Finally up and playing


I've been slowly and thoughtfully collecting pieces of a system as budget allows over the past few years. This morning, it was complete, and I'm listening to music for the first time.  I'm not a particularly emotional person, but the clarity of the reproduction brought tears to my eyes. Wow. 

I'm so grateful to the Audiogon community for helping guide me to these selections. It's such an extraordinary gift and addition to my life.

If anyone cares - here is what I put together after a lot of listening. I realize this is *totally subjective* and is just what sounded good to my relatively unsophisticated ears.

Power Amp - D'Agostino Momentum S250

Pre Amp - Soulution 725 with phono stage

Mola-Mola Tambaqui DAC

Aurender N20 Streamer

Wilson Audio Sasha DAW speakers

Audience Interconnects

Tellurium Speaker Cables

Zavfino Power Cords

 

 

adamgrosser27

That’s one heck of a first time system you have put together. That is pretty much endgame action. Congratulations and enjoy!

Amazing first system and I can't believe your patience man well done and more than anything enjoy the music!

Wow, quite a system! Give it a couple weeks and t will sound even better. 

I like the momentum amp and Wilson speaker combo, Iam a fan of tellurium cables. Especially their silver, This system should sound amazing if matching is correct.Congratulations to your effort , enjoyyyy..

My first reaction to the list of components in your system was "Holy crap!"... 

Is this your first system? If so, what made you go from zero to 'end game' all of a sudden?

Happy listening.

Thanks to everyone for the comments and feedback - many people seem to be curious about "why did I go all in".

The honest answer is that I'm old.  My wife pointed out that if I was ever going to do build a system and enjoy it - I should do it now. It's not like this is my first system and there will be many after it. 

Someone also inquired about my phonograph plans.  I truly have no idea. I'm somewhat overwhelmed by the multiplicity of combinations of drive/platter/tonearm/cartridge so I decided to punt on making the decision and begin listening to streaming while I research the various options

 

 

Well played , you have an outstanding rig. You put in the work and are enjoying the reward. To be able to sit there and have an emotional reaction is my number one reason to have a system. I strive to be where you are with my system.  Cheers , Mike B.