What is your current system? part I

[Re-Joyce]

Main system:

Well Tempered Amadeus GTAA Turntable (doesn't need the isolation board in the pictures, the plinth is acrylic and aluminium - hence the AA)
Well Tempered Amadeus GTAA Arm
Dynavector DrT XV-1s cartridge
Dynavector L300 mk 2 Pre-amplifier
Dynavector P300 Phono-stage
Dynavector HX1.2 Power Aplifier
Shahinian Obelisk 2's
Micromega Pro transport and Pro DAC

Supported on Hutter Racktime tables
Interconnects are home brew, Mogami microphone cable with bullet plugs, digital by a Chord Silver cable.
Speaker cable is back to Kimber 4TC

Upgrades to come: None ... until hell freezes over or the new Dynavector power amps appear, whichever happens first!


Cheers

Jason

 

[joel]

Nottingham Interspace HD / Dynavector DV20 cart / Loricraft Missing Link phono stage
Teac VRDS50 CDP

Accuphase 270v preamp
Aura PA 200 power amp -->still going, still not quite gone.

All on a maple Coffeespire.

Harbeth Compact 7ES-II speakers on Sound Anchors

no 2
Denon AZ1650n CDP
PC with M-audio audiophile 24/96 sound card,

Luxman L501s integrated

Spendor SP3/1P are fun but really are too big...

Cable is whatever happens to be lying around.

 

[martin clark]

Confession time I see...

Naim CD3.5 modified somewhat as described here .
Nait2.
Cables and supports arbitrary.
Impulse H5 speakers. My how they go some.

MC

 

[AlanL]

Current System,

Source,
Meridian G0-8 CD Player

Pre,
Lightspeed passive pre

Power,
Naim NAP-160

Speakers,
Naim SBL

Cables,
All Chord interconnects & speaker cables

 

[Stuart Mason]

Main:
* LP12, Valhalla, Ittok, DV D17D2mk2
* Trichord Dino
* Rega Cursa & Maia
* Rega Planet
* Klipsch Heresy II

2nd: - At concept stage... Perhaps for the Vintage forum??

Spare:
* NAD 514(?) CDP - faulty, possible subject for modding...
* Onkyo surround sound thingy - will get around to selling it
* B&W 602s2

Stuart.

 

[kevinl]

Lounge System:

Naim CD2
Rega Planar 3 / Dynavector DV10x4 mk11
Naim NAT03
Sony DVD (whatever)
Naim NAC82 / Supercap
Naim NAP 250 (olive)
Naim Allae


Spare room:
Naim CD3
Naim Nait3
Denon TU 260L
Rega Kyes

 

[scrosland]

Currently:

Squeezebox 3
Derek Shek "Blackbox" NOS DAC
Yamaha TX-492RDS tuner
Primare I21 integrated amplifier
Shahinian Compass loudspeakers
Canford HSS-M2 and Van Damme interconnect cables
Avondale Black Link speaker cables
Olson Sound Fantastic power strip
Ash Designs stand.

Cheers,
Simon

 

[Eugene]

Roksan Xerxes/OL250/Goldring Eroica
Naim CD2
NAC102/HiCap/NAPSC
NAP250 (Avondaled)
RMS Revelation S1

Naim/Chord cables

Rega Ear/Sennheiser HD600

RMS/Stands Unique/Mana supports

Upgrades in the hopefully "not too distant" -
selling the CD2
better MC cartridge
outboard x-overs for Revelation S1s
home-brew PSU for Xerxes
Avondale tweakery for the 102

 

[mcai7et2]

Currently:

Creek CD42 (with Trichord Clock 2)
Chord Cobra 2
Naim Nait 3
Ixos Gamma 6006
Linn Index/Target stands

Soon to be:

Creek CD42 (with Superregs and Trichord Clock 2)
Chord Cobra 2
Naim NAC32
SNAIC
Naim SNAPS
(some IC)
Avondale NCC200 Power amp (DIY)
Avondale Black Link speaker cables
Linn Index/Target stands

Eventually (within say... 18 months):

Creek CD42 (w/ above mods)
Rega P3 TT
Naim NAC32
Naim/ALW SuperSNAPS
Avondale NCC200 Power amp
Avondale Black Link speaker cables
Linn Index/Target stands

All sitting on a decent looking support (the only support I activel like the look of is the Stands Unique wall shelf system, if I cannot get one of those it will be something black and discreet)

At that point I will start to worry about my speakers

 

[Arthur Bye]

Main system

Nap52/Nap500/LP12/Aro/HelikonSL/Prefix/ Nat01/NBLs-passive/CDS2

Basement system:

Nac82/4X135's/Snaxo/Hi-Cap/Active Kan1's/Kremlin tuner/CDS1

Other System

Nac52/Nap135's/CDS2/Kremlin/Spendor-Sp100s

Arthur Bye

 

[JMP]

to christen the new forum

CDS2/XPS
LP12/Aro/Lingo/DV20Xh
Thorens TD124/Ittok LVII/Grado 78

52/SC
250 (olive)

Kef 3/5A

Fraim
dedicated spur/home-made hydra


one year ago I was at CD3.5/92/180 stage !

best upgrade?
I would say dedicated spur & 52/SC

Cheers
Jean-Marc

 

[Stew B]

