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What is your current system? part II

Exposure 3010s CD
Exposure 3010s Amp
Dynaudio Focus 110 Speakers
Exposure speaker cable and Musical Blue interconnect

Next step is to buy a decent turntable and I'm thinking of something like Rega, Scheu, Michell or NAS. Need to have a listen to all of these options in near future.

dzeikei
 
New amp has just been fired up...thought it might be fun to see how far I can take my system away from how it sounded with the Puresound. Reckoned this may well be the polar opposite...

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Doesn't sound quite how I thought it would tbh.

(72/180 btw).
 
Gromit said:
New amp has just been fired up...thought it might be fun to see how far I can take my system away from how it sounded with the Puresound. Reckoned this may well be the polar opposite...

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Doesn't sound quite how I thought it would tbh.

(72/180 btw).
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My SP 25 used to stack records like that as well :rolleyes:
 
Acoustic Signature Challenger/Audio origami'd RB250 with tecnoweight/Ortofon Rondo Bronze
Exposure Super XV
Meier Audio HA-1/Sennheiser HD600's
Audio Alchemy DDE 1.1 / Macbook (Connected to living room telly via s-video)
Creek T40
Linn Kan 1's on Kan II stands
NVA LS1 speaker cable
Various (old) custom chord co. interconnects
All on target stands.

Wish list? Maybe a REL T3 subwoofer, but otherwise very happy.
 
my first post:

MFs KW250s with neat momentum 3i speakers and ecosse MS2.3 Ref cables.

did have until recently: atc int.amp, micromega stage 6 cdp, linn axis deck, sugden stage 2 phono amp, trichord powerblock 500 & pmc tb1s spks stereovox cables.

my new setup is a vast improvement in every respect.....

i have tried:

naim
rega
meridian
audiolab
alburry
micromega
atc
sumo
bryston
cyrus
linn
monitor audio
proac
pmc
neat
chord
stereovox
silver arrow
VDH
ixos
ecosse

so i have tried a few.....
 
Shane2468 said:
Linn Sara speakers-XLR Type
Linn Klout power Amp.
Roksan Kandy mk3 intergrated amp (as the pre?
Michell Syncro Turntable with rega RB300 and shure V15 Type 111 cart.
Sonnetter Byron CD player-With Merlin Elgar interconnects.
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Blimey - not sure how the Roksan sounds with the K;lout - but I did something similar when I first got Saras many years ago. I had an Audiolab 8000A integrated which struggled with the speakers so I added a LK280 and used Audiolab as a pre amp. Eventually bought a Wakonda pre-amp but can't say it blew the Audiolab away...
 
ex brickie said:
Blimey - not sure how the Roksan sounds with the K;lout - but I did something similar when I first got Saras many years ago. I had an Audiolab 8000A integrated which struggled with the speakers so I added a LK280 and used Audiolab as a pre amp. Eventually bought a Wakonda pre-amp but can't say it blew the Audiolab away...
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Sounds good. But it's a weird set up.
 
Rogers A100 amp,
Rogers T100 tuner,
Linn Kan mk1 speakers,
Ariston RD80, SME3009II, Grado Red,
Pink Triangle Cardinal (transport), Da-capo (DAC - HDCD filter), DC (battery PSU for DAC).

John
 
FWIW:

Primary

Source:
Linn LP12 / Black Ittok LVII/2 (Cardas'd) / AT33PTG / HomeBrew Trafo / NVA Phono 1
Marantz CD6000KI (lightly modded) & Beresford DAC (sometimes with home-built DAC)
Intel Atom / Linux Jukebox / M-AUDIO Audiophile USB soundcard & Beresford DAC
TEAC V6030S
AKAI DS4000 MK II​
Control:
Cyrus aCA7.5 Preamp​
Power:
Crimson 630D Monoblocks​
Speakers:
Acoustic Energy AE509​

Secondary

Source:
Technics SL-1500 / Akito / Reson Reca / Rega Fono MM (uprated PSU, Burr Brown OpAmps))
Cambridge Audio CD6 & Beresford DAC
Denon TU 260 Mk II
AKAI DS4000 MK II​
Control & Power:
Musical Fidelity E100​
Speakers:
Royd Conistons​
 
current system in SIG

lying around in the cupboard not being used

MF elecktra E600 CD player gloss black, remote, lots of outputs, sounds too soft.
MF 'missing link' tube buffer occasionally goes between CD / pre or pre /power
-I have a thing for not putting extra things in signal path so usually just sits there
Exposure 2010 Power amp, replaced by Hypex HG modules
Arcam DV88, doesn't play DivX or has HDMI, replaced by a £60 tosh, Her indoors not a film buff.. :(
build a media PC anyway
Yamaha remote control HX cassette deck in loft - really good.

