Who has the best hi-fi set up on Pistonheads????
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brickwall said:
I really like that. How did you do it?
Thanks for the kind words. 
I had the box made from MDF by a guy on eBay that some other AV forum members had used. It's 25mm thick and double that for the front baffle, barely any more expensive than I could have bought the MDF for too. Then I clad the box with the remains of an old Oak AV unit. I built two but the second is just painted black with an Oak top as it's mostly hidden from view (I ran out of AV unit Oak...).
Work in progress:
Part way through the cladding:
View from behind:
In place in room (I'd better not cut up the sideboard for another sub though...):
Edited by OldSkoolRS on Thursday 24th December 19:06
Edited by OldSkoolRS on Thursday 24th December 19:09
Simple and cheap.
Rega Planar 3 with acrylicteller platter, tangospinner sub-platter, ceramic Boca bearing, Groovetracer counterweight and Shure M91ED mm cartridge with JICO SAS stylus. Creek OBH-15 Phono amp with upgraded power supply. 24v motor kit to be fitted when I get a sticky pad for the motor!
Rega Planet Mk1 CD player.
Pioneer DV-868 AVI DVD/SACD player.
Inca Tech Oberon integrated amp.
Musical Fidelity V-Cans headphone amp with Grado SR60I headphones.
JPW AP3 speakers (recently refoamed)
Rega Planar 3 with acrylicteller platter, tangospinner sub-platter, ceramic Boca bearing, Groovetracer counterweight and Shure M91ED mm cartridge with JICO SAS stylus. Creek OBH-15 Phono amp with upgraded power supply. 24v motor kit to be fitted when I get a sticky pad for the motor!
Rega Planet Mk1 CD player.
Pioneer DV-868 AVI DVD/SACD player.
Inca Tech Oberon integrated amp.
Musical Fidelity V-Cans headphone amp with Grado SR60I headphones.
JPW AP3 speakers (recently refoamed)
Linn Sondek LP12, Avondale PSU, Naim Aro & a Dynavector DV20XL2
Brinkmann Fein phono stage
Event Opal studio monitors on Partington Broadside stands
Weiss Dac 202 and a Mac Mini
The Opal speakers have been great as they come with room EQ so you can alter settings to suit your room. They replaced Shahinian Obelisks which I loved but the wife hated!
Loud but probably not as loud as an AJP decatted Cerbera!
& the ones the wife hated!
Brinkmann Fein phono stage
Event Opal studio monitors on Partington Broadside stands
Weiss Dac 202 and a Mac Mini
The Opal speakers have been great as they come with room EQ so you can alter settings to suit your room. They replaced Shahinian Obelisks which I loved but the wife hated!
Loud but probably not as loud as an AJP decatted Cerbera!
& the ones the wife hated!
Edited by JezF on Tuesday 29th December 00:31
Had one of these to play with for a bit (not my pic):
I have to say, for the £300 price tag it's a remarkable bit of kit. I was a little sceptical of 'chi-fi' as it's known but this is a surprising little amp (well, I say 'little', it's ~25kg!). Apparently there are some mods one can make to it (if you know what you're doing - I wouldn't have a clue) which improve the sound even further.
My only concern would be leaving it alone unattended and powered on all the time. It kicked out a lot of heat and I still have my concerns about the build quality of Chinese stuff which isn't certified/tested to UK standards...
The mid-range on it was exceptional and although it lacked a little low-end oomph and control I had to keep coming back to the fact it was just £300; I've heard amps costing a lot more that didn't sound as good.
I have to say, for the £300 price tag it's a remarkable bit of kit. I was a little sceptical of 'chi-fi' as it's known but this is a surprising little amp (well, I say 'little', it's ~25kg!). Apparently there are some mods one can make to it (if you know what you're doing - I wouldn't have a clue) which improve the sound even further.
My only concern would be leaving it alone unattended and powered on all the time. It kicked out a lot of heat and I still have my concerns about the build quality of Chinese stuff which isn't certified/tested to UK standards...
The mid-range on it was exceptional and although it lacked a little low-end oomph and control I had to keep coming back to the fact it was just £300; I've heard amps costing a lot more that didn't sound as good.
Doubt it's the 'best' set up on here, but I've just completed my latest set up, compromising of: Tag McLaren CD20R, Audiolab 8000c, 2x Audiolab 8000m's, Tag McLaren T20 tuner, Mission 752's, Yamaha DSP-E492, KEF Model 90 centre (want to upgrade) Celestion Little Ones rears and Sennheiser HD600 headphones.
Shame I haven't heard it yet, the best room is currently a building site!
Edit, now also have the Tag Mclaren Pro Logic processor
Shame I haven't heard it yet, the best room is currently a building site!
Edit, now also have the Tag Mclaren Pro Logic processor
Edited by Fermit The Krog and Sexy Sarah on Saturday 25th February 22:20
JezF said:
& the ones the wife hated!
To be fair, they are a special kind of awful. I've always wondered why speakers get nicer and nicer, 'til you go full audiophile and all aesthetics are forgotten!It's that missmatched bevel - They did that on purpose, just to prove they were in the "sounds so good it doesn't have to look nice" area =)Edited by JezF on Tuesday 29th December 00:31
traffman said:
Tony1963 said:
Naim CDX, 102, Hicap, NAPSC, 180, Headline, home built 'hicap' with Pardo discrete regs, Fraim, and almost 20 year old Naim Intro speakers not in shot. 'Phones are Sennheiser HD580 with custom cable. Speaker cable is Avondale Blacklink.
CDX, 102, Hicap2, NAPSC, 250.
Sold it a while back and got off the audiophile merry-go-round though. I kept my Celestion A2s and run FLAC from the PC through a Cyrus 8vs2. I've thought about adding a PSX-R to the 8vs2 as they're only ~£200-250 on ebay but not sure whether it's worth doing. Certainly wouldn't plough thousands into a system again.
Funk said:
Was very similar to my old system:
CDX, 102, Hicap2, NAPSC, 250.
Sold it a while back and got off the audiophile merry-go-round though. I kept my Celestion A2s and run FLAC from the PC through a Cyrus 8vs2. I've thought about adding a PSX-R to the 8vs2 as they're only ~£200-250 on ebay but not sure whether it's worth doing. Certainly wouldn't plough thousands into a system again.
Thankfully I've avoided the Naim merry-go-round. Bought the CDX, 102, 180 and HiCap back in 1998/9, so hopefully they'll be celebrating their twentieth birthdays with me. CDX, 102, Hicap2, NAPSC, 250.
Sold it a while back and got off the audiophile merry-go-round though. I kept my Celestion A2s and run FLAC from the PC through a Cyrus 8vs2. I've thought about adding a PSX-R to the 8vs2 as they're only ~£200-250 on ebay but not sure whether it's worth doing. Certainly wouldn't plough thousands into a system again.
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