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Edwin's Hi-Fi
As of October 31, 2005

Main System Information

Arcam Delta 70.2 CD Player as Transport
Benchmark DAC-1
Musical Fidelity X-10 v3 Passive Tube Buffer with X-PSU power supply
Sonic Frontiers SFL-1 Pre-Amp
Classe CA200 Power Amp
Dynaudio Audience 8 Speakers
Navigator Digital Coaxial Cable – 1 meter
Zu Gede RCA Interconnect Cable – 1.5 meters (2 sets)
Signal Silver Resolution Reference RCA Interconnect – 6 foot
Wireworld Equinox III Balanced Interconnect – 1.7 meters
Monster M.75 Bi-Wire Speaker Cable – 8-foot pair
Signal Silver Resolution Reference Speaker Cable – 6-foot pair
Signal Magic digital and analog power cables (5) and MIT Z Power Cord II
Brick Wall power conditioner and surge protector
All main pieces of gear sit on a rather cheap and hollow Atlantis three-shelf, open-frame metal rack. Rack is de-coupled from the floor with spikes, as is the top shelf, where the CD player sits, further isolated with three Tenderfeet cones. Speakers are de-coupled from the floor with three cones per speaker.

Headphone & Portable System Information

Apple 40 GB iPod with PocketDock Lineout
Musical Fidelity X-Can v3 Headphone Amp with X-PSU power supply (shared with the X-10)
Headsave Classic Headphone Amp
Go-Vibe Portable Headphone Amp
Zu Pivot Mini-to-mini and Mini-to-RCA cables
Zu Mobius Cable – 2 meters for HD650 cans
Shure E2 ear buds
Koss PortaPro headphones
Grado SR100 headphones
Sennheiser HD580 headphones
Sennheiser HD650 headphones

Computer System Information

Small, carpeted bedroom about 11x12 feet with 9 foot ceiling that vaults mildly to 10 feet in the center with a small bay window area along short wall
Speakers about 75 inches apart from outer edge to outer edge and about three-feet from front of speaker to rear wall. Speakers are capable of wide and deep soundstage if given space to breath, but are compromised by this current small room. Right channel speaker is beside the bay window and thus has more space to breath and throw a wider soundstage – yes, the bay window does make a difference when listening to the relative throw of each channel.
Bookshelves line the rear wall to help with breaking up rear wall reflections
Opposite wall has an L-shaped desk with my desktop computer system, i.e. a rather intimate listening area with a very near-field seating position
Listening seat is my full-sized office chair
Overall sound of the system is detailed and engaging, but not forward and I can listen for very long sessions. Doesn't plumb the depths of bass extension, but I don't feel cheated when playing back some bombastic orchetral pieces.