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What is your current system? part I

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Here's my current system.
(though it might change within a few weeks/months)

NAIM NAC72
NAP180
CDX
Diapason 'Micra mkIII'

On Quadraspire equipment support.

Here some piccies;

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Groeten,
Alco :)
 
I also have this ancient Thorens/SME3009/AudioNote mm on loan from a friend.
( modified though with some WBT connections at the back, and some silver Van den Hul internal arm wiring)

Still, ..an ugly piece of kit, but it sounds pretty amazing, and can seriously compete with the CDX.
(on some records I prefer the old Thorens)

o, btw... I also still have my beloved Nait-2.

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regards,
Alco :)
 
Main:

VPI HW19 mk. IV on Target wall shelf
SME IV
Ortofon Super OM 30 (gotta go)
MM Stageline/hicap (unserviced)
CDS/CDSPS (black burndy)
102/Napsc/1985 hicap (recapped 2002)
250 (olive)
Spendor S100 on Sound Anchors on Mana Soundstages
Sony CDRW10 (something like that)
Nakamichi DR2

3000 or so lps, the better part on Ikea Expedit
1500 cds

Living Room:

1984 LP12/Val/Ittok/Grado MCZ on old Target Wall shelf
CD5/snaps2 (FS soon, to be replaced by modded Rotel 955)
112/hicap (1988 unserviced)
42-5/hicap (1985 unserviced) as phono stage via tape out
250 (1988, recapped, FS)
1980 Isobariks (CES demo pair) on dedicated stands
HK TD292

Spare:

1984 PMS Briks
Naxo
110, 110
(all to be tried together when I get a chance)
1984 LP12/Akito
72 (1995, awaiting shootout and possible sale)
Snaps
250
32 (bolt together)
42 (one channel cuts in and out)
Heybrook HB1 (need refoam)
Rega Ela mk I
2 Mana Reference tables, 1 Power Supply Table, 1 Wall Shelf
(will give one more try before selling)
Q4 Reference (just arrived)
prefix S (for when I get an MC again)
knackered Monster Sigma Genesis 2000
AT OC9 w/no cantilever
Koetsu Black Goldline with broken cantilever
AT ML150 with no stylus
Sumiko BPS w/bent cantilever
Sumiko BP (orig) tired
Linn K9 w/bent cantilver

Bedroom:

Sony Discman
Nad 7020 receiver
Rega Planar 3/Armageddon/Exact (Armageddon to be liberated for LP12, Rega to be sold, once I get 60hz motor for Lp12)
Heybrook Point Five
Understanding partner

Actively looking for:
60 hz LP12 motor
MC cartridge

Want in future
Cirkus'ed LP12
Aro
82
Some other record deck--Nottingham
To get rid of excess crap
All the records in the world
 
Current setup:

LP12 / Cirkus / valhalla / rb250 / elys
62 (olive) w/ 322 brds (recapped 02)
Black snaic
FC (99)
Grey snaic
140 (chrome recapped 02)
NACA5
Tukans on Sound Org stands
Target VR 4 shelf rack

Not in use:
Nak tape deck (BX100)
Massive old sansui tuner TU-7500

waiting on a CD3.5 to replace suspect digital source ( ancient yamaha cd player feeding an Audio Alchemy DDE1.1)
At which point I'll look for a chrome HC and stick the FC on the 3.5.

a separate rack for the LP12 would be nice too.

edb15,

Yikes! That's quite a list of kit. And quite a list of knackered carts :( Let me know if you decide to dump the 72.

cheers,

Dan
 
System 1 (Home Office)
Teac VRDS T1 (transport) (Trichord Clock 3, Never connect & Heavily modded by Coherent-Systems)
Wadia 15 (DAC, pre) (Heavily modded by Coherent-Systems)
Densen Beat B 100 (amp)(upgraded black silk volume control)
Linn Kaber (speakers) (passive, early models but now with Ku-Stones, SPK0015/1 and 3R9 tweeter/HF upgrades)
Sony TCK-630ES (cass)
Panasonic DVD-S75 (dvd) does MP3/WMA duties through the Wadia)
Philips CDR-760 (cdr)
OA speaker cable (single run with jumpers of same)
OA Digi interconnect
Analogue Interconnects include OA, (Cambridge Audio and QED for the unimportant stuff).
MF X-CANS (Mk1) (headphone amp)
QED Qnect 4S (interconnects to X-CANS)
Audio Technica ATH-610 (headphones)
Lynwood Mains Conditioning block on CD transport/DAC
Custom power cables on important stuff
Townshed Siesmic sink and Still Points (marvellous things) under Teac CD transport (and DAC by virtue of being blu-tacked on top)

