Audiophiles hifi appreciation thread old and new

Yeah they look nice... and BIG... yeah I might have to take you up on that some time.

Yeah, not massive, though. Measured this afternoon- 560 high (exactly the same as the tannoys I am looking at)

It's very out of focus but this is the basics:

Project Debut Carbon
Marantz PM6005
(Marantz CD6005)
Monitor Audio BX2

I also have a pair of Gemini turntables and a mixer out of shot for pretending to be a DJ. (Through the same amp/speakers.)

Lovely!

Right now I'm listening to Graveyard - Hisingen Blues on a Funktion One Res 2 system driven with MC2/FFA amps & F1 processor, 2 x Resolution Four tops/ 2 x Resolution One Outerfill/delay and 2 x F218 mk1 subs controlled by a Soundcraft Vi1 digital mixer. The source is Spotify in premium quality and the beverage is a bit of leftover cava from tonights party...

When I'll get home tomorrow, it'll be a Pioneer SA-7500, a Pioneer PL-560 with an Ortofon 2M Red and a pair of Scandyna A30's.

Alright then.

Top pic:
Upstairs with the Highland Park and Being There.
-Signet SL-260
-NAD C660
-NAD 7020i
-Adcom GFA-535

bonus lampshade on head

Lower 2 pics:
In the Vault with Crown Royal Northern Harvest and 3Mustaphas3 for the laffs.
-Radio Shack (!) Nova 8B
-Rega P1 w/performance pack
-NAD 521BEE
-Harmon Kardon 430 Twin

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Heh those speakers look amazing. How do they sound?

My Yamaha A-S501 has arrived. In a box the size of an armchair. looking fwd to carrying home on the train

Lets see it once its set up yeah? And let me know how it sounds... still cant decide.

I'll play. Audiolab 8200CD / 8200A combo (and an old Kenwood tuner that rarely gets used since digital radio), playing through a pair of Epos Epic 2 speakers, which I've not seen many people using but I think are lovely. Nice old-school looks.

While I'm at it, here's some kit it replaced. Would anyone be interested in taking it off my hands for a small fee? Cambridge Audio CD4 (with remote) and an Aiwa AD-F450 tape deck (!) Erm, £25 for the CD player, £10 tape deck? Collect Blackheath.

Love the look of those speakers, and the whole set up actually. I don't know much about Audio lab (or anything Audio related to be honest) but they look mint too.
Here is mine, a Beogram 1203, Pioneer 550 something and some old KEF 101's on some 70's Ikea stands that I paid twice the value of the item on postage as they weigh a bloody tonne.
Shitty iPhone snaps. Sorry

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Thanks again:)

Reading further I didnt realise HD25's been around since the late 80's!!! I'll definitely go with those!

Dat flat.

Congratulations, you have reached the correct conclusion without buying all the less worthy alternatives.

Do I want these?

LOL. I was worried for a bit he would stray.

Same era but more 'high-end' (ugh) than your amp. I think they sound a bit laid back for my lazy-ish amp, but would prob work well with yours.

As above - bring it around for a sesh. We should catch up anyway.

we def try it

Do need to chat about the MG on track shiz too. Are you at Bright Times tomorrow?

I think they're great, not a modern speaker in any sense of the word though; almost tube-like sound coming through with not a lot of crispness. Obviously the whole set up contributes to the tone.

I'll play.

Me too, here's my main system, its not pretty but I like the way it sounds and I've made or tweaked everything myself to get it to do what I want. (Insert Boy Scout Tweaker Badge).

In Julie Andrews styleee, starting at the beginning ("..a very good place to start...") with Sources, I only use 2, Vinyl and Squeezebox.

Cartridge = Denon 103r MC fitted into a DIY'd mass loaded headshell as the 103r is a Low Compliance cart which needs a good mass to work against properly.

TT = Good ol SL1210, no mods except the pitchfader bypassed and disabled.

103r feeds into a pair of Cinemag SUT's...

Which are wired for switchable gain and loading scenarios...

...they feed a cloned World Designs Phono 3 which is an all-valve pre-amp with passive RIAA feedback and no global feedback...

...which in turn is fed by a fully valve regulated HT supply...

Digital source is a Logitech Squeezebox Touch that runs a 3rd party app called 'EDO', Enhanced Digital Output, which allows the Touch to run 24Bit 192Khz without down sampling to its native 24/96 limit.

Running EDO precludes running the in-built DAC so I built (into an old Hearing Loop amp case I found in a junk shop cos I thought it was funny) an external DAC fed coaxially form the Touch. Main DACchip is a AK4396, basically an eBay jobbie, this one http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-DAC-24BIT-192KHZ-CS8416-AK4396-NE5532P-BOARD-KIT-FOR-DIY-/321023942010?hash=item4abe849d7a:g:K8QAAMXQhuVRT~SM

...which now looks like this...

This 2 sources feed a simple switcher which routes to either a Valve power amp or a valve headphone amp.

Obligatory pot-in-a-box 'big knob' (sniggers) Volume control which is a shunt wired 50K Alps pot...

...feeding a 3 stage all valve bread-boarded amp I've been tweaking/refining for a few years. In short its a DC coupled 5687 2stage voltage amp 1:1 inter-stage coupled to a cathode biased 2A3 running in SE. Output transformers are very saucy AE 2K5 silver wound seconadaries with Amorphous cores. I sold lots of stuff years ago to be able to by this pair 2nd hand when they became available. The HT voltage to the amp is supplied via 4 seperate Voltage regulated power supplies, each output valve has its own dedicated filament supply which was made simpler by a very clever designer chum to keep hum and noise to a minimum, a big problem with Directly heated Triode valves like 2A3 and 300B.

Amp feeds these DIY'd LS3/5a's pictured previously in this thread...

EDIT.

Forgot Headphone amp, its a repaired and lightly modded Little Dot Chinese Directly heated Pentode design that feeds a pair of Sennheiser HD650's. They feed schweet tunes into my ears which my brain converts into smiles.

The end!

When its in full swing it looks like this....

Currently listening to a 1977 recording by an OG Hipster :) Its like punk never happened round here sometmes y'know!

Like your interior design style. @chrisbmx116

Unfortunately not. You about mid week?

Seeing that^^ makes me want to ditch my current deck and dig out one of my technics 1200s out ...