Linn Basik - 1st TT woo
Linn Axis -cheap on ebay due to no lid, hinges, arm (Basik provided all those)
LP12 serial circa 36K, brown lid

Akito tonearm (from basik been on all 3, lives on LP12 now / adikt cart on it)
Suminko BPS, dead K5, grado blue sat on shelf
Monitor Audio Bronze speakers on long term loan to Brother in law on some target stands
Partington Dreadnoughts in loft

really must sell some of these to fund a new tonearm!

Trends audio TA10 used as a PC amp.


the Dino in use has it's diodes upgraded

power: Missing link silver plated copper leads with Ferrite rings and shurter IEC's, - 4 leads into 1 polished multiway plug
(CD, Pre, 2 x monoblocks)

also have a low strand count multicore 35A twin copper shielded copper cable, MK tough plug to shurter - need to make another one (or 3), excellent noise floor on these.

IC's Missing link Aqua off the reel, Neutrik plugs (CD->pre & dino->Pre)
4N solid silver, teflon/air insulated pre to monos

various Tandy special, Cable talk 'the ref' Ixos and Cable talk 'it's Orange' lying around
various odd lengths of speaker cable, Ixos, QED, Cable talk, wireworld or some such

using VDH snowtrack at the moment.

every cable is Silver over copper or just silver
deoxit gold purchased when Kontak evaperated

really must put the TT shelf up now a little one is about to be running around,


think the weak spots are

tonearm
speaker cable
being stuck upstairs because SWMBO doesn't like speakers in the living room, or cables,
-you can see why I don't play DVD's anymore - doesn't like subs either... grrr.



sorry for length..
 
The amp journey came to a conclusion, and so now it's time for the turntable odyssey to reach the end of its current road...

Pioneer PL-71 - for something to sound this good for just 82 quid off eBay is hilarious. I just love it - music pours out of this thing as though its life depended on it.

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Je suis un lapin content, as they say. :)

(this is the borrowed '71 - haven't had time to photo my own one yet)
 
MF KW250s (all-in-one system), Neat momentum 3i (speakers), Ecosse Ref MS2.3 (SPK cables), Laptop with Airport Express (recently added and used with the KWs internal DAC).
 
Home system:

LP12 w/ SRM Silent Base
Ittok LV II
Linn Asaka
Karik III
Majik I
Sneaky Kudos tuner module
Kans
Linn Silver ICs
Naim NAC A4 spkr cable

Selling: Mimik

=&=

Portable:

Phones:
Ultimate Ears Triple Fi 10
Etymotic ER-4P/S
Etymotic ER-6
Grado SR 80
ATH ES7
Sennheiser HD590
Beyer Dynamic DT660 2007 Ed.
Yuin OK1

DAP:
iRiver iHP120 & 140 (soon to be 60 gb)
iRiver X20

Amps:
Ray Samuels Audio Hornet
Xin SuperMicro IV
Go-Vibe 7
 
Rega Planar 3 with Benz Micro Ace H
Heed Audio Orbit power supply
Heed Audio Quasar phono preamp (2 boxes) connected to the Obelisk with Kimber interconnect;

Rega Saturn CD player connected to the amp with Nordost Heimdal (another similar cable also used between amp and power amp);

Heed Audio Obelisk SI + separate power supply + power amp. connected to the Spendor S5e speakers using byamp solution with Chord Epic Supertwin cables;

Under each device there are Nordost Pulsar Points!;

Slimdevices (sorry Logitech) Squezeebox 3 streaming device connected to the amp with van den Hul The Name analogue interconnect

IsoTek GII Minisub mains conditioner

Each unit is connected to the Minisub with Merlin Tarantula mains cable

And the result: Nothing special: Music itself :)
 
Now updated:

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- Squeezebox+ (basically a Squeezebox 3 on steroids with better PSU, clocks and a much improved DAC section)
- Bel Canto Evo2i digital stereo integrated amplifier. Don't ask me to explain how it works, I have no idea, but it sounds awesome. The only amps that have impressed me more have been seriously expensive valve amps (e.g. WAVAC).
- Impulse Ta'us horn loaded 3 way speakers
- Stillpoints under the amp and SB+ control unit
- Cables are from Coherent Systems, you wouldn't believe how much difference the power cables made.

The Squeezebox+ addresses my PC via a Netgear RF router. I have my whole CD collection cut to FLAC using EAC. It's also fully backed up to a second independant drive.
The electronics are sat on an Ikea lack stand, with a high density anti vibration system under the SB+ boxes (Argos granite chopping boards).
 
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