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  • Just come from the Groovehandle and pleased to be one of the first members of this new Forum. Congratulations on setting it up so quickly and good luck.

    As a first post it is perhaps worth listing my kit:

    Naim CDSII/XPS/Nac 52/Supercap/Nap 250/KEFKIT 3

    How about others doing likewise until the ideas start coming for new threads.

    By the way anyone interested in discussing 70s KEF speakers or drive units (or just speakers of any kind) are welcome at:

    SpeakerTalk (http://www.hifiloudspeakers.info/speakertalk/)

    Terry


  • Heres todays version...



    Source

    Meridian 588

    Pro-ject Debut II



    Amps

    Arcam A22

    Arcam P25



    Speakers

    Spendor S6



    Support

    CDP on a Townshend seismic sink

    All on Atacama equinox rack



    Mains

    Trichord Power Conditioner 500va

    RA Classic Powerkord Wattgate 320



    Wires

    Van Den Hul D102 Mk III interconnects

    Silver Anniversary Bi-wire


  • Boxsoft,



    I would listen to music with my eyes well shut, not a pretty sight, arrgh... :JPS:


  • Well, so much for "mostly settled"....



    The RCD-991 has just gone in favour of a marantz CD16, and this is being used as a transport into an M-audio SuperDAC, with a few mods.



    This leads to the slightly odd situation, with (at new rrps) around £3k of digital front end and speakers forming a system around a £270 amp...



    It doesn't work amazingly well, and the amp is clearly the weak link in the chain. It doesn't lack for power, but with some amps borrowed from work, things are rather better...



    Other mods to the digital front end are forthcoming, and I'll get a DVD player too....



    To quickly recap:

    Marantz CD16 => M-Audio Superdac 2496 => Omiga Spitfire => Rotel RA-971mkII => Tara RSC Prime => Meadowlark Kestrel Hotrod.



    Digital cable not yet finalised, SuperDAC will also connect to optical out on Terratec Aureon (when it arrives!).


  • equipment as per sig



    been a member several days now, really happy with my setup especially for what i paid for it,

    matthew


  • Originally posted by skp574

    You can find my complete hifi setup here...



    My Setup (http://kpslc.dyndns.org/skp)

    Nice colour scheme you've chosen for your site :D (see http://www.zerogain.com/ for why ;) )



    Seems like it needs an update since you're still listing all your Cyrus kit.



    Michael.


  • neil,

    i'm going to put a review up in about a weeks time as the one i got was ex-demo and hadn't been used since the 282 and it's ilk arrived. so far, bass is more controlled - room boom has dissapeared, detail is not quite in the moon league but up there compared to the nait but the soundstage is intermittent depending on recording. it's presentation is less sumptuous than the naits a bit more 'warts and all' but it's difficult to stop listening to it or do anything else when it's on, which says something. you'll have to come round soon and see what you think.

    cheers





    julian


  • Originally posted by senna993

    Proceed CDP

    Sony DVP-S9000ES

    Sony KV27FS16

    Electrocompaniet ECI 3

    Audio Physic Tempo II

    Energy Loudspeakers MicroStar 12.1 Sub

    Analysis Plus Oval Nine speaker cable

    Apogee balanced interconnects (Proceed)

    Acrotec 6N-A2010 interconnects (Sony)

    300+ CDs, DVDs and SACDs.



    Ooh another Audio Physic ist



    :respect:



    I'm not alone any more :D



    About time too !!!!


  • Just registered so I'm listing my kit on this thread,



    Naim 3.5cd with old style Hicap(updated)

    Icon Audio ec34-a valve amp(EL34's)

    Nakamichi bx-125e tape deck

    Quad FM2 valve tuner

    Audio note AZ2 speakers

    Audio note/Nordost/Kimber cables

    Audiophile Base platforms(excellent)on Soundstyle table





    I am currently very happy with this system but always looking out for bargains!

    Question for other valve users,I have experimented with different valves but cannot notice any difference in sound quality between them, am I on my own here or is the difference very small?:confused:


  • Originally posted by Isaac Sibson

    By the way, michaelab, you need to rename this smily in the light of present opinions on the board of the S300: :NADowner:

    I know what you mean but renaming smilies is a bit of a PITA because it measn posts that have used them in the past look wrong. I guess they'll just have to keep their historical significance :)



    Michael.


  • The plaster ear was a gift from a friend. I'm not sure where he found it, but it seemed quite appropriate for my listening room. ;)



    That statue was given to me by my wife's grandmother. It had belonged to her grandfather (who had passed away), and everyone in the family hated it. When I discovered it in their basement and exclaimed my appreciation, she gladly gave it to me. Jill still doesn't love it as I do, but she's learned to appreciate the intrinsic artistic value. :D



    A friend once pointed out to me that much of the art around the house (and especially in my listening room) is "violent". I guess I like my art to shake me up, which is what I also expect from much of my music listening. That's also why I have Naim gear, because it really serves up the "life" in the music. Too many "audiophile" systems smooth everyone out, leaving the result bereft of any emotion.



    -=> Mike Hanson <=-


  • Hey Alco, that's an awfully nice-looking system you've got there!

    Thank you, Duncan :)



    The sound of my system is very open, detailed, natural and fast.



    regards,

    Alco


  • Originally posted by Lodger

    re your photo - do you find you get a bit of an inbalance in the sound using that particular speaker pairing??



    :D



    Knew I'd gone wrong somewhere :( :confused:


  • Me system:



    CDP - Meridian 507

    Amp - Primare A30.1

    Speakers - Dynaudio Contour 1.8 MkII

    IC - Van den Hul D102 MkIII

    SC - Ixos 613



    Simple does it!


  • Mine,



    The Main setup:

    Sondek LP12, Ittok LVII, Denon DL-103R, Modified Lingo

    CDi

    NAC72

    HiCAP

    NAP140

    ES11

    KanII



    Headphone setup:

    Etymotic Research ER 4S

    Bang & Olufsen A8

    Sony MDR-7506

    Sony MDR D66SL Eggos

    Monster META42 built by JMT and modded heavily by KurtW

    iPod 1st Gen

    Sony D-303

    Sony DE905

    Sony D-777

    Meridian 206B



    :rolleyes: :D :cool:



    Edit: Xerxes replaced by Linn Sondek LP12 and Beyerdynamic DT880 is history


  • Originally posted by Lodger

    re your photo - do you find you get a bit of an inbalance in the sound using that particular speaker pairing??



    :lol:



    BTW Lodger. Noticed you have GR20s. Tony (WM) had a pair which he did quite a lot of MOd's on. Might be worth giving him a shout if you fancy a bit of DIY :)


  • For music:
    - Squeezebox+ (basically a Squeezebox 3 on steroids with better PSU, clocks and a much improved DAC section)
    - Bel Canto Evo2i digital stereo integrated amplifier. Don't ask me to explain how it works, I have no idea, but it sounds awesome. The only amps that have impressed me more have been seriously expensive valve amps (e.g. WAVAC).
    - Impulse Ta'us horn loaded 3 way speakers
    - Stillpoints under the amp and SB+ control unit
    - Cables are from Coherent Systems, you wouldn't believe how much difference the power cables made.

    The Squeezebox+ addresses my PC via a Netgear RF router. I have my whole CD collection cut to FLAC using EAC. It's also fully backed up to a second independant drive.
    The electronics are sat on an Ikea lack stand, with a high density anti vibration system under the SB+ boxes (Argos granite chopping boards).

    For AV
    - Panasonic PTAE500 projector connected to a UPS (just in case)
    - Sony VTX-800 Freeview box
    - Sony PS2
    - Samsung BDP-1000 BlueRay player via HDMI/DVI to the AE500
    - Yamaha E800 processor, which powers the rear speakers and outputs pre-outs to my stereo for the fronts.
    - Kef 3001 rear speakers

    All the above (stereo and AV) is controlled using a Marantz RC2000 learning remote control.

    Cans: Rega Ear into Sennheiser HD540 refs and HD600s. Connected using a Zanash Eichman terminated stereo interconnect cable.

    Where next:
    My guess is that I'll look at the projector next, and am considering a dem on a Panny AE2000.


  • And My Kit.

    Source: Faroudja DV1000 CD/DVD

    Source/amplification: Musical Fidelity CD-PRE24

    Amplification: Roksan Caspian DSP

    Power Amp: Roksan Caspian 5 Ch

    Speakers: Dali Grand Diva, Grand Vocal (centre), Royal Menuet (rear)

    Interconnects, BIY, Eichmann Silver Bullets, Musical Fidelity Nu-Vista silver cable (if anyone wants a few metres of this then PM me)

    Speaker Cable: VDH Teatrack (Bi-wired)

    Power Cords, BIY shielded with ferrites.

    Cans: Grado SR60 / Sennhieser HD590/ Musical Fidelity X-cans

    Tuner: Tivoli Model One radio

    TTable: Planar 25, OL modded RB600, Super Elys, X-LP phono



    And whatever else I happen to have at the time which is changing every week... :MILD:


  • Nice analogue rig there Kirk. Good tuna too.



    -- Ian


  • erm......barring a number of scattered and unconnected pieces of hifi apparatus, i am rapidly approaching a state of music maker oblivion. :eek:



    Currently seeking the hifi scrapheaps for seperates of mass musical potency.



    I request a further 600million dollars from the ZG management for the indefinite interim period of vain exploration for audio nirvana. I expect the full continuation of all my priviledges throught this troubling time.



    Any dissent expressed towards this futile adventure will be struck down ferociously with mammoth tuners of a 1970's vintage. Amid the carnage, battered corpses will be surreptitiously removed and incarcerated for an indefinite period on a Naim infested island, wheeled around on Mana trolleys and shackled with tuning forks, blindfolded even to the simmering olive haze.


  • Originally posted by Robbo

    I have updated my equipment list to include my new CD player



    http://www.simaudio.com/images/lg_mooneclipse.jpg





    http://zerogain.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=24#post24



    Robbo, you barsteward :gary: !



    ;) :D :D



    Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet :MILD: .


  • Arcam Alpha 9 CD Player

    Squeezebox

    TVC and Rogue Audio Stereo 90 power amp

    Denon 3805 AV Receiver

    Pioneer 626D DVD Player

    Tannoy D700 speakers

    Sound Organisation Z560 Rack

    http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z183/dev_singh/hifi/Devs-HiFi.jpg

    Notice the perfect fit between the power amp and rack:).



    http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z183/dev_singh/hifi/Devs-HiFi1.jpg



    Second System:-



    Terratec sound card >> Entech 205.2 DAC >> DIY Amp >> Tannoy SRM10B.

    http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z183/dev_singh/hifi/2ndsystem.jpg



    My new toy:D:-



    http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z183/dev_singh/hifi/LuxmanL31.jpg


  • Originally posted by lowrider

    I am saving for an Ash design, my floor is cherrywood, so it should match beautifully... ;)



    I would prefer the metal work in black, but they dont make it... :rolleyes:



    Also, they dont say the clearance between shelves, I need about 21 cms for the bottom and 16 for the top... :MILD:



    Hmmmm, maybe the Cosmic 3 I have is a little tight for your needs as I have about 36cm of usable space .



    The Cosmic 4 has an extra 10/15cm of shelf space so that may be more appropriate for your needs.



    And if you want the metal black........paint it :MILD:.


  • Source:



    Turntable, LP-12, Cirkus, no arm or power supply.



    Toshiba SD-900E DVD Player for CD/DVD-A



    AMP:



    Yamaha P-2200 PA Power Amplifier with Passive volume control.



    Speakers:



    Quad ESL-63.


  • Marantz CD63 Mk 1 (somewhat modded)

    Marantz CD63 Mk 1 (as a spare, yet to be played with..) UPDATE now gone

    Marantz CD53 Mk 1 (if I get bored playing with the others) UPDATE now gone

    TAG DAC20 (Needed running in but now appreciated!)

    Linn LK1 & LK2 (minor fiddling with)

    Castle Severn Mk 1 (biwired with FFRC & bases filled with sand) ..UPDATE now changed for SBLs + NACA 5

    Sony ST-S311 Tuner

    Dual CS 504 turntable.. UPDATE now changed for LP12, RB300, K9, 'Geddon Clone...

    Sennheiser 565 Ovation phones

    CMOY (DIY) Headphone amp

    Sony MZ-R55 Minidisc

    Tandy Gold patch/Linn analogue interconnects

    Ecosse Producer digiconnect

    DIY mains filter for sources (Swampy's)



    All supported on bespoke welded rack bolted firmly to the wall... except the Castles of course.



    + AV gear..

    Yamaha A5 cinema amp

    Mission 701 (for rear speakers)

    JPW mini monitor (for center speaker) UPDATE now changed for Castle Keep

    Nad 302 amp powering home made subwoofer

    Sony widescreen, Proline DVD, Philips Digibox. UPDATE now changed for Philips DVD725 & Sony Freevew box (digi out) -(thanks Mr Sukebe!)

    OFA Mosaic remote


  • Originally posted by MO!

    TWR?



    TWR (http://www.activesbl.plus.com/Riders.htm) You gotta laugh


  • Originally posted by Alex S

    Wanky wires - no way - but Tom and I would love to pop over if the offer's still there. You're about 10 hours drive from me AFAIR?

    Alex, I didn't think TW was that far ;) takes me 3 usualy, offer is still there no probs, and bring you wanky wire as well ;) I up to full strength now on the system, so should be interesting Tone


  • Hi Hon, nice to see you on ZG. :)



    Duncan


  • finally just about finished. very happy with the way things are sounding now. i just have a few items left to sort out, namely power conditioning. there is definitely a huge amount of mains noise in central london.



    currently consists of:



    wadia 301



    eastern electric minimax



    vac auricle mkii



    thiel cs 1.6



    power cables are 2/3rds nordost shiva (to be completed)



    and interconnects are RS audio silver



    was thinking about russ andrews purifier / super purifier

    and then i need to upgrade the speaker cables which are currently old monster cable (not sure which ones, doesn't say on the cables othere than that they are OFC but at least 15 years old)


  • What a CD player you haveĦĦĦĦĦ



    I had a listen last saturday and I think is one of the best CD player actually in the market.



    How the audionet match with other non audionets amplifiers?



    Thank you Ronaldo.


  • Originally posted by cookiemonster

    Forgot to update my 'kit' list:



    Demonstrations available. Please book in advance in order to avoid disappointment.



    Quality of music and conversation cannot be guranteed.

    ...





    Cookie forgot to mention his in-car system. I didnt have an opportunity for have that demo'd either, but I can confirm that he seems to prefer a nice light blue Pugeot rack to the cute black Mana that I have now sat his Denon 610 tape rack upon.


  • Welcome Chris - so, going by your system, you'd be a believer in source first then? :D



    X-box as transport to Chord DAC64...ouch! :cry:



    I just got my DAC64 a couple of days ago...it's wonderful!



    Michael.


  • Thank you sir. :)



    As for upgrades... Well, I recently rearranged my room by 90 degrees and though the overall sound is much better, the new arrangement has brought out a pair of nasty room modes at 47 and 78Hz. I'm hoping to get me some bass traps at some point to cure them. Not cheap, though. :rolleyes: There also appears to be a slight edge to the treble that I'm guessing is caused by the speakers position relative to the wall. I'm hoping to get some Auralex or similar room treatment panels for the wall to maybe sort that out.



    Other than that, I'd say my hifi is pretty much complete until I can afford some real heavyweights (hoping to one day own a pair of ATC Active 50s, or maybe the superb ART Expressions I heard the other day, though neither speaker can really be considered "affordable"...)



    I do need to upgrade my home cinema setup, though. I desperately need a proper processor - the cheapie Yamaha really doesn't do justice to the ATCs. :( I'm hoping for something like a Lexican DC-2/MC-1, or maybe a Meridian 565 or 561.



    I'm also hoping to upgrade the Mission surrounds to maybe ATC SCM-7s, and a decent secondhand stereo power amp to match.



    Other than that, I'm pretty happy with my system as it is. :)



    Dunc


  • herewith my current rig....not as detailed as others but none the less i like it!



    cd :

    naim CDI



    turntable:

    linn axis, basic plus arm with K9



    amps:

    naim 42.5/ hicap / 110



    all naim cables on a no naim support



    Dave :MILD:



    when can i get my own avatar?


  • I like to keep things simple :cool:



    (just swapped 2 pinewood planks from my simple, little AV-rack for 2 light-oak veneered MDF boards yesterday)



    http://members.home.nl/koertsonline/hifiset_vanafbank.JPG





    http://members.home.nl/koertsonline/hifiset_frontview.JPG



    That's all folks:rolleyes:



    regards,

    Alco


  • belated kit report:



    CD source: AudioSynthesis Transcend (converted Sony)

    via SilverBlue digital connect, taking Ncode to

    AudioSynthesis Dax Decade

    via SilverBlue SQ interconnect, taking pre-amp'd analogue to

    AudioLab 8000S, in poweramp mode



    all sitting on a 4 tier amp stand from Mana



    fed via nondescript speaker cable to

    Celestion Ditton 15s, resting on MoPADs & Target 3 leg, 4 pin open stands



    * am looking to add tuner



    * am currently how demo'ing JM Lab Electra 905 and supplied 2 x 5m PC-DCC speaker cable (FS-2F08 from FURUKAWA)



    AV source: Toshiba SD510 & TeleWest Cable

    Video -> component cable -> Toshiba 32ZD26 widescreen telly

    Audio -> digital cable -> Denon AV2802, for 5.1 etc

    ........ -> Gallo Micro L/R + Gallo A'Diva centre + Velo VX-10 sub, resting on Gramma

    ........ -> pre-out -> AudioLab 8000S -> HiFi mains as L/R rears



    seats in living room moved about for HiFi (facing fireplace and back to telly) and for AV (facing telly and back to fireplace)



    * am changing to Sky and will add Sky+ box



    as ever, comments welcomed


  • Hi Johnbo,





    Ive got a few suggestions :)





    Why not start a new thread?



    Cheers

    Chris


  • Here (http://www.zerogain.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=63#post63) :D


  • Butros Butros Ghali all,



    Vinyl

    Simon Yorke S7 Turntable and tonearm,

    Zarathustra Soliloquy S4, Graham tonearm

    Koetsu Black, Koetsu Onyx, Van den Hull Colibri, ClearAudio Accurate and Lyra Evolve 99 cartridges

    Tom Evans "The Groove" phono stage



    CD, DVD and Tape

    Mark Levinson Reference Transport

    Mark Levinson Reference DAC

    TAG McLaren DVD32R

    TAG McLaren AV32R

    JVC HM-DH30000U D-VHS player



    Amplification

    Mark Levinson 38 Pre

    Mark Levinson 334 power

    Cary Audio 572SE Monobloks

    TAG McLaren 100x5R



    Loudspeakers & Stuff

    Sonus faber Guarneri Hmage

    Nordost Valhalla Interconnects and speaker cable

    Rel Stentor 2 Sub

    BCD Granite and Glass stand

    Panasonic Plasma screen



    All the best - Andrew


  • TWR - Tunbridge Wells Riders - a very fine group of men but I'm not one of them.



    LD (Lone Deranger)


  • You are right, I didn´t see that wide one, still too high, I plan to put the large CC2 on top, and the plasma behind on a stand... :rolleyes:



    As I have the window behind, I should not make it too high, or I will ruin the living room... :(



    I never heard any NAIM gear, just the wars over here, so it doesnt put me off, and it looks quite nice too, actually their center speaker is one of the nicest looking I have ever seen... :MILD:


  • Why?


  • My bedroom system:



    Plinius 8100 integrated amp

    Pioneer PDS505 Precision CDP

    Sony MDSJE530 MD

    Entech 205.2 DAC

    Harman Kardon AVR4500 av amp, for processing and rear channel amplification

    Arcam Alpha 8p for centre and rear-centre amplification

    Pioneer DV747A DVD/DVDA/SACD player



    Mordaunt Short Performance 860 fronts :MILD:

    Mordaunt Short 504THX centre

    Mordaunt Short 903s bipoles

    Mordaunt Short 304 rear centre



    Sonic Link AST150 speaker wire for all speakers except fronts which are Nordost Blue Heaven biwire



    Musical Fidelity NuVista Phonos :rolleyes:

    Sonic Link Violet phonos

    Black Rhodium 1st base phonos

    LAT DI200 digital coaxial

    Ixos 105 digital coaxial

    Black Rhodium Silver Grey optical



    Blackcurrent by Signals IEC power leads on Pioneer CDP and DVD, Plinius and mains extension- www.signals.uk.com :D



    Panasonic TX28Pl1 TV

    Panasonic NVFj710 VCR

    Pioneer DBRT2010 Freeview OIOI :D



    Lounge System:



    Yamaha DSPA492 amp

    Sony STS770es tuner

    Denon DRW750 tape deck

    Kenwood DP4090 cd player

    Thorens TD150 turntable :D



    Mordaunt Short MS30i Classic speakers on Heybrook HBS1 stands



    QED Qunex 2 phonos

    Sonic Link White phonos



    QED Profile Silver 12 speaker wire



    Kitchen system



    Sony STRVX10 reciever

    Leak Mini Sandwich speakers :D but f*ck off bright!!



    Mission Duet speaker wire



    Study system



    Sony LBT109 midi system

    Monitor Audio R252 speakers - (the Vifa softdome version) (crap)



    Triangle speaker wire



    Thats all for now!!:D


  • Rega P25 w/ Dynavector Karat 17DII cart

    Shelter 216 MM/MC phono stage

    Teac VRDS50 CDP

    Accuphase 270v preamp

    Aura PA200 power amp (on the way out within the year)

    Harbeth Compact 7 ES-II speakers

    Cable courtesy messrs Canare, Belden, Furukawa Denki and.... Cardas although it's actually cheapish Cardas studio cable.

    Almost everything sits on top of a flat-pack coffee table that wobbles. Placement is currently between the speakers :( will have to wait for the next room reorg to sort that out.



    System #2

    Denon 1650az CDP

    PC with Audiophile 2496 soundcard and 200G SATA HD

    Luxman 501s integrated

    Spendor 3/1p speakers @ approx 40cm from ears :D

    Cable courtesy Canare and Belden

    iPod



    Work

    G5 or iPod

    Sony Betcam or DV deck

    Behringer 16-channel mixer (with pointless 5-band EQ)

    Nakamichi Stasis power amp

    ProAc Tablettes / Sony "pro" headphones


  • Congrats on the 82 Julian, I've one too and it's just great.



    Did you trade up from a Nait to an 82? If you did that's quite a BIG step forward! Don't suppose you using a hicap with it? They just get better and better if you give them better power.



    Personally I'd skip a second hicap and go straight to a supercap (if you're that keen) - but that's another story! Otherwise enjoy :D



    Jay


  • I'm new here so here's my system:



    Onkyo automatic turntable

    Marantz CD67 SE

    cheap-ish but decent looking interconnect

    Musical Fidelity E10

    Ixos 603 OFC speaker cable

    MB Quart 350 S standing



    the speakers are standing on Ixos super spikes on a slab of pavement lying on the floor.


  • Another challenger for the most expensive system on this forum ...



    ... my E-bay £450 bargain special:



    Marantz CD6000 OSE CD

    Black Rhodim HARMONY Interconnect CD/Amp

    Rega Elicit Amp (1992 vintage)

    Rega Alya Loudspeakers

    HQ 4mm Gold Plated Banana Plugs ;-)

    QED Silver Anniversary Speaker cable (not bought Ebay)



    Makes very, very nice noises indeed!



    Plus, for my AV needs ... more E-bay goodies:



    Hitachi 28 Widescreen

    Toshiba SD110E DVD player

    YAMAHA DSP-A590 Digital Sound Processing Amp

    QED 79 Strand (not bought Ebay)

    Legendary Rogers DB1 used as rear loudspeakers!!!

    Very heavy spiked metal stands - unknown brand

    Still looking for a good Centre speaker and maybe when we move a good sub-woofer!



    DVD club ... www.mailboxmovies.com Brilliant service!!



    Bedroom system:



    AWESOME Denon UD-M3 'Personal Component System' - the all in one mini system that replaced my Pink Triangle/Audiolab/Royd system 5 years ago without me even blinking. Magic, but hardly used these days.

    Above usually used now with Beyer Dynamic DT231 Galactic headphones (not bought Ebay), since moving the Rogers speakers into AV system.



    Listening room ... after last night I can't find it!! Is this my house?



    Basically, big couch and chair, hi-fi/AV, french windows to garden and fresh air, Franny and Zooey (the two cats ... or my lap speakers!) and wife (sometimes!)



    Dave


  • Proceed CDP

    Sony DVP-S9000ES

    Sony KV27FS16

    Electrocompaniet ECI 3

    Audio Physic Tempo II

    Energy Loudspeakers MicroStar 12.1 Sub

    Analysis Plus Oval Nine speaker cable

    Apogee balanced interconnects (Proceed)

    Acrotec 6N-A2010 interconnects (Sony)

    300+ CDs, DVDs and SACDs.


  • I didn't remove a thing...



    The marantz name is very subtly indented into the metal (yes, metal) fascia of the CD16. It's in the middle, directly above the display, in line with the open/close button.



    As for phat...



    The CDP was 13kg before I went silly with the dynamat. The amp is 28kg :eek: :yikes: :respect:



    By the way, michaelab, you need to rename this smily in the light of present opinions on the board of the S300: :NADowner:


  • Yet more stuff to add!



    CD: Transport: Micromega T-Drive

    DAC: TAG AV32R - bp192

    POWER AMP: Bel Canto eVo 6

    SPEAKERS: Meadowlark Osprey (modified by Coherent Audio)



    Mains: Trichord Researsch 500VA Mains block, Olsen Sounds Fantastic 8-way, Coherent Audio Connoisseur mains * 2, Black Rhodium 13 *2, RA yello 6-way

    I/C: LAT di20II , Transparent Audio "The Link"

    SPK C: Kimber 4TC



    AV:

    DVD: Denon 2900

    SPK: Monitor Audio Silver 10i Centre, Silver 8i rear,

    I/C+ Cable: QED P75, QED Original, QED SQUART

    + Toshiba 36" PF2


  • Arrr lost the attachments!



    too big, (RTFM )

    :D





    To those not having read my post in the newcomers section kit is;

    Source - Wadia 20 Transport

    DAC/Digital Volume Control - Wadia 25

    External Active Crossover - Harmony Design

    Power Amp - 4 out of the 5 channles of a Rotel 1095

    Speakers - Hard wired Roksan Ojan3x

    I/C Cables - Cable Talk Broadcast 4

    Speaker Cable - Cable Talk 4.1


  • replaced MS860s with Celestion Kingstons. But you knew that already, didn't you :D


  • Ok, I've got an up to date (for now!) pic:



    http://www.askisaac.com/images/s300hifi2.jpg



    I've rearranged the room a bit to get the rack into a position that I can put the amp on the top (otherwise the cat may decide that it makes a good place to sit).



    Sources:



    Marantz CD-16 as CD Transport

    Toshiba SD-330e Multi Region DVD (not shown)

    PC with Terratec Aureon Sky 5.1

    All of the above through M-Audio SuperDAC 2496 with serious modifications.



    Denon TU-260L



    Amplification:



    NAD Silverline S300



    Speakers:



    Meadowlark Kestrel Hotrod



    Misc:



    Chord ProDAC digital IC

    Omiga Audio Spitfire analogue IC

    QED Qunex OT optical IC

    Cable Talk Improved 2 IC

    Tara RSC Prime Biwire Speaker Cable



    Custom designed/built "Tonne Control" rack, with Seismic-sinkalike isolation. Mass: ~100kg



    Trichord/Omiga Powerblock 500 Mains Isolation transformer

    2x Eupen CSA 2.5 power cables (CD-16 and DAC)

    Olson Mains board


  • Originally posted by lowrider

    Do you carry the speakers back and forward when you want to watch DVDs... :JPS:





    Ahhh, the listening room has B&W 703's (A 3 way design with FST midrange & 2 bass drivers) whilst the living room has B&W CDM7NT's (A 2.5 design with mid-range and single bass driver).



    I wouldn't like to carry those about all the time :eek: ; I'm faaaar too lazy for that :MILD: !


  • Oh dear - here we go for the forum's worst system!



    Hi-Fi

    -----



    Marantz CD6000 OSE LE (currently broken)

    Denon TU260L II tuner

    Cambridge Audio A500 amp (cough)

    Cambridge Audio P500 power amp (shuffles embarrassedly)

    Wharfdale Diamond 8.2 speakers



    JBL Superconductor 2 interconnect (CD/int)

    Townshend Isolda DCT budget interconnect (int/power)

    Townshend Isolda DCT speaker cable



    Yup, so the cables are waaaaaay more expensive than the rest of the system. Sheesh. Given that I'm broke, I'm stuck with this lot for a while although I am going to try and sell the amps and get something better second hand. Shouldn't have bought a power amp with such a low budget system, but you live and learn.



    Home cinema

    -----------------



    Panasonic PTAE100 LCD projector (800+ hours and still not dead - touch wood!) + Hoya FLD filter

    HTPC

    Yamaha AX630SE

    Crappy Packard Bell speakers

    Terrible free speaker cable



    Some Kef eggs would be nice to beef up the sound, but the DVD picture quality is amazing. (The PC is Radeon powered and I'm using Zoomplayer with the PowerDVD video codec and ffdshow filter).


  • Updated


  • What's wrong with this Cambridge stuff? You reckon it's worse than my Musical Fidelity e10? (my system is on the top of this page) I'm interested because I could get a p500 for not much at a local shop and I'm looking for some more power. My e10 is 2*40 watts @ 8 ohm. I guess I'll have to look somewhere else...


  • Your CDP and amp look PHAT Issac, nice 1:cool: did u remove the marantz badge?? If so why, whats wrong with marantz:p ;)



    Ultra:D


  • it was time for another update







    Stereo amplifier - Plinius CD Lad Pre and 8200P Power Black Rhodium Oratorio 2 DCT Polar i/c (http://www.polarcables.co.uk) ( Blackcurrent by Signals (http://www.signals.uk.com) IEC leads)





    CD player - SAT Upsampling CD Fix (Sonic Link Black Rhodium XLR fully balanced i/c (http://www.polarcables.co.uk) :JPS: ;



    Black Rhodium (http://www.blackrhodium.co.uk)Supermains 25 Rhodium plated, filtered IEC lead, Nordost Pulsar Points :JOEL: )





    AV Stuff

    Panasonic TX28 PL1c 28" widescreen CRT.



    DVD/DVD-A/SACD

    Pioneer DV747a



    DVDR

    JVC DRM10

    AV amplifier

    Harman Kardon AVR4500



    Centre speaker

    ALR Jordan Entry centre



    Rear speakers

    Mordaunt Short MS903 bipoles and MS304 rear centre



    Freeview box - Philips DTR1500 (Straightwire s-video lead)





    Specialist PC CDRW - Yamaha CRWF1 (p4 2.8ghz HT pc)



    Front speakers - Vaessen Box High end studio monitors (Townshend Isolda s/wire; Target R2 speaker stands)



    Headphones - Sony MDRCD780 (Sennheiser HD565 Ovation in Study)







    Digital Piano (you gotta have it) - Roland FP5



    DJ Mixer - Behringer VMX100 :SCIDB:



    Hifi rack - Optimum 3406



    Mains block - Black Rhodium Supermains 25 (yes it does make a difference!)

    http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i118/rozzar2/DSCN0673.jpg

    http://homepage.ntlworld.com/rory.duncan4/vbox%20whole.jpg

    http://homepage.ntlworld.com/rory.duncan4/cdlad%20pre%20display.jpg





    Lounge system

    Vincent SV236

    TEAC VRDS25x

    Sony STSE300 tuner

    Denon DRW750

    varying speakers- Pure Sat 4 as we speak!





    Study system

    PYE 6390 6290 pre power

    Sony SSA1l

    Terratec DMX 6fire sound card



    In car entertainment:

    Becker 7945 satnav/cd/bluetooth/mp3 headunit

    US Amps 1000x component amplifier

    US Amps IS2100 midbass amplifier

    US Amps MD1d subwoofer amplifier

    Phase Linear Aliante subwoofer with PBRs

    Focal k3P Kevlar 4 way component set

    Nordost Flatline Gold wiring


  • Hi BB,



    Welcome to the forum!



    So you were mates with Rob Watts? I met him a couple of times at their factory when I took my dpa kit over for repair/upgrade, he's a very intelligent guy. I am an ex dpa user now buy had many happy years with their kit. It's a shame dpa are no longer around.



    Regarding your transport question, there are a number of guys on the forum who run a dac 64. It may be worth putting up a separate thread about this.



    Cheers, Robbo


  • new update....



    Music:

    PII 400 music server with 0.5Tb of storage.

    Slim Devices Squeezebox 2

    Audio Synthesis DAX Decade

    Vincent SP T-100 Valve / Solid State hybrid monoblocks

    Home made IPL s5tl monster speakers.



    Cables:

    Maplins Mains Hydra.

    Eichmann terminated shark digital i/c

    Eichmann terminated dual shielded studio i/c

    Short Chord odyssey2 bi-wired speaker cable - bare wire termination.

    all cables home made (except the odyssey2 obviously)





    Movies.

    Toshiba D-R1 multiregion dvd recorder

    NTL Cable box.

    Cheap panasonic av in a box with sub/sat speakers totally seperate from the hi-fi.

    Panasonic 4:3 21 ish inch tv.



    stands etc.

    1x Alphason 5 shelf stand

    2x argos granite chopping board / mitchel tenderfeet concoctions



    http://homepage.ntlworld.com/julian.alden-salter/images/new%20hifi.JPG





    Speaker build diary (http://zerogain.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6136?t=6018)

    cheers



    julian


  • I have 6 kids, believe me, they will ask questions that will embarass even you... ;)



    Good luck with your kid... :D


  • Here is the link to my page with the latest on my system:



    http://sapp.telepac.pt/lowrider/hifi.html


  • At The House of Badchamp currently:



    Front



    Audionote CDT-2

    CAL Alpha DAC

    Denon TU-260L



    MIDDLE



    Music First TVC Passive Pre :)

    Audion 300b Silver Night PSE (Svetlana tubes)



    Rear



    Von Schweikert VR-1 on

    Custom-made IF Designs Tallis



    In between bits



    Speaker - Goertz MI-2

    Digi i/c - AZ MC2

    Pre-power - Goertz TQ-1

    Dac to Pre - Siltech (low end 424 I think)

    Tuner - pre - Goertz Sapphire

    Z squared, Xindak and AZ Tsunami power cables



    Lynwood Mega Mains thingy (for sale)

    Conrad Johnson PV-10AL (for sale)

    Micromega Drive 2 (for sale)


  • Just brought mine up to date aswell:



    http://www.zerogain.com/forum/showthread.php?postid=263#post263



    Michael.


  • Nice racks, and I mean the stands... :p



    Do you carry the speakers back and forward when you want to watch DVDs... :JPS:


  • See later! :)


  • The Cosmic 3 is the only possible solution, the 4 is too high and too narrow... :rolleyes:



    36 cms, if that doesnt include the shelves, its ok, the power I want is 17,5 cms, bottom shelf, and the processor is 14,4 cms, middle shelf, everything else is smaller, 2 cms clearance should be enough, as it is open all arround... :MILD:


  • System 1 (Office)

    Teac VRDS T1 (transport) (with Never Connect and Trichord Clock 4)

    Wadia 15 DAC (ex-WM modified :D )

    Densen Beat B 100 (amp) (modded with Black silk vol. pot)

    Linn Kaber (speakers) (early models with Ku-Stones, SPK0015/1 and 3R9 tweeter/HF upgrades)

    Townshend Isolda DCT (speaker cable) (single run with jumpers of same)

    OmigaAudio "Omiga-Liberator" Digi interconnect & Zsquared Au/Au.

    Analogue Interconnects include Zsquared Au/Au alloy & Omiga Audio "Omiga-Mosquito".

    Philips CDR 870 (cdr)

    Philips DCC 600 (dcc)

    AR T-04 (tuner)

    Rotel RB-960BX (cass)

    MF X-CANS (Mk1) (headphone amp)

    Audio Technica ATH-610 (headphones)

    Lynwood Power conditioner, modded running CDT and DAC, AZ Tsunami power chord in, Eupen GNLM 05/2.5 's out

    Densen runs an AZ Tsunami power lead.



    System 2 (little use)

    Townshend Avalon / Rega RB250 (broken!!) / Nagaoka MP11 Gold SB (TT)

    Marantz CD67SE (cdp)

    Sony TCK-630ES (cass)

    Arcam Delta 80 (tuner)

    Audiolab 8000 LX (amp)

    Castle Durham (speakers) (c.1990)

    Gale XL-315 (speaker cable)

    Cable Talk Monitor 3 (Interconnect)

    Sennheiser HD580 (headphones)



    System 3 (AV :rolleyes: )

    28" Matsui widescreen (tele)

    Aiwa FX2800 Hi-Fi (video)

    NAD T 550 dvd (dvd) (does cd duties)

    Philips CDR-760 (cdr)

    Denon Tu-260L Mk2 (tuner)

    Arcam Alpha AV50 (AV amp)

    Arcam Alpha 9P (running as Power for Main fronts)

    Kef Q55 and Q95 centre (spkrs)

    Gale XL-315 biwired (and XL315 single wired on centre)

    Sonic Link Violet (with bullets), QED Qnect 4S and Qunect 2 for dvd to amp, various Cambridge Audio and Cable Talk for rest.

    Sennheiser HD490 (headphones)



    Spares

    Mordaunt Short System 442 (speakers) (rebuild project)

    Rotel RDC-965BX (cdp)

    Philips CD373 (cdp)

    Denon PMA-450 (amp)

    Cambridge Audio A1 (amp) (broken)

    Wharfedale Diamond 4 (speakers)

    Ruark Broadsword (speakers)

    Rogers LS4a (speakers)

    Chord Co. Odyssey (speaker cable)

    Cable Talk 3 (speaker cable)

    Cable Talk 4.1 (speaker cable)

    Gale XL-315 (speaker cable)

    Ortophon SPK200 (bi-wire speaker cable)

    Denon DR-M10 (cass)



    plus some more I can't remember...........


  • Amp : Arcam AVR200 AV amp

    Speakers : Mordaunt Short THX Select

    DVD : Pioneer DV-757A


  • http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/69adam/coolroom.jpg





    AMP:Conrad Johnson PV10 pre Bel Canto Evo 200.2 power



    CD PLAYER:Micromega Drive/Dac.Cal Audio Lab "Alpha" DAC



    Turntable:VPI soutmaster /ZYX cart,sonnneteer sedly stage.



    SPEAKERS:Totem Model 1 sigs :800ASW





    RACK:Artesania Audio (spain)





    CABLES:Audioquest midnight 3,Audioquest Diamonds eichmann silver bullets interconnects,VDH 110 ohm AES/EBU.2 Shunyata sidewinder,



    A/V:Panasonic PW6 plasma,Loewe xelos tv,loewe xemix dvd player,yammy av amp,KEF eggs

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/69adam/coolroom.jpg


  • Michael,



    You are right, of course, but any comments out of context would look pretty dumb... :rolleyes:


  • Arcam Alpha 10 integrated amp

    Arcam Alpha 10 power amp( Running biamped)

    ProAC Tablette III speakers on atacama stands

    MJA PRO 50 sub

    Arcam Alpha 8 CD player

    Sony MDS-JB920 Minidisc player

    Technics St-GL90 tuner

    Daul 721 turntable with linn K9 cartridge

    Atacama nexus 6 stands





    Interconects- Audioquest ruby, straight wire chorus, qed coax digital lead. Qed silver anniversary biwire speaker cable



    Other bits and bobs not really all in use: two old technics tuners, Dead Philips CDp from early 80's, i think its a Cd 104. Arcam alpha 9 amp.speakers- Ae 109, Celestion SL6 , Mission 760i, old sonab jobbies. technics cdp various cables.





    Angus


  • Antonio, I think you may be mistaking the



    Cosmic s4

    http://www.ashdesign.com/image_pop.php3?image=43

    Size: (HxWxD) 635 x 800 x 550mm

    Glass size: (WxDxH) 670 x 500 x 10mm





    with the Cosmic 4

    http://www.ashdesign.com/image_pop.php3?image=46

    Size: (HxWxD) 635 x 1100 x 550mm

    Glass size: (WxDxH) 970 x 500 x 10mm





    (Don't let all that NAIM gear put you off ;) !)


  • My Kit.



    http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gareth.irwin/sistem.jpg



    CDP Naim Audio CDi.

    Pre Amp: Naim Audio Nac 52

    Naim Audio 52 Power Supply

    Poweramp: Naim Audio Nap250

    TT Linn LP12/ittock.

    Cart: Clear Audio VictoryH

    Speakers: Naim Audio SBLs in cherry.


  • hi fi

    audionet art v2 cdp

    roksan l2.5 s1.5 ds 1.5 pre/pwr and power supply

    jm labs 906 spks

    ecosse cables

    a/v

    pioneer 939a dvdv/dvda

    marantz 4300 av amp

    jmlabs speakers f/r/c/s.

    panny 100 projector

    qed cables

    all gear on ikea corra's plus home made isolation platforms and mains cables


  • posted this in teh wrong place first time so here it is where its ment to be.



    My system



    Amp -:- Technics SU-A707

    CD -:- Technics SL-PG390

    Tuner -:- Yamaha TX-480L

    Interconectors -:- IXOS104 OFC .63

    Speeker Cable -:- Cable Talk 3

    Speekers -:- Acustic AV8011 (although not worth mentioning and Meadowlarks on the shopping list for the new year.)



    this isnt exactly the system I want and wish to upgrade all parts when I can afford it.


  • Hi,



    Here is my current first tream choice.



    Front ends.



    Turntable---------------------------Avid Acutus

    Tonearm--------------------------- SME V

    Cartridge---------------------------Ortofon Jubilee.



    CD Transport-----------------------Tag

    DAC---------------------------------Chord Dac64



    Amplifer



    Phono Stage----------------------Audio Innovations P2

    Pre-amp----------------------------Audio Synthesis Passive pre

    Power amp------------------------Border Patrol single ended



    Loudspeakers---------------------Living Voice Avatars OBX





    Cables



    Tonearm to phonostage-------Audionote Silver

    Phonostage to Preamp--------Townshend DCT

    Transport to Dac-----------------LAT DI-20 Mark II (XLR)

    DAC to Preamp-------------------Townshend DCT

    Preamp to Power amp----------Townshend DCT

    Speakers--------------------------Goertz M2/M1

    Mains cables----------------------Russ Andrews/TCI

    Mains blocks----------------------Russ Andrews/TCI



    Turntable stand------------------Origin Live

    Equipment Stand----------------Clearlight Audio

    Equipment Stand----------------Standesign

    Equipment Stand----------------Appollo



    Others Items to play with include



    SJS Electroacoustic Model one pre, Nakamichi Cassette deck, Pioneer cd writer, Sony Minidisc, NVA passive pre, Pioneer DVD player, VPI 16.5 Record cleaning Machine, EAR 835P Phonostage, Townshend Rock Reference Turntable, 2 x Elite Rock II turntable, Voyd Ref 0.5 Turntable, Voyd Turntable, Technics Sp10 MkII, Garrard 401 turntable, 4 x Technics SL1210 turntables, Audionote M2 pre amp, Audionote J loudspeakers, Snell K Loudspeakers, ECA Lecturn amp, Audio Innovations Series 1000 amps, Audio Innovations first Audio monoblocks, Audio innovations First Audio stereo, Audio Innovations series 500, Edison 12 power amp, Sump power amp, Croft Series V power amp, Finestra pre amp, Pioneer A300 precision amp, Horning Agathon Loudspeakers, Helius Cyalene arm, Wilson Benesch Act1 tonearm, Origin Live Rega RB600 arm, Quad II power amps, other Quad bits and bobs, various moth arms, Loads of cables, a few catridges, a few reel to reel tape decks and various other items which I have about the house. There are items I have forgotton about.







    Plus over 15000 records and cds and still growing.



    SCIDB


  • My system



    Audio Setup

    Amp Yamaha DSP AX1

    DAC Tag Mclarren DAC20,

    DVD / CD Transport Pioneer DV-717

    Tuner Sony ST-S370 RDS

    Tape Deck Denon DRM-510

    Turntable Garrard Zero 100 SB (needs repair though, so if anyone can recommend someone to take a look at it please PM me.)



    Visual Setup

    VCR Panasonic NV-FJ630

    Digital TV Box Some Telewest Pace crap.

    TV Sony KV29F1U



    Speakers

    Front Mordaunt Short 908's (bi-wire jumper replaced with speaker cable)

    Center JPW Monitor Gold

    Rear JPW Monitor Gold



    Cables

    Main Speaker Mordaunt Short Silver Flatline

    Center / Rear QED 79

    CD to Dac Ixos Home Theatre Gold

    Dac to Amp QED Qunex1

    Amp to tv & dvd s-vhs Prowire x 2

    TV to Sat Prowire Scart



    Other bits

    Mains Filter RA Purifierblock 8-way with powerKord

    Silencer RA Silencer, to try and shut up the Fridge!



    I'm sure I've missed something out, so let me know if I have!



    Future upgrades

    In the throws of making an AV table to carry all my equipment in a tidyier manor.



    Mordaunt Short Center & Rear speakers

    Pre-amp to improve my stereo sound.

    That'll be all I can afford this year!



    Anyway here's an old! picy

    http://www.lhatkins.btinternet.co.uk/Images/Hi-Fi/myhifi150203.jpg


  • Welcome aboard Duncan. I recognize your nick from AV Forums :)



    Michael.


  • Originally posted by Philip King

    Two Ash Design racks in Rosewood, hmm can feel a self-apparition club coming on here. ;)



    What are the layers between the transports and what CD racking is that, looks really nice BTW.



    Thanks Philip :) .



    Ash Design racks are v. nice, aren't they ?

    Garyi (a fellow Z/G member) uses Ash as well. They also have great W.A.F. which is always handy.



    The stuff between the transports is just some marble floor tiles I picked up cheap. I'm really just using them to seperate the units until the CDT-2 (on top) goes to it's new home.



    The CD racking is from IKEA (I need more but have no room to put them up :( .) and can be found here (http://www.ikea.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10101&storeId=7&productId=13147&langId=-20&parentCats=10104*10170) .



    They are very sturdy and suprisingly compact. Highly recommended :).


  • Just noticed i havent posted here :rolleyes:



    Source -



    Rega Jupiter 2000



    Scheu Platter on Slate plinth, Jung super reg on PSU.



    Denon TU260L



    Amp -

    John Shearne Phase 2



    Phono stage - Hagtech Cornet, NOS Mullard's, Mcap+ audionote copper foil caps, Holco resistors.



    Speakers -

    Dynaudio Contour 1.1/Dreadnaught's



    Stand -

    TNT Flexy Rack with stone slabs



    IC's

    DPA Black Slink CDp

    Atlas Explorer on phono amp

    L'argent on tuner

    Origin Live rewire on RB300



    Gutwire G-Clef on amp

    Eupens on Phono stage and CDp

    Olsen mains block

    DIY Dual Choke Filter



    in pipeline -

    Dedicated spur on 6mm2 SWA with metal clad disty unit and sockets

    some form of room treatment when i work out what i need:( (probably eigth nerve)


  • Ere it all is again...

    Vinyl:

    Clearaudio Revolution with SME 3009/2 and Clearaudio Aurum Beta S



    Phono Stage:

    EAR 834P deluxe



    CD:

    Advantage S1



    Pre-amp:

    Bow Technolgies Warlock SE (and fallback Lumley Reference Passive)



    Power amps:

    Bryston 14BSST (600w!!)



    Speakers:

    Ditton 66/2 (with very occasional Marshall Jubilee 2x300w bass head powering 2x15" EV bass cab for times when there isn't enough bass - which is virtually never unless I'm trying to shift the Cambrian Fault again...)



    Support:

    Finite Element Pagode (amps/cd)

    2" solid maple on modded Target wall shelf (TT)



    Cables:

    Clearaudio Trident (TT-phono stage)

    DIY maplins twin and screen with Neutrik Phonos everywhere else



    Mains:

    DIY star-earthed/screened thing made from tv studio bits...



    TV stuff:

    Denon 1910 into Panasonic AE500 projector



    Can't be bothered with mains re-shaping etc.. Out here there's only about 6 houses connected to the local sub-station!



    edited to add new cdp

    edited again to add new power amp

    edited to add new pre-amp, serious extra bling!


  • Here (http://www.zerogain.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=63#post63) :MILD:


  • Just walked into the only HiFi-shop in my town this afternoon,

    and spotted a mint s/h Rotel RT935ax tuner.



    So, I decided to take it home, and place it on my spare bottom shelve.

    It sounds remarkebly good I must say! :)

    (not as edgy/compressed as the Denon and Sony tuners I had some years ago)



    well, I thought I might as well update my systempics then...



    Sonneteer Campion, Naim CDX, Rotel RT935ax,

    on Quadraspire system support.



    http://members.home.nl/koertsonline/hifi_set3.JPG



    http://members.home.nl/koertsonline/system-pic-3.JPG



    http://members.home.nl/koertsonline/hifi_set2.JPG



    regards,

    Alco


  • <>



    TT: PROJECT DEBUT PHONO

    http://www.audioenz.co.nz/2002/Images/project_debut.jpg



    DVD/CD TRANSPORT: TOSHIBA SD200E

    http://www.home-entertainment.co.uk/upload_images/reviews/toshibasd200e.jpg



    DAC: MUSICAL FIDELITY X24K

    http://www.hifichoice.co.uk/archive/data/images/pic1835.gif



    SONY PORTABLE MD: MZ-R55

    AIWA CASSETTE

    SONY TRINITRON WIDESCREEN TV



    <>



    AMP: MUSICAL FIDELITY XA2

    http://www.viertron.nl/images/MF/XA2WEB.jpg



    HEADPHONE AMP: MUSICAL FIDELITY XCANSv2

    http://www.musicalfidelity.com/Images/xcan.jpeg



    AV PROCESSOR: YAMAHA DSPE800

    http://www.yamaha-audio.co.uk/images/products/normal_size/dsp-e800.jpg



    <>



    MAIN SPEAKERS: MISSION 780

    http://www.mission.co.uk/product/78/loudspeaker_780bch.jpg



    REAR SPEAKERS: JAMO SURROUND 160



    CENTER SPEAKER: JAMO CENTER 18



    <>



    MAIN SPEALERS: QED SILVER ANNIVERSARY BIWIRE



    CENTER AND REARS: PURESONIC CABLE



    IXOS SCART AND COAX CABLE



    ALL OTHER ICS ARE QED QNECT 1 OR 2



    <>



    BITS AROUND THE HOUSE,



    JAMO STUDIO 160 SLOORSTANDERS.

    PHILIPS FR731 SURROUND RECIEVER

    FISHER ;) AD M24 CDP

    FISHER AUTOMATIC TT ?

    SONY MINI SYSTEM

    FEW OTHER ODDS AND ENDS.......


  • New to this forum also... I know this akin to comparing d**k sizes but here's my rig for the record:





    Arcam CD73T



    Arcam A85



    Arcam T61



    Monitor Audio Gold Reference 20's



    Ecosse interconnects/QED speaker cabling(bi-wired)



    ...currently weighing up the power cabling myth with a pair of borrowed TCI Super Constrictors (and so far NOT convinced folks...)


  • Ok it's a dull Sunday afternoon and so time to update my kit listing too, as follows:



    Hi-Fi



    Marantz 6000 SEO CDP

    Norh SE 9 tube amp

    Norh 5.1 SM front/main speakers on custom stands.

    Black Rodium Harmony interconnect

    QED Silver Special 25th Anniversary speaker cable.



    AV



    Hitachi Widescreen C28W510SN

    Toshiba SD110E DVD

    Sharp VC-MH705HM Nicam VCR

    Yamaha DSP-590 amp/processor driving rear and centre

    Tannoy Mercury MX2 rears on Atacama stands

    KEF Q95C centre

    Pace 2500b Sky/Freeview


  • And my bedroom system



    http://www.domfjbrown.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/music_hifi/images/bed_sys.jpg



    Bedroom system:

    NAD 533 TT/Ortofon 530 cart

    Rega Planet (original), with mains lead hacked and a YellO power cord on the end

    Sony MDS-J530 MD (£70 :) )

    Philips DCC730 Digital Compact Cassette :shock:

    NAD 4225 tuner (£12 - nicely!!)

    Akai CR81D 8track cartridge recorder

    Akai timer

    Rega Mira 2000/RA Yello

    Rega Elas/Naim NACA5

    Rega Couple on CD, Black Rhodium on tuner, Cambride Audio tape solutions on MD, Chord (Calypso?) on DCC

    JPW rack :oops:

    Milty Permaclean vinyl cleaner (intend to get KAB record cleaner soon)

    Onzo Zerodust stylus goo thingy



    ...and ANOTHER cuddly toy - more fluffy dice!!!



    http://www.domfjbrown.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/music_hifi/images/av_hifi.JPG

    AV bits (off of bedroom system currently)

    Philips 804 NICAM VHS

    Pioneer DVD-656A (so far so good - VERY nice machine!)

    Pioneer CLD-S1750 Laserdisc

    Pioneer CT447 cassette

    Sony KVM25F2U TV

    Puke (aka Pace) cable box

    Playstation 1/Namco arcade joystick plugin thingy

    Yamaha E800 DD/DTS/DPL processor

    Paradigm CC170 centre

    Rega Kyte/Acoustic Solutions stands for rears

    Gale/Cambridge interconnects



    http://www.domfjbrown.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/music_hifi/images/beyer_head.jpg

    Rega EAR/Beyer HD930? headphones/Rega Ear as modelled by Jessica (thanks Ebay :))



    Kitchen system

    Ilockyer's Aiwa midi (bust CD)

    Technics SL P2 CDP from 1985

    Aiwa turntable/Vivanco phono stage/line switchbox



    Festival system

    Panasonic CD portable

    Ross active speakers



    Bathroom system

    Sony boombox (on long extension lead with NO RCD :yikes: )



    Spare (mostly on loan to mates)

    Sennheiser HD432 headphones (Ilockyer's system)

    Sennheiser HD580 Precision headphones (on bass amp)

    Kenwood graphic EQ (bought for spectrum analyser)

    Audiolab 8000A

    Technics SL5 linear tracking TT

    Ariston speakers (don't ask!)


  • re your photo - do you find you get a bit of an inbalance in the sound using that particular speaker pairing??


  • HiFi:



    Rega P25

    Rega Super Elys MM

    Rotel RCD-02

    Rotel RA-02

    Quad 11L

    DNM Reson MkII

    DNM Reson Bullet IC

    Atacama Nexus 6



    Portable:



    10Gb iPod

    Grado SR-80


  • PTA

    Hadcock 228E

    Ort Rohmann

    LFD MC1

    MF Synthesis amp

    Dynaudio 1.8 speakers (short lengths of thick mains cable speaker cable)

    Stax 1980's monster CDP



    I aslo have some 211 power amps looking for a pre amp. Any suggs?


  • Meridian 507 CD player

    Gyrodec SE turntable/RB300 arm/Ortofon MC20 Supreme cartridge

    EAR834P Signature phono stage

    Quad FM4 tuner (re-capped, excellent sound now)

    Tact SDAi2175 integrated amp

    ATC SCM12 speakers on Atacama R724 stands (heavy!)



    A few vintage Leak, Quad, Pye valve amps, BBC LS3/5a speakers, Jim Rogers JR149 speakers.



    http://homepage.ntlworld.com/hon.lau/MyHiFi8.jpg



    http://homepage.ntlworld.com/hon.lau/MyHiFi9.jpg


  • Originally posted by lowrider

    Nice room, but I would still dress the statue... :shame:

    Jill remembers as she was growing up that the statue sported all manner of "modesty shields", from custom loin cloths to plastic shopping bags. :rolleyes: However, I'm not easily shocked, and prefer the fellow au naturel.



    -=> Mike Hanson <=-


  • Another update :



    http://www.zerogain.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=16810#post16810


  • Why not, here is mine:Why not, here is mine: (http://sapp.telepac.pt/lowrider/hifi.html)


  • Here's mine



    WT RP

    DV xx2

    DV P100 phono



    Densen 400XS



    DV L100



    DV HX1.2



    O'Heocha ISO5s (on Mana, Base, Chipboard and Pulsar Points, mainly for storage)



    Hutter



    BP'd Mic cable ICs and Isolda speaker wire



    3 Spurs



    Various RPG Foams



    Love it! Won't change anything (apart from TT, pre and the speakers).



    I also have a Rotel 1070 and AE1s with a 32.5/110 in between (soon to be replaced by Densen DM10).



    I gave away my Home Cinema. It was crap.



    Alex


  • Sources:

    Linn LP12/SME3009 MkII/Shure V15 on Mana reference shelf

    Naim CD3.5 on Mana reference table



    Amps:

    Naim 32.5/SNAPS2/140 on referenced Mana 3 tier



    Spreakers:

    Naim Credos



    Cables:

    Various by Naim, Chord and IXOS


  • here 's mine



    lp12/ittok/at09/slee era gold mk 5/elevator xp/lingo 2



    cd72/sugden stemfoort pda 10 dac



    Bel canto evo 4/audio research ls2



    yamaha tuner with spider ariel draped across fire place.



    trichord 500va power block



    interconnects mostly MF nuvista



    senhieser hd600/rega ear



    jmlab 920 electras (nac5)



    big wooden childproof chest


  • Here's mine:



    Turntable: Roksan TMS with DS1.5 PSU

    Arm: Roksan Artemiz

    Cartridge: Dynavector Karat Nova

    Phono Amp: Exposure 13



    CDT: 47 Labs Shigaraki

    DAC: 47 Labs Shigaraki



    Pre Amp: Exposure 21

    Power Amp: Exposure 4DR



    Speakers: Neat Elite



    Cables: Exposure cable between pre and power. 47 Labs cable for the rest



    Support: Apollo Aria rack with Neuance isolation boards, Mana SB1 under speakers.



    Future Plans: Miyabi/47 cartridge, outboard x-over for the elites, PSU upgrade for the dac, another pair of SB1 in that order but not in a hurry


  • Just to say that I've updated my "what I've got page" to reflect recent changes:



    http://www.zerogain.com/hifi/system.html



    ...and new pics to go with it:



    http://www.zerogain.com/hifi/index.html



    Michael.


  • Had to update my increasingly out of date list (Page 2). More to come!



    Cheers


  • Here we come Again...



    Tagmclaren T32 DAB Tuner:



    http://www.internationalaudiogroup.com/tma/T32Rfront.gif



    Tagmclaren AV 32 Processor

    http://www.internationalaudiogroup.com/tma/AV32R_silver2.jpg



    Tagmclaren CDT 20 Transport:

    http://www.internationalaudiogroup.com/tma/largecd20r.jpg



    Sony Mds-JB940 Minidisc:

    http://www.minidiscussion.com/pics/units/MDS-JB940.gif



    Belcanto Evo 200.2 Power Amp:

    http://www.stereophile.com/images/archivesart/belcanto2002.jpg



    B&W Nautilus 805 Signature Speakers:

    http://www.bwspeakers.com/images/SpeakerModel/images/Signature_805/sig805main.jpg



    Sony RDR-GX3 DVD Recorder:

    http://www.techtronics.com/uk/images/sony/sony-rdr-gx3.jpg



    PHEW!!


  • Quad II-Forties amps



    QC 24 pre amp



    Quad FM4



    B&W 804's



    B&W CDM 1NT



    Linn LP12



    Creek OBH 21 Amp



    IsoTek power supply



    Grado SR60 headphones



    Leads,Van den Hul Chord Kimber



    RA Power Leads



    Naim 5 CD Player



    Naim 112 pre amp



    Sony SACDXB790



    Quad 99 and 909 power amps



    Also freeview box for digital radio:cool:


  • datas toys r here...



    vinyl...nad 533+ol modded 250:)



    cartridiges...denon 304,:D

    ortofon mc15, ok...

    ortofon 510 yuk

    trichord dino preferred it to an isoHR



    linn classik

    naim cdi:D

    audionote dac1.1:)

    quad 11s..making way for mission 752s...1st model...nicer



    MF a1000 on the way:) may turn into a :mad:

    some other mystery purchase coming:D

    going to be a member of the club..



    world audio kel34 valve amp:)


  • As promised a couple of photos from the King household.



    Having recently moved from sunny Brighton to a snowier Sweden I'm still playing around with speaker position. Also having gone from a regency flat with 3 meter high ceilings and a listening position of around 4 meters from the speakers I'm now fully benefiting from active crossovers for that infinite amount of tweakablity.



    Cheers, PK


  • Two-Channel



    Classe CDP .5 CD Player

    Nordost Solar Wind Balanced XLR Interconnect

    Krell KAV-300i Integrated Amplifier

    Nordost SuperFlatine Gold MkII Speaker cable

    Leema Acoustics Xavier Loudspeakers

    Soundstyle 4-shelf rack

    Russ Andrews YellO extensions

    Russ Andrews Classic Powerkord (Wattgate IEC & Superclamp)

    2 x Isotek Isoplugs



    Multi-Channel



    Toshiba 36ZD26P TV

    Pioneer 757Ai DVD Player

    Sky+

    Scorpion Cables Coaxial I/C

    Scorpion Cables Component Cables

    Supra AV6 SCART

    Supra ZAC Optical I/C

    Pioneer AX5i Receiver

    Nordost SuperFlatline Gold MkII Speaker Cable

    Kef Q55.2 / Kef 100c / Kef Q55.2 / Kef Q15.2 Speakers

    Velodyne Digital Drive Series DD-15 Subwoofer

    Atacam Equinox 2-shelf Rack

    The Umbilical Mains Cable

    Russ Andrews Classic Powerkord (Wattgate IEC & Superclamp)

    2 x Russ Andrews Silencers


  • OK here goes:



    Stereo

    Linn LP12/DIY 'Geddon Clone PSU/Akito 2/Denon DL 103 MC Cart

    Stock Linn Arm i/c cable

    MF X-LPS

    Monster 400 i/c to Pre



    I also have a recently purchased Dual 505-4 TT as a poor, (by comparison), spare.



    Sony DVP-NS305 DVD Player (used as CD Transport)

    Eccosse 'Producer' Co-ax Digi Lead

    Rotel RDP-980 Offboard DAC

    Monster 'CD' i/c to Pre



    Rotel RC1070 Pre amp

    DIY 'GWS' i/c to Pwr amp

    Rotel RB1070 Pwr amp

    DIY 'FFRC' fl-bw Speaker cable



    Mission 782 Floorstand speakers



    All powered of a DIY Dedicated Hi-FI mains spur with DIY dual stage 'Swampy' active noise filter ( ie, the Electrical power actually goes thru the Filter). I also have a couple of RA yello and a Kemp Lo-pwr mains cables.



    DIY Turntable wallshelf. Fully welded construction, Brazillian 7 ply wooden Platform on 3 upturned adjustable spikes. The Linn manual said to mount the TT on a firm, light, rigid, low mass support, so thats what i did. Wall shelfs and lightweight internal stud walls do work VERY effectively if you use your brains when fixing it to the wall.

    Atacama Europa Hi-Fi rack for the boxes with DIY squashy feet isolation plats under DVD, DAC and Pre.

    DIY Granite/wood/Air Tube speaker plinths under speakers.



    Soon gonna try some wooden 'soldiers' under the Floor (now done ), directly under the speaker positions to try and couple the speaker Plats to the concrete house foundations. This is to try to reduce the 'Drum skin' effect of my springy suspended wooden floors with large resonant crawl space underneath. A cheap experiment that may or may not work, just need to get covered in building dust and cobwebs to find out. :(



    Overall pretty happy with the sound right now and have been for a few weeks- curious. I'm sure the nice sunny weather and long days is playing its part in my general happiness at the moment too though.



    AV System

    Purely anecdotal but thought i better mention it.



    Sony NS-DVP305 DVD player (yes the same one)

    IXOS 131AV gold, 5 metre, fully wired Scart



    Panasonic NV-FJ630 Hi-Fi VCR

    IXOS .75AV Fully Wired Scart



    Grundig SKY box

    IXOS . 75AV Fully wired Scart



    Panasonic TX-W32R4DP 32" Widescreen TV with built in Dolby Pro-logic and sh!tty external speakers- more than adequate for my AV needs.



    Basically the DVD player is connected to the Hi-Fi via a Digi lead to DAC for music and to the TV via Scart for movies. The Stereo and AV is in essence separate though.



    Edited to Add:

    Sep 03. Just replaced my DIY wallshelf with a MANA referenece (P2) wallshelf for the LP12.



    It now kinda looks like this :


  • 'Brigado Lowrider. :)



    (What would your name be in Portuguese - something like "Baixoneiro"? :D )



    Dunc


  • Well, I was referring to the aural pleasure received from the music playing of course!



    And the bouncing part was DEFINITELY the main train of thought..


  • The aural panoply at Zanash Villas.

    Currently not seeing front line action*



    Turntable



    Michell Gyrodec, Qc psu

    Logic Datum S

    AudioTechnica AT OC9

    ISO Phono pre

    Origin Live Skyline platform TT support



    Pioneer something completely rebuilt with ADC ALT1* AR P77*



    Pre amp



    Quad 77

    Quad2 pre*



    Power amp



    Quad 707

    Quad II



    CD Player



    Quad 77

    Denon dcd920 heavily tweaked

    Sony something* now a toploader! heavily tweaked



    DAC



    MF X-DAC new psu and heavily tweaked



    Tuner



    Quad 77 with loft omni aeriel

    Denon Tu 260L*

    Denon Tu 450L*

    Hitachi 5500fe mkII*



    Speakers



    Martin Logan Aerius i's

    Ruark Broadswords*

    Castle Stirlings*

    Chartwell PM110*



    Cassette deck



    Sony KA6ES drednought of cassette decks



    Minidisc



    Sony mj520se absolute dog ! now heavily tweaked



    Stands and supports



    TNT Flexy on oversized TNT Sandbox carries all frontline gear



    IC's, Powercables and Speaker cables



    Quad gear is all buss linked

    QED QuinexII* and its bad

    Audioquest ruby* Currently waiting RCA plugs



    All IC's to my own design now being replaced with solid silver versions.



    Eupen power cord*

    TNT TTS my version of the power cord

    TNT Merlino



    Cat5 18/27*

    U Byte2*

    Home brew Enammeled 22gauge copper twisted plaited multiple pairs and very good it sounds !



    Lynwood Mega mains conditioner



    There probably some other gear tucked away


  • I'm off.



    Happy with sound and system.



    Bye all - thanks for advice when I needed it.


  • Just an updated photo of my system. I have compressed and scaled it down for all you 56k users:D



    http://www.robertson-i.co.uk/hifiapril.jpg


  • michaelab





    The source has always been a problem in my system.



    I started with the musical fidelity 3d (nuvista), it sounded good in the shop, not too keen on the way in sounded in my room (too brittle at the top).



    Sold it



    Then i started using on Arcam Alpha 5 plus (oldie but goody). The output card started to go and was left with the Xbox.



    I decided to buy a Musical Fidelity a3.24 (£450 s/h) which could upsample all my music and thought xbox games would benefit. One problem, it brought back hard top end.



    Sold it.



    Bought a DAC64 mk 2 a few days ago too. (£1350 s/h, HiFi for sale). It has been an absolute revelation to my system. SWEET.

    Never heard music produced like this before.



    Unfortunately now i need to sell it (see classifieds). That damn taxman.



    One thing is for sure. A DAC64 will be returning. Oh, and i might try a better transport (SCD-1).



    ***EDIT*** Kept the DAC64 sold the MF a300cr. The Tag Transport about to land.


  • Suppose I'd better post here aswell then...



    Transport: Teac VRDS T1 with Trichord Clock 4 and Never Connected PSU.



    DAC: Derek Shek NOS DAC



    Amplifier: DIY using LC Audio ZAPPulse 2.2SE modules



    Speakers: Dynaudio Contour 1.3MkII (http://www.dynaudiousa.com/products/contour/13/con13.htm) on Dynaudio Stand2 stands



    Interconnects:

    - Apogee Wyde-Eye digital cable with Eichmann Bullet plugs

    - Musical Fidelity NuVista with Bullet Plugs (DAC -> Amp)



    Speaker cable: Dynaudio OCOS



    Rack: Homebrew ripoff of the IsoBlue stuff :)



    Michael.


  • Originally posted by mr cat

    my humble kit -



    just as an update - I've just got myself an Nad c350 - which I haven't had chance to try, it's stuck in a hotel with me!:MILD:


  • Whoops forgot me future plans:



    Upgrade pre (PV-10 definitely a bit out of its league now) could well be going passive



    Listen to loads of music:D


  • CD Transport/SACD Player: Sony SCD777ES

    DAC: Chord DAC64

    Digital int: Chord Signature

    CD or DAC to Amp: Chord Anthem 1m

    Tuner: NAD 4225 (forgot to add)

    Amp: Cyrus 3i + PSX-R

    Speakers: Cyrus CLS70

    Speaker cable: Chord Oddessy bi-wire



    POWER GENERATION: A big heavy computer UPS running all bits.


  • Since I did so much complaining about my room and speaker choices, I thought I's show you a few pics of my Audio Physic solution...



    Bruce


  • Hi Antonio,



    After having a quick measure I'm not sure that they'll be enough clearance for you. I currently have a 24cm lower level and a 11cm upper one, with 1cm deep glass.



    "21 cms for the bottom and 16 for the top... " looks like it mat not fit, sorry.



    Worth mailing Ash and getting a more accurate answer though.



    As an aside, you do get a customer service questionnaire when you purchase one with some odd questions on. e.g. Favourite super hero??


  • Hi People...:D

    My Kit.....

    Pioneer DVD 696
    Jungson JA1 Pre-amp.
    Jungson JA99C Power amp.
    Apogee Duetta Signature speakers.
    Vertex AQ Kinabalu Platforms.
    Vertex AQ Solfonn interconnect.
    Vertex AQ Moncayo Speaker Cable.
    Vertex AQ Jaya Mains Filters.

    Thats about it.....:cool:


  • michell gyro se

    originlive silver 250

    benz micro mc silver

    creek o8se



    cyrus cd7Q

    cyrus aca7.5

    cyrus apa7 x 2

    cyrus icon x4



    various cheap leads


  • http://homepage.mac.com/voodoosmiller/PhotoAlbum2.html



    (Excuse the crudity; phone camera and my first webpage :shame: )


  • 2-channel system:
    Sources
    Linn LP12 maple plinth/Cirkus/Trampolin/LingoI, Linn EkosI arm with T-kable, Ortofon Kontrapunkt B cartridge
    Linn Linto stepup
    Slimdevices Transporter network player, wireless
    Control/Amps
    Music First passive pre TVC (copper version)
    Prima Luna Seven valve monoblocs x 2
    Speakers/Display
    Linn Akurate 212 (passive) speakers
    Grundig Montreal TV

    5-channel system:
    Sources
    Marantz DV9500 universal CD/DVD/SACD/DVD-A player, 720p/1080i picture
    Sony PS3 Blu-Ray player
    Slimdevices Squeezebox network player gen 3 wireless
    Topfield TF5510PVR twin-tuner PVR for satellite
    Control/Amps
    Linn Kinos AV processor
    Four amps comprising:
    Linn 2250 stereo amp with active card driving L/R lower bass active
    Linn AV5125 5ch amps times two for active L/R tweeters, super-tweeters, mid and upper bass and one rear channel
    Linn Chakra C6100 amp for active centre speaker and one passive rear speaker
    Speakers/Display
    Linn Akurate 242 penta-amped active stereo speakers
    Linn Akurate 225 penta-amped active centre
    Linn Katan passive rear speakers on stands
    Velodyne DD15 active subwoofer with digital room eq
    Sony Pearl VW50 SXRD projector in full hi-def, 1080p
    Adeo Greyvision motorized screen, 2.35m wide, 16:9

    Misc
    minidisc, radio, VCR, PS2, USB-to-radio transmitter
    linn silver i/cs (some homemade with Eichmann bullets)
    Nordost Solar Wind and Blue Heaven pentawired speaker cables for 242s
    Zanash IO Silver IC for Transporter
    Zanash silver cables pentawired for centre speaker
    Bettercables HDMI and Supra s-video cables
    Quadraspire racks in maple for sources and amps
    Logitech Harmony 885 universal remote
    Disco Antistat discwasher, fluid mixed at home, state-licensed technical propanol buyer
    Sound-diffusing foam at first reflection points, home-built bass traps as diagnosed by DD-15 display

    Spare kit
    Linn LP12/Nirvana/Valhalla from 1979
    Linn Ittok arm
    Hafler DH101 preamp with LesW powersupply and caps from early 80s
    Two Linn 2250 power amps from 2002
    1 pair Linn Isobariks from late 80s (before Kustone)
    1 Aktiv crossover for briks
    1 Aktiv crossover for briks with Dirak power supply and Bingo board
    1 Linn Sizmik 10.25 sub
    Ortofon MCA76 headamp with quadraphonic button, late 70s


  • Seem to have forgotten to do this so far, so:



    CDP: Wadia 861 (actually 860 + 1 upgrade)

    IC: M/F NuVista (actually 2.5m long - all they had left)

    Amp: LC Audio Patriot V100 (pwr amp...no pre needed) - 100W class A, or 20W classA -> 120W A/B

    Speaker cables: 3.5m Townshend Isolda DCT

    Speakers: Meadowlark Heron-i

    Supports: couple of bits of MDF and a few inner tubes

    Power: Trichord Powerblock 1000 running both amp and CDP.

    Trichord power lead on CDP, standard kettle cable on amp.

    Also: connection through 5-way switch-box from TV (Sony Nicam), VCR (Panasonic) and cable digibox (NTL). Currently connected byh swapping RCA I/Cs - but plan on getting AES/EBU balanced I/C for CDP and then using the input switch on the amp.



    Miscellaneous not currently in service

    Turntable: Pioneer PL12D £45 in 1976(?) (captive I/C)

    Cart: Ortofon VMS20E mkII

    DAB Tuner: Psion Wavefinder -> PC (Mesh 550MHz Athlon) -> Creative SB Live! 1024, although mostly now feed in radio (R3, R4) from the NTL digibox. Next step is to put in digital feed from PC to Wadia.

    Also 512kbps internet connection for streamed radio etc.

    Headphones: Technics RP-F800 (Xmas present sometime)



    Other bits now sort of redundant - effectively constitute a 2nd and 3rd system if I ever got around to plugging them in - or main components should really be heading for the 2nd hand sales:

    CDP: Meridian 508.24

    CDP: Philips CD473, £239 in 1988

    Amp: Musical Fidelity M3

    Tuner/Amp: Technics SA200L, £161 in 1979(!!)

    I/C: DNM reson

    Speaker Cables: UBYTE-2 (DIY from TNT website)



    Tape: JVC KD21B £100 in 1979(?) - NOW DEAD



    Also redundant speakers:

    Monitor Audio R352, £237 in 1988 (actually now sold to bro, but still squatting)

    Rogers LS6a (from about 1989)

    Celestion Ditton 15 (from about 1972)



    Room: main area 12' x 16', through open plan archway (by LH speaker)to similar sized neighbouring room and stairway.



    Music interests: Broadly classical orchestral and opera (mostly excluding 1750-1800) - I particularly like Wagner/Strauss/Mahler and a warm-to-neutral sound. Also bits of blues (Howling Wolf, Hooker, Holliday); jazz (Mingus, Ellington, Goodman); classic rock (Floyd, Genesis, Queen, U2) some newer stuff (Verve, Portishead) and ambient/electronica.



    Graham


  • Nice rig boxsoft.



    Where did you get the white ear mounted in your listening room?



    Cool.


  • Those CD racks look rather good. I think I'll invest in a few



    Hi Robbo,



    I saw 'em at a friends house, some years ago already, and I liked the system very much.



    It doesn't take much (floor)space and you can still store many CD's. (180 CD's in one 'tower' )



    They're available in different real wood veneers.



    Only bugger might be transportation....

    They're very tall/high, so they just fitted in the car...



    regards,

    Alco


  • Those CD racks look rather good. I think I'll invest in a few.


  • Nice room, but I would still dress the statue... :shame:


  • I have been posting for a while so I have to show my kit to share my "hi fi " point of view.



    Turntable: Technics SL-1210 MK2, Shure MX97.

    Integrated: NAD S-300 .

    CD player: Creek CD53. (the first picture shows my replaced NAD C541i)

    Deck: Yamaha.

    Headphone preamp. Behringer.

    Speakers: Paradigm Studio reference 60 (Will be updated soon, nevertheless great speakers).

    Interc. RCA: Audioquest Python (balanced), Audioquest Diammondback and Ecosse Maestro.

    Speaker wires: Audioquest Mammoth Biwire.

    http://forodvdmania.com.ar/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2558&start=0

    http://forodvdmania.com.ar/forum/download.php?id=698

    http://forodvdmania.com.ar/forum/download.php?id=697


  • Simaudio Eclipse CD player (on Seismic Sink)

    Audio Research CA50 Integrated

    ProAc Response 1SC speakers

    Townshend Isolda DCT Interconnect

    Kimber 8TC/4TC

    RA Reference Powerkord

    RA superpurifier


  • Source: PC with E-MU 0404 sound card



    Amplifiers: Exposure XX integrated amplifier (speakers), ANT Amber (headphones)



    Speakers: Mordaunt Short MS10i (loudspeakers), Beyerdynamic DT531 (headphones)



    Other stuff: Pro Audio interconnect, Van Damme 2.5mm speaker cable, Gale T50 stands


  • never done this before, but here goes..



    SPEAKERS

    Living Voice Avatars, with custom bracing and finish.



    CDP

    Micromega T-Dac T-Drive

    XLO balanced cable



    TT

    Gyrodec (black/bronze)

    Helius Scorpio

    Ortofohn Kontrapunkt A



    PHONO STAGE

    Conrad Johnson Premier 6 Nuvistor MC-MM

    EAR 834P



    LINE STAGE

    Audio Innovations L1



    POWER AMP

    Lectron JH50 (50w push/pull valve)



    SPEAKER CABLE

    Goertz M2



    INTERCONNECTS AND CABLING

    BIY Silver cable, soon to be Goertz too.

    Power Cables/mains block

    BIY silver/copper mix and foo foo :)



    RACK

    Target glass/alu


  • Main system:



    Well Tempered Reference Turntable

    Well Tempered reference Arm

    Dynavector XV-1s cartridge

    Dynavector P300 Phono-stage inside a ...

    Dynavector L300 Pre-amplifier

    Dynavector HX1.2 Power Aplifier

    Shahinian Obelisks

    Micromega Pro transport and Pro DAC



    Supported on Hutter Racktime tables

    Interconnects are home brew with bullet plugs, or proper 75Ohm for digital. Speaker cable is Kimber 4TC



    Upgrades to come: a new house! Then I can go mad ...





    Cheers



    Jason


  • Hi Alco,



    Welcome! :)



    I notice you have a pile of LPs in the corner in one of your photos, the debut album from Dire Straits is the one that's in view if I'm not mistaken... :cool: Do you currently use a turntable in your system, or are the LPs just there in the room for decoration now these days? ;)



    Had a look at your website too. Very interesting. Looks like you've been into hi-fi a long time and owned a lot of interesting components, especially the planar and electrostatic speakers. I don't speak any Dutch by the way, in case you were wondering, but at least the pictures and equipment names don't need any translation. :D


  • Source : Lp12, Cirkus, Lingo, Ittok LVIII and Denon DL-304 on Mana Phase 2

    Phono Stage : Black Cube SE

    Interconnect: TCI Cobra

    Amp : Sugden A21a on Mana phase 1

    Speaker Cable : Van den Hul CS122 (lows)

    DNM Reson (highs)

    Speakers : Totem Arros on Mana sound Bases



    Sundries: Toshiba Aurex PCX-60AD cassette


  • Puresound Bewitch A8000 CD Player
    Rega Planar 2 > Ortofon 520 cart & stylus
    Nad PP1 Phono Stage
    Pioneer CT-335 tape deck
    Sansui T-60L Tuner (cheers Harry!)
    Sony MDS-JE530 mini disc
    Nad C320 Amp
    Wharfedale Diamond 8.1 speakers
    Sennheiser RS45 Cordless headphones

    Gale XL-315 Speaker Cable
    Cambridge Audio Pacific I/C Tuner > Amp
    Cambridge Audio Studio Reference CD > Amp
    Cambridge Audio Pacific I/C x 2 - Amp > mini-disc
    Cambridge Audio Tape Solution I/C Tape > Amp

    Apple iPod Nano 4GB & Sennheiser MX400 in-ear headphones for on the move

    Speakers on Sound Organisation Z522 stands
    All stored on Target 5 shelf rack bought at the local record fair for £20 (cheers Dom for spotting and phoning up!)


  • Below are my current Lounge and Bedroom systems



    System One



    Source



    CD Player: Naim CDI

    DVD Player: Pioneer DV-575A



    Amplifiers



    Pre Amp: Exposure XVII

    Power Amp: Exposure XVIII

    Headphone Amp: Rega Ear

    Processor: Yamaha DSP-E800



    Loudspeakers



    Main Speakers: Epos ES-14

    Centre Speaker: Epos ELS-3C

    Rear Speakers: Epos ELS-3



    Ear Speakers:



    Headphones: Grado SR-125



    Visual



    Television: Panasonic TX-32PS12 (32” – 16:9)



    Cables



    CD Player to Pre Amp: Chord Silver Siren (DIN-RCA)

    DVD Player to Pre Amp: Chord Chrysalis

    DVD Player to Processor: Chord Codac1 Silver Plus

    Processor to Pre Amp: Cable Talk Broadcast

    Pre Amp to Power Amp: Cable Talk Reference (XLR)

    Power Amp to Speakers: Cable Talk Talk III (4mm Banana Plugs)

    Processor to Rear Speakers: QED Micro (4mm Banana Plugs)

    Processor to Centre Speaker: QED Micro (4mm Banana Plugs)



    Equipment Stand: Alphason (Not Sure Of The Model)







    System Two



    Component System



    Mini System: Sony HCD-GPX5



    Visual



    Televison: JVC AV21F1EX (21” – 4:3)

    DVD Player: Scan SC-2000





    Cables



    CD Player to Integrated: Chord Calypso

    Tuner to Integrated: IXOS 104 Custom Connect

    DVD Player to Integrated: IXOS 104 Custom Connect

    Integrated to Speakers: Naim NA5 (4mm Banana Plugs)



    Others



    Mini Disc Walkman: Sony MZ-R91

    CD Walkman: Sony D-E401

    MP3 Portable: Apple IPod – Colour 20GB

    Mini Disc Deck: Sony MDS-JE510

    Cassette Deck: Technics RS-BX404

    Video Recorder: Panasonic NV-SD240

    Games Console: Sony Playstation 2

    Speaker Cable: Naim NA 5 (Not Terminated)

    Interconnect: Tech+Link (3mm-RCA) x 2



    Regards



    Paul.


  • OK, here is my developing system



    CDP = TEAC VDRS-25x

    TT = Project Debut II (Piano Black)

    AMP = MF X-A200R

    Headphone AMP = MF X-Cans V2

    Phono AMP = Project Phono Box

    Speakers = Yamaha NS200

    Headphones = Grado SR80

    Interconnects = QED Qunex2

    Speaker Cable = QED Silver Anniv BiWire



    Donut


  • Just a little thing but very important thing I need to add to my spec. Thats blu-tac.


  • Unpacked just last night, FINALLY, after 6 months boxed up due to moving house & renovations....



    http://www.evilsimon.com/hifi.jpg



    Ignore the pink curtains - they're from the last occupant of this house, and are on their swift way out.......





    Marantz CD-67SE

    QED digital cable

    TAG McLaren DAC20

    Van Den Hul The First Ultimate

    Primare A30.1

    Kimber 8TC

    Monitor Audio Gold Reference 20

    Atacama Equinox rack



    Next upgrades being considered:

    1) More Kimber 8TC, or 4TC for shotgunning.

    2) I'm ITCHING to demo a Chord DAC64!! :D:D

    3) Norah Bones to bounce up and down on me in time to the music. I predict this will greatly heighten the aural pleasure I experience whilst a CD is playing.


  • Here's mine:



    TAG DVD32

    TAG AV32

    Densen B400XS

    Krell KAV250a/3 (power for the front3)

    Panny 6

    B&W Sig 805s

    B&W HTM2

    Rotel RB03 (rears)

    JVC VCR

    NTL Cable

    Pioneer CDR

    Not in pic: B&W CDM2SEs (rears)


  • NOOOOOOOOOOOO



    not in this thread :argue: :NADowner:


  • Nordost Valhalla Interconnects and speaker cable



    My gawd, Andrew... Have you won the lottery-jackpot ?!



    Impressive setup, you've got there.



    If I'm not mistaken, my whole system costs about the same as you're Nordost interconnect and speaker cable ! :rolleyes:


  • Originally posted by boxsoft

    I'm really looking forward to the "Why?" phase. Wish me luck!

    As in "why did you have to go and do that:confused: " - don't worry, you'll get to ask that question a *lot*


  • Rega P9/RB1000/DV XX-2 - turntable

    Dynavector P-75 - phonostage

    Naim CDS2/XPS - CD player

    Naim NAT02 - tuner

    Naim NAC52/Supercap - preamp

    Naim SNAXO/HiCap - active crossover

    Naim NAP250 x 2 - two poweramps

    Naim SBL w NACA5 - speakers and cable

    Hutter rack

    home made speaker stands (10mm glass, nuts & ball bearings)

    Dedicated Memera consumer unit with seven separate 6mm2 T&E spurs terminated in Marinko plugs straight into the back of the boxes. (no nasty switches)



    Moving soon and will upgrade mains cables



    Other stuff Loewe Melos 28"

    Rotel 938? DVD

    Sony VCR


  • I sold my Quadraspire Q4 2 days ago.

    (I thought, what's the use of having a 4-tier rack when I actually only use 2 components.)



    I found this old AV-table that I bought many years ago, which was only doing duty in my computer-room, stuffing piles of HiFi-magazines.



    So, I've gone back to basics now.

    It doesn't get more 'keep it simple' than this...:D



    http://members.home.nl/koertsonline/new_audiorack.JPG



    Sonneteer Campion & Naim CDX (on 'masterbase' isolation blocks)



    regards,

    Alco


  • Amplifier: Densen Beat B-100

    Speakers: Sonus Faber Concerto Grand Piano

    Source: RME HDSP 9632

    Cables: Tara Labs Prism Nexa, Van den Hul Mainsstream, Ixos Gamma 1002



    Future Upgrades: New Integrated (ASR, Gryphon, Sim Audio, YBA...?)


  • I don't know if I've ever posted my set up here but there have been a few changes recently anyway, so I might as well list it now:



    LP12/Syrinx PU3/Ortofon Kontrapunkt 'b'

    Marantz 4100 OSE dvd player

    TagMclaren DAC20

    Naim 32.5/hicap/160

    Nakamichi AV10

    Linn Kabers

    Linn Centrik centre speaker

    Mordant Short MS20i as rear speakers

    Speaker cables are NACA5, FFRC and Gale

    Interconnects from Chord and QED, plus a very nice set of Zanash's L'argent Plus with Eichmanns that I made myself.



    Plus a Target tt wallshelf and seriously ugly Target rack.



    All the best,



    Goomer.


  • Originally posted by kermit

    What,s te new amp like Andy?



    Ah, er, well you called my bluff on that one Richard

    i hope to recieve it friday or next monday:shame:


  • Posted this on the wrong thread before sorry:



    Its a basic system but my mates are all impressed with it, and it does have a soundstage :)



    Marantz PM6010 OSE

    Sony CDP XE 530 semi damped

    Sony STE 300 tuner

    Yamaha KX380 cassete deck

    £20 interconnects

    FFRC speaker cable

    Project Debut Turntable

    Eltax Monitor III's



    http://www.robertsonnet.co.uk/hifi.jpg



    I have a nice HIFI rack! hehe joke... I know its crap...


  • I am saving for an Ash design, my floor is cherrywood, so it should match beautifully... ;)



    I would prefer the metal work in black, but they dont make it... :rolleyes:



    Also, they dont say the clearance between shelves, I need about 21 cms for the bottom and 16 for the top... :MILD:


  • Marantz CD-17 MKII KI ==> belden 83803s

    Nordost Blue heavens

    NAD C370 ==> modded IEC outlet/belden 83803s

    Nordost superflatline customs

    Dynaudio Acoustics BM-6P ==> target stands/atabyte-filled



    Kelly


  • Well it wasn't on Pink fish for sure, tends to stand out like a sore thumb next to all those wholly jumpers and hook norton pint pots :D Wm


  • Hardware:



    CD Player: NAD C521BEE

    Interconnect to Amp: QED Qunex One



    Turntable: Pro-ject Debut II

    Phono Stage: Pro-Ject Phono Box

    Interconnect to Phono Stage: Integrated into the TT

    Interconnect to Amp from Phono Stage: QED Qunex One



    Tuner: Rotel RT-940AX

    Interconnect to Amp: QED Qunex One



    VCR: Sony SLV-SE830

    SCART to PC: Index Cheapie. Audio routed back out to amp through SoundBlaster Audigy 2



    PC: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice, 2GB of RAM, Asus A8N-SLI motherboard, MSI GeForce 6200 128MB, Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2, AVer TV card, 2x Maxtor 200GB 16MB Cache NCQ in a S-ATA RAID-1 array, 1x Maxtor 120GB P-ATA, 1x Seagate 160GB P-ATA in external USB 2.0 case, Philips DVR1640P DVD-RW

    Interconnect from amp: Thor 3.5m --> Phono



    Amp: NAD C320BEE



    Speakers: Mission m70

    Speaker Cable: QED Micro



    Headphones (gotta keep the neighbours happy at night): Sony MDR-CD480

    Sennheiser MX-500 (for use with my iPod Mini)



    Portables:



    Apple iPod Mini 4GB

    MiniDisc Recorder: Sharp MD-MT80 MiniDisc (for gym use)

    DiscMan: Sony DE330S



    Software:



    Over 640 CDs and 150 LPs and still growing!



    Next and last upgrade for a while: Cambridge Audio 640P phono pre-amp



    Lots more music to buy......


  • All you need now are some less wimpy speakers and you could be "cooking with gas"



    Thanks Graham, what would you suggest?





    Hi Markus,



    Like many posters here, I generally baulk at buying new kit due to the horrendous depreciation and wide selection of quality s/h kit that is usually available. However, the Eclipse is so good that I would probably consider buying it new. Thats quite rare for me!



    Regarding the price I paid, I think it is rather indelicate to discuss these kind of things, however a search of the buy and sell forum may help you with the information you seek:)


  • I'm new around here so apologies for butting in.



    My equipment:



    Meridian 206b as transport

    Chord DAC 64 - recently bought and loving it

    Michell Argo/Hera pre-amp - still the best for me

    M F A300cr power amp - circa 235 watts/channel into 8 ohms

    Dynaudio Contour 3.3 - also recent purchase and loving them

    Various cables - all about to be up-graded - a tumultuous task



    Question: looking for a new transport to complement the DAC 64, or good CD player to act as a transport - any ideas or combinations that work. The posted article from Rob Watts on optical versus digital connection was interesting and I have alreasy got a Nordost optical cable on order.



    BTW, I used to share a house with Rob Watts (and Adrian Walker) in Cardiff just before they set up Deltec (to become DPA). Used to see him regularly, but over recent years haven't seen the old blighter.


  • AV SYSTEM



    Arcam........................FMJ DV27 (DVD)

    Krell .........................Showcase (processor)

    Bel Canto...................eVo 6 Gen II bridged (front + center)

    Bryston......................PowerPac 120 x 2 (surround)



    Loewe........................Vitros 32" (TV)



    SPEAKERS



    Sonus Faber................Electra Amator II (front)

    ................................Signum (surround)

    Proac.........................Response CC2 (center)

    REL............................Strata III x 2 (subwoofers)



    CABLES



    Apogee.......................Wide-Eye, Neutrik XLR (IC balanced)

    .................................Wide-Eye, Neutrik Profi (IC digital DVD)

    Deltec (DPA)................Black Sixteen, WBT midline (front + center speakers)

    Cable Talk...................3.1, WBT midline (surround speakers)

    Monster Cable..............YM2F-H (splitter subwoofers)

    Audioquest..................G-Snake (IC subwoofers)

    LAT International..........VI-6 Mark II (component video DVD)

    Siltech........................HF-7S, AQ silver (IC digital cableTV)

    Chord..........................SCART RGB (cableTV)

    QED............................Broadcast RVR (RF cableTV)



    MAINS



    HMS...........................SSDR (wall socket)

    Audio Agile...................8 way block

    Van Den Hul.................Mainsstream (power cables)

    Russ Andrews...............Silencer

    .................................PowerPac II (cableTV)



    SUPPORTS/TWEAKS



    Standesign..................DTV 36 + acrylic shelf (rack)

    Stillpoints....................cones (Arcam + Bel Canto)

    .................................ERS (Arcam + Krell)

    Sonus Faber................Iron (stands)

    Soundcare...................Superspikes (Sonus Faber + REL)



    Room.........................15´x 9´x 24´ (golden ratio)





    http://sapp.telepac.pt/lowrider/avfront.jpg



    http://sapp.telepac.pt/lowrider/avback.jpg



    http://sapp.telepac.pt/lowrider/rack.jpg


  • Alex would you be up for trying some of our 'Musical wanky wires' in stead of you bulleted mike cable for a few days, would like to see how the TWR boys find it? WM


  • Main system:

    http://www.domfjbrown.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/music_hifi/images/primary_hifi_wide.jpg

    Naim CD5, stock power/interconnect leads, RDC platform

    Naim Flatcap PSU

    Rega Planar 3 (P3 motor upgrade), RB300, tungsten weight, Ortofon 540 MM cart)

    Technics ST-GT1000 DAB/FM/MW tuner, Eupen 05/04 power cable, Chord Chrysalis i/c (this tuner needs all the help it can get!)

    Sony JB940 MD

    Nakamichi DR2 cassette

    Pioneer PDR609 CD rewriter (£80!!)

    (enough recorders anyone?)

    Naim 72/180

    Naim NACA5 speaker cable

    Dynaudio Audience 52/Sound Organisation Z522 stands

    Black Rhodium 4 way power strip (effects now negated by 3 metre 1 gang)

    RA Silencer

    Target racks

    Milty Zerostat anti-static gun

    Knosti Disco Antistat record cleaner

    Goldring Ecstatic II brush

    Discwasher stylus brush

    Nakamichi tape head demagnetizer



    ...and a cuddly toy (Naim-black fluffy dice!)



    Apologies for crap photo; a) digicam is SHOD b) I was pissed when I took this ;)


  • Ian,



    I was happy. Sadly, the TacT power amp was incompatible with my plans to run a turntable at some point in the near future, so this meant a substantial rejig. Still the good news is it hasn't actually cost me anything:)


  • Hi Y'all,



    I'm new here.

    This is my first posting on this forum.



    So here goes,

    My system comprises:



    Sonneteer Campion (slightly modified)

    NAIM CDX CD-player

    Diapason Micra MKIII (on sandfilled Target HR60 stands)

    Chord Cobra interconnect

    Rinsma DIY speaker-cable ( Rinsma-HiFi ) (http://www.rinsmahifi.nl)

    Quadraspire system sopport.



    http://members.home.nl/koertsonline/sonneteer_naim_topview.JPG



    http://members.home.nl/koertsonline/my_system_rightview.JPG



    More pic's and information about my choices in HiFi, and music

    can be found on My Homepage (http://members.home.nl/koerts)



    regards,

    Alco :)


  • Originally posted by Steven Toy

    Naim CDX



    Omiga Audio Din/RCA interconnect with Eichmann bullet plugs



    Densen Beat B200 pre



    Chord Anthem inteconnect



    Densen Beat B300 XS power



    All the above supported by a 4-tier Quadraspire Reference table; top shelf under the CDX in acrylic, the rest in satin black MDF



    Naim Naca5 cables 2 x 2.5m



    Rega Naos speakers on Mana Sound Bases



    Mains leads by Music Works



    Mains Block also by Music Works supported by a Quadraspire Reference shelf.



    Rega Ear (Mk1) sitting precariously on the spacer shelf between pre and power, Sennheiser HD600 heaphones.









    Steven,

    I have a CDX in a non naim system and use doctored Naim interconnects, I prefered these to a set of Nordost Blue heaven's.How do you find the cables you are using? have you tried Naim interconnects? I find them more musical.


  • Just swapped the silvergey metal fascia of my Sonneteer amp, for a black one, yesterday...:rolleyes:



    http://members.home.nl/koertsonline/sonneteer_naim_topview.JPG



    regards,

    Alco


  • AV Setup



    Amp Denon AVC10SE

    Speakers M&K Professional MPS1510

    DVD Player Pioneer 656A

    Subwoofer SVS 20-39 PC PLus

    Cables Loads of


  • Julian,



    How are you finding the 82? Is it a big step forward from the Nait?



    I suppose I had better update my list as well :)


  • T/T: Pink Triangle PT TOO (with off board power supply) with Kuzma arm and Dynavector 20XL cartridge and VDH internal cabling. And a Michel Focus S with Linn Basik arm and Rega (something purple cartridge) an 18th birthday present and 19 years later it still looks like the coolest T/T.



    Phono pre-amp: MF XLPS II



    CDP: Wadia T3200 transport / Trichord Pulsemaster with off-board power supply / Wadia X64.4 decoding computer (Trichord interconnects)



    Amp: Nuvista M3



    Speakers: Sonus Faber Amator II with matching SF walnut stands.



    Cabling: Wadia X64.4 to M3 - Chord Chorus; DVD to Wadia X64.4 - VDH something or other XLPS to M3 sonic link pink.



    TV: Leowe Vitros



    DVD: Samsung (used as transport via Wadia X64.4)



    Rack: Hutter (x8 shelves)



    Mains: Dedicated spur and individual MK sockets with built in mains filters x 8



    Roberts Revival radio



    Also have a Quad 33/303 that I might get upgraded - anyone got any thoughts.


  • My current rig:



    Rega P9/Sumico Blue Point Special/Tom Evans Microgroove Plus



    Marantz CD17 MkII KI Sig



    Creek T43/Ron Smith twig



    AVI S2000M



    B&W Nautilus 802



    Aavik supports



    Townshend Isolda/ DCT/ interconnects/speaker cable



    Nordost power cables



    All groovin' like a bastid...........:)


  • Forgot to update my 'kit' list:



    1 x Sony CMT-CPX1 Micro System

    1 x settee

    1 x remote control

    1 x bottle of liquor



    http://www.comet.co.uk/comet/dyn_imgs/prods/prod_large/889496.jpg





    Demonstrations available. Please book in advance in order to avoid disappointment.



    Quality of music and conversation cannot be guranteed.



    Blindfolds not provided.



    Kind regards

    Cookie


  • Naim CDX



    Omiga Audio Din/RCA interconnect with Eichmann bullet plugs



    Densen Beat B200 pre



    Chord Anthem inteconnect



    Densen Beat B300 XS power



    All the above supported by a 4-tier Quadraspire Reference table; top shelf under the CDX in acrylic, the rest in satin black MDF



    Naim Naca5 cables 2 x 2.5m



    Rega Naos speakers on Mana Sound Bases



    Mains leads by Music Works



    Mains Block also by Music Works supported by a Quadraspire Reference shelf.



    Rega Ear (Mk1) sitting precariously on the spacer shelf between pre and power, Sennheiser HD600 heaphones.


  • mine too on page 1... my god you can tell the hi-fi season has kicked off again can;t you?

    cheers





    julian


  • Hello



    Marantz 66 KI Signature amp (no still not got rid of it yet )



    Marantz 63 KI Signature CDP, connected to amp via a MIDIMAN AUDIO SUPERDAC by van den hul Ic's.

    Mission 780 speakers on atacama se24's on 2 sets of mana soundbases, biwired with kimber 4vs speaker cable.



    x-cans v2 and xpsu, wired with ra ics and using senns 565 ovation headphones.



    Wharfedale dvd player with qed squart cable and qed qnect 1 ics to amp.


  • This is my first ever system that I am still putting together, it's not quite up to the standard of the systems I've seen so far but its good for me.



    Source > Cyrus DVD8

    Amp > Cyrus 8

    Speakers > Mission 782SE

    Speaker Cable > Nordost Flatline Gold

    IC > Merlin Vivaldi

    TV > Pioneer PDP-434HDE

    Video IC > IXOS KHV704 Component Video

    Power Cables x 2 > Merlin Tarantula

    Headphone Amp > Rega Ear

    Headphones > Beyerdynamic DT531



    Next bits to get.



    PSX-Rs for DVD8 and Amp

    Q-DAC for DVD8

    Cyrus Smartpower for Bi-Amping

    Cyrus Tri-Arbour Rack



    Cheers



    Martin


  • My system :





    Meridian 500 CD Transport



    Meridian 518 Digital Pre Amp



    Meridian 566 24bit DAC



    Meridian M60 Active Speakers





    All connected with LAT International balanced interconnects





    I love this system, with the 518 I am able to drive the M60's direct from the DAC which really does sound very good :D


  • Welcome, interesting system... :rolleyes:


  • Markus,



    I was delighted to provide Robbo with said item as part of my down sizing:cry: :cry:



    It's a damned good player, I haven't heard anything that I prefer, it offers the detail retrieval and staging of the top US kit with the timing and pace of the best of British.



    I will have to replace it at some point, but I doubt I will find anything better. I still have the pre/power and I have to say, the Sim "house sound" is about as good as solid state gets to these jaded ears.


  • Good, more AV, it can be a bit lonely for us over here... :latte:


  • Roksan Xerxes/XPS2

    Roksan Artemiz

    Dynavector DV17D2



    Trichord Dino

    Trichord Dino +



    Marantz DR6000 CD Recorder



    Sansui TU517 Analog Tuner



    Lavardin IS Reference



    Yamaha NS1000M on Target R's



    Clearaudio Titan and various DIY ICs. Furukawa BSP20 PC-OCC Speaker cable.



    Headsave mint portable headphone amp and Sennheiser HD580s



    Stands unique reference wall shelf



    About 1500 records



    About 100 cds


  • had to ask,why Quad 99, 909 plus II forties and qc24?


  • Oops, that's never going to work, how do you all get these things down to 20K without making them miniscule?


  • Originally posted by dunkyboy

    Heh, I think you spelled it wrong. Depends on where you'd like her to use her tounge/mouth on you! :p I guess whispering sweet nothings wasn't necessarily the main train of thought here then? ;)


  • Phil, I see a couple of Big 'W's nestling in there sir, congrats on your purchase, must be nice to listen to music after that Pet Tec stuff :) Wm


  • MY STUFF:D



    Sources

    Pro-ject Perspective

    Lyra Dorian

    Loricraft Missing Link

    Avondale Audio AAA5+

    Sansui TU-717 Tuner



    Amp

    Manley Stingray





    Speakers

    Klipsch Heresy II



    Wires

    Zanash's solid silver interconnects

    Naca 5 black speaker cable



    Other Stuff



    Moth Record Cleaning Machine

    Yamaha AVS-70 Home cinema in a box, don't watch enough films to make anything else worthwhile

    Toshiba S-220e DVD

    Panasonic Telly


  • thanks for your comments on the cdp i bought this on it ability for playing all types of music it works well with loads of amps.

    go for something neutral in presentation. i was not as inpressed with the matching amp and prefered the roksan.

    the cdp on a par with at least 2 cdp's that were twice the price, but this is my opinion.

    i thought it sounded better than a naim cdx/xps and also my mate's 777 sony sacd player in both modes. i also had a listen too another player in the £5000 bracket which shall remain nameless overpriced tat.

    to be honest at £2300 there is nothing that touches it.

    to those of you concerned (you know who you are) it has blue lights :)


  • Hifi System



    Meridian 206B CD

    Exposure X

    Mission 753's



    All power cables Russ Andrews Yello power cables

    Interconnect and speaker cable kimber cable





    AV system



    Toshiba SD210E DVD

    Onkyo TX-DS595 Amp

    Kef KHT 2005 Sub Sat Speakers

    Fujitsu PDS 4229E 42" Plasma Screen

    Sky+ Box



    All power cables Russ Andrews Yello power cables

    Interconnect (svideo etc) and speaker cable kimber cable





    Robert


  • Increase the compression. The other option is to host the image on another site and then link to it.



    Michael.


  • Hey Onno,



    I guess the Cambridge Audio is okay, but I hate the fact it doesn't take banana plugs. I've had to go back to using cheapy Gale speaker cable as it's unterminated.



    For the £300 I spent on both CA amps, I could have just got a better integrated instead.



    How much is the shop selling the P500 for? I am going to sell mine too.



    D.


  • Bloody hell Robbo,



    That's looking pretty impressive ! :)



    What's the brand ? I've never seen it before...



    regards,

    Alco


  • Originally posted by lowrider

    You will have to keep the kids away from your music room, too many indiscrete questions... :rolleyes:

    Those are my favourite ones to tackle. It's that type of question that leads to the most significant learning. BTW, we're expecting our first child in early Februrary, and I'm really looking forward to the "Why?" phase. ;) Wish me luck!



    -=> Mike Hanson <=-


  • Hey Alco, that's an awfully nice-looking system you've got there! Matches very well with the rest of the room. And an interesting combination of kit, too - how does it sound?



    Dunc


  • Wadia Trans, fat boi Rotel Power Amp and an AshDesigns AV rack in Rosewood. A man after my own heart :) .


  • Audio Analogue Puccini

    Rotel RCD-1070

    B&W CDM1 SE

    Planar 3

    QED and Kimber wirey stuff


  • I have updated my equipment list to include my new CD player



    http://www.simaudio.com/images/lg_mooneclipse.jpg





    http://zerogain.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=24#post24


  • Upfront



    Meridian 200 Transport (Trichord Clock Mod)

    Merdian 203 DAC5

    Chord Prodac Digital Interconnect

    Arcam 10DRT DAB Tuner

    Cobra 2 to....



    In the Middle



    Naim 62 (modded to be line only)

    SNAPS (recapped/dual rail)

    Naim 140

    NACA5 to.....



    The Back End



    Shahinian Arcs





    Firm believer in better electronics before stands, so no equipment rack!! and Shahinian have their own view on stands. Mains supplied by a 'PerceptiveWorks' mains distribution panel



    Some other odds and sods lying around.



    Mr Perceptive


  • Hello all,



    Here is my system, hopefully it will stay like this for a while, the amp is the only really weak point but I like the sound it makes:



    HIFI:



    NAD 402 tuner

    Sony MDS-JE330 MD

    Marantz CD6000OSE

    Cambridge P500/C500

    Mission 702e



    All on a TNT Flexy

    Atacama Staticstage on CD

    Black Rhodium Rhythm CD-Amp

    Monster Interlink 400 MKII Amp-Amp

    Cambridge Pacific MD-Amp

    Cambridge Atlantic Tuner-Amp

    Supra Rondo Biwire



    Home Cinema:



    Pioneer DV444s

    Aiwa AV-NW30 Amp

    Aiwa 14" TV - Uni Room so no room

    Eltax Millenium Mini fronts

    Wharfedale WH2 Centre and Rears

    Eltax Atomic A6



    Profigold PGD481 DVD-Amp

    Cable Talk 3.1 - Fronts

    Cheap gale cable for the centre and rears


  • You can find my complete hifi setup here...



    My Setup (http://kpslc.dyndns.org/skp/hifi.htm)


  • At least now I know why Merlin never took me up on my generous offer.


  • Originally posted by wadia-miester

    Alex would you be up for trying some of our 'Musical wanky wires' in stead of you bulleted mike cable for a few days, would like to see how the TWR boys find it? WM



    TWR?


  • So Merlin, are you going to let that lot warm up a bit before selling them?



    Why didn't you stick with the Tact stuff? Thought you were happy with it.



    -- Ian


  • Thought its about time I put mine up as my signature is getting too long!



    AV Lounge

    Screen -------------------------------- Sony 6ft 16:9 (Pull up)

    Projector ------------------------------ Hitachi PJ- TX100

    AV Reciever --------------------------- Denon AVR3805

    DVD\SACD\DVDA----------------------- Pioneer DVD656A

    CDP ---------------------------------- Teac VDRS-7

    Mini Disk ------------------------------ Sony MDS JE640

    DAC ---------------------------------- Musical Fidelity A324 DAC

    Front Speakers ------------------------ B&W CDM 1NT's on B&W Stands

    Rear Speakers ------------------------- B&W CDM SNT's

    Centre Font --------------------------- B&W CDM CNT

    Multiroom Speakers (7.1) -------------- B&W 600s3

    Sub ----------------------------------- Rel Storm III



    Power Cables

    SubZero Aurora 25 IEC (x6)

    Black Rhodium Supermains 13 telefunken (x1)

    Black Rhodium Supermains 25 4-way block

    Black Rhodium Supermains 25 8-way block



    Digital Cables

    Black Rhodium Scherzo x1,

    Chord Prodac x1



    Sub Cable

    Black Rhodium Rhythm 10m



    Interconnects

    Music Timbre Gold Alloy x1

    Black Rhodium Concerto x4

    Sonic Link Gray one ??? Could be Vermillion II x1



    Speaker cables

    Front Stereo---------------- SubZero Tremor (molybendum) x 2 bi-amping

    Front Center---------------- Qed Profile Silver 12

    Rear (all 3) ----------------- Multi strand £2/m stuff



    Video Cables

    QED AV4150 RGB Squart (x2)

    QED AV4110 RGB Squart (x1)

    Van Damme Red (5m) x1

    Black Rhodium Magenta (1.5m) x2



    Rack

    Sound Organisation z560

    Slab or two of Granite

    Base Audiophile 01



    Other

    MP3 digital out from PC to AV reciever

    SKY+ optical to AV Receiver

    JS Technologies RGB - YUV converter

    Video Sender to Bedroom IXOS Scarts



    Bedroom

    Amp ----------------- Rotel RA971mkII

    Speakers ----------- Tanoy E663 D30

    CDP ----------------- Marantz cd4000

    CDP ------------------Musical Fidelity Elektra E60

    Radio ---------------- Sony??

    Cassete ------------- Aiwa??

    Speaker Cable ----- QED Profile Silver 12

    Interconnects ------- SubZero Lightning, Twister and Oblivion

    Stand ---------------- Target T4

    TV -------------------- Crappy 14" one

    Video ---------------- Old Aiwa

    Other:

    Video Sender, IXOS scart to Video



    Wow that took a long time!


  • my system:





    turntable - Rega p3 rb300/elise



    CD Player - Rotel rc-855



    Pre amp - Rotel rc-850



    Power - Rotel rb-850



    Speakers - Living Voice Auditoriums



    Cables - NACA5, Chord something (cheap), unbranded.





    when funds allow I will look into sorting out the cables and then either the amp or cd player



    cheers

    nak


  • Here is the system we have downstairs which is built out of stuff given to me or my old stuff from upgrades:



    Goodmans crappy CD Mulitchanger (will be upgraded to my Sony CDP XE530 when I finally get round to buying a CD6000OSE.



    Marantz PM4000 amp, far too good for this system IMHO



    Old 1984 Sony Reciever (amp section does not work)



    JPW 310i Speakers



    Overal the sound is quite good for its purpose, its not audiophile but its a lot better than the average mini system. My system puts it to shame though :)





    http://www.robertsonnet.co.uk/mum.jpg


  • Yeah you could say that WM, kinda like removing a large vail from infront of the sound!, then again I thought that when I got the Perpetual stuff, repeat ad infinitum....:)


  • Not again... :cool:



    Michell Gyro / Orbe platter / VC power supply / Hadcock 242SE arm / Ortofon Rohmann cartridge



    http://www.iml.dircon.co.uk/images/hifi/michell5.jpg



    ATC CA2 preamp

    Sonneteer Byron CD player

    CAL Sigma II DAC

    Trichord Dino phono stage

    Pioneer TX-9800 tuner

    Yamaha hard disk/CD recorder



    http://www.iml.dircon.co.uk/images/hifi/hifi2.jpg



    ATC Active 10 speakers on Kan II stands



    http://www.iml.dircon.co.uk/images/hifi/atc.jpg



    -- Ian


  • Nice to see you over here Dunc... :MILD:


  • Yes, it would be quite difficult to whisper sweet nothings to someone you were in the process of bouncing up and down upon... I think my train of thought would be much better served by such activity.



    Dunc


  • Im starting to save money for the audionet.:D



    Will be a long wait :mad: but worth the effort. Thanks for the advice.





    By the way I changed my loudspeakers.



    Out:

    Paradigms reference studio 60s



    In:

    Triangle NAIA


  • thank you for Michael for your prompt reply



    dave :D


  • Latest updates.



    CD player: Marantz CD6000 OSE LE

    DAC: Cambridge Audio DACMagic 1

    Amp: Marantz PM6010OSE

    Premap ROTEL 870BX (used for turntable preamp and was used for a switch until I got my dac)

    Tuner: Sony ST SE300 (soon to be sold)

    TV: 21" Philips NICAM in silver body.

    Freeview: Philips ST1500 reciever

    DVD: Compacks DVD5000

    VCR: Toshiba Nicam VCR

    Turntable: Project Dubut II

    Headphones: Philips HP890

    Speakers: Eltax Monitor III's

    Shelf: Home made TNT flexy



    parents system:



    Sony CDP XE530 cd player

    YAMAHA turntbale (faulty wiring in arm)

    Marantz PM4000 amp

    JPW 310i Speakers

    (this was my system four years ago apart from the turntable)



    Sisters system



    Late 1970's early 80's Pioneer amp, can't rememeber the model but is 80WPC into 8ohm, its very powerful.



    Cambridge Audio CD32 (also plays MP3s:confused: )

    Nikko midi sized tuner from around 1976

    I can't even remember what make her cassete deck is now :(



    Pioneer mini system speakers


  • Wanky wires - no way - but Tom and I would love to pop over if the offer's still there. You're about 10 hours drive from me AFAIR?


  • sugden sdd1 transport

    sugend sda1 dac...

    audionote dac 1.1



    audio innovations s200 phono/pre

    audio innovations s1000 phono/pre

    ear 834p deluxe

    ear 834 line stage



    world audio kel34

    world audio k5881

    world audio 6550

    world audio 300b parallel single ended modified with black gates, paper in oils, russian military teflon caps -yey!!



    world audio kls3s

    proac studio 3s, same as the response 4s, only 3 drive units instead of 5

    harbeth hl compact 7s.



    nad 533,/rega planar 2 with ortofon 510 yuk, goldring 1042 not bad, ortofon mc15ii quite good, neutral fast, ortofon kontrapunkt b on trial, yey!


  • Originally posted by evilSimon

    3) Norah Bones to bounce up and down on me in time to the music. I predict this will greatly heighten the aural pleasure I experience whilst a CD is playing.



    Heh, I think you spelled it wrong.



    Dunc


  • Denon AVC-A1D

    MF X-Ray cdp

    Tannoy definition D900

    Tannoy Profile 638

    Dali Sc5 Centre

    JVC DVD x555bs(el cheapo)

    Sony Trinitron Widescreen

    Ixos gamma master

    Ixos gamma bi-wire

    Van Medevoort Centre cable

    Granite Base Plinths fro D900



    Future.

    PC Bases Terratec DMX6 soundcard.


  • No.1 system:



    Linn Mimik CD player

    Linn Wakonda Pre-amp

    Linn LK85 and 100 power amps

    Linn Keilidh speakers (two-way active)

    Luxman twin cassette deck (daughters' property))



    - plus -



    Panasonic S75 DVD player

    some insignificant little Grundig TV (smallest stereo model they had)

    JVC VCR (number forgotten, no, actually never known)



    - all held together by -



    Linn interconnects (the ones that came with the stuff

    QED Profile Silver 12 speaker cable (bought only because of wonderful skinniness - fits under little Swiss skirting boards)



    No.2 system



    Linn LP12/Ekos/Klyde with Creek OBH-9SE phono stage

    Meridian 588 CD player

    Quad 44/303 (303 with Net-Audio* modification) and EAR 834L/Quad 606 (switchable between the two and used as alternatives - CD plays through both, everything else plays through EAR)

    Graham Slee "Solo" headphone amp into Grado SR-125 or Beyerdynamic DT880 headphones

    Sony cassette deck (number forgotten)

    Rogers LS3/5A

    Linn Sizmik 10.25 subwoofer

    +

    Naim NAIT 2 into Quad ESL57 (Meridian only)



    all connected with whatever happened to be lying around at the time.


  • Originally posted by penance

    NOOOOOOOOOOOO



    not in this thread :argue: :NADowner:

    Quite. If anyone wants to have a cable discussion (afterall, we haven't had one for, oooohhh, about 3 days now :rolleyes: ) then please start another thread.



    Actually, that goes for discussing anything in this thread really. I starts to lose its purpose if every "what I've got" post has a 50 post discussion following it :) .



    Michael.


  • Upadted specs:



    Main System



    Sources

    Sony CDP XE530 CD Player - with some blu-tac tweaking

    Sony STE300 tuner

    Compacks DVD4000 (£50 quid from Safeway, actualy a rather nice machine)

    My PC (16-BIT Creative 128 Value sound card) 1GHZ DURON, 256MB RAM ETC

    Project Debut II fitted with OM10 cartridge and stylus



    Amplification

    Marantz PM6010 OSE



    Speakers

    Eltax Monitor III'S

    Senhiester HD495 Silver Headphones



    other

    14" Daweoo TV with philps CRT tube (yes its crap)

    Toshiba V710UK Nicam VCR (connect to my PM6010OSE)

    £20 interconnects for CDP/£15 for Tuner, £5 for dvd

    FFRC Speaker Cable terminated with shark banana plugs



    Donwstairs System



    Marantz PM4000 amp

    Goodmans crappy Multichanger CDP - Has a Sony DAC, maybe a Sanyo Transport, a cheapo output stage (the capacitors are tiny)

    Sony somthing old 1984 reciever with digital selection (rare at the time)

    Yamaha P220 Turntable with Ortofon OM style cartridge (branded Dual DN625E) my OM10 stylus works fine on it though


  • Looks like you're getting a half decent system there, Neil. All you need now are some less wimpy speakers and you could be "cooking with gas":D


  • Where did you find this old Battlestar Galactica prop?


  • As per signature. Excuse the mess.


  • What,s te new amp like Andy?


  • Cheers, Ian. It's the directional cables that make all the difference:D

    Nah seriously, the P9's a belter. And the recent upgrade from a Creek OBH-8SE/Reson Reca to the Tom Evans/Sumiko was a major eye opener. I'd pimp my g/f for The Groove, but sweet as she is, I doubt it would raise the necessary two grand. Way too much moola.

