Pics of my system

Nice.  How is it going with the new Focal speakers?

So....you obviously have plenty of money to spend on good gear.

Snow Dog wrote: So....you obviously have plenty of money to spend on good gear. Don't really know what to think or say.

Not so much money and i'm completely broke.
But for example i don't drive and so i don't have a car.

From High to bottom:

-N/A Converter Goldmund Mimesis 14
-Transport Sonic Frontier SF-T1
-Preamplifier Rotel Michi + Headphones amp Sugden Le bijou
-Power amplifier Jolida 302 pseudo triode

Speakers Mission M32i

Subwoofer magnat Omega 380 (38cm diameter speaker)

    You can see well the subwoofer on the right with its 75kg of weight on it:




Edited by oliverstoned - March 05 2007 at 11:55

Good play on word

Yes, the more weight you put on the subwoofer, the tighter the low. He's on a 1KW filter and alone on a dedicated line
in 4mm2.

And yes, the neighbourhood may suffer!!




Edited by oliverstoned - March 05 2007 at 14:15

-CD setup: Drive "Sonic Frontiers SFT-1" + converter "Goldmund Mimesis 14" + digital cable "Nordost Silver Shadow".

"-Tape decks :Nakamichi 1000 and a vintage Pioneer CTF1000

- Rotel Michi passive preamplifier.

-Jolida 302 tube power amp upgraded with WBT top line speaker plugs and Nextgen topline RCA plugs.

-Subwoofer Magnat Omega 380, featuring a 200W amp and a 38 cm diameter speaker (it makes extreme low).

-Speakers Mission M32i (to upgrade) screw on Atacama Nexus 7 filled with sands + Lowan counter cones.

-Cables : old « Esoteric audio » cables, Tech3i in modulation (600€/meter with topline WBT plugs) + homemade high end silver cable, « Esoteric audio Accu path » biwire speakers cables, with two cables in the low. So, 3 cables per speaker actually + WBT midline plugs.


-Headphones amp Sugden Le bijou pure class A and headphones Senheiser HD600 and HD650 upgraded with cable Stefanaudio Equinox.


-Power: 3 separate electric lines direct from the home counter, 2 lines in 2.5 mm2 and one in 4mm2 for amp+sub.
Several power filters, four for CD (two for each drive/converter), one for subwoofer and one for amp.
-Power cables "Essential audio tools", "Eupen IMU13" + "Supra Lorad" power cables (on some filters), to upgrade


-Canceling vibrations accesories:

- Steel furniture with glass plates (not a hifi furniture actually, but it works !!) with feet filled with sand and Golden sound cones/DH Squares under each foot.

-Steel triangle with points + Lowan counter cones under the Jolida amp.

-Under each device, a combination of :
Golden sound Jumbo + DH Squares + Sicomin plate (carbon/kevlar plate) + Fadel Amethyst (teflon/steel balls system)just under the device. I use this combination of 3 cancelling devices under: preamp, drive and converter.

20 kg blocks of granit on each speaker,
On the subwoofer : 2 granit blocks + a huge pot of earth on my sub: 75 kg total.
Bitume plates glued inside preamp, drive and converter.






Edited by oliverstoned - March 09 2007 at 13:26

I don't own any turntable yet, indeed.
Your second question is hard to answer. Both vinyl and tape are analog. A big tapedeck like a Nakamichi 1000 zxl is an excellent source, and there are many fantastic turntables as well.



Edited by oliverstoned - March 12 2007 at 03:49

Well, a well-working sub with a 38cm diameter woofer makes extreme low frequencies, which mean an intense physical experience, indeed.