A great compact system does not ask you to compromise. The combination of the NAD C 3030 S, Technics SL-50C, Scansonic MB1-B, and Nordost White Lightning has been one of the most consistently satisfying things we have listened to in the AudioVision SF room this year. Here is why it works.

One of the most persistent misconceptions in high end audio is a seductive one.

It goes like this: find the best reviewed component at each position in the chain, buy all of them, connect them together, and you will have the best possible system.

It is a logical idea. It is also, in our experience, almost never how extraordinary sound actually happens.