Built by Wade on Feb 7, 2026 • Updated Feb 10, 2026
┌─── Rotel CD14 MKII ├─── Bluesound NODE ├─── Sony PS-LX310BT │ Advance Paris A10 Classic │ Paradigm Founder 100F Paradigm Founder 100F
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Speakers
Integrated Amplifier
6 parts
This was a system I helped build while working at Independence Audio Video.
It's one of my favorite stereos I've ever listened to. Mostly because of the Founder 100 Towers. The "midnight cherry" gloss finish was absolutely gorgeous and the sound was divine. I would take the Founders over other high-end towers we had in the shop that cost 4 or 5 times the price.
If I was building my own personal system of this calibre, I'd probably swap out the Advance Paris unit for high end Yamaha or McIntosh power. The Advance Paris stuff is really pretty, but the sound was not for me.
The Sony turntable is low end for the rest of this system. It's decent starter kit, but way outgunned by everything else here. We needed to demo it, though, so there it is. We sold a bunch of these Sony turntables out of this room.
Ignore the sub in the picture. It wasn't ever hooked up. The Founders certainly didn't need it.
Total Parts
6
Power Output
130 Watts
Speaker Sensitivity
90dB
Frequency Response
42Hz – 23kHz
Price Range
$9,010 - $11,190
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