SOUND SOURCES

Squeezebox Classic

A networked (ethernet) streaming solution. Now discontinued.

Audio-gd DAC 19 DSP
(2 multibit PCM1704uk chips)

The all-important digital to analog conversion.

Quad 77 Mains CD Player

Only occasionally used now - streaming music is more convenient and (with the above DAC) better quality too.

AMPLIFICATION

Decware Zen

My introduction to the world of the Single-ended Triode Amplifier. Decware were selling kits, so I built their ZKit1 Zen. This was a real learning experience, and I was gobsmacked when it worked first time. First switch-on is called the "smoke test"! Anyway, just one night of listening and I am a SET convert.

Tubelab SET Using 45 Tubes

My current project. 45 tube SETs are crack for audiophiles - the most nuanced amp of them all. Finally got all parts sourced: Electra-Print output transformers, and 45 tubes now arrived.

OK will open a page for this project, and photograph the whole process ...

LOUDSPEAKERS

Full-range Back-loaded Horn Loudspeakers

Two metre tall Sachiko double-mouthed cabinets. Fostex FE206En 8" drivers (EnABLed).