Well here is mine:

LP12, Ittok LV2, Ortofon MC 20 Supreme/Avondale Taps
Naim CD5
Naim 72/Hi cap/180
Marantz 6030 CDR
Denon Casette deck
Pioneer F656 Tuner
Rega ELA's
Stax Gamma pro headphones

Loewe Planus TV
Toshiba DVD
Aego P5 home cinema

For the future
Add second Hi Cap to CD5
Get current Hi Cap serviced
New speakers but don't know what

 

[joongul]

Roksan TMS Turntable with DS1.5 power supply
Roksan Artemiz arm
Dynavector Karat Nova cartridge

47 Labs Shigaraki transport/dac

Exposure 21 pre amp
Exposure 13 phono amp
Exposure 4DR power amp

Neat Elite speakers

Exposure XLR cable between pre and power
47 Labs OTA cable for the rest

Target wallmount unit for turntable, Apollo Aria rack for the rest
Neuance isolation boards used everywhere
Mana Soundbase under the speakers

No upgrade planned

 

[JMP]

Stew,
I see you have a Marantz 6030 CDR burner.

I'm particularly interested in the analog inputs. What do you think of it? Is this OK to copy vinyl to CDs?

Ta
Jean-Marc

 

[Andrew L Weekes]

Sources:

NAD 402 tuner
Denon TU260II tuner

Linn LP12 / Ittok / Klyde / Prefix

Recording stuff:

Marantz DR600 CDR
WMD6C Walkman pro (needs fixing!)

Line stages:

NAC42.5
NAC32.5
NAC112

Amps:

NAP150
Nait2

Headphone amps:

Op-amp based, single-ended class A, with multiple-loop feedback.

Speakers:

Linn Kan II's (on Nait)
IBL's updated to Mk2 on NAP150

Power Supplies:

Secret squirrel stuff in various stages of development

Stands:

Ash Design, 7-tier for boxes
Target wall shelf + Mana thingy for LP12.

Phew, I think that covers it.

Andy,

 

[chiily]

I'm just a baby in this, lack of funds and a not having been near a hifi dealer in years (well only to get my LP12 serviced!)

LP12, Valhalla, Cirkus, Akito, Ortofon MC25FL.
(Really need to replace that Valhalla)

S/H CD52SE - Never opened the box, but there must be some room for tweaking!

Dead ADF750 cassette

Prinz tuner - S/H, not too bad either. Soon to be replaced by a NAD4225 when I can find one cheaply on ebay.

32.5 (tweaked MC boards, OSCON SPs on all the boards across the power)

NAP160 (recappped with BHCs)

Homebrew dual mono PSU for 32.5 (soon to be superreg'd)

Home made DIN to phonos leads all round.

EPOS14s - very old, but still superb to listen to.

Main: dedicated 6mm2 twin and earth to 6 unswitched Crabtree sockets

All on a DIY Felxi table.

 

[Mr Pig]

LP12/Ittok/Goldring 1042 – Phase Seven Mana.

Micromega Leader II – Phase Four.

72 –Phase Five.

Avondale LP12 PSU/Hi-Cap/250 – Phase Four.

Linn Saras – Phase Two dedicated Mana Sara stands.

Tried to load a picture but it told me to get stuffed! Will try again.

 

[SCIDB]

Hi

My current first team includes


Avid Acutus turntable
SME V tone arm
Ortofon Jubilee

Tag transport
Chord Dac64


Audio Innovations P2 phonostage (Modded)
Audio Synthesis Passive pre.
Border Patrol Single ended power amp


Living Voice Avartar OBXs Loudspeakers

Cables from Townshend, Goertz, Audionote, Kimber, Lat & TCI

Nakamichi Cassette Deck, Sony Minidisk player, Pioneer Cd recorder

VPI Record cleaning machine

& between 12000 & 15000 Records & CDs.




Racks by Clearlights, Origin live, Stand design & Apollo
Backup

Loads of Vinyl (over 10,000 items) & CDs (over 3500). Need to count them.

Back up
Various turntables, NVA passive pre (Modded), SJS Electroacoustics Model 1 preamps, & speakers including garrard 401, Elite Rock, Finestra pre, various Audio Innovations amps, Sumo power amp, Impulse H5 speakers, Quad II amps, Technics SP10 turntable etc, etc.


Dean

 

[dancause]

my current system:

Naim CD2
Naim Nac102/NAPSC/Hi-Cap
Naim Nap250 "chrome bumper"
Rega ear/senn. HD580

Harbeth Compact7 es2

Quadraspire 4

Notice many CD2s in the descriptions. How is it we never hear about this naim model?

Congrats Tony, I nice please this will be!

 

[Ian Hughes]

Primary Sources
Vinyl - Linn LP12, Keel, Ekos SE, Akiva, Radikal / Urika
Digital - Linn Klimax DS (Dynamik)
Secondary Sources
Television - Panasonic TX32LXD600
Amplification
Linn Klimax Kontrol /1 (Dynamik)
2 x Linn Akurate Chakra 3200 (Dynamik)
Speakers
Aktiv Linn Espek
Linn K600 cables
Other
Stax 3030 Earspeakers/Energiser
Linn silver incons
5 shelf Quadraspire QAV stand
Moth Mk II Record Cleaner