David Berning live

I recently ordered an LTA MZ2 to be both a preamp and headphone amp and looking forward to hearing the benefits of the ZOTL design.  I also recently had my McCormack DNA 0.5 RevA amp get full upgrades through SMcAudio and was interested to learn that they do high-end research for David’s cost-no-object designs and that the fruits of that research trickles down into SMcAudio’s DNA upgrades.  I’m about to hear the results of adding both the MZ2 and upgraded DNA 0.5 to my system and feel like I’ll be wired into David’s brain in no small part.  Truly an icon in our audio world. 

My Quadrature Z monoblocks have a base that Steve designed. It’s made of copper and provides a multi-layer damping and ground system.

@clio09 Yup, my DNA 0.5 has Steve’s Gravity Base he adapted from development work he did for Berning.  Due to the expense of copper these days they now use a highly-engineered and dense wood-based product they find as effective but much cheaper than copper.  All I know is it added several lbs. to my amp and can’t wait to finally hear the thing.