48 Australian Hi-Fi
SOund TRavelS
Lounge Room
· Sony SCD-777ES CD/SACD player
· opus 3 Continuo turntable, SME 3009
arm, Grado cartridge, Pro-ject
phono stage
· Cary CAD-5500 valve preamp
· Cary CAD- 2A3 8wpc valve power amp
· ACR Eckhorn, with upgraded crossovers
and Pioneer TAD ribbon super tweeters.
BedRoom
· orelle CD-101 modified CD player
· Pro-ject turntable, Grado gold
cartridge, NAD phono stage
· magnum pre amp
· Behringer active 3-way crossover
· magnum monoblock power amp rated
at 350 watts
· magnum stereo power amps
rated at 175 watts (Two of )
· ‘Own design’ 3-way loudspeakers
KitChen
· Pioneer reference system
· Pioneer Pd91 CD player, Audio
Alchemy DAC
· Pioneer C73 preamp
· Pioneer 2m 73 25wpc Class-A, and
175wpc Class-A/B power amps
· Pioneer F91 tuner
· Pioneer Ct91 cassette deckST: What’s your favourite piece of equip- EquipmEnt List
ment, something that you wouldn’t sell?
PS: My ACR Eckhorn corner horn speak-
ers and my 1957 and 1990 Orthophase
open baffle planar ribbon speakers.
ST: What do you see as your next audio
purchase or upgrade... if any?
PS: I am not in a position at this time to
squander money on this hobby, but I have
just purchased a Grado cartridge.
ST: What genre of music do you listen to
mostly and who are some of your favourite
artists?
PS: So far as genres are concerned, I
listen to country, folk, blues, rock, pop,
jazz, alternative... basically anything except
classical and especially not opera! When it
comes to my favourite artists... Leo Kottke,Jack Johnson, Grateful Dead, Ryan Adams,
Lisa Ekhdahl...
ST: In what way does music affect your
life, your emotions and the way you feel?
PS: Listening to music is one of life’s truly
great pleasures, you can enhance or change
your mood by listening to music that is
emotive.
ST: Where do you see the high-end
audio industry going in the future?
PS: Sadly as I grow ever more middle-
aged I wonder who will be the new cus-
tomers for great equipment. The future is
‘Lifestyle’, which is a true misnomer if ever
there was one.
ST: What do you mean?
PS: For me, a ‘Lifestyle’ product is an
expensive one where the aesthetic appear-
ance massively overwhelms the musical
performance. So you are buying ‘style’ not
musical performance. Go to any chain store
and you’ll see a vast range of attractive-
looking but poor-sounding equipment.
ST: Where would you like the audio
industry to go or to evolve to?
PS: I’d like it to return to a greater
degree of reality with regards to some of
the jewellery equipment that is around.
Big amps and small inefficient speakers.
Yuck! Big efficient speakers and small single
ended valve amps would be my preference.Big amps and small
inefficient speakers.
Yuck! Big efficient
speakers and small single
ended valve amps would
be my preference