Who has the best hi-fi set up on Pistonheads????

[lanciachris]

Loads of old b&o kit - check out the speakers

www.beoworld.co.uk/beolabpenta.htm

old maybe, but anything that scans the room when switched on to figure out how to get the best sound wins for me

[stackmonkey]

I think my hifi set-up comes under 'old but good'

Roksan ROK DP1 Transport
Audiolab 8000DAC
Linn Intek/Powertek/LK100 amps
Linn Helix 2 speakers
TEAC V8030 Tape Deck

plus old Dual 504
Denon DRM310 tape
Arcam Alpha tuner.

[Marshy]

Number 14986 said:

Funny thing with music. Sometimes it sounds better when played on crap kit than good stuff. For eg., I think Invisible Sun sounded better played through my awful little Medium Wave tranny in 1981 than it sounds on the ARCAM set up I have now.

Mixing music is a funny old game... you get it sounding perfect in the control room or mastering room... then you listen to it on the sort of kit most average listeners have and realise that it all needs tweaking to hell and back. Then it sounds crap on the good stuff.

There's no right answer as far as I can tell...

[ralphie71]

For what it is worth
Nad C320BEE amp
Nad C521BEE cd player
Quad 11L speakers
Atacama Equinox equipment rack
Atacama speaker stands
QED silver anniversary speaker wire
IXOS connector
Best I could buy on my Budget and all What-HiFi 5 star or award winners - does sound the poodles parts though

[900T-R]

Am going to audition the Acoustic Energy Aelite 2s tonight, with my Audion Sterling single ended valve amp (12W/ch). Front end will consist of my (original)Pink Triangle/Alphason Delta/Linn K9 combo and a good phono pre-amp (the Graham Slee line looks good to me, thanks to whoever made the suggestion here!).

I'll keep my CDs for in the cars, at least for the time being.

[telecat]

As previouly posted

Systemdek iiXE/900 with RB250 arm and Linn K9

Meridian 200 CD transport

Chord DAC64 with twin Digital inputs for DVD-Audio.

Two DPA RF filters "The Power"

Technics DVD-A10 DVD-Audio Player

Aiwa Dolby S Tape deck.

Audio Innovations S500 Amplifier With Mullard EL34 Power valves, Mullard and Sylvania Pre Valves.

Impulse Lali Horn Loaded Floorstanding Loudspeakers.

STAX Gamma Pro Headspeakers and SRD-X Energiser. (Electrostatic Headphones).

I have built the system over 14 years.

>> Edited by telecat on Friday 11th February 13:50

[vixpy1]

Oh, We are listing are we:

Ok ..

8ft owl screen (its electric you know) 0
Seleco 400 plus Projector
Harman Kodan DVD player
Denon AVC10SE AMP
Rotel Power amp (for the Main speakers)
MK Sub
KEF THX fronts and Centre backs
Monitor Audio Centre speaker
B&W's rear.

[mindgam3]

www.bose.co.uk/home_audio/multimedia_systems/companion3/

Bose companion 3 for me.... but I am a student with very limited space

[chris_freebie]

alexkp said:

I have a NAD home cinema system with ceiling screen and projector. It's pretty good, but there are guys here who are real audiophiles....

Interestingly my front speakers for hifi - tv surround are Eltak with Cambridge Audio amp, about 2 years old now, the rears are Mission Speakers with a NAD Amp and they're about 20 years of age ! Honestly the older ones sound better !! + It's louder too !

[granville]

I only listen to musak when commuting.

Neither do I possess facial hair or sweaters enough to justify the insertion of spikes into my testicles.

And I don't like Tracy Chapman.

Come to think of it, I don't even have a fast car either, right now.

[wedg1e]

YarisSi said:

You haven't heard anything until you have heard $30K ceramic speakers. What is the rega stuff like I was thinking of getting the planet and biro? How much did they cost (if don't mind? I have Budget student system. Budget sony cd, old nice Goodman speakers, non discript receiver/amp which i hate and a leak throughline 3 mono receiver, which is nice but need to get renovated. DOes anyone know anywhere were I can get it serviced? >> Edited by YarisSi on Friday 11th February 13:22

You need my mate Jez at Arkless Electronics, can get you a number if you're serious? Jez used to design amps for Musical Fidelity, he knows his stuff. Yes, including valves

[wowbagger t.i.p]

I have,

systemdek IIXE/900, moth arm, somico mc cartrige
Rotel cd player
Arcam black box DAC
Sugden class A amp
Monitor Audio floor stander speakers.
I have built it up over 18 years and I think it sounds amazing.

[vixpy1]

derestrictor said:

I only listen to musak when commuting. Neither do I possess facial hair or sweaters enough to justify the insertion of spikes into my testicles. And I don't like Tracy Chapman. Come to think of it, I don't even have a fast car either, right now.

Oh, Sir! Foul Play!!

I struggle to believe a man of you precedence does not have a stonking great Home cinema system at home!

[Le TVR]

Spacedeck / Ortofon 540
Rega Planet
KEF Ref 107 (Kube)

pre-amp and monoblock PA are my own design (one of my past occupations)

and

telecat said:

STAX Gamma Pro Headspeakers and SRD-X Energiser.

Ditto.

[count duckula]

Kef THX full system and Pioneer 908rds THX ultra amp.


Malc

[jke11y]

My old man is right into his Linn;

In the house we have

Linn Keilidh speakers,
Linn LK100 Amps,
new Ikemi CD player (the last one, a Karik, broke down; unrepairable!)
also a Linn poweramp I forget the name of (Kairn?).
Sondek valhalla on the way also for playing those old big black round things.

Sounds :9:

[beanbag]

OK it's not the best by far but my CD player rocks and it was a bargain buy!

Roksan Atessa CD Player
Mantra Record Player - Stones sounds great on it!
Arcam Alpha 7R Amplifier
QED Silver Anniversary speaker cable
KEF Cresta 2 speakers

[dick dastardly]

Could never be bothered messing round with all the seperates, so I bought one of these and I love it.

[diddyman]

I've got a nice transistor radio

[danodon]

I'm both a complete 'vinyl-head' and a 'flat-earther', so current music system is:

Linn Sondek LP12 Deck
Linn Ekos Tonearm + silver 'T' cable
Linn Akiva MC cartridge
Linn Lingo 2 power supply
Linn Linto phone stage
Naim NAC 52 pre-amp + Supercap power supply
SNAXO 3-6 active crossover + Supercap power supply
6 x Naim NAP 135 mono block power amps (the "six-pack")
Linn Isobarik PMS speakers
Meridian 500 CD Transport + 563 DAC
Nakamichi CR-3 Cassette Deck
And some cheap tuner thingie that hasn't been unpacked for the last three years ...


Sundry other bits of kit lying around include Naim NAC 72 pre + Hicap p/s, Onix OA 21 amp + SOAP p/s, Manticore Mantra TT with Linn Basix arm and Fidelity Research cartridge, Crimson Elektrik 1200/1500 pre-power amp, JBE Diamond 3 speakers, Input Design kitdeck, a TEAC CD transport, Kef Reference Q speakers ...

Time for a clear out, I suspect.