What’s your Hi-Fi set up? spec and pictures please

[miniman]

CD player works too! #winning

Currently playing the first CD it ever played.

[TonyRPH]

Sony products from that era always looked so classy, form the bottom end right to the top end they looked good.

[anonymous-user]

miniman said:

CD player works too! #winning

Currently playing the first CD it ever played.

TonyRPH said:

Sony products from that era always looked so classy, form the bottom end right to the top end they looked good.

Agreed. they exuded some class
The tuners were superb with an ability to grab stations that others couldn't

Edited by anonymous-user on Sunday 25th August 17:48

[FindingMenno]

bazza. said:

Here is my latest set-up

So you wrapped the ATC's in car vinyl? Really like it!

I have a SCM40 / C3C / SCM11 setup (albeit boxed up in storage as I'm living abroad mostly). Although the cherry veneer is really nice, the white gives it quite a nice contemporary look.

Was it a difficult job?

My set-up pre boxing up (sorry for low light, pic is from quite a few years and phones ago...). Not the biggest room, but that is Amsterdam city center apartments for you.





Set at the time consisted of:

• Squeezebox Touch with Vortexbox based server for Logitech Media Server
• Some pretty generic media player (think is was a Mede8er MED400x), with an UnRaid media server.
• A pretty generic Sony Blu-Ray player
• Marantz AV7005 processor
• Parasound HCA2205AT power amp.
• ATC SCM40 / C3C / SCM 11 speaker.
• Paradigm Servo 15 subwoofer
• LG60PK250 plasma

[bazza.]

[quote=FindingMenno]

So you wrapped the ATC's in car vinyl? Really like it!

I have a SCM40 / C3C / SCM11 setup (albeit boxed up in storage as I'm living abroad mostly). Although the cherry veneer is really nice, the white gives it quite a nice contemporary look.

Was it a difficult job?

Honestly its so easy to do, I posted a how to on the Pink Fish Forum many years ago
The only thing I'd do differently now is to remove the front black panel
and wrap under it just to get a better finish

ps nice system

Edited by bazza. on Tuesday 27th August 13:36

[FindingMenno]

Thanks.

Found the PF post but pics are broken there. Any chance sharing those?

[bazza.]

PM you email address or even your phone number as it maybe better to expand it Sir

[FindingMenno]

Err not a massive PH user and having some trouble locating the PM function. Otherwise I can be reached at menno@ my PH user name .com

[anonymous-user]

I've recently relocated back to the UK and although sonos provided a decent enough solution in Asia, it simply doesn't cut it compared to proper hi-fi.

I'm still unsure if I like the NAD amp or not. It does what is says on the tin but I don't like the lack of (proper) bass and treble adjustment. I was trying to find an all in one solution that I can play my records through and also FLAC but I've no doubt compromised as a result. However the amp I got for a very good price off ebay so if I have to punt it on it's no biggie. The speakers and turntable were new and aren't going anywhere. Both I am very happy with so far.

[TameRacingDriver]

I really like my d3020, it sounds much bigger than it looks, mind, I'm not trying to drive massive floorstanders so maybe that's the issue?

[anonymous-user]

It's a good amp, don't get me wrong, I do like it. Great clarity. just feel it's lacking a bit when playing heavier stuff like queens of the stoneage etc but it handles almost everything else brilliantly.

[TameRacingDriver]

Mind you I will say I improved mine dramatically by adding an outboard DAC (a Beresford Caiman II), sounded noticeably better for doing that (albeit this recommendation does not apply for vinyl!).

[RowntreesCabana]

My little vintage system with the addition of a streamer.

Thorens TD160 Super, SME II 3009 Series II tonearm with Ortofon Red 2M cartridge
Marantz NA6006 network streamer
Sony STR-6800SD receiver
FX Audio Tube 01 pre-amp
Spendor BC1 speakers

[Itsallicanafford]

^^

this is what i love about HiFi, IMO its such a broad church.

this set-up is 100% different from my own in every single way apart from it plays music! But i look at it and think 'yeah, that's really cool!'

those speakers are insane!

