TWOCHANNEL REFERENCE BUILD
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A vinyl-first setup built around a classic LP12 turntable, a tube phono stage, a tube line preamp and a tube power amp driving sensitive vintage-style speakers. It delivers a warm, natural midrange that brings vocals and acoustic instruments close, while trading off the deepest bass weight of larger modern towers.
TURNTABLE
Linn Sondek LP12$18,304
PHONO PREAMP
Lamm Industries LP2 Deluxe$0
PREAMP
Shindo Laboratory Monbrison$14,900
POWER AMP
Jadis JA80$29,300
SPEAKERS
Tannoy Westminster Royal GR$50,649
Traits and placement
Read from the component list, not from listening.
Price$124,143
$2,769$127,475
Bass extension18 Hz
47 Hz18 Hz
Lowest frequency response across the system’s components. Approximate — a component is excluded only when it declares an amplifier wattage without also declaring a sensitivity figure, so an amplifier that happens to report a sensitivity slips through and can pull the reading down.
Drive difficulty99.0 dB/W
99.0 dB/W85.0 dB/W
Speaker sensitivity normalised to 8 ohms. Approximate — we do not record whether a figure was quoted per watt or per 2.83 volts, so a non-8-ohm speaker can be out by up to 3 dB.
System Components
Signal Chain
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Signal chain complete — source to speakers
Accessories
Sources
Processing
Control
Amplification
Outputs
Cartridge
Tonearm
Turntable
S
Tuner
Music Server
Streamer
CD PlayerTransport + DAC
Digital Audio PlayerPortable Source + DAC
Phono Preamp
LM
DAC
Surround Processor
Preamp
M
Stereo ReceiverTuner + Amp
AV ReceiverProcessor + Amp
Power Amp
J
Multichannel Amp
Integrated AmpPreamp + Power Amp
Headphone Amp
Floorstanding
W
Bookshelf
Subwoofer
Center / Surround
Atmos
In-Wall / Ceiling
Powered SpeakerAmp + Speaker
Over-Ear
On-Ear
In-Ear
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Built September 2026 · Updated 2 days ago · v1