Systems we have built
Priced and complete, honest about what each one leaves out.
Roughly S$3,000 to S$30,000. Each price covers the electronics and the cables between them. We do not sell speakers or rooms, so that is where each of these stops, and what a system leaves out is the next thing to buy.
The smallest system we would actually recommend. The VERSE converts, holds the volume and drives headphones, and the CHORUS drives the speakers. The two cables are in the price because a system is not finished without them, and the ones in the box are the part everybody forgets. This assumes you already own speakers and something to play from.
the Tai hang conditioner
a streamer
a network switch
The same two boxes, with the power sorted out. The Tai Hang cleans and steadies what comes out of the wall, and the Crescendo BEAT replaces the plastic adapter feeding the VERSE. Nothing added here is a box you listen to, and that is exactly the point: it is the one pillar that improves every other box you own.
the streamer
a network switch
The first system here that brings its own source. The RIVO+ streams, the uDAC converts, and the EX-M1+ handles preamplification and power in one chassis. Earth Series cables throughout, and conditioned power first, as always. If you are moving off a computer and a pair of desktop speakers, this is the step that changes the most.
a DDC
network switch
Where amplification splits in two. The EX-P27 preamplifies and the EX-B7 drives the speakers, which is the change most people hear after the converter. The Harmony DAC2 is the R2R ladder converter the LAiV range is built around. This is most of what a system can do, before the last twenty percent starts costing what the first eighty did.
a network switch
a DDC
Discs rather than files. The CDT2-MK3 reads them, the Harmony DAC2 converts, and the Dazzle does preamplification and power in a single chassis. Flame Series cabling throughout, and the Tai Hang underneath all of it. This is the one we would put in our own room, which is a claim worth more with a price attached than without.
the loudspeakers
Or start from the number
and we will name the system.
The bars are real prices from the system it lands on, not a share of your budget. Whatever is left over stays in your pocket, and we say how much.
This reaches Clean Power, properly at S$5,394. That leaves S$606 unspent, and S$5,713 more would reach Getting everything serious at S$11,713. It deliberately leaves out the streamer, a network switch.
Not sure which way to go? Tell us the room and we will tell you the system, free and with no obligation.
None of these is your system
They are honest starting points. Yours will differ, and if you already own half of one, buying a whole system is the wrong move.