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Astell&Kern AK380 Portable Audio Player
Focal Utopia Headphones
JH Audio Model JH13V2 Custom In Ear Monitors
Sennheisser HD650 Headphones

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Dunlavy SC4a Speakers
Monster Z-2 Biamp cables
Wavestream Stereo V8 Amplifier
Wavestream Linestage
Wavestream Phonostage
Harmonic Technology Magic interconnects
SME 20/2 turntable
SME IV.VI tonearm
Koetsu Platinum Onyx cartridge
Graham Engineering phono cable
Wadia 861xi cd player
Sony SCD-555ES SACD player
SqueezeBox music server
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Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra, Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Analog Productions (RCA Living Stereo), DSD 2.8 MHz 64fs download

Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (Complete Ballet), Antal Durati, London Symphony Orchestra, Mercury Living Presence, DSD 2.8 MHz 64fs download

Johann Sebastian Bach: The French Suites, Murray Perahia, Deutsche Grammaphon, 96/24 download

Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, Pierre Monteaux conducting the London Symphony Orchestra, JVC XRCD24, 24/16 rip

Bach: Suites for Solo Cello, Janis Starker, Mercury Living Presence, DSD 2.8 MHz, 64fs download

Dvorak: Concerto for Cello & Orchestra in B Minor, Janos Starker (cello), Antal Dorati conducting the London Symphony Orchestra, Mercury Living Presence, DSD 2.8 MHz, 64fs download

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