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

[gbbird]

Not the most expensive set up in the world, but here's what i have -

Downstairs -
Arcam Amp
Arcam CD Plater
Nakamichi Tape Deck
Rotel Tuner
B&W Floorstanders

Upstairs -
Marantz CD
Denon Amp
Mission Speakers on Atacama Stands

[allnighter]

k50 del said:

[When you get your new plasma, if you want to sell the old one please let me know

Sorry mate it's going in the guest room.

[Le TVR]

wedg1e said:

2.5mm Twin & Earth speaker leads

I remember a respected audio magazine doing a lot of double-blind testing of interconnects....

....and this came out TOP.

Wouldnt happen these days as there is too much ad revenue at stake to even suggest such heresy.

[wedg1e]

Le TVR said:

wedg1e said: 2.5mm Twin & Earth speaker leads I remember a respected audio magazine doing a lot of double-blind testing of interconnects.... ....and this came out TOP. Wouldnt happen these days as there is too much ad revenue at stake to even suggest such heresy.

Never, in the field of audiophilia, was so much bollox written, by so many, about so little

Oxygen-free copper my ar53. I remember a hoax that I started in the world of CB radio (populated by imbeciles of course) that coaxial cable acquired an 'r.f. coating' that improved its transmissivity with use. Used to hear people trying to sell old cable for more than new on this basis

Ironically, a year or two later I seem to recall reading a serious discussion in an amateur radio magazine on exactly the same thing...

[Einion Yrth]

Almost as good as the 'painting the edge of your CD green' joke.

[robinhood21]

Einion Yrth said:

Almost as good as the 'painting the edge of your CD green' joke.

Never did try that one.

But, bought the Ilford Antistaticum cloth, used to eliminate static on negatives, transparencies, glass carriers, lenses etc. Wipe a CD with it and on a half decent system you will hear a difference.

[Bennem]

Mark Levinson No39 CD
Mark Levinson No383 Integrated Amp
Michel Gyrodec SE, RB 300, Ortofon Kontrapunkt B Cartridge, Project Phonobox SE (looking to change that)
ProAc Respons 1.5 speakers (Bi-wired)

Not into surround sound but am looking at plasma setups to run through the hifi

[markbe]

Well,, I have Bose in my car, and Bose in the house,,eh is that Hi Fi..

[angrys3owner]

Bennem said:

Mark Levinson No39 CD Mark Levinson No383 Integrated Amp Michel Gyrodec SE, RB 300, Ortofon Kontrapunkt B Cartridge, Project Phonobox SE (looking to change that) ProAc Respons 1.5 speakers (Bi-wired) Not into surround sound but am looking at plasma setups to run through the hifi

That wins so far out of the stuff posted for me... The best sounding hifi I've ever heard was a levinson cd / dac with a power amp and Revel speakers at the bristol hifi show a few years ago. Most like being there with the people playing the music and wiped the floor with the £100,000+ B&W / Classe stuff with it's whole suite to itself!

I've only got the following...

DLP Projector
6' Wide motorised Widescreen Screen
Denon AVC 11SR
Dynaudio Audience Speakers for Front and centre
Yamaha CD player
Tosh DVD - been meaning to splash out on SACD / DVD jobbie etc for ages but as the cd player and dvd are only used as digital sources it does the job!

I'll post some pics later as I like it

PS... I can't believe the crap the hifi mags (What HiFi) recommend after spending a LONG time listening to lots of amps and speakers in loads of different shops. lots of surprises!

>> Edited by angrys3owner on Monday 23 January 16:26

[4WD]

I nearly bought a 390S at cornflake w1, until I demo'd a benchmark dac1 against it with bryston. Very similar sound but I agree the ML looks nice

[Bennem]

Why thank you for the kind words about my system. It has taken me a while to acquire all the gear although a divorce helped..... sold the house she bought a car I bought hifi (i had a company car). I have had the kit now for about 3-5 years years and have no intention of changing the bulk of it. A new phone stage soon and some new speakers sometime.

When all said and done the more you spend the smaller the improvements to the sound and then the improvements may only be improvements to your ears and not someone elses. Yes there is a lot of BS about in the HiFi world but you pays your money and you takes your choice. Buy a ferrari and it still does the basic job that you mum's old metro did.....

