Ten woofers apiece, split across remote active subwoofer units and controlled separately from the main four-unit speaker array - that's the loudspeaker side of a system Hifiverse's own editorial team called simply "a unique, all-around Ultra High-End system," built around a full CH Precision 10 Series electronics stack and a TechDAS flagship turntable running dual tonearms. The room itself, 60 square metres with full acoustic treatment on every wall, floor and ceiling, was purpose-built around it.
The system at a glance
Eight components spanning custom-built loudspeakers, TechDAS's flagship analogue source in dual-arm configuration, Graham Engineering and Dynavector tonearm and cartridge options, and CH Precision's complete 10 Series electronics range. This is a bespoke reference system, built to what Hifiverse's own coverage describes as a goal of surpassing what contemporary production brands can offer, rather than an off-the-shelf assembly of catalogue components.
Why these components work together
The electronics chain runs CH Precision's absolute flagship tier throughout - a pair of M10 Stereo power amplifiers with remote power supplies delivering 550 watts per channel into 4 ohms and doubled power-supply capacity over the previous-generation M1.1, the L10 dual-monaural line preamplifier with ultra-short signal paths and R-2R volume control, the P10 dual-monaural twin-chassis phonostage, and the C10 DAC's sixteen-chip PCM1704 dual-differential R-2R array. The TechDAS Air Force One Premium turntable runs in a dual-tonearm configuration, pairing Graham Engineering's precision tonearm geometry with Dynavector's moving-coil cartridge engineering on one arm and further reference-tier options on the second, letting the owner compare cartridges without breaking down and reinstalling a single arm each time. The custom-built loudspeakers, crafted from solid walnut as genuine wave-forming designs and associated with Italian manufacturer Sonus Victor, split bass duties into remote active subwoofer units, each independently controlling ten woofers, specifically so the demanding low-frequency load never competes electrically or acoustically with the main array's own drivers. Full-room acoustic treatment, panels on all four walls plus floor and ceiling treatment, gives this reference-tier electronics and analogue-source chain a listening environment engineered to the same uncompromising standard.
How it sounds
Hifiverse's own assessment credits the system with "exceptionally high resolution across the entire range" and a huge, effortlessly rendered soundstage, backed by "incredible bass response" from the independently amplified subwoofer arrays, a system its own editorial team singled out as rare even among the extraordinary installations this catalog documents, with its owner reportedly already planning further loudspeaker upgrades despite the system's current, already extraordinary state.
by TechDAS
With total moment of inertia 3,506 kg / cm2 and Wow & Flutter below 0.03% TechDAS Air Force III Premium S offers extraordinary sound.
Stable Balance unipivot reference-class tonearm - an upgraded version of the highly-rated Phantom II.
by Dynavector
Low output moving coil cartridge with multi Alnico magnets and the Flux damper offers clear and detailed sound.
by CH Precision
Dual monaural twin-chassis High End class phonostage - the latest introduction to CH Precision flagship 10 Series.
by CH Precision
Upsampling DAC with volume control and Linearized R-2R with four PCM1704 chips per channel offers PCM 24 bits, 705.6kHz or 768kHz, DSD via DoP up to DSD512.
by CH Precision
Fully discrete, balanced Dual Monaural line-stage (preamplifier) with heavily regulated and filtered power supplies and extreme wide-bandwidth frequency responses.
by CH Precision
Doubled the power supply capacity (vs. M.1.1) High End amp offers bandwidth up to 500kHz and delivers 2 x 550 Wt (4 Ohms load)!
by Sonus Victor
Sealed box High End loudspeaker system 4+3 way with wide frequency response (17 - 30 000 Hz).