Well my system is finally back up & running after a little hiatus. It is so good to hear music again. As you can see from the pics I still haven't finished the room but I do have heat & tunes so I am all set for a few weeks
I am pretty impressed with the sound, it was tough to let go of my beloved BAT tube amp but these little Monarchy's have more slam & power with pure class A sweetness. The Modwright is incredible, Nick & I compared it to his Symp + pre & he told me to take mine home, he didn't want to fall in love with it
Nothing can be said about the VSA jr's that hasn't been said, they rock.
The new system consists of:
Onkyo DV-SP 1000- universal SACD, DVD, CD player
Benchmark DAC 1- convertor
ModWright SWL 9.0 beta pre-amp- custom pre-amp with external power supply, Tungsol tubes
Monarchy Audio SE-100 mono block amps- 100 wpc @ 8 ohms, pure class A, doubles down @ 4 ohms
VSA VR4jr's- first pair ever made, slightly tweaked from factory
Monster HTS 3500 MKII power conditioner
DH Labs interconnect's
Acoustic Zen Satori shotgun's