My advice listen to loads of kit at many different dealers in many different rooms and then buy stuff. Let the Mags direct you to well made, well supported kit but don't take their word as gospel. Your own ears are the gospel. Your "taste" in sound will change over time and as your hearing degrades by listening to too many TVR V8's and speed 6's close quarters.

[NAS]

ultimasimon said:

allnighter said: NAS said: It's allnighter's set-up. I was just admiring his music taste I can't take the blame for my wife's taste in music.Good job you didn't see cliff Richard's LPs too. Thats a brilliant excuse - I must get a wife then I can buy crappy music and blame her if people notice it

My HiFi set-up currently consists of a Ipod Mini

One day....................

[angrys3owner]

Bennem said:

When all said and done the more you spend the smaller the improvements to the sound and then the improvements may only be improvements to your ears and not someone elses. Yes there is a lot of BS about in the HiFi world but you pays your money and you takes your choice. Buy a ferrari and it still does the basic job that you mum's old metro did..... My advice listen to loads of kit at many different dealers in many different rooms and then buy stuff. Let the Mags direct you to well made, well supported kit but don't take their word as gospel. Your own ears are the gospel. Your "taste" in sound will change over time and as your hearing degrades by listening to too many TVR V8's and speed 6's close quarters.

Good Advise that, i went to so many HiFi shops last time I was looking - if they mentioned What HiFi awards in a positive way I grinned then we laughed a lot when we left. I think the Audio T chain is the best chain shop - they just left us to have a good listen and sold the Amp and speakers there and then as a result. The more independant places are also very good.

I did find it very annoying trying to find a place that stocked both the amp and speakers I wanted to demo though! If someone would like to lend me a few million I'll set up my perfect idea of a hifi shop.

[Plotloss]

I love PH's ability to on any subject create parallels with the Croc Dundee classic 'Thats not a knife, this is a knife'



Generally in the direction of some of your stereos.

[angrys3owner]

Plotloss said:

I love PH's ability to on any subject create parallels with the Croc Dundee classic 'Thats not a knife, this is a knife' Generally in the direction of some of your stereos.

You've just made my colleagues look at me in a strange way again... must stop laughing out loud at pistonheads!!!

[mr_yogi]

Audiolab 8000CD
Tag McLaren DAC20
Tag McLaren PA10
Audiolab 8000PX
Mission 752 freedom

Toshiba DVD
PS2
Yamaha RX V650 (I think )
Mission 78C SE (Centre)
Mission M7ds (Rear)
36" Toshiba Widescreen TV

Kimber Kable Interconnects and speaker cable

Idependents are much better, personnaly I would recommend Audio Excellence (Bristol shop), however I haven't bought anything from them for a while now... [must resist temptation to go looking at the hifi in swanky hifi shops]

[robinhood21]

LP 12...SME3009 with K9.
Pierre Lurne - Audiomeca Mephisto cd player
Altis DAP Reference Bitsream Decoder with separate power supply.
Krell PAM1 preamp with separate power supplies. (twin mono)
Krell KSA50 power amp.
Nad 412 tuner.
MIT speaker cable and interconnects. Siltech HF - 9G3 digital.
Proac 3.5’s.

Might be a tad on the old side now, but I still love the sound and am unwilling to change a single thing in the system. Mind you, a new set of ears would not go amiss!

[DennisTheMenace]

Yamaha surround amp
Mission cinema 6 surround speakers (dead sub at the mo and need to get it fixed)
Cambridge audio CD player connected via fibre optic to the above amp
TDL studio 5's

All cheapo but thumps it out as its all in my little office which is 6ft x9ft

[hedders]

ultimasimon said:

*Lots of really cool stuff* Owl 8" 4:3 Owl 10" 16:9 both electric

You really need some bigger screens bro.
10 inch screens are for the shower and the car brov...
Wiv a bangin rig like dat you want an eight or ten foot screen, innit.

[crmcatee]

Here's my tuppence worth...

Linn Sondek LP12
Linn Ekos II Tonearm
Linn Lingo 2 Power Supply
Dynavector cartridge
Linn Mimik CD player (not a great fan of the shiny discs)
Naim 102 Pre - Amplifier
Naim - HiCap power supply
Naim 250 Power amplifier
Linn Keilidh Loudspeakers


Visual
Pioneer 43" Plasma...
B&W FPM Speakers
Pioneer front end (soon to be replaced)