What is your current system? part I

[Mark Packer]

Slowly rising from the ashes (sic) of a flood:

Townshend RockIII TT
Rega 300 arm (with RegaWrap)
Denon 304 cartridge

CD 3.5
HiCap with ALW's SuperRegs

Denon 460II Tuner

Nakamichi BX 300E
Sony Professional Walkman

82 (modified K boards)
Supercap

140

Tangent XLR2 (new tweeter and first order x-over)

NAC A5

Assorted homebrew power leads

Independent mains spurs and earthing

The way forward:

DIY prefix with the modified K boards
powered by another ALW SuperRegged HiCap
DIY Armaggedon clone for RockIII
Origin Live modded 250 or mod the 300

SuperReg the Denon Tuner

Get brother to perform the SuperReg internal CD 3.5 mod

SuperReg the Nakamichi (?) it's got to be worth it.

New speakers!!!!! No idea here, probably PMC OB1s, Shahinian Obelisks, Arcs, IPL STL3 Ribbons, Impulse horns(?) or something else (I'm in a real tizz about this)!

Study system:

Apple dual processor G4
Nait 2
MS10i speakers NACA4

 

[GregB]

This is my first post to the New PFM - here's hoping it works

System as of Today is:

Basik LP12/Akito/K18II
Sony Receiver as Phono pre (cough, cough) and tuner (decent, actually)
Sony ES series CD player that is outdone by the...
Panasonic DVD player (RV-31 I believe - but this thing has serious problems loading some disks so the Sony stays for now)
Nait 5
FlatCap 2
Naim Allaes on DIY spike/marble supports (springy floor and all that)
DIY Glass/Ball-Nutter supports on top of a 55" projection tele

- GregB

 

[hifienthusiast]

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 SDAi2150 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.

 

[P]

Sheeshdems?

Let's try again shall we?

2003 spec LP12/Ekos2/TKBL/Linn RB Troika/Lingo/ Mk2Delphini & NCPS/ Trichord bullet plugged ic/ CD5/ Cobra2/ Lavardin IS Ref/5 tier Fraim/ A5/ SBLs

Next upgrade - new speakers/ speaker cable/ CD player/ stand - then I shall be Naimless

P

 

[prowla]

Main System
Naim CDX + Stands Unique carbon isolators.
Naim 82 + 2 x Hi-Cap.
Naim 250 + Stands Unique carbon isolators.
Yamaha KX-580 cassette.
Linn Kans + Kan II stands.
Naim interconnects & speaker cable.
Home brew mains extension.
Home brew & yello mains.
Optimum rack.
Marantz RC9200 remote control.
(Also Digitech genesis-1 guitar preamp.)

Bedroom wardrobe
Naim CD 3.5
Naim 62s
Naim 140

Loft
Linn LP12/Ittok/K18

 

[Dark Lord]

Linn LP12, Naim Aro, Dynavector XX-2, Naim Prefix K, Naim Armageddon. Linn has cirkus, and specially made by Linn fluted black plinth and black perspex lid, looks rather cool on a silver Mana.

Naim CDS2/XPS2 (S-XPS Burndy)

Naim NAT-01/PST & Ron Smith Galaxie 17

Naim 52 / SuperCap (upgraded to S/Cap 2 spec)

Naim 250-2 (current model)

Naim SBL in Beech

Pioneer PDR-05

Stax Basic 202 Electrostatic headphones and energiser.

NACA5

Grahams 5 way Hydra

Two dedicated spurs (one for teh Hydra, the otehr for the CDR & Headphones)

Mana 4 tier support (in silver) for LP12, Armageddon, 01 Power Supply and Pioneer CDR

Hutter Racktime for electronics. Modified top shelf of Hutter to be 'politically correct' therefore under the CDS2 I have a sheet of clear Mana glass, Fraim ball bearings and cups, and the Hutter shelf. This ensures that the top shelf of the Hutter provides the best self-levelling contact for the CD player, since the Naim has metal feet and individual Hutter shelves cannot be levelled.

All of you are nerdy bastards and I hate Stallion, McPeake, JAToon, and anyone else who disagrees with me.

 

[stevied]

SD system:
P25/Adikt
CDX/XPS
82/hi/140
Credo's

On the wish list..
P9
SBL's (beech, maple or cherry please)
Maybe another hicap


Steve

 

[Re-Joyce]

Originally posted by Dark Lord
Linn LP12, Naim Aro, Dynavector XX-2, Naim Prefix K, Naim Armageddon. Linn etc. ....
All of you are nerdy bastards and I hate Stallion, McPeake, JAToon, and anyone else who disagrees with me.

Hi Dev.

 

[gerni g.]

hi,

despite the fact that my trouble&strife gave me very limited hifi space, there are the following black boxes:

cap-modded linn ikemi
musica nova pandora tuner w/ galaxie 17
monterey140 w/dish and modded musical fidelity x-10d & psu
arcamdv88
modded linn 5103
faroudja comb filter w/ custom build psu
extron lancia linedoubler
2x linn klouts
active katans
quadraspire q5 upgraded to ref
mana soundframe for klouts
baby qs ref for x-10d & psu
micro baby qs ref for faroudja psu
modded barco g800 crt pj
custom build goo screen
dedicated spur w/ custom build distribution block

-g.

 

[Tony L]

All of you are nerdy bastards…

Hi Dev!

I'm just trying to reconcile the above with…

Modified top shelf of Hutter to be 'politically correct' therefore under the CDS2 I have a sheet of clear Mana glass, Fraim ball bearings and cups, and the Hutter shelf. This ensures that the top shelf of the Hutter provides the best self-levelling contact for the CD player, since the Naim has metal feet and individual Hutter shelves cannot be levelled.

…which is probably the nerdiest paragraph on the whole internet.

