MONITORING CHAIN:
* Primary system: Bowers & Wilkins (B&W) Nautilus 802 loudspeakers,
Pass Labs X-250 power amplifier
* Secondary system: Dynaudio Acoustics BM15 loudspeakers,
Bryston amplification
* Controller: Crane Song Avocet monitor control system / monitoring D-A
ANALOG OUTBOARD Includes:
* Manley Variable-Mu (Mastering Edition) compressor / limiter
* Crane Song STC-8M Class A mastering compressor / limiter
* “SS-oweL” Stereo Compressor (Custom unit based on the SSL4044E/G buss compressor with added MCI416 transformer output)
* Crane Song Ibis Discrete Class A parametric equalizer
* API 5500 Dual Equalizer (hybrid 550 B/D/M EQ)
DIGITAL INTERNAL AND OUTBOARD PROCESSING - Highlights:
* DBX Quantum ll (Digital Multi-band Mastering Processor)
* Universal Audio Digital (UAD) collection: Fairchild 670, Teletronix LA2A, Urei 1176LN, Precision Mastering Series Limiter, Pultec EQP-1A, Cambridge EQ, Pultec MEQ-5, Precision Mastering Series Equalizer, Precision Multi-Band compressor, Neve 33609C Stereo Compressor, more...
* Eliosound Air EQ
* AM-Suite (Native to the Samplitude/Sequoia family)
* Izotope’s RX Series audio restoration tools
* K-Stereo processor (by Bob Katz / Algorithmix)
DIGITAL CONVERSION and ROUTING HARDWARE Includes:
* Crane Song H.E.D.D. 192 - Harmonically Enhanced Digital Device
* Bel Canto e.One Dac3 upsampling DA converter (PCM1792 / CS8421)
* Lavry Engineering (dB Technologies) 4496 Conversion System:
o M*AD824 2 channel A/D converter
o M*SYNC Master clock
o M*DA824 2 channel D/A converter
* Crane Song monitoring D/A
* Mark of the Unicorn (MOTU) digital routing
* DBX Quantum II Type IV Conversion System
* Lynx AES 16-channel Digital Interface / Router
SOURCE PLAYBACK / TRANSPORT Includes:
* MCI JH110C open-reel analog deck (with 1/4” and 1/2” head stacks)
* Tascam DV-RA1000 Direct Stream Digital (Sony DSD) system
* Alesis MasterLink ML-9600 High Resolution Master Disk System
* Rega P3 table w/glass platter, RB300 arm and Dynavector 10x4 MC cartridge
* Cambridge Audio Azur Series 640P MM/MC Class ‘A’ phono stage
* TASCAM DA-30 MkII DAT deck
* Sony Mini Disc
* Sony, TEAC Cassette
* Technics RS-DC10 Digital Compact Cassette
DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATIONS Feature:
* (PC) Sonica Labs G-340 High Performance Audio System
o Intel Pentium 4 3.4Ghz Prescott processor
o Intel 875P Chipset
o 3 GB DDR400 RAM
o 800Mhz FSB
o Hyper threading, SATA RAID
o 20dB quiet THERMAxFlow cooling
o Over 2TB of local drive space
* Terastation Pro 2-Terabyte NAS-RAID
* Samplitude Professional recording / mastering production system
* Steinberg WaveLab Audio Mastering and Editing Suite
* Plextor internal and external drives utilizing PlexTools Professional
* Mac Intel Core 2 Duo
DITHERING OPTIONS Include:
* Lavry Engineering Dithering with Acoustic Bit Correction®
* Apogee UV-22 HR (Hardware and software) Dithering
* POW-r Dithering system
* Crane Song “Analog Dither”
* Crane Song HEDD 192
WELL, THAT’S GREAT. ANYTHING ELSE?
* Room treatments by GIK Acoustics, Klups, RealTraps ®
* All interconnections are Belden 1800F cable with Neutrik connectors. Amplifier and speaker connections are Silver Serpent and Cobalt cables respectively.
* Monster Power® Professional and Blue Circle power conditioning and filtering
* Custom console by Sterling Modular
* The famous “Stereo Stupidifier with Digital Sonic Decrapulator”