What is your current system? part III

[paskinn]

SME 30-12, with V-5. 12' or modded 312s. Or 3012 (1967). Hush isolation platform, Grado master signature cartridge (or others). Croft riaa and Croft riaa R version. Music First tx3 based step-up. Into a variety of SET amps, 300B, 2a3, 6em7, sometimes Quad 303, Lecson pre and power.
Speakers, usually Bodnar Sandglass, single full-range speakers with two rel 582 subs for extra depth.
Revox B77 HS half-track, or Ferrograph Logic Seven. Or Neal 302 cassette machine. Quad FM4 tuner.
Plus a room full of weird stuff. And a Loricraft cleaner.
Digital....cheapish Denon streamer, never through the main system.
And a Transcriptors hydraulic Reference, looks great, sounds crap.

 

[TimF]

Matt, glad you are happy with the Magtech. Have listened to it some time back and was pretty pleased with it. Have been thinking it might be a good possibility with my Shahinian Obelisks, and alternative to the Dynavector HX amp, and as I am n the US, might even be a better long term situation. Might have to get an audition in home sometime soon. Enjoy! Tim

 

[Bob_in_OKC]

Rega P9, Dynavector DV-20XH, PS Audio GCPH, Rega Elicit, Rega Saturn, ProAc Response Tri Tower, Dual 1229, Musical Fidelity V-LPS, and PS Audio Digital Link III.

 

[Werner]

Michell Orbe - SME IV - Allaerts MC1b - various phonostages (inc. 2 DIY)

NAS - Cubox-i4pro - Volumio

Lyngdorf TDAI2170

Quad ESL63 - XTZ 99W12dsp



Things in the sidechain or not used at all (some elligible for sale *):

TTs: SL-1200, hacked Gyro SE, RB300, lots of cartridges (Lyra, Benz, Denon*, Shure*, ...), lots of phonostages (ISO, Dino*, AQVOX, 2xDIY)
DACs: Apogee MiniDAC*, TEAC UD-501, Audioquest Dragonfly v1.2, Pioneer N50
preamps: 2 x Michell Orca*, Michell Argo*, TEAC AH-501, DIY*
power amps: Michell Alecto Stereo MkII, LFD PA0*, DIY class A
CD/DVD: Denon DVD 2930, Rega Planet, Marantz CD52se*
cassette: 2 x CR2*, 480
headphones: 2 x Sony MDR-MA900, AKG K400
speakers: Quad ESL-57, KEF Q-Compact

 

[Colin L]

SME 20/3A with Lyra Titan
Naim CD555 with 555PS
MBP with Synology DS513+ and DX213 (for backup) – Chord EX DAC with Hynes LPS
Halcro DM10 Pre
MBL 9008A Power amp - want another one (used) to go monoblock
B&W 800 Diamond with two x Wilson Benesch Torus subs

Audience AU24 ic’s and speaker cables

Power Management for everything except the power amp consisting of:
4 KVA Balanced OT
Franke 1500 Power Bank
Shunyata V-Ray with mixture of Anaconda and other power cables

When you write it all down it seems a bit excessive

 

[peperoni]

Garrard 401/Redbeard Bearing/NWA Slate Plinth – NWA modified SME 3012 – NWA DH1 Cart – Silk step ups.

MAC Mini with internal 64GB SSD for system and 1TB HD for Music booting to W8 Pro – JRiver 20.

Devialet D400.

Magico S5.

All with a mish mash of cables

Mains – 6 way dedicated CU – 6 x 16mm spurs – 6 x 90 amp connector blocks

 

[guey]

LP12/Lingo/Ittok/Ortofon Cadenza Blue
Meridian 507 (probably soon going, when I've finished ripping my CDs)
Vortexbox
Tom Evans Microgroove +
Benchmark DAC2 HGC
Exposure 23 (probably soon going, when I've finished ripping my CDs)
Exposure 28
PMC FB1+
Beyerdynamic DT250

 

[madscientist]

Notts Analogue Spacedeck, Heavy Kit, Wave mechanic Ace Spacearm, Lyra Dorian
Exposure XIV, IX, IVDR2
Avondale ACD3
Neat momentum 3i speakers
Sennheiser HD300
Graham Slee headphone Amp

In t'other room
Cambridge Audio Amp
Epos ES11 speakers

 

[Bluedroog]

Currently...

