RIG:
SHUNYATA RESEARCH HYDRA V-RAY VERSION II (Power distribution, conditioner and filter)
RCM: Clearaudio Smart Matrix (ClearAudio Pure Groove + L’Art du Son Cleaning Fluid + Osage brush)
TURNTABLE: Dr. Feickert Woodpecker + INERTIA platter
TONEARM: Reed 3Q 10,5" (Finewire C37 + Cryo WBT Nextgen, Armwand Pernambuco, Headshell with VTA and Azimuth laser adjustment)
CARTRIDGE: My Sonic Lab Ultra Eminent EX MC
PHONO STAGE: NAGRA VPS (Vacuum tube phono stage, charged to 470 Ohm ) (old valves)
ADC SYSTEM: Lavry Black AD11 external USB 2.0 ADC
CABLES:
ELEMENT 47 SOUNDSTAGE (TS/RCA Cardas Adapters) (for connecting phono preamp and ADC system)
SYNERGISTIC Research USB Active SE Cable with Enigma Tuning Circuits (for connecting ADC system and PC)
Furutech G-314AG-18 High performance Power Cable (4 power cables total)
Synergistic Research SR Core RCA (for connecting signal from the PC to the amplifier)
AND ALSO...
TERPSICORE Damper CM7 (four dampers under the turntable)
FOZGOMETER AZIMUTH RANGE FINDER
Zerostat 3 Anti-Static Pistol
Onzow Zerodust (to clean the needle)
Platterspeed for iPod Touch (Dr. Feickert) speed verifier
SOFTWARE:
SoundForge Pro 10.0 (record 24/96)
Izotope RX3 Advanced (big clicks repair)
ClickRepair.
FLAC FRONTEND v.2.0 using FLAC 1.3.0 (WAV --> FLAC)
PENAUDIO REBEL3 Loudspeakers
HEGEL 100 Amplifier
RIPPING NOTE:
No Equalization, Minor ClickRepair (whenever possible), No Noise Reduction and No Normalization.
No silence been removed.
THE DYNAMIC RANGE OF THIS CAPTURE WAS NOT ALTERED IN ANY WAY DURING EDITING.
The two channels have been captured at the same volume level with my ADC system. The imbalance between channels, so you can appreciate, it's own vinyl or behavior of my phono preamp to valves. No two valves are identical. In addition, the azimuth of my tonearm-cartridge is perfectly checked by the device Fozgometer, being the difference between channels of ±0,2 db
INFO:
http://www.a.musicalsurroundings.com/fozgometer.html
http://www.excelstereo.com/Reed/reed.htm
http://www.feickert.de/engl/lw_woodpecker.html
http://platterspeed.com/
http://www.soundstage.com/equipment/shunyata_hydra_aeros_cx.htm
http://www.furutech.com/2013/01/27/1177/
http://www.synergisticresearch.com/featured/new-category-digital-power-tools-from-synergistic-research/
http://www.monoandstereo.com/2013/08/element-47-black-master-cables-test.html