This system was assembled from a configuration shared in a public audio community. The photo is a staged composite for illustration, not the owner’s room, and the relative sizing of the components may be off.
This is a relaxed stereo system built around floorstanding speakers, a power amplifier, a tube preamplifier, a DAC, and a streamer. Their combination balances the speakers’ scale with a smooth midrange and a simple, focused digital source, making the chain easy to live with.
Traits and placement
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Price$21,349
$2,769$127,475
Bass extension35 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 difficulty88.0 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
Tuner
Music Server
Streamer
N
CD PlayerTransport + DAC
Digital Audio PlayerPortable Source + DAC
Phono Preamp
DAC
DN
Surround Processor
Preamp
C
Stereo ReceiverTuner + Amp
AV ReceiverProcessor + Amp
Power Amp
M
Multichannel Amp
Integrated AmpPreamp + Power Amp
Headphone Amp
N
Floorstanding
E
Bookshelf
Subwoofer
Center / Surround
Atmos
In-Wall / Ceiling
Powered SpeakerAmp + Speaker
Over-Ear
On-Ear
In-Ear
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Built October 2026 · Updated 3 days ago · v1