“An ultimate system from Arnie Sanders of Austin, Texas: supplied by Exact Audio, it’s built around CH Precision’s ‘ultimate’ amplification, a full loom of Nordost Odin 2 and set up by Stirling Trayle of Audio Systems Optimized.”
Arnie’s System:
Amplification:
- 4-box P1 Dual Monaural with 2x X1 Power Supply
- 4-box L1 Dual Monaural with 2x X1 Power Supply
- 2x M1.1 Power Amplifiers (active bi-amp mode)
Sources:
- Beat SE Turntable with two Schroeder LT tonearms, one with Lyra Olympos SL and the other with Lyra Atlas Lambda SL
- Minus K BM-8 isolation platform
- Total DAC D1-Twelve (D1-Streamer, D1-Outboard Re-Clocker, 2x D1-Twelve Mono DACs, D1-Twelve Live Power Supply, D1-Player/NAS)
Speakers:
- Rockport Arrakis 2 Loudspeakers with external active crossover
- REL Six-Pack (6x REL G1 subs in two stacks of three)
Cables and Power Supply:
- Nordost Odin 2 – interconnects, speaker and power cords
- Nordost QRT distribution blocks
- Shunyata Triton V3 and Shunyata DPC6 V3
- CAD GCR and GC3 grounding
