I am here to introduce myself and at the same time to find out where my passion for the High Fidelity comes from. I have always asked it to myself without finding a precise answer. The fact is that Hi-Fi is intriguing and, furthermore, is extremely colorful and multifaceted. Besides, even if faithful, no system is like the other.
In the last years, my interest for DIY has grown, in particular for the loudspeakers. I think that making something with our own hands is funny and fulfilling. I am literally attracted by the drivers - maybe for their magnet - and when I see one, I could not avoid thinking how to use it in a future design.
I think that sharing and collaboration are essential vehicles of growth and knowledge. Hence, all my designs are largely documented and made public. Everything is on my blog sasaBlog.
I attend the most important web "squares" dedicated to DIY and hi-fi. My nickname is sasachess because chess are another great passion of mine.
My system? In continuous evolution. Currently the following one:
Sources
Streaming music with laptop and Foobar 2000
Streaming music with Raspberry Pi e MPD - Music Player Daemon
Audio boards
M-Audio Transit 24bit/96KHz
Terratec DMX 6 Fire USB
DAC
Maxi Lampucera modified with transformer output
Preamplifiers
Yaqin MS-12B with tweaking in the line stage by MaurArte
Tube preamp with 5670 tubes
Amplifiers
DIY JLH, Class-A
MyRef RevC, Class-AB on design by Mauro Penasa
Alesis RA500, Class-AB
TK2050, Class-T with tweaking AudioFirst
DIY loudspeakers
Hatt TBS, two-way monitors
Hatt SS mkII
Wood Rook, D’Appolito two-way floorstanders
Cables
DIY
