly musical and enjoyable; one of the best linestages I've ever had in my system...   Downstairs system in my dedicated music room. In the front is a pair of impressive 3-way speakers, designed and built by Austria's loudspeaker guru, David Haigner. Near field view of David Haigner's full range speaker, efficiency 92 dB,  impedance slightly above 8 ohm,  an easy load to drive for a 2A3 amplifier pair in biamping mode (or even better a pair of 2A3 monos for mids and tweeter section and my new pair of WE 91 300B SE amps for the bass - awesome). That's my new one. Joe Aigner's line stage design with a lot of iron (Sowther volume transformers, one 6H30pi double triode tube with battery bias and Lundahl output trannies using a parafeed circuit) and external power supply. The matching external power supply of my preamp with Lundahl choke and TV damper tubes for rectification. My source for CDs is a Martin Küng modified Philips CDR 950 used as transport together with Benchmark  Media's DAC1 - works fine for me. WE 91 300B SET Mono block after the assembling work was done. It's the kit version offered by DIY Hifi-Supply, Hong Kong with Guido Tents 5V DC filament supply for the 300B triode output tube. A very powerful 300B amp which I use to drive the 15 " RCF bass chassis of  my speakers. The cherry wood front panel is not part of the kit. My brother-in-law, Kurt, a gifted carpenter, made them for me.   Good old Linn LP12, Lingo, Ekos combination with Audio Technica OCC30 MC cartridge and EAR 834P deluxe phono stage. Mollenhauer Germany tube preamp and transistor-power amp (this combo plays music with a lot of emotion... wonderful) with Martin Küng modified Grundig CD 8400 (great sounding CD player, by the way). Upstairs system as a whole, speakers are TDL Monitor compact transmission lines (my first DIY project with help of my late great Dad and some friends). Normally, our cats are in the first row, damn where are they?     ©The Audio Eagle 2005-2014• All Rights Reserved • Disclaimer