System Pics 2023

[linnfomaniac83]

New furniture and layout, just need to finish tidying and fit two glass doors to the cabinet under the TV.

 

[narabdela]

New furniture and layout...

Love the Poang.

 

[Colonel_Mad]

Brave balancing the Locatelli there! Nice to see the Silver Spoon book too. Forms the basis of many of our rotational teas.

Refurbed Axis now installed in dining room / home office system. Phono stage is a Rega Fono A2B, which as well as phono connections to the streamer/pre can also be connected via USB to an iPad running AirChord2 to AirPlay the vinyl anywhere in the house. Rest of the system is Primare I15 Prisma, Dynaudio Excite X34s and 250ii sub. Spot on for the context really.

 

[Iain Docherty]

Brave balancing the Locatelli there! Nice to see the Silver Spoon book too. Forms the basis of many of our rotational teas.

It’s well wedged in!

 

[Dean Jordan]

looking good simon.

 

[linnfomaniac83]

looking good simon.

Thank you Dean, looking better now I’ve tidied up and tweaked everything into place!

 

[Dean Jordan]

I seen the shelf before I seen who posted and thought oh I just had one of those lol

 

[linnfomaniac83]

I seen the shelf before I seen who posted and thought oh I just had one of those lol

Haha, I’m so grateful. Timing was perfect too because I’d aimed to get the new furniture and the room rearranged this week but I needed a suitable turntable support. It’s absolutely perfect!

 

[linnfomaniac83]

Love the Poang.

I do too, had that for 10 years or so!

 

[InSides]

I had already posted earlier this year in this thread, thinking (hoping!) that there would be no changes whatsoever this year.

But I could not escape the siren call of a "better" mono cartridge, although I did try (I promise!) and dabbled in Audio-Technica waters deeming this too out of budget.

Since this morning, as a counterpart to my EMT TSD MRB, the Audio Technica mono has been replaced with a EMT TMD 015 (Tondose Mono Diamant 15µ).

Mounted on the dedicated SME 3012:

I have only gone through a few LP sides but it sounds really, really good. More tweaking and tinkering as it settles in.

 

[InSides]

And an obligatory overhead photo to cement (if at all possible) the current choices.

 

[Bjork67]

christ if that was mine they would all be on the lp at once after a few too many and a big blob of curry sauce for added nuance.@

 

[Nagraboy]

@InSides

EMTs - beautiful! What’s the third cartridge there?

 

[InSides]

An Ortofon 2m PnP. Currently with the 2m Mono, but will most likely end up with the 2m Black or Bronze.

I have a soft sport (as is aptly shown) for cartridges with integrated headshells for the SME arms. Unfortunately, I waited a bit too much and Ortofon pulled the PnP series in favor of their new "premounted" cartridges. A pity I would say since the PnP to me is incredibly elegant. A very good friend gifted this one to me, but the EMT was already on the way, and now will have to wait some time for funds to come together and put in a "better" 2m.

But the idea was (is!) to have one very good MM cartridge as I seem to focus exclusively on the LOMC varieties. The Shure V15Vx15 was a contender at one time, but the 2m has the advantage of still being in production.

Here is what the PnP looks like:

 

[HiFiman]

Dragged the Nait 2 into the main living space

Sounds rather good using a Chord DAVE into the Nait

 

[onespeed]

seems to have put the dogs to snooze mode no paw tapping there.

 

[gustav_errata]

seems to have put the dogs to snooze mode no paw tapping there.

I believe that's auto-standby mode. EU regulations and all.

 

[TheDecameron]

I absolutely love the design of that cart body/headshell, especially that cueing window(?) on the front.

 

[pickwickpapers]

And an obligatory overhead photo to cement (if at all possible) the current choices.

quite apart from the lovely kit - lovely photo.

 

[InSides]

I absolutely love the design of that cart body/headshell, especially that cueing window(?) on the front.

Yeah, I thought it superfluos when I first got an EMT Tondose, but the cantilever on the MRB is so, so, so thin, this helps immensely with both cueing and setup.

quite apart from the lovely kit - lovely photo.

Thanks, that means a lot - the location of the turntable is such that very few good angles exist, and I had to step on a coffee table to make this happen.

Here is another angle - photo recently posted in the other thread about building the turntable.