Wayne Donnelly

Main System

Room: The listening room per se is 14 feet wide by 14 feet deep; the pitched ceiling rises from 8 feet at the listening seat to 18 feet above the speakers. Despite the compact primary floor space, the system loads into a considerably greater volume. The room has no rear corners, as a dining room opens to the outside and rear of the left speaker, and there is a hallway to the rear and an open stairwell to the outside of the right speaker.

Loudspeakers: Meadowlark Blue Heron2

Analog source: Basis 2800 vacuum turntable, Graham 2.2 arm, Transfiguration Temper cartridge

Digital sources: Sony SCD-777ES SACD player/CD transport with "Absolute Truth" and additional custom Bybee upgrades by ModWright; Dodson DA-218 24-bit/768kHz upsampling DAC

Core electronics: VTL 750 Reference monoblock amplifiers; VTL TL 7.5 line preamplifier; Thor TA-3000 Mk. II phono stage

Speaker Cables: Bybee custom-modified Eichmann 
Interconnects: Bybee Slipstream & Golden Goddess
Phono cable: Graham
Power cables: Bybee (various), TG Audio Slvr, Transparent Reference, Vans Evers Pandora

Accessories: All electronic components are internally modified using various types of Bybee Quantum Purifiers. In addition, Bybee RCA Magic Bullets, Bybee/Curl Pro power conditioner. Shakti Hallograph Soundfield Optimizers, Shakti Stones & On-lines. Arcici Suspense Rack, Townshend 3-D Seismic Sink; Arcici Air Head + Polycrystal amplifier stands. Vibrapods. Goldmund, Polycrystal & Black Diamond Racing isolation cones. VPI DB-5 damping bricks. VPI HW-16 record-cleaning machine, Audio Desk CD Lathe, REVEAL & Auric Illuminator CD cleaner/polishers, Nordost ECO3 anti-static fluid.

Secondary System

Digital source: custom-upgraded Pioneer DV-434 CD/DVD player 

Other digital: TASCAM CD-RW5000 and Harman/Kardon CDR-20 CD recorders

Amplifier: Jolida JD 202A integrated, with modifications and Bybee Quantum Purifiers installed by Bill Baker of Response Audio

Loudspeakers: Meadowlark Swift; PSB SubSonic 5i subwoofer

Cables: Bybee custom & DH Labs Q-10 speaker cables; Bybee interconnects 

Accessories: Sanus A/V equipment stand, 6-outlet Noisetrapper rebuilt by Andy Bartha as Bybee power distributor; others as listed above.