Minimalist companies: 47 labs, Scott Nixon,Decware

I'm in the middle of putting together an uber-minimalist system right now as a matter of fact.

Here's the amp I'm getting:
http://www.geocities.com/vinnie822/cta_desc.html
It's a heavily-modified and battery-powered Tripath chip.

The DAC will be a Scott Nixon DacKit (not the tubed one), and it'll go into the same kind of enclosure as the amp, and be powered by the same kind of battery:
http://www.geocities.com/vinnie822/cta_desc.html

Finally, the speakers are Bastanis Prometheus... they're full-range, extremely high-efficiency speakers with no crossover between 100Hz and 10kHz. These are the speakers Peter that Brueninger raved about in Stereophile last month.
http://www.baulsaudio.com

Aside from the powered sub amp and my transport (for now...) I'll be completely independant of a/c power. Just can't wait until everything gets here to see how it all sounds.

Gary

Sounds like an amazing little system you are devising there. Let me know once the crates start to pour into your house, I'd like to know how they sound. I've been interested in the prometheus for a while myself. What is the low frequency extension on them?

The prometheus go down to 100Hz and fall off rapidly below that because of the open baffle. Then the dual powered subs take over and provide flat bass down to 30Hz or so. Not too bad considering both speakers, the subs and the sub amp, and the wood kit costs under $2k.

http://www.bastanis.com/diy/prometheus_en.htm

Gary