[RowntreesCabana]

Itsallicanafford said:

^^

this is what i love about HiFi, IMO its such a broad church.

this set-up is 100% different from my own in every single way apart from it plays music! But i look at it and think 'yeah, that's really cool!'

those speakers are insane!

Cheers. I've just had a look at your system and the Linn Kans are the other speakers I was looking at last year when I decided to replace my old Meridian Actives. I finally settled on the Spendor's as an old sound engineer was selling them locally. I love the Naim sound too and often find myself searching for it on Ebay. The 70's Sony receiver I have sounds fantastic though, built during the great receiver wars where money was no object.

There's very little that I enjoy more than loading up the log fire on a cold winters night, pouring myself a little scotch and sitting back listening to this system.

[996owner]

RowntreesCabana said:

My little vintage system with the addition of a streamer.

Thorens TD160 Super, SME II 3009 Series II tonearm with Ortofon Red 2M cartridge
Marantz NA6006 network streamer
Sony STR-6800SD receiver
FX Audio Tube 01 pre-amp
Spendor BC1 speakers

Ah Spendor BC1's I've got 2 sets, 1 set is the powered version. I have bypassed the amps and drive them from a Denon amp. Just lovely. Mine need the cabinets refurbishing as they have been in the studio's at my old job and have various holes from brackets.

[996owner]

RowntreesCabana said:

Itsallicanafford said:

^^

this is what i love about HiFi, IMO its such a broad church.

this set-up is 100% different from my own in every single way apart from it plays music! But i look at it and think 'yeah, that's really cool!'

those speakers are insane!

Cheers. I've just had a look at your system and the Linn Kans are the other speakers I was looking at last year when I decided to replace my old Meridian Actives. I finally settled on the Spendor's as an old sound engineer was selling them locally. I love the Naim sound too and often find myself searching for it on Ebay. The 70's Sony receiver I have sounds fantastic though, built during the great receiver wars where money was no object.

There's very little that I enjoy more than loading up the log fire on a cold winters night, pouring myself a little scotch and sitting back listening to this system.

Spendors were designed with the BBC and were industry standard in older radio stations. Hard to get spares but not impossible

Edited by 996owner on Friday 4th October 17:05

[Funk]

TameRacingDriver said:

PC system
Behringer something or other USB soundcard (for digital out)
Beresford Caiman II DAC
NAD D3020 Amp
DALI Zensor 1 Speakers (on stands with marble slabs underneath)
Beyerdynamic DT990 headphones

(If anyone is intered, the PC is an old i5 4690 with 16gb RAM, GTX980Ti, 500Gb SSD, 34" Acer X34A monitor).

If it's a Behringer UCA202 I can't tell you how much of an improvement changing it for a better DAC was. I picked up an Audiolab MDAC for £340 and it utterly transformed the sound. I was a bit annoyed that it was the only silver component I own and coudn't help myself when a black one came up at a sensible price. The really nice feature of the MDAC is that it allows the PC to control its volume over the USB connection.

I bought a better amp recently too (an XTZ A100 D3) which has proven to be an absolute powerhouse. This drives my Celestion A2s although I've just agreed to buy a pair of excellent-condition A3s so it'll be a wholesale system change over the last few months...

Here's my setup:

[bazza.]

[quote=RowntreesCabana]My little vintage system with the addition of a streamer.

Thorens TD160 Super, SME II 3009 Series II tonearm with Ortofon Red 2M cartridge
Marantz NA6006 network streamer
Sony STR-6800SD receiver
FX Audio Tube 01 pre-amp
Spendor BC1 speakers



Is that a Bob Barker you have on the wall ???

Edited by bazza. on Thursday 10th October 12:58

[soggybiscuit]

Here’s my (almost finished) set up: