The tubes are RCA and came with the quickie. The CD player is the first generation Planet by Rega. Amazing that it's still going strong after 10 years!
I was trying to think of a cheap base for the Quickie. I almost went with a heavy cardboard box but then I remembered that I had a bunch of foam packing material from work that I used for moving. I use foam under my turntable which works pretty well in blocking ground vibrations. I remember hearing a few reports of the 3S4 tubes being sensitive to vibration and the light bulb went on! Tapping on any part of the quickie produces a slight ringing sound but otherwise they're very quiet tubes.
Here's some assembly pics.
Mounting the hardware took about an hour.
Here's the block of foam. Took me a bit to dig it out. I'll probably have to dig out some more before adding any upgrades.
As for the interconnects, the white ones are Homegrownaudio Silver Lace.
The others are home-made 4-wire braids of HGA copper and silver wire with Rat Shack RCAs.
The amp is the Bryston B60P and speakers are a pair of AV123 X-CS that have been extensively upgraded themselves.
