System Configuration
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Topic: System Configuration
Posted By: Boxhead
Subject: System Configuration
Date Posted: April 28 2010 at 11:20
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What is your system configuration ie; Blu-Ray, vinyl, CD, amplifier, speakers and if you must interconnects, cables and tