OT: Audio gear, what have you got?

[kingpin75s]

Originally Posted by bikeridah

Cymbals are heard, symbols are written.

Absolutely fair point. Words matter.

[kingpin75s]

Originally Posted by chiasticon

wow, you can hear symbols?!? your cables must be awesome!

A little dense this morning. NOW, I get the joke. Good one. Makes more sense as was surprised to get that one from you.

[kingpin75s]

Originally Posted by William

I think we all know what was meant.

Peace man!

William

Thanks William. Happy to take a little crap when I make a mistake. Especially when it comes to language.

[benb]

I stopped seeing the Emperor's new clothes a few years ago.

Got rid of all the HT gear and stereo stuff. Just have a couple nice pairs of headphones and a couple headphone amps for sources that can't drive the headphones. Watching TV through the TV speakers does kind of suck but we never spent much time doing that anyway.

Picked up instead:
- A Taylor
- A Fender Telecaster
- A Yamaha battery powered amp and an Orange Tube Amp
- A bunch of FX
- We have a cheap Ukelele
- Signed my son up for drum lessons and we bought an Alesis electronic drum kit
- Spent way too much on lessons the last few years

Never heard any audiophile gear that can hold a candle to getting into a groove with a few other people. It can be a literal rush like winning a bike race.

[chiasticon]

Originally Posted by kingpin75s

A little dense this morning. NOW, I get the joke. Good one. Makes more sense as was surprised to get that one from you.

not sure what that means, but glad you got the joke. just trying to add some fun to a very serious discussion!

[IJWS]

Back on track,

Rega Brio-R
Rega RP3 w/Nagaoka MP110 (should really put the Elys II back on)
Apple basestation for Spotify
KEF Q100's

The KEF's are probably the weak point in the system. Holding out for a paceliner in CA to offer me their old Vandersteen's...

[RudAwkning]

C.E.C. TL1 transport
Mark Levinson 36s d/a converter
Conrad Johnson Premier 14 pre-amp
Krell KBX active crossover
Conrad Johnson MF2300A amplifiers (laterally biamped)
Apogee Studio Grand loudpseakers
VPI TNT turntable
SME tonearm
Transfiguration Spirit cartridge
Benz Lukaschek PP1 phono pre-amp
Highwire, Synergistic and Van Den Hul interconnects and cables
Sound Application power line conditioner
Synergistic Audio power cords.

It's been nearly a decade and a half since I bought something new for the hifi. Right about the time I got seriously into cycling

[pjm]

Nice system! I’ve owned some CJ and Krell stuff in the past, in fact I still have a Krell CD-DSP. Very nice rack, too, with the matching amp stands.

[Ken Robb]

Originally Posted by IJWS

Back on track,

Rega Brio-R
Rega RP3 w/Nagaoka MP110 (should really put the Elys II back on)
Apple basestation for Spotify
KEF Q100's

The KEF's are probably the weak point in the system. Holding out for a paceliner in CA to offer me their old Vandersteen's...

There are often pairs of 2Ci Vandys on Craigslist for $400-900 but they would be pretty expensive to ship cross-country. The earlier versions had foam surrounds so they would either need to be re-done or probably woud have already been done. If you call Vandersteen he can tell you when they quit using foam surrounds and then shop accordingly. I had to re-foam my original Model 2 speakers when they were about 14 years old. I later traded them back to Richard and got a new pair of 2C ie Signatures. I think that's the model. I doubt I will ever part with them.

[blakcloud]

Aurender Music Server N100H

Denafrips Terminator DAC

Herron Line Stage

Herron Mono-blocks

Tetra 606 speakers

Cables are mostly Audio Sensibility Statement
TEO Game Changers IC
Argentum power bars
Metrum Octave Mk. II DAC (works better for the television)

Lehman Headphone Amp
Focal Elear Headphones

Sitting in a box NAD M2 Masters Series Amplifier ready to be sold or put into a bedroom system.

Audio stand, I made myself.

[Ken Robb]

So we had some texts about Vandersteen speakers and I see a pair of 2 ce listed on CL in San Diego complete with stands and original boxes which would help a lot in shipping. They look good in the pix and it looks like they are not just 2 ce but Signature models which had some further tweaks. I think $495 is a very good price. That's all I know about them.

[redir]

Originally Posted by benb

I stopped seeing the Emperor's new clothes a few years ago.

Got rid of all the HT gear and stereo stuff. Just have a couple nice pairs of headphones and a couple headphone amps for sources that can't drive the headphones. Watching TV through the TV speakers does kind of suck but we never spent much time doing that anyway.

Picked up instead:
- A Taylor
- A Fender Telecaster
- A Yamaha battery powered amp and an Orange Tube Amp
- A bunch of FX
- We have a cheap Ukelele
- Signed my son up for drum lessons and we bought an Alesis electronic drum kit
- Spent way too much on lessons the last few years

Never heard any audiophile gear that can hold a candle to getting into a groove with a few other people. It can be a literal rush like winning a bike race.

Here's some of my audio gear

[zetroc]

McIntosh MC2300 power amp
McIntosh C28 preamp
McIntosh LS330 speakers
Technics tuner and Yamaha tape deck I can't remember the models of offhand
Thorens TD125 Mk II turntable
Cheapest possible interconnects (seriously, $5 cables)

This rig blasts. No magic pebbles required.

[kingpin75s]

Originally Posted by kingpin75s

VPI HW19 turntable
Rogue Audio Ares Phono Stage
Aesthetix Calypso Line Stage w/Great Northern Sound Statement upgrade
Rogue Audio M180 Monoblocks
Revel 228Be speakers
4 x Revel B10 Subwoofers (paired and stacked)
Shunyata Hydra 6 & PS8 power conditioners
Full loom on Sain Line systems cables (IC, power & speaker)

Everything located on a self designed high mass hard maple floating isolation stand using integrated Sorbothane 50 pads.

All components further placed on Sorbothane 30 pads on stand.

It plays 1 record at a time if you move the arm thingy.

Current state of the listening space. A work in progress on a number of levels.

Expect to use about half the 703 panels currently leaning against the front wall. Hoping that 3 mounted horizontally about 6" away from the front wall and from 6" to 30" high should have a similar effect. This is based in large part on addressing first reflections from the front wall for the rear firing ported subs.

Rack is a prototype 1 unit x 4 unit configuration that has a unique floatation and isolation design compared to most single mass designed racks. The final one will be a 3 x 3 setup to hold all components and amps. I will also change it from using coupling feet as the prototype uses currently (did not work out for this floor) to using isolation feet instead.

Biggest weakness or limiting factor in my system is my turntable and cart. The Rega Exact2 cart is a fun one and the old VPI does an admirable job, but a lot of room for improvement there. Looking at the VPI Classic 1 and Pro-Ject Xtension 12 on the used market.

[fishbolish]

Naim 52,
Naim 250
Naim cds2
Fanfare tuner
Harbeth super HL5 anniversary
Streaming was through a Naim atom

Just recently acquired the Naim Nova..
The main system just got simplified using only the Naim nova ,harbeths & Cds2


The main system hasn't been revised for a decade ( with the exception of the atom & the nova )

The atom is now running a pair of ProAc DT8s at the other house