Squeezebox Touch
Beresford Caiman
Croft 25
KRK Rokit 10-3

 

[flattest]

Livingroom
Linn Akurate DSM
Linn Silver RCA
Linn Akurate 2200/1
Linn K400
Linn Akurate 242 MK2
Linn Skeet

Bedroom
Linn Majik DS-I
Linn K400
Linn Majik 109
Linn Majik Stands
Linn Skeet
Linn Black RCA
Linn Majik 126

 

[Klyde]

Rega P9/RB1000/Apheta
Nagra BPS
Naim CD3
Naim Nait Two
Linn Kan IV's

Electronics on Mana, speakers on Kan II stands

 

[awkwardbydesign]

Oracle Delphi Mk1 (with mods), Decca London unipivot, Decca London Supergold.
Yaqin MS-12B phono stage (VERY modded).
Stereo Coffee LDR pre. Still a work in progress.
Jungson JA88D(09) with split between pre and power.
Troels Gravesen SEAS/NEXT Jenzen TL speakers.
Consonance Orfeo CDP.
Squeezebox Duet, ReadyNAS, Teradak Chameleon DAC.
Various other stuff not in current use, mainly waiting for me to upgrade or finish.

 

[Vinniemac]

After faffing around last year with various DACs and streamers and an Audiolab CDP, I've gone all minimalist:

Crystal Acoustics WiDac
Audiolab M-DAC
Adam Artist 6

Not sure I need the M-DAC, to be honest.

 

[badger748]

B&W 800 Diamond with two x Wilson Benesch Torus subs

Hi Colin

Are you using 2 x Torus subs with 2 x Torus amps, or just one amp to drive the 2 Torus subs?

Cheers
Lee

 

[Colin L]

Lee,

2 subs and 2 amps

 

[badger748]

Lee,

2 subs and 2 amps

I have 2 x subs and 1 x amp powering both.

Recently tried a second amp, one to power each sub, and was staggered at the improvement. Was a bigger step than adding the 2nd sub.

Bloody upgrades !

 

[linnfomaniac83]

Main system,

Linn KDS/1
Linn LP12/keel/lingo2/ekos2/trampolin2/akiva/linto
Linn Ikemi
Linn KK/1
Linn kct x4
Linn keltik/klimax tuneboxes

Bedroom/study,

Linn karik/numerik/Apple TV
Rega P5/ortofon 2M black
Linn kairn
Linn klout x2 with activ cards
Linn ninka

The system I have at my parents whilst I'm staying there recovering,

Linn mimik/numerik (picked this up for £25 and fixed it for free)/ Apple TV
Linn wakonda
Linn LK85
Linn katan (sat on a sideboard either side of the electronics but 6 feet apart)

 

[denni55]

Linn LP12 Cirkus /EKOS2/DVXX2 MK2/Lingo 1/Linto

Linn Akurate DS/1

Bonnec Timpano pre

Linn Akurate C4200

Totem Acoustic Forest Signatures (Cherry)

cabling Linn Silver /Chord Epic Supertwin

Squeezebox Duet Controller / Squeezebox Radio x2

Synology NAS -LogitechMediaserver/Minimserver

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 /BubbleDS Next /UPNP

 

[Cereal Killer]

Meridian MC200
Meridian 556 power-amp
Mission 751's
Sommer Meridian 225 speaker cables
Sommer Tricone XXL interconnect cables
iPad to control via Sooloos Control App.

 

[raysablade]

WD My Cloud server

Naim NAC-N 172 XS
Naim NAP200
Naim Cables
PMC GB1is

Google Nexus 7 as a controller