ACHiPo

CA transplant from Indiana via New York and Portland, OR

Cooking, African and Afro-Cuban percussion, motorcycles, woodworking
Location
Pleasanton, CA
The Place To List Your Gear
WTT Reference, Lyra Delos cartridge
Lenco L75 turntable, Pioneer PL70 tonearm, Miyajima Zero cartridge
TransFi Terminator tonearm (to be mounted to the Lenco)
Aurender S10 and HAL MS-3 Music Server
Slightly modified Gustard X20U DAC
Triode Wire Labs USB cable
Triode Wire Labs power cords
Parasound JC2 line stage
Ray Samuels X10B phono stage
Jeff Rowland Consummate phono stage and pre (in-repair)
AtmaSphere M60 mk III.2 OTL monoblocks
Darwin Audio Truth balanced interconnects
Zero autoformers as speaker cables
Kef Reference 207/2 speakers
Occupation
Making the machines that make computer chips

Signature

Analog: Technics SP10R with Kuzma 4Point 14” SoundSmith Hyperion
Wavestream Kinetics or Jeff Rowland Consummate phono stage
Digital: Taiko Extreme server, Intona Ultimate USB, Oppo 105 CDP, Holo Audio May KTE DAC
Parasound JC2 preamp
AtmaSphere MA1 amps or Benchmark AHB2 amps
Sound Lab Majestic "skinny" 745s
2 Rythmik 12SE subs and 1 dual 10" DIY sub with miniDSP plate amp
Interconnects: Darwin Truth II and Enlightenment XLR
Power cords: Shunyata V2 loom, Denali conditioner/distributor on the front end and Hydra Triton V2 and Typhon QR on amps and subs
Herbies vibration management and AV Room Service EVPs
Speaker cables are Silversmith Fideliums
Combination of DIY and GK Acoustics bass traps

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