Hiendy: Ktêma, Audio Note Gaku-on, Audio Note M10, Esoteric

[… and here we are starting a new category – cool Sightings, in the wild, as it were. People often point us to extreme high-end systems they run across. Finally it dawned… maybe we should collect them here – let people see that we, and they, are not the only ones with the vision and passion. Thanks go out to Florian for this one]


Hiendy: Impeccable home visits

[The system components are listed below. These would run about $1M USD. The speakers are by the previous founder/designer at Sonus Faber (who left when they were bought by a hedge fund)]

CD player: Esoteric P-01 VU version + D-01 VU version + G-0Rb Master Clock
vinyl combination: SME 30/12 + Simplicity + Thales Air Tight PC-1 Supreme + Boulder 2008
Pre-Amp: Audio note M10
Power-Amp: Audio Note Gaku-On $
speaker: Ktêma
Power Processor: Shunyata Research Hydra V-Ray + Shunyata Research Hydra 2

cables:
Siltech Royal Signature Ruby Double Crown PC 2M x 3 (turntable, mono- block after the class)
Siltech Royal Signature Empress Double Crown XLR 1.5M x 2 (CD decoding – the former level, Phono-preamp)
Siltech Royal Signature Empress Double Crown XLR 2M (before the class – after class)
Siltech Golden Eagle 75 X 3 (Clock Cable, Clock – turntable, decoding)
Tara Labs The Zero AES / EBU 2M x 2 (CD turntable – decoding)
Shunyata Research King Cobra CXZ filling sand version x 3 (mono decoding, Master Clock)
Shunyata Research King Cobra CX x 2 (Phono Amp, Power processor)
Audio Note Sogon PC 2M (Pre-Amp) x 4

attachments:
Finite Elemente Cerabase Compact x 3 sets (after class)
Finite Elemente Cerabase x 3 sets (Boulder Supply device)
Air-Tight Carbon Block graphite block (Pre-Amp)
SYMPOSIUM (Master Clock)
Vibraplane’s Active Air flotation pads x 2 + pump
in box Tripoint Audio TROY
audio frame: Venture HiFi Rack x 2