    Havin' said that, what's a blowjob from a blonde 23-year old Russian chick worth? Muhahahaha!!!!!!!!!


  • Well, my system has settled for the most part:



    http://www.askisaac.com/images/hifi2.jpg



    CD player: Rotel RCD-991 with clock upgrade, copper plating, other improvements forthcoming.



    Amp: Rotel RA-971mkII with IEC inlet mod.



    Speakers: Meadowlark Kestrel Hot Rod



    Mains: Omiga Audio modified Trichord Powerblock 500, Audusa Eupen cables.



    Rack: Custom "Project Tonne Control". 30mm granite shelves, suspended on inner tubes, sand-filled uprights, soundcare superspikes. Total mass (without hifi) around 90kg.



    Interconnect: Omiga Audio Spitfire



    Speaker Cable: Tara Labs RSC Prime Biwire



    Now working on amplification...


  • Main System



    CDS2/XPS

    Creek T43 Tuner

    Rega Planar 3 w/Dynavector 10x4 Mk2

    NAC52/Super

    2*NAP135

    Royd Albion

    Mana Supports (CDS2@P5, 52@P4, T43@P4, P3@P4, XPS@P3, Super@P3, 135s@P3, Albions@myP1)

    Two 20-amp 12-gauge Dedicated Power Circuits with custom Power Bar;



    http://www.avzine.com/images/system-speakers.jpg http://www.avzine.com/images/system-chair.jpg http://www.avzine.com/images/system-rack-1.jpg http://www.avzine.com/images/system-rack-2.jpg



    Office / Project Studio



    Cambridge CD6

    Sansui T-909 Tuner

    NAC102/SNAPS2(DualRail)

    NAP110, Royd Merlin

    Headline/SNAPS2(DualRail);





    Home Theater



    Toshiba 65HDX82 65" RPTV

    Custom HTPC (ATI AIW Radeon 9700, M-Audio Delta 410, etc.)

    Sony DVP-C600D DVD

    RCA VCR

    Goldstar VCR

    Sony STR-DB940 AV/Receiver

    Royd AV77 (Center)

    Royd Squires (Front)

    Celestion 120 (Rear)

    Home Theater Master MX-700 Remote Control


  • Originally posted by chrisp

    have you tried Naim interconnects? I find them more musical.



    :duck:


  • Hi Henry,



    thanx.

    Yes, you're right.... It is the Dire Straits debut album on vinyl you saw on the pic.

    I have about 15/20 LP's left. I love vinyl and TT's and thought about getting me a new TT again but their are some facts that keep me from doing it:



    1. As I mentioned, only got about 15/20 album's left.

    2. My kinda music rarely comes out on new vinyl.

    3. s/h LP's are also harder to find in my area, and prices are rising.

    4. Now that I've got a CDX, I'm pretty satisfied with the sound of CD, and I'm afraid I'd have to pay quite a price for a decent TT.



    Still,...never say never...maybe one day I'll still get me a TT.

    (probably a s/h one then)



    About 3 months ago I dediced that to continue my website only in Dutch. Before that time people had the choice in the mainmenu, to choose the Dutch languace or my English translation.

    Imho it was too much work to translate every page.



    But... you got me thinking, I still have the HiFi pages in English, so perhaps I'll make a link to them only, instead of all the pages.



    regards,

    Alco


  • Hi all



    TT Notts analogue Interspace, Rega RB300 with incognito cabling, Expressimo heavy weight and Ortofon MC25FL.



    CDP Copland CDA 277.



    AMP Musical Fidelity A1000



    Phono Trigon Vanguard (a real winner).



    MD Sony MDS-JA333ES, Supported by a Seismic Sink.



    Spks Humble but soon to be replaced, Tannoy R1's.



    Cables and tings Audioquest Quarzt, Chord Flatline Gold and Target wall and floor stands.



    Future plans New TT maybe a Hyperspace or an Orbe not sure which.

    Cheers


  • Nice piccies;)


  • Here we go again...



    Source: Arcam CD72T



    Amp: NAD C350



    Speakers: KEF Cresta 2 (due for iminent upgrade) on Atacama Nexus 6 stands



    Interconnect: Van del Hul D102-III with Bullet Plugs



    Speaker Cable: FFRC



    Power Cord: RA YellO for CDP only


  • :)




  • Yamaha P220 Turntable with Ortofon OM style cartridge (branded Dual DN625E) my OM10 stylus works fine on it though



    ;)



    Cheers


  • OK what i forgot to say is that i have the AV model, the hifi model will of course be able to meet your spec:o


  • You will have to keep the kids away from your music room, too many indiscrete questions... :rolleyes:


  • Naim CD5



    Linn LP 12



    Quad FM4



    Quad II Forties



    Quad QC24 pre amp



    Naim 112

    Naim Flat Cap2



    B&W 804's B&W CDM 1 NT



    Creek Headphone amp Grados SR SR60



    leads Kimber Chord and Van den hul



    power Iso Tek Clean Line



    power leads Russ Andrews Yello and Classics



    Speaker leads Kimber and Van den Hul



    plugs and spades WBT


  • Here 's a new picture I took this morning:

    (quality of the pic's is not that great though...)



    http://members.home.nl/koertsonline/systempic_1.JPG

    My view while sitting on the sofa.



    http://members.home.nl/koertsonline/system%20pic_2.JPG





    http://members.home.nl/koertsonline/cd_rack_ikea.JPG

    And the stuff that matters most.... the music.

    (just bought the 4 IKEA 'Benno' CD-racks two day ago)



    regards,

    Alco :)


  • Alco and Marcus,



    The player is a Simaudio Moon Eclipse. Simaudio are a Canadian company who have been around for 20 years and have quietly been producing really good kit.



    http://www.simaudio.com/moonaudio.htm



    IMO, having heard both players, the Eclipse does everything a Naim CDS3 does but better and a lot more besides. is fabulously well built (miles better than anything else I have seen including the CDS3) and is cheaper than the CDS3 to boot.



    I honestly think that the flat earthers/ Naimies out there should check this brand out.


  • CD Player:

    Wadia 860x (modified by Coherent Audio Systems)

    Turntable:

    Acoustic Signature Samba MK II / SME V tonearm / Van Den Hul The Frog cartridge

    The Funk Firm Achromat

    Pre amp:

    Bel Canto Pre2P (with built-in phono stage) - modified by Coherent Audio Systems

    Power amps:

    Bel Canto Evo2 Tripath Monoblocks - very extensively modified by Coherent Audio Systems :D

    Speakers:

    Focal JM Lab Electra 1027 Be

    Interconnects:

    Coherent Audio Systems Connoisseur speaker cables & interconnects

    Vertex AQ tonearm interconnects (on loan)

    Stands/Isolation/Tweaks:

    Townshend Audio VSSS (Versatile Seismic Sink Stand) equipment racks & speaker platforms

    Stillpoints and Risers

    Shakti Stones

    Mains:

    Audio Magic Eclipse mains conditioner

    Coherent Audio Systems Connoisseur power cables

    TV/Movies

    Panasonic TH42PV500 plasma
    Denon DVD-2910 DVD player
    Toshiba DR1 DVD recorder
    Telewest Pace cable TV receiver (also used for radio)

    Bedroom system

    Denon RCD-M35DAB micro system

    http://www.rowlf.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc/sys1s.jpg

    Last updated: 16 December 2006


  • About twenty quid, so I'm told. You really remind me of someone, who is it, now?


  • T/T: Michell Mycro with Roksan Artemiz Arm and Sumiko Blue Point Special Cartridge.



    Phone stage: Michell Iso



    CD/DVD Transport: Theta David II with SDI and Laserlinque output modifications.



    Pre/Pro: Theta Casablanca II



    Power Amps: Krell KSA-200S and KAV500/4



    Main speakers: Martin Logan Prodigy



    Centre speaker: Martin Logan Logos



    Surround speakers: Martin Logan Sequel II



    Sub: Velodyne HGS18



    Tuner: Audiolab 8000T



    Cassette Deck: TEAC V8000S



    Video processor: TAW Rock+ SDI



    Projector: Barco Cine 7



    Cabling: Transparent, Nordost, Gordon Fraser



    Supports: Schroer & Schroer, Townsend Seismic Sinks


  • Source:-



    Arcam 7se + Audiocom superclock1 -Used as Transport

    Tag F3 DAC20



    Amp:-



    Home made pre £15 (used mostly) passive

    Nad 340



    Speakers



    B&W 601s2



    Isolation



    IXOS 306 Sorbothane feet- under transport

    Book with black cloth rapped around on top of transport

    Blue tack under speakers



    Mains:-



    Lynwood mega mains filter/power supply

    3 TNT TTS Home made mains cables

    I have connected a mains spur straight from the fuse box (good cheap upgrade £20)



    Interconnects:-



    Nordost BLACK KNIGHT

    PROGOLD DIGITAL CABLE



    Speaker Cable



    Chord Rumour



    When I'm happy with my Diy pre amp I'll look for a power amp/ then save up again to buy some speakers.


  • Why what?



    Cheers


  • Robbo,



    I know the player. But where'd you find it? And, if it's not asdking too much, what did you pay? (I'm assuming you didn't buy it new.)


  • Guys - let's try and keep this thread to be just a "My Kit" thread otherwise with load of chit chat in reponse it starts to loose its usefulness as a reference.



    I don't really have a good suggestion to be able to continue banter about someone's kit (or room decoration :D ) other than to start a new thread on the topic...



    Cheers,

    Michael.


  • Two Ash Design racks in Rosewood, hmm can feel a self-Appreciation club coming on here. ;)



    What are the layers between the transports and what CD racking is that, looks really nice BTW.



    edited due to massive typo!


  • My humble system...

    Pioneer PD-S505 Precision CD player as transport (modded a la Eikos)
    Tag McLaren F3 DAC20
    Densen Beat 200 Pre-amp
    Audiolab 8000P Power-amp (Coherent Systems tweaked)
    Humax 8000T PVR used as radio source for DAC
    Meadowlark Shearwater Hotrod loudspeakers (Coherent Systems tweaked) on Platfoam/Argos granite chopping board plinths
    Perreaux SXH1 headphone amp
    Sony MDR CD1700 headphones

    All equipment on soundstyle rack; shelves formed by 12mm think neoprene sandwiched between MDF.

    Mains:

    Trichord "Statement" (Coherent Systems tweaked) powering all but power amp & sub.

    Cables:

    Campaign Audio Design Anacreon IC (DCT treated by Frozen Solid and re-terminated with Eichmann silver bullets) (DAC-Pre)
    Campaign Audio Design Anacreon IC (Pre-Power)
    Orpheus Mithril speaker cable
    VdH D102 MkIII (DAC-headphone amp)

    2nd system:

    Sony CDP XE510 CD player
    Pioneer A400 integrated amp
    Mission 731i speakers
    Sony ST-SE 500 tuner

    Kitchen:

    Tivoli Model One radio

    Spare (to be sold when I get round to it - feel free to make me an offer!)

    AVI Pro-Nine speakers
    Ruark Log-Rhythm subwoofer on Platfoam/paving slab plinth


  • Source:

    Sony CDP-XE900E (CD Player)

    Sony DVP-S525D (Multi Region DVD Player)

    Sony MDS-JE640 (MD Deck)

    Sony ST-SE500 (Tuner)

    Sony PlayStation 2 (Modified 'Magic 3.1' 128-bit Console)

    Nokia Mediamaster 9850 T (Digibox)



    Power:

    Marantz PM-66KIS (Stereo Amp)

    Yamaha DSP-E492 (Processor)



    Speakers: Mission Cinema 7

    Mission 773e (Front Speakers)

    Mission 77C1 (Centre Speaker)

    Mission 77DS (Rear Speakers)

    KEF PSW2000 (Active Subwoofer)



    Interconnects/Cables:

    Straight Wire Chorus Analogue Interconnects (Entire System)

    QED X-Tube XT300 with Airloc Plugs (fronts)

    Cable Talk 3.1 (centre & rears)

    QED Qunex SR75 Digital Coaxial

    QED Qunex OT Digital Optical



    Accessories:

    Atacama Elegance 3 Equipment Stand

    Cambridge Audio Multimedia Explorer M1 Enhanced Remote


  • Vincent cd 2

    Pre AeronAP110 valve

    Final AeronA30 30w Class A,200AB.

    Usher CP 738.



    All for 5000 euro tax included!

    I like to get the high level at low price:this is my passion.





    http://www.soundberry.com/VincentcdS2.jpg

    http://www.soundberry.com/ap110.gif

    http://www.soundberry.com/a30.jpg 27 kg,the ampli.http://www.soundberry.com/ush738lowres.jpg 44kg each


  • Originally posted by dave

    when can i get my own avatar?

    When you've made at least 2 posts :)



    Michael.


  • I put this on another thread but then got confused as to why It asked for a list here, but being new I didn't wish to upset anyone (yet) so:



    Sources:

    Nain Cd 3.5 (Hicapped)

    Linn Axis/Akito/'K9



    Amp:

    Naim NAC102 pre flatcapped and NAPSC'd

    Naim NAP180 power



    Speakers:

    Naim SBL's



    bits:

    Kimber high current powercords throughout, kimber PBJ mains cinterconnect for the power supplies to cd/pre, attenuated Kimber KCAG interconnect between cd and pre, Kimber silver streak interconnect between pre and power amp. Kimber 4 TC speaker cables. Mana through out including under SBL's



    Other stuff:

    Yamaha processor being fed from a Pioneer DV646a, B & W centre and surrounds. Big Toshiba TV.


  • Playback Sources



    T/T Rega Planar 2/Rega 250/K9

    CDP Audiomeca Obsession

    Tape Nakamichi DR3

    MDP Sony 555ES

    DAB Videologic/Pure 601

    FM Creek T40 and Sony 920

    Dac Musical Fidelity X-Dac V3 into X-10V3 Line Buffer both powered by an X-PSU V3



    Recording

    CDP Marantz CD5000

    MDP Sony 940QS



    Amps

    Pre Nad C160 > Rothwell Attenuators >

    Power 2 Nad 218THX's bi-amped



    Speakers

    Triangle Zerius 202

    Monitor Audio ASW210 Sub



    Cans : Senns HD600



    Cables



    Speaker Cables : Mithril Ultimate and Qed Silver Genesis

    I/C's : Cambridge Atlantics, Pacifics, Audio Synthesis and Orpheus



    Power Cables : TNT Merlino's

    Mains Boards : Olson Sound Fantastic (2 off)

    Suppressors : Net Audio Noise Suppressors



    Stand : TNT Thingy (that I can't remember the name of)



    Future Upgrade Paths



    1. Supertweeters, Townsend or Tannoy

    2. Buy more cd's

    4. Er, that's it (I think)

    5. No it's not - mains regeneration



    AV System



    Widescreen : Sansui 32"

    Amp :Yamaha 5540RDS

    DVD :Toshiba 2109 DVD

    Fronts : Dynaudio Audience 40

    Centre : Paradign CC170

    Rear : Dynaudio Audience 10

    Sub : Wharfdale Topaz 10


  • Hi y'all!



    My hifi:





    Meridian 507 CD player





    Ecosse Reference MA-2



    \/



    ATC CA-2 preamp





    AudioSource Stratos XLR



    \/



    ATC Active 10 speakers

    +

    ATC Concept 4 subwoofer

    (w/ Behringer Feedback Destroyer for EQ)





    The electronics sit on an old cheapie rack from Richer Sounds. The Active 10s sit on a pair of old (but very good) Target R6 (I believe) stands. I also have an old Denon DU-260 tuner that I don't use very often. And for late-night listening I have a pair of the superb Sennheiser HD-600 headphones.





    My home cinema (integrated with my hifi):





    HTPC



    cheapie 5m phono cable



    \/

    Yamaha DSP-E800 processor



    +================================================= =+



    AudioSource Stratos XLR QED QNex cheapie RCA-XLR



    \/ \/ \/

    3 x ATC Active 10 Mission 77DS surrounds ATC Concept 4 sub

    (w/ BFD for EQ)





    Oh yeah, and a Sanyo PLV-Z1 projector. :)



    I listen to all sorts of music, though I'm not very good at naming genres (whoever invented genres should be shot at dawn). Examples of favourite artists: Radiohead, Blur, Massive Attack, Prodigy, Dust Brothers, R.E.M., Tori Amos, Enya (seriously!), Dire Straits, Fiona Apple, Air, Bob Dylan, Led Zep, Caetano Veloso, Nirvana, Leonard Cohen, Pearl Jam, Ani DiFranco, Counting Crows, Bjork, Garbage, Rage Against the Machine, Pink Floyd........ I also like jazz of all sorts, though my experience and knowledge in the area is sadly lacking. I'm also a diehard John Williams fan (the film score composer). Oh, and I also love classical - Beethoven, Vivaldi, Bach, Tchaikovsky, Grieg, Haydn, Holst, Chopin, and more, though like jazz I'm constantly trying to discover more.



    I'm a regular at AV Forums and AV Talk, but I'd say my interests are more heavily weighted towards hifi than home cinema. As such I'm looking forward to taking part in these most excellent fora. :)



    Cheerio,



    Dunc



    P.S. - Please excuse the diagrams - I was bored. :p (Someone want to give me a job?)









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