System pics 2018

[cooky1257]

People should be able to post pictures of their systems in a systems picture thread without sarcastic and idiotic comments like that.

Fairly gentle and innocuous comment really imo. Rug jokes feature regularly in this thread too and never fail to raise a smile. You could just grow a sense of humour.
What strikes me about many system pics is most of the rooms either don't look lived in(I abhor clinical tidiness) and/or are full of hard reflective surfaces that must play hell with system sound.

 

[sls4321]

There may well be detractors, because of all the Naim, but I think it looks really cool especially with the rug and the pictures!

The Kandinsky from his Bauhaus period is system-appropriate. It was around that time he developed his theory associating colours with musical notes and chords.

 

[wylton]

The Kandinsky from his Bauhaus period is system-appropriate. It was around that time he developed his theory associating colours with musical notes and chords.

Ah! I had no idea who the pictures were by; thanks for letting us know! A quick Google brings a veritable feast of Art!

 

[Guest432]

@Hungry Halibut think I recognise the Poole Pottery on the left of the mantelpiece but is that an Anita Harris pot on the right side?

 

[ansis]

On left

Yamaha YP-D9 with MC-1x cart
Audiolab 8200ap
Audiolab 8200p both for AV obvs.

On right

Yamaha C-2 pre
Yamaha B-2 power
Yamaha T-2 tuner
Yamaha KX1020 cassette
Yamaha CD-2
Sky Q

Drool.

 

[Hungry Halibut]

@Hungry Halibut think I recognise the Poole Pottery on the left of the mantelpiece but is that an Anita Harris pot on the right side?

The orange one on the left is 70s Poole; the orange one on the right is also Poole but only about ten years old.

 

[Matty297]

Clamshell Rega Mira, Laptop playing Tidal into a Rega IO Dac with a Redkey USB to Spdif converter and Snell Ks...

 

[andrewd]

I did not post pics of my system before and perhaps i did right.
@andrewd
Surely there isn't room for you.
Vincenzo

Just a light hearted dig, relax! I am sure the system sounds great

 

[DJW]

Maybe a more “lived in” environment than some. Should have got the duster out before I took the photos.

Dining room system:

Quad 34/303
Sonos Connect
Wyred4Sound Dac2
Arcam FMJ CD37
Nakamichi DR-8
Audio-technica PL-120 with Shure M97XE cartridge
Spendor 11 Ohm LS3/5a speakers

Bedroom system:

Quad 34/405/FM3
Sonos
Audiolab M-dac
Akai GX-4000D
Harbeth P3ESR speakers

 

[deek]

Ace DJW, that Akai is definitely enjoying himself up there

 

[Hoopsontoast]

For the start of 2018, likely to stay for a while I think....

• Rega P9, RB1000, AT-33/PTG/II (would like to try the new Rega Ania)
  
• Sony DVD-S9000ES (Transport)
• Denon PMA-2500NE (DAC, Phono and Amp)
• KEF Reference 201/2

System by Robert Seymour, on Flickr

 

[Whaleblue]

Ace DJW, that Akai is definitely enjoying himself up there

Hah!

 

[mrlamonta]

Bedroom system:

Quad 34/405/FM3
Sonos
Audiolab M-dac
Akai GX-4000D
Harbeth P3ESR speakers

Oh god, your bedroom system! Just for the bedroom? Incredible.

 

[DJW]

Oh god, your bedroom system! Just for the bedroom? Incredible.

I like to listen in bed!

Also, the history is that I used to have a dedicated listening room in one of the spare bedrooms but I rarely used it so I returned the room to being a guest bedroom and moved a scaled-down system into my room.

 

[Whaleblue]

Oh god, your bedroom system! Just for the bedroom? Incredible.

The reel-2-reel helps him sleep easy.

 

[yuckyamson]

Vince, that DBL system has me kinda........lil' mojo....let's just say, I felt a 'move'.

 

[Guest432]

Picked up some Pass Labs Aleph 2's yesterday and sound fantastic with the shahinians, really surprised by the improvement in the bass going from a 200 watt class B amp to a 100 watt class A amp.

Wouldn't like to stub my toe on one the spiky bastards though.

IMG_0354 by The Biglebowski, on Flickr

IMG_0356 by The Biglebowski, on Flickr

 

[Postmanpat]

Picked up some Pass Labs Aleph 2's yesterday and sound fantastic with the shahinians, really surprised by the improvement in the bass going from a 200 watt class B amp to a 100 watt class A amp.

Wouldn't like to stub my toe on one the spiky bastards though.

IMG_0354 by The Biglebowski, on Flickr

IMG_0356 by The Biglebowski, on Flickr

May i ask why you have a SUT when you have that MC phono?

 

[djftw]

Wouldn't like to stub my toe on one the spiky bastards though.
IMG_0356 by The Biglebowski, on Flickr

Love it! 'Forget WAF and the toes of the unwary, just make the whole case a giant heatsink!'

 

[Guest432]

May i ask why you have a SUT when you have that MC phono?

It's an Audio Note Io with an output of 0.05 mV which is too low for MC phono stages.