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    Posted: February 17 2007 at 03:51


While waiting for pics of my own system, here are two pics from my master one.


1) The first displays a Mark Levinson digital setup on a Relaxa plate, itself on a "Grand prix audio" furniture.
Up theres the transport and below the converter.

The transport costs 15 000€, the converter 30 000€, one furniture is 7500€, the Relaxa plate is 1200€ and i dont talk about the cable price, you would not believe me.

Besides, there's a Forsell turntable.

2) The second pic shows his Nakamichi 1000zxl Gold deck, very rare and expensive, the best tapedeck ever (7500 €).













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So over the top. Someday I'd like to hear some system like that. I could have 4 or 5 great systems (for my ears) for the price of that stand :) I'd  be able to put one in the bathroom even.

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I can offer to listen to my own, if ever you're in the corner. It's not ultra high end, but high end.

My own system costs less than 2 Grand prix audio furnitures!

Have a look at Grand prix audio furniture design:


http://www.grandprixaudio.com/idx_design_rea.php
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Now the speaker's pic: "Genesis" (brand now dead, created by one of the Infinity designers). Over the top as well, featuring ribbon tweeters. On the top shelf in the foreground, you can see a Marantz 10b tuner, the best one ever from 1968, very fragile tube tuner, but the most musical ever!





Marantz 10B






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No criticism or starting the usual argument intended ... but isn't the couch/sofa affecting the sound? Or do you move it away when listening?
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Well, this is what i'm thinking too. But my friend has to cope with the room dimensions as well. On another hand, the extreme low is propaging following an omnidirectional way, so it's not too bad. But that'd be probably better without the sofa indeed.
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I doubt Id ever get close enough to your corner but I would certainly take ya up on the listening offer. Thanks Oliverstoned.  I saw a Tube amp today for sale. 150 bucks and two tubes were missing and I was told the multiplexor was non functioning. By the way,  That speaker is big enough to BE a sofa.

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I admit I was tempted to post a picture of my Logitech active speaker set (€79) ... but I'll give it a miss this time.Wink
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Those speakers certainly look impressive.  What do his neighbours think of the system?Wacko
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Curiously, it seems that there are no conflicts, whereas this system is located in a flat.

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You are completely nuts Oliver O_O
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How I envy you Oliver!AngryWink
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some lo-fi .....LOL
 
 
 
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Originally posted by Flyingsod Flyingsod wrote:

I doubt Id ever get close enough to your corner but I would certainly take ya up on the listening offer. Thanks Oliverstoned. I saw a Tube amp today for sale. 150 bucks and two tubes were missing and I was told the multiplexor was non functioning. By the way, That speaker is big enough to BE a sofa.



As you're located in USA, i warmly recomned "Jolida"(302), a fantastic amp for the price, quite as good as a Conrad Johnson, for a fraction of the price....i think it must be around 600/700 dollars on second hand over there.

What they say here is true
http://www.soundstage.com/revequip/jolida_jd302b.htm
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My "high-fi" system:

Etymotic 6i In-Ear Headphones (which are actually top-of-the-line), which I got less for the audiophile sound quality and more for the noise blocking and precision, allowing me to TURN IT DOWN and try to prevent some of that ear damage!



$80 or so from Amazon, I got a great deal.

My hi-fi speaker set:



Logitech X-230 speakers, hooked up to my computer.  about $30 on Amazon.




BTW, Oliver, I just converted 7500 Euros to $, and you must be INSANE to spend that much on a table to hold up your turntable!

EDIT: and you have TWO of them?!?!?!



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First, all that are not pics of my system, but a friend's one, which is around 700 000€ for the whole. The Grand prix audio are american furnitures, and my friend have 5 of them!! (7500€ X 5 + huge custom taxes (7500€)and 1 year of waiting!)Under each device he uses the Relaxa magnetic levitation plates, around 1200/1500€ each, plus other cancelling devices between the device and the Relaxa (about 450€ per set). He uses 1000€ Richard Grey power Filters (he has a lot, a good dozen) + others filters ("Transparent Power Isolator"). The power cables are 2500€ each, the speaker's cables are 60 000€, the modulation ones are 4500€ each, the digital cable is 4500€, etc...

All that in bi amplification with two monster Goldmund monoblocks in the low and various tube amps in the highs (2 monoblocks of Conrad Johson or Tenor audio or Graaf
10 000 the pair), the best preamp in the world (Mark levinson 32 reference, 15 000€). He owns the best Stax headphones setup as well (Stax, 7000€) but never uses it. And i forget many things.



To sum up, he's not a little player and no need to precise that it's the best sound in the world, and that no studio can compete with that, not only because of the excellence of the components itselves, but also thanks to the excellence of the optimzation (best cables, best cancelling devices, best power filtering).






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Originally posted by rileydog22 rileydog22 wrote:



My "high-fi" system:Etymotic 6i In-Ear Headphones (which are actually top-of-the-line), which I got less for the audiophile sound quality and more for the noise blocking and precision, allowing me to TURN IT DOWN and try to prevent some of that ear damage!$80 or so from Amazon, I got a great deal.My hi-fi speaker set:Logitech X-230 speakers, hooked up to my computer. about $30 on Amazon.BTW, Oliver, I just converted 7500 Euros to $, and you must be INSANE to spend that much on a table to hold up your turntable!EDIT: and you have TWO of them?!?!?!


BTW, your Etymotic are great. I've got the Er 4P, and the HD600 and 650, drived by A Sugden Class A amp. And i'm waiting for a "Stefanaudio Equinox" headphones cable.

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here's my "new baby", a Roksan Xerxes turntable, better than a Linn Sondek/Ittok? - pretty damn cool competition! Clap
 
The little box on the left is its power supply, and speed can be changed from 33/45 by pressing a little button, no need to remove the platter! i still like playing 12" singles, and some Metallica and Oasis double albums are 45rpm. I had a Rega RB250 and Audio Technica AT44O ML fitted and set up by Richard my friendly hi fi dealer Harrow Audio   http://www.harrowaudiohifi.co.uk/about.asp   
 
 
 
I fitted an Origin Live stub and counterweight structural upgrade myself Cool, and mounted the deck on 3 wooden feet, and added a Kimber power cable, the deck is mounted on a wooden isolation platform supported by wall brackets (about £8.00 from B&Q), a temporary measure for now. .  Fabulous results, though still came to over £500 in the end.Pinch
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