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

[kayc]

toasty said:

Wow, that's some high end setup. I must admit I've no idea what the Entreq Tellus 2 is, even after looking at their website but I imagine it works for you.

Can I ask if it's suited more to one type of music or if it's for all sorts?

Tbh it sounds great with any music..that’s the battle I’ve had..lots of the previous gear great with rock but can’t do subtlety with female vocals as an example..speaker size relative to room imo a major consideration as rooms have more effect on the sound than many components.

[kayc]

Crackie said:

Like that setup a lit

Please to hear it sounds great too. Quick question for you, Have you tried experimenting with increasing toe in angles? and or listening in the nearfield?

I have but the Magico I find better slightly toed in..being infinite baffle too not fussy with positioning but need the sound anchor stands to really work and they need an amp with some grunt to really open up.

[mondie]

Audio has been a lifelong passion, without it and cars I would be a millionaire by now

My system is active and based around Lenard Audio Symphony Reference speakers, Preamp is an Audio Research Ref 40 and CDP is by Playback Designs. Not shown is racks of records and CD's, I have never bothered with streaming.

20220329_114232 by Simon Gee, on Flickr

[Andy_mr2sc]

mondie said:

Audio has been a lifelong passion, without it and cars I would be a millionaire by now

My system is active and based around Lenard Audio Symphony Reference speakers, Preamp is an Audio Research Ref 40 and CDP is by Playback Designs. Not shown is racks of records and CD's, I have never bothered with streaming.

Wow. I'm speechless.

[toasty]

mondie said:

Audio has been a lifelong passion, without it and cars I would be a millionaire by now

My system is active and based around Lenard Audio Symphony Reference speakers, Preamp is an Audio Research Ref 40 and CDP is by Playback Designs. Not shown is racks of records and CD's, I have never bothered with streaming.

20220329_114232 by Simon Gee, on Flickr

Boom!

Well, not so such boom as tightly controlled bass I'd think.

Any particular style of music it's meant for?

[ben5575]

There's some proper pron on this thread

[mondie]

toasty said:

Boom!

Well, not so such boom as tightly controlled bass I'd think.

Any particular style of music it's meant for?

Rock, pop, electronica, etc., anything but classical and most country really. Rammstein sounds immense

[selym]

I'm not sure if I've added anything to this thread yet - if I have then my kit will have changed a bit:

Acoustic Solid Wood turntable with Audiomods Series 6 arm - Hana ML cartridge
Gold Note PH-10 and PS-10 phono stage
Sugden A21 Signature amp
Rega Jupiter cd transport
M2tech Young DAC with Teddy Pardo PSU
Bluesound Node 2i
Tannoy Prestige Turnberry HE speakers

[toasty]

selym said:

I'm not sure if I've added anything to this thread yet - if I have then my kit will have changed a bit:

Acoustic Solid Wood turntable with Audiomods Series 6 arm - Hana ML cartridge
Gold Note PH-10 and PS-10 phono stage
Sugden A21 Signature amp
Rega Jupiter cd transport
M2tech Young DAC with Teddy Pardo PSU
Bluesound Node 2i
Tannoy Prestige Turnberry HE speakers

Pics please

[stevoknevo]

mondie said:

Audio has been a lifelong passion, without it and cars I would be a millionaire by now

My system is active and based around Lenard Audio Symphony Reference speakers, Preamp is an Audio Research Ref 40 and CDP is by Playback Designs. Not shown is racks of records and CD's, I have never bothered with streaming.

20220329_114232 by Simon Gee, on Flickr

Thought to myself "I've never heard of Lenard speakers" had a wee search and found your thread on the Wam about them - what an incredible journey from start to finish! Kudos to you for seeing it through to completion

Read the description of mondie's speakers during protype testing! https://youtu.be/sSFno0s67kY

[selym]

toasty said:

selym said:

I'm not sure if I've added anything to this thread yet - if I have then my kit will have changed a bit:

Acoustic Solid Wood turntable with Audiomods Series 6 arm - Hana ML cartridge
Gold Note PH-10 and PS-10 phono stage
Sugden A21 Signature amp
Rega Jupiter cd transport
M2tech Young DAC with Teddy Pardo PSU
Bluesound Node 2i
Tannoy Prestige Turnberry HE speakers

Pics please

[OutInTheShed]

mondie said:

Audio has been a lifelong passion, without it and cars I would be a millionaire by now

My system is active and based around Lenard Audio Symphony Reference speakers, Preamp is an Audio Research Ref 40 and CDP is by Playback Designs. Not shown is racks of records and CD's, I have never bothered with streaming.

20220329_114232 by Simon Gee, on Flickr

mmmmmh lava lamp......

[Taff107]

mondie said:

Rammstein sounds immense

Good lad

[Sporky]

selym said:

Wowzers.

I have long admired that series of Tannoys - what are they like?

[mondie]

stevoknevo said:

Thought to myself "I've never heard of Lenard speakers" had a wee search and found your thread on the Wam about them - what an incredible journey from start to finish! Kudos to you for seeing it through to completion

Read the description of mondie's speakers during protype testing! https://youtu.be/sSFno0s67kY

Good find Steve! I didn't realise Paul had posted that clip to YouTube

Did you see the active pro system testing?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn6idG36ZjQ

Edited by mondie on Friday 1st April 22:37

[selym]

Sporky said:

selym said:

Wowzers.

I have long admired that series of Tannoys - what are they like?

Rubbish!

No, seriously they are pretty great. They appreciate an amplifier that can grip them and the A21 Signature does that; previously I had the Sugden A21a which was also a great match. Class A is the answer I guess, because they don't kick out mega power.
I am in no doubt that you can get better for your money but these have pulled my whole system together and I can't see me - a box swapper - changing them for a long time.

Edit; they are towards the bottom of the Tannoy Prestige range so there are some much bigger and better examples - these represented great 'value' at the secondhand price, and are as big as I could accept in the front room - they are 60cm off the back wall and bass is tight and not bloated.

The picture is quite misleading and makes them look 'squeezed in', the room is about 3.5m X 5m long so I can get them relatively wide and toe them in to cross over behind my head. I've (well, my father in law) have built some plinths to raise the centre of the drivers to ear level - they handily address that big pink monstrosity on the right that arrived after them. Fair's fair though, this is a living room so the pink thing has as much right to be there as the big brown things!

Edited by selym on Saturday 2nd April 06:31

[Sporky]

Ta!

They look great in the room too - I'd always thought you'd need a gentleman's club sort of decor for them but they work there. Lovely.

[selym]

Sporky said:

Ta!

They look great in the room too - I'd always thought you'd need a gentleman's club sort of decor for them but they work there. Lovely.

That's all the wife's doing!

[carlymart]

I thought I would add my system in to this
I have enjoyed music and Hifi since I was 13 when I left collage I worked in hifi sales for 10 years full time selling everything for Panasonic hifi to Naim meridian martin Logan etc. and loved it but left to move to pastures new 21 years ago.
But my passion for listening to music and enjoying hifi has never stopped. Having owned full naim systems to meridian active speakers , sonus faber linn lp12 and loads more beside. I am now at what I feel is the end game hifi wise.
There will be further changes but it will be thing like source or maybe adding a analog preamplifier

I am running a Apple Mac mini i5 2.6 with 16gb and. 1 tb ssd I use Apple Music for playback and I have Dirac live running across all audio
USB to topping 10s usb to spdif converter into a meridian 562v that is used to switch all the digital and analog sources. Digital out to an Rme adi2 fs dac preamp into a xlr switch to switch between hifi and AV
Xlr Pre out to a Lyngdorf 2200 power amplifiers.
Then qed qx16.4 speaker cable, one set of 4 to the positive and negative. This works out at around 9 awg as it has to run 12m to the speakers in the next room
The speakers are PMC fact 8

I also have a dab radio and a project turntable on the hifi

Av wise I run a Yamaha rxa850 av receiver, sky q, Apple TV and a Panasonic uhd blue ray and a LG lcd. And recently added a Optoma 1080p projector and screen

[bigandclever]

carlymart said:

I’ve often wondered how far people might go to get optimal performance from their gear