Tony.

 

[Dark Lord]

Originally posted by Tony L
Hi Dev!

I'm just trying to reconcile the above with…



…which is probably the nerdiest paragraph on the whole internet.

Tony.

I'm quite proud of my construction, I can now enter any stand debate without prejudice and slag the lot off. Anyway the Hutter's construction and quality is a bit shite if you ask me since there is no way to critically adjust the individial shelves. I have a cutomer made smaller size and it's not a problem if the overall height is kept low but over six or so shelves correct level (we are talking 1mm or so very minor stuff, but critical to the CDS2) is hard to maintain.

So I had two options, either shim the CDS2 which solved it or create a individual self levelling platform which removes the "Hutter Effect" from the CDS2 which I don't really like (ps. its pretty good for the amps but not ideal for the CDS2, so I created the beast described above, and it's better than Phase whatever. I also tried phase three Hutter (as I have extra bits) but it's shite.

 

[naimnut]

LP 12/Ittok/Goldring 1042 (would prefer dynavector 10x4 mkII)
CD 3.5 (previously owned CDS, sold to support other family priorities)
72/hicap (I think the new 112 is probably better, more transparent, but am satisfied for now)
Dynaco ST 70 with ugraded power supply board (previously have owned naim 140, plus two 250's of various vintages) (will probably return to 250 some time in next 12 months)
Apogee Centaurus Minor speakers
Oh, and a Nakamichi tape deck which I still use.
Oh, and also a "Classic" cd burner from Circuit City (their previous budget, bottom-of-the-line model) Would get one of the "better" (read heavier, better A to D converter) if had it to do over again.

Oh, and about forty linear feet of vinyl. I think that only translates to about 3000 records, really, which isn't very many.

Upgrades tend to get deferred because of the rather large volume of new music that flows into my listening room. Who's got the time to shop for hi-fi when there is listening to do?...

 

[Harlyquin]

• LP12/Valhalla/Ittok LVII/DV10x4
• CD3.5/Hi-Cap
• Marantz ST48 Tuner
• Nait-3
• Monitor-Audio R352 speakers
• QED Silver Anniversary speaker cable
• Stands-Unique equipment support and Target speaker stands.
• Standard Ring-Main with Maplin DIY Hydra

David S
16th July 2003

 

[andypaulden]

Source - Avondale Alpha 5 (though still at Chesterfield!)

Amp - Bow Wazoo XL

Speakers - Williamshart Seraph 2's

All of this is connected by Audience AU24 interconnect and speaker cable and fed via LAT AC-2 power cables. The cd player will sit on a Seismic sink and will run through a PASI (Great Northern Sound Company) isolation transformer.
Further plans involve attempting to build a super 'Integrated' based around the Graduation 1 pre and the 260Z power. Not sure how far I'll get with that though!

 

[garyi]

My stuff.

Linn LP12, ittok, ClearAudio VictoryH.
Naim-Audio CDi
Naim-Audio Nac52
Naim-Audio 52 Powersupply
Naim-Audio Nap250
Naim-Audio SBLs in Cherry
Cables naim and chord.

Clearaudio. Nice sound.

 

[MUTTY1]

Martin

"My how they go some"

You rubbing my nose in it again?

Cheers

Paul

 

[martin clark]

Paul,

Would I do a thing like that ?

No - a month later and I'm smitten, still not getting enough sleep and they are a great match for this largish room. You know where they are if you want to come up and play.

Regards,
Martin

 

[Paul Gravett]

Here's what I use to listen to music:

Linn Sondek LP12/EkosII/Akiva
Naim Prefix
(Resting on a Mana Soundshelf)
Lingo II Phono stage
Naim 52 pre-amp/Supercap PS
2xNaim 135 power amps
Avondale Arcam Alpha 5 CD player
Philips CD recorder
Rega Radio tuner
Aiwa cassette deck
(All seated on two Mana 5-tier racks)
Naim SBL speakers (black)
(standing on a pair of Mana Soundbases)
I also use two Grahams Hydras

And it all sounds smashing!

 

[Tarkie]

Sources
LP12/Ittok/DV10x4mkII
CDX/XPS

Amps

Nac 52/SC/Naxo/HiCap/180's x 2

Speakers

SBL's (Cherry)

Stands

Quadraspire under pre/snaxo

Ash Design under PSU's and Power amps

Mana wall shelf for LP12
Mana under SBL's (sodding floor )

 

[Ray]

Well, here I go. these things are switched in and out of the system(s):

Source: Naim CD3 (late series)
Acoustic Research ES-1/RB300/DL103 or OC9
Well Tempered Record Player
Rotel RCD855 CDP modified to be zero
oversampling/no active filter/with xformers for output
HH Scott LT-110 tube tuner (1960's and still going strong)

Preamps: Naim NAC102/PSC/Flatcap2
Naim NAC42

Amps: Naim NAP110
Pass Aleph3

Integrated Amps: Cary CAD300sei (300Bs)
Rega Mira
HH Scott 222 (EL84s)
Naim NAIT1
Creek 4040

Speakers: Spendor LS3/5A on Linn Kan2 stands
Spica TC-50 on Chicago Hercules or Sound Anchor stnd
Spica Angelus on Sound Anchor stands
Rega Kyte on Linn Kan2 stands
Snell Type K
Snell Type JII
Quad ESL-57 on custom-made welded stands

Cables: Naim A5/or custom-made cables a la DNM but pure silver
Blk SNAICs, etc.

There are favorite combinations in this mishmash of a system, e.g.: 110/LS3/5A, Aleph3/TC-50, Nait1 or Cary sei/Angelus, Scott 222/Kyte, Mira/Snell K, 110 or Nait1/ESL-57...hopefully I could post pictures soon...