Danny Carey
Celebrity System
Danny Carey is an American musician and songwriter, best known as the drummer for the progressive metal band Tool. Born on May 10, 1961, in Lawrence, Kansas, Carey has been a significant figure in the music industry, contributing to various genres including progressive metal, progressive rock, heavy metal, art rock, alternative metal, hard rock, jazz fusion, and experimental rock. He played with several bands and artists before joining the band Tool in 1990.
Carey’s drumming style is influenced by notable drummers such as Neil Peart, Billy Cobham, Buddy Rich, Bill Bruford, and John Bonham. He is widely regarded as one of the great drummers of all time, having been ranked among the top 100 drummers by Rolling Stone magazine.
We have a photo of Danny Carey posing in front of his home Hi-Fi system. You can see his system includes EgglestonWorks Ivy Signature loudspeakers, Marantz turntable, Arcam CD player, and VTL preamplifier and power amplifier.
Danny Carey’s Home Hi-Fi System
The EgglestonWorks Ivy Signature speaker is an enormous floor standing speaker equipped with a 1-inch cloth dome tweeter, twelve 6-inch midbass drivers, and six 12-inch woofers. Some of the drivers are located inside the cabinet and are not visible in the photos. Each speaker stands 76 inches tall and weighs 600 pounds! Click here to read about the EgglestonWorks Ivy Signature speaker.
At the top of the Hi-Fi cabinet, you can see Danny has been listening to Kraftwerk’s album “3-D The Catalogue” which is a live album by the German electronic music band. Released in 2017, this album is a comprehensive collection of live versions of every studio album song from Kraftwerk’s discography, spanning from “Autobahn” (1974) to “Tour de France Soundtracks” (2003). Click here to visit the Kraftwerk website.
Just below the album is a Marantz TT-15S1 turntable which is belt driven and features a chassis and platter made from dense glass acrylic composite. Click here to visit the Marantz website.
Holding up the turntable is an ARCAN CD player; we think it could be the model CD37 which uses Wolfson 8741 Digital-to-Analog Converters. Click here to visit the ARCAM website.
Underneath the CD player is a VTL TL-75 preamplifier which employs a “clean box/dirty box” architecture to minimize noise and distortion in the audio path.
Finally, sitting on the floor next to Danny is a VTL Siegfried monoblock power amplifier, a high power tube-based amplifier renowned for its musicality, ease of use, and robust design. Click here to visit the VTL website.
