What’s your Hi-Fi set up? spec and pictures please
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Crackie said:
Bonefish Blues said:
Mark Levinson 39 cd player and much else (it's now doing pre-amp and DAC duty, too)
NAD S200 Silverline power amp
Zingali Overture.2S speakers
JPS biwired speaker cables, balanced interconnect and power leads
Recently added a Cocktail Audio X12 box with all the CDs ripped as lossless. It also acts as the digital radio source
All rather odd as a combination, but it plays my music beautifully.
Interesting setup there NAD S200 Silverline power amp
Zingali Overture.2S speakers
JPS biwired speaker cables, balanced interconnect and power leads
Recently added a Cocktail Audio X12 box with all the CDs ripped as lossless. It also acts as the digital radio source
All rather odd as a combination, but it plays my music beautifully.
Variable output CD into power amp is a great solution.I had a similar setup a while ago but used the variable output from a Wadia 301. I've had an X12 for a few years too; hi-res streaming and digital radio are great.
Michell Orbe SME V Benz Wood Missing Link Log-Rhythm MK-2 Phono Interconnect Custom power supply
Clocked Marantz SA-KI Pearl Lite
ATC SIA2 150 Amp
ATC SCM40 speakers
ATC C1 Center Speaker
Fidelity Audio Dac 150 SE
Fidelity Audio NNU X Reference Mains Purifier
Rothwell MC1 SUT + Rothwell Rialto Phono stage
Missing Link Mains cables, Alaqeia Interconnect, Dark Art
Audio Wire Speaker cable with Fidelity Audio NN Z Speaker Purifier
HiFi Racks Podium Reference
plus a sony MD player
Clocked Marantz SA-KI Pearl Lite
ATC SIA2 150 Amp
ATC SCM40 speakers
ATC C1 Center Speaker
Fidelity Audio Dac 150 SE
Fidelity Audio NNU X Reference Mains Purifier
Rothwell MC1 SUT + Rothwell Rialto Phono stage
Missing Link Mains cables, Alaqeia Interconnect, Dark Art
Audio Wire Speaker cable with Fidelity Audio NN Z Speaker Purifier
HiFi Racks Podium Reference
plus a sony MD player
A bit of a thread resurrection, as I've just got my main amps (Musical Fidelity KW Monoblocks) back from being upgraded. Main upgrade was the implementation of Mundorf HC & AG+ 4 Pole Capacitors in the PSU. Plenty of other little audiophool tweaks as well, but the 4 Pole Capacitors are what should provide the biggest improvement.
The two PSAudio Regenerators each have their own spur from a dedicated Audio Consumer Unit and power the 4 Box CDP, the Turntable, the Preamp and the Headphone Amp (the valvey thing on the right. Each Power Amp channel also has it's own spur, so four in total.
Just got everything hoiked back into place and powered up, but sounding good so far.
Under the bonnet:
The two PSAudio Regenerators each have their own spur from a dedicated Audio Consumer Unit and power the 4 Box CDP, the Turntable, the Preamp and the Headphone Amp (the valvey thing on the right. Each Power Amp channel also has it's own spur, so four in total.
Just got everything hoiked back into place and powered up, but sounding good so far.
Under the bonnet:
legzr1 said:
Have you seen the Titan currently up for sale on various forums?
Not sure how it compares to your KW monsters but it looks rather nice!
Just had a look at that - it is a nice looking amp and I reckon it would give some of today's super high end amps a run for their money. Like mine, they are bNot sure how it compares to your KW monsters but it looks rather nice!
d heavy though...great for listening to, not so great for moving about.HiFi Exchange also have a Nuvista 300 for sale, which is an absolute peach of an amp...although £3,000 for an 18 year old amp that sold for £3,300 new is a pretty strong residual!
NDA said:
Holy smoke!
That's quite a system - do the lights dim in your village when you turn that lot on?
I've never heard the KW's, they're very special and rare.... quite costly too.
Nope, but lynch mobs have been known to form when I turn them up (they also make the dials on my electricity meter spin!)That's quite a system - do the lights dim in your village when you turn that lot on?
I've never heard the KW's, they're very special and rare.... quite costly too.
They are a remarkable listen - they are surprisingly transparent and delicate at low levels, but when a dynamic peak hits, they really do give an inkling of the power of real instruments. I have upgraded my CD and speakers twice in the last 20 years, but I've never been tempted away from the KW - I've just tried to address every possible shortcoming. Last thing on the list is to sort the heatsinks which are a bit resonant. High end practice is now to use solid milled blocks - don't think I can retrofit those, so am trying to figure out the best way to damp them.
ian996 said:
They are a remarkable listen - they are surprisingly transparent and delicate at low levels, but when a dynamic peak hits, they really do give an inkling of the power of real instruments.
This is the kind of thing my late father in law would have said, before sticking on a Chas and Dave LP. TwigtheWonderkid said:
ian996 said:
They are a remarkable listen - they are surprisingly transparent and delicate at low levels, but when a dynamic peak hits, they really do give an inkling of the power of real instruments.
This is the kind of thing my late father in law would have said, before sticking on a Chas and Dave LP. In all seriousness, I would say that Chas and Dave LP's are as good a test of a high-end system as anything. They are genuinely gifted musicians and the way they play off each other is brilliant. Personally, I like old Northern Soul LP compilations and a bit of Billy Bragg...if there's genius there , a good system will find it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4v8VJ0LRgA
OY!!!
Edited by ian996 on Thursday 13th September 14:29
ian996 said:
They are a remarkable listen - they are surprisingly transparent and delicate at low levels, but when a dynamic peak hits, they really do give an inkling of the power of real instruments.
I may have missed it - but what speakers are being driven by your version of the National Grid? I'd love to hear an album like Aja through those amps... mind you my hearing ain't what it used to be.
NDA said:
I may have missed it - but what speakers are being driven by your version of the National Grid?
I'd love to hear an album like Aja through those amps... mind you my hearing ain't what it used to be.
Raidho D3.1 - wonderful things and very easy on the eye as well (Pictured while running in).I'd love to hear an album like Aja through those amps... mind you my hearing ain't what it used to be.
With regards to declining hearing, I certainly wouldn't dispute that we lose a hell of a lot of HF acuity as we get older, but I genuinely don't believe we necessarily lose very much in terms of time domain sensitivity, and that's where good systems really score.
This is mine that’s put itself together. My wife bought me the Steepletone record player a few years ago and on clearing out her classroom I helped myself to a Cambridge Audio amp that was en route to the skip. I added a Technics CD player I found on eBay and it’s all going through q acoustic 2020 speakers. It sounds amusingly good for the mongrel system it is.
How could I improve this on a similarly low budget? Would an eBay amp make any difference?
This is mine that’s put itself together. My wife bought me the Steepletone record player a few years ago and on clearing out her classroom I helped myself to a Cambridge Audio amp that was en route to the skip. I added a Technics CD player I found on eBay and it’s all going through q acoustic 2020 speakers. It sounds amusingly good for the mongrel system it is.
How could I improve this on a similarly low budget? Would an eBay amp make any difference?
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That's a good budget amp had one on the second system. You could get a better record deck but probably wouldn't get one cheap
ian996 said:
Under the bonnet:
Sad they went under. I have one of these:
http://www.standsunique.com/productrange/support/h...
hornmeister said:
Hifi rack by Stands Unique?
Sad they went under. I have one of these:
http://www.standsunique.com/productrange/support/h...
I was thinking that when I first saw this photo. I still use mine, too.Sad they went under. I have one of these:
http://www.standsunique.com/productrange/support/h...
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