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What is your current system? part III

LIVING ROOM:
Royd Albion
AKG 701 with 20" Stefan AudioArt Equinox cable

NVA A80 + P90 pre
Almarro A205A MkII integrated for headphones

Pioneer PL-707 with Ortofon 2M Blue and phono stage in Exposure Super XV integrated
Altmann Attraction DAC with NAD 5440 used as transport
Kenwood KT-1100 tuner (modified by Clockwork in Germany)

BEDROOM:
Tekton 6.5 (with Fostex 167E)
Roksan Caspian M series -1 integrated
Onkyo T-407 tuner
 
The source + amp part of my system is still the same (Naim Nait-5i, SB3/DACmagic), but...

Yesterday I couldn't resist an offer... :rolleyes:
I ran into a HiFI-store, where they offered their last pair of NOS Diapason Micra 3's. A small Italian beauty I fell in love with, about 6 years ago. (I got a nice discount price because the shop no longer offered this brand and the Dutch distrubutor just decided to raise the price of these speakers with almost 30%!!)

So,..totally unexpected, today I got "Reunited and it feel so good" :D
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Here's a better, close-up picture in daylight:

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(Luckily I still had my old Target HR60 stands left)
 
pacman said:
How you liking the 1SC's?
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They are wonderful little speakers IMO. I can fully understand why they have have such a following. Despite appearances, they definitely don't sound small. They are really open and full of pep whilst still managing to deliver a rounded and well nourished bottom end. You can tell someone lavished much care and attention in designing these little gems :)

Lefty
 
my system is cheap and old but does the job - bought over the past 3 months

Pioneer SA-9800 amp (£275)

B&W DM2a speakers (3-way transmissions)-same tweeters and supertweeters as spendor bc1 (£50)

Marantz CD63 MKII K1 signature cdp (£130)

silver high breed coherence interconnect (£30)

Hitachi SSX 102k Lc-Ofc speaker cable (£25)

soundstage 5 tier hifi rack (£70)

total paid for the complete system: £580 and am delighted!
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Bedroom system is also old but bargain items

Pioneer A-400 amp (£70)

Pioneer PD-S703 cdp (£3)- with remote and boxed in mint condition

leak sandwich 200 speakers - (£5)

silver high breed synergy interconnect (got this one free when I bought the other SHB)

speaker cables unknown as they came with the speakers (Din connection on speaker side)

total paid: £78 ... mainly from gumtree and carboot sales ... dont laugh, sounds not too bad!
 
Alco said:
.....they offered their last pair of NOS Diapason Micra 3's. A small Italian beauty I fell in love with, about 6 years ago.

So,..totally unexpected, today I got "Reunited and it feel so good" :D
Here's a better, close-up picture in daylight:
Diapason_micra_sideview.JPG
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Congratulations, Alco, you always spoke fondly of this part of your speaker history. Sit back and enjoy long-term.

regards
Jeff A
 
Main:

Meridian 202 pre-
Meridian 204 tuner
Squeezebox
Beresford TC7510 DAC (needs repaired)
(soon to be) Rega Planar 2 with RB250 [currently an old Technics direct drive deck]
Naim NAP90 power
Tannoy 605 II speakers
NVA LS2 cables

plus Digihome freeview/PVR box for digital radio, and a Cambridge Audio universal player for DVDs, SACD and DVD-Audio.
 
uncl_nigel said:
Cannot understand why anyone should want a bedroom hifi (or telly for that matter)... I can only envisage two things to do in a bedroom snore and the other :)
not that - sleep!
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What is needed is a waterbed with 12 x 1kW monobloc amps driving 12 transducers inserted in the waterbed, then feed this array with JS Bach's Toccata & Fugue in D Minor while fondling...

:eek:
 
hairyderriere said:
Sounds ideal. How are you finding the AKGs?

HD.
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They are fine, thank you. No "irritation factor". There are a number of reports on the web, and many of them (including a recent review at 6mooons.com) say that these headphones need a lot of current to sound their best -- valves or balanced, or something. One of the more popular headphone amps for it seems to be the Doge 6210 from China, which uses the same type of valves as my Almarro integrated.
 
Had quite a few systems over the years from Cambridge Audio,Primare,Mark Levinson and now have;

Beosound 9000 ,Beolab 5 in the making.
 
Clearaudio Emotion with Goldring 1042mm
Graham Slee Gram Amp 2SE
Rega Apollo
Onkyo Digital Transport
Cambridge Dacmagic
Naim Nac 82
Nap 180
Marantz 1800DAB
Project Head amp/Goldring SR80i
Spendor A6

Kimber 8TC
Nordost/Atlas interconnects
Custom Design Ikon rack/iRAPS included
Russ Andrews Tortlyte platform under turntable
Olson power strips

Upgrade speakers next but very happy with sound!
 
Hello,

I have two system

S1. Sources : CDS/CDPS |MODSQUAD Signature | Rega P9/RB900/ASAK
Amp : 52/SC/135sCB
Enceintes : SBL

S2. Sources : CDI | CD2
Amp : 72/HC/160 Bolt up;250 CB (1982)
Enceintes : SBL
 
Rega P9/RB1000/DV17D3
Clearaudio Balance or Dynavector P75 phono stages to taste
Rega Saturn
Naim 72/HiCap/140 or NVA AP50 according to taste
Rega RS3s

Chord Cobra and Crimson I/Cs and Tellurium Q or NVA LS1 speaker cable to taste

All on Hutter.

I love it. It's quite a tweaky system....
 
System 1.

Rega Apollo CDP.
Rega DAC.
Prima Luna Prologue Two.
Harbeth SHL5.

Backup Amp Harman Kardon HK990.

System 2.

Sony CDP-XB 920E.
Marantz PM 7200.
Castle Avon.
 
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