System 2 (Office)
Rotel RCD-965BX (cdp)
Rotel RB-960BX (cass)
Rotel RTC-850L (tuner pre)
Rotel RB-870BX (power)
Tannoy 607 (speakers)
Atacama SE-24 (speaker stands filled with cat litter)
Sonic Link Violet with Bullet Plugs (interconnect between pre and power)
QED Qnect 2 (between CD and pre)
Cambridge Audio Tape Solution (between cass and pre)
Ortophon SPK200 (bi-wire speaker cable)
Sennheiser HD490 (headphones)

System 2 (little use)
Townshend Avalon / Rega RB250 (broken!!) / Nagaoka MP11 Gold SB (TT)
Marantz CD-67SE (cdp)
Marantz PM-66SE (amp)
Castle Durham (speakers) (c.1990)
Denon DR-M10 (cass)
Gale XL-315 (speaker cable)
Cable Talk Monitor 3 (Interconnect)
various Cambridge Audio and Cable Talk interconnects (it's miles away I can't go and look!)


System 4 (AV)
21" Goodmans (tele)
NAD L73 (DVD Receiver) (does cd duties)
LG DVC8700 (DVD/video) (used for the occasional video)
Panasonic DMR-ES10 (dvd recorder)
Acoustic Energy AE109 (speakers)
Chord Rumour 4 (biwired speaker cable)
IXOS Scart - composite cable to TV
Various rubbish scart cables

Spares
Tannoy E11 Limited Edition (speakers) (These are the upside down ones)
NAD T 550 dvd (dvd)
Marantz DV-4100 OSE (dvd)
Philips CDR 870 (cdr)
Philips DCC 600 (dcc)
AR T-04 (tuner)
Arcam Delta 80 (tuner)
Philips CD373 (cdp)
Cable Talk 3 (speaker cable)
Cable Talk 4.1 (speaker cable)
Gale XL-315 (speaker cable)
Denon TU-260L Mk2 (tuner)
Gale XL-315 biwire

plus some more I can't remember...........
 
I've been looking in on PFM for a few months now, so I thought with the new one coming on line I should join in, so here's what I have now:-
LP12/Ekos - recently "downgraded" from Lingo/Arkiv to Valhalla/Troika
72/Hi-Cap/250 (all extensively Avondale'd)
Using Kan II's at the moment but I've got Isobariks waiting for me to make space for them!
Just got an alpha 5 off ebay and it's at Avondale now.
I've enjoyed looking in, and I'm looking forward to taking part in future,
clayton
 
Fronts

Mana Ref/LP12Lingo/Ekos/ArkivB/Tripod/LP12Lingo/Ittok/Arkiv/Quadraspire Ref/Karik III/Numerik SPS/Karik I/MF X-DAC/Marantz CD63/Classik/FM4/ZX-7/Marantz CDR630/V1050/TU260II/X-O7/6030

Middles

Quadraspire Ref/The Groove/52/72/42/SC/HiCap/135s/250/110/Servo270

Ends

Mana/Kaber/BM5/Kelildh/Diamond

DS

OTD - Secret Knowledge - Sugar Daddy (Trip to the Moon mix)
 
Big Flat System (Main Room)

LP12/Ekos/Klyde/Lingo
Karik/Numeric
kairn
3 x LK280/Spark
Tunebox
Kabers (Active - with Ninka tweeters and keltik mid drivers)
(1 x LK280 driving
Kan IIs - in other room)
Sony 980B Minidisk
Denon Cassette Deck
MF xCans2 Headphone Amp + Sennheisers (can't remember model)



Small round System (Study)

Quad Cd66
Quad FM4
Quad 34 Pre
Quad 306 Power
Mission 700 Speakers

Even smaller system

Arcam Alpha+ Amp
Arcam Alpha+ Tuner
Celestion 1s


(Updated Feb 04 - to refect recent upgrades)
 
Transport #1: PC (Videologic Sonicfury)
Transport #2: Pioneer DV-350
DAC: Cambridge Audio DAC3
Amp: Rotel RA-01
Speakers: Mission M51
Headphones: Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro
Radio/TV: Sky digibox
 
My system,

Sharp end:
LP12, Lingo, Ekos, Troika, CDS 3.

Mid Ships:
52, s/cap, s/cap, snaxo, six pack.

Blunt end:
DBL's.

AV set up:
15 year old portable with on remote, in another room. On about once a week.

Hats off to Arthur Bye who has more equiptment than anybody I've ever heard of.

Sean.
 
And now for some-thing completely Different.....

