Jay was once pleased with his Nakamichi system but then became determined to build from the ultimate in electronics and cabling. But the set-up pales when you also learn about the floating floor in his city apartment and the walls made from rubber, marine ply and Swiss cow hides... Steve Harris tells the story. There may be a few city apartments as beautiful as this one, but there can't be many others where the cinema system is as stunning as the decor. When Jay, who'd moved here from the US, planned this luxurious central London home he knew just what he wanted in terms of aesthetics, comfort and convenience. Naturally, there would be all the smart-home automation and control you could think of, including distributed audio via ceiling speakers. But as a serious listener and videophile, Jay's priority was to enjoy music and movies at the highest quality level, and he wasn't going to settle for less. 'The whole system started with the Mark Levinson amps, that was the first step and everything was built from that point onwards. And I didn't want to, in any way, compromise the signal path of the video or the audio, and therefore it seemed inconsistent to use servers. It made more sense that I should take out a shiny disc and put it inside a transport, and listen to it or watch it that way.
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