For music:
- My i5 based PC hosting all 1800+ CDs of my music in FLAC format.
- Roon as my server software. Connects directly to the ID40 card in my 861 via ethernet
- Meridian 861v4/ID40/LPS AV processor acting as a streaming front end, stereo DAC and pre-amp. The 861 also includes Meridian's take on room correction, and nicely dials out a couple of serious room nodes (bass peaks)
- BAT VK-600 SE power amp
- Impulse Ta'us horn loaded 3 way speakers. These have been given an RFC overhaul with replacement midrange, tweeter drivers and a new set of custom built off board crossovers
- GIK tri-trap bass traps in the corners behind my Impulse speakers
- Power and speaker cables are from Coherent Systems. Balanced cables interconnects are neutric terminated from Audio Technica and Mogami.
- Trichord balanced power supply for the Meridian 861 and HD621
- Weird ethernet thingy to reduce RF noise and CAT6 and CAT7 cabling
- Whilst having a new power circuit laid in for our conservatory, has a 2nd circuit laid in just for the stereo, thus reducing noise in the mains from other household components.
Here's one of the speakers with the electronics stack:
For AV
- LG B9 65” TV
- Pioneer BD player
- Meridian 861v4 AV processor
- Meridian HD621
- Impulse Ta’us / BAT VK-600se (fronts)
- Linn LK140 (rear amp)
- Ruark Prelude speakers (rears)
- Boggo 3.5m HDMI cables. QED speaker cables to the rear speakers
Meridian 861, HD621 and BAT VK are all sat on a Quadraspire 4 tier acrylic stand which nicely tidies things up.
Music is controlled using the Roon iOS App
Headphone system (sited at my PC)
- Sennheiser HD600s, driven by either a Meridian Director DAC and a Heed Canamp 2, or a Meridian MS200 into a Little Dot 3 valve amp