Stereo
---------


CDP............................................................Wadia 850 Omiga Audio Modified
Amplification.......................................................Belcanto Evo200.4 Modified
Speakers..................................................MeadowLark Shearwaters Hot Rods
Speaker Wires................................................Omiga Audio 'Outlander' Bi-Wire
Interconnects............................................................Omiga Audio 'Gladiator'

Power Leads......................................................... Omiga Audio 'Deliverence'
Power Conditioners.............................................Omiga Audio 'Power-Miester'
Cable treatments by............. ...................................................Omiga Audio


System Rack............................................................Apollo Mezzo Saprano
Speaker decoupling.........................................LARC Audio Marble ISO Plinths
Isolation ............................................................Townshend Siemic Sinks 2
Isolation (speakers)..........................................Omiga Audio solid Brass cups
AV
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TV...........................................................................Toshiba 32ZP18
AV Reciever................................................................ Arcam AVR200
TV..................................................................Telewest Pace Digi Box
Speakers................................................Monitor Gold Reference Center
Speakers Rear.........................................Monitor Gold Reference GRFX's
DVD Player................................................................Arcam FMJ DV27
Speaker Cables.................................................Omiga Audio 'Outlander'
Speaker Cables Rear...................................Rears Nordost Flatline Gold II
Component Digital Cable....................................Omiga Audio 'Dimension'
Digital I/C............................................................Omiga Audio 'Defiant'
Analogue I/C.....................................................Omiga Audio 'Gladiator'
Isolation.........................................................Townshend Siemic Sinks.
Power leads on A/V system................................Omiga Audio 'Deliverence'
Internal Damping......................................................Cromilin & Dynamat

That's it Folks, WM's Music Maker Organic of coarse :)

People that have help me achieve my sound

Cable Toasting By Omiga Audio

Trichord Reasearch

Larc Audio Isolation

Quality Surround Speakers

Some of the Best amplification you can obtain

Siemic Sinks and Quality Cables

Seriously good cables

Wonderfuly Natural and Dynamic Speakers

One of the most musical Digital front ends Available

An odd combination of American and English. That really works :)
 
SOURCES (in order of most used):

Sansui R-411 FM tuner w/Magnum Dynalab ST-2 antenna mounted outside on antenna tower.

LP-12 (Circus/Trampolin/bolt-mod/Zener-Valhalla), RB-300/Klyde. Naim phono boards are located inside turntable and powered by HiCap.

DishNetwork satelite box

internet/computer audio. I use remote keyboard or laptop as loud CPUs drive me crazy!

Toshiba 50" projector TV (internal speakers removed).

Toshiba DVD

PlayStation2

Rega78 w/Goldring 1040 mono cart. Naim MM board mounted underneath powered off SNAPS.

Victor 78 player (from 1904). Fully restored and in mint condition except for crank. Is not connected to main sistem as it was invented before electrically powered hi-fi!

Wollensak 4770 cassette deck

Akai GX4000 open reel

Maggotbox VHS deck


AMPS

Naim NAC-42/SNAPS/2*NAP-140s w/active modules inside 140s.

SPEAKERS

Linn Kan1.5s, active, w/neodymium tweeters.


*All sources on dedicated stands only one level high (unlike above Round-Earth pictured system). Amps each have dedicated one tier high stand per component. Kans on dedicated Kan wall shelves.

**dedicated 20-amp spur which all components are on with exception of Valhalla, satelite box, DVD-player, and PlayStation, whose component's power-supplies/filters ruin the sound of the other bits (and are on their own 20-amp spur on the opposite phase). Both hi-fi spurs have separate circuit-breaker box and ground, which feeds off the main power line.

***All above components (with exception of Klyde) are modified. Some highly modified. Anyone know of a mod to improve the Klyde!?!

****I own NO CDs which is why no CD player is listed. Not a typo.

Ron The Mon

P.S.
Click "www" directly below to see some photos of my sistem. I plan on adding more photos soon, so check back occasionally.
 
Sources: LP12/Cirkus/Tramp/LingoI/EkosI/Klyde on Audiotech table, Ikemi

Amps: Linto/Kairn Pro/2*LK140

Speakers: Keilidh Aktiv

Beginnings of modest AV additions: Loewe Xelos TV, PS2, Nokia Freeview box, Tukans for rear speakers.

Can anybody recommend a decent AV receiver easy to find used?
 
Sources

a) LP12/Ekos/Linn Karma - Epona PS for LP12 and Prefix

b) Naim NAT01

c) Yamaha DVd Player

Amps

Naim 552 and Mana Stealth

Speaker

Linn Isobarik

all on Mana
 
Originally posted by Hermann
Sources

a) LP12/Ekos/Linn Karma - Epona PS for LP12 and Prefix

b) Naim NAT01

c) currently Naim CDI (will replaced soon)

Amps

Naim 52 and Mana Stealth

Speaker

Linn Isobarik

all on Mana

Hi Hermann,

I thought you all decided that Tony L is anti-Mana agent of the Kremlin and none of you would post here! So much for your principles huh!

You know what, after seeing pictures of your system, I thought you could get more Mana soundstages for your sofa, so it could give you the chance to put even more stages under your speakers, you might have an issue with the ceiling being more of a room boundary than your floor, but Mana defies everything right!

Have a nice day, my teutonic friend.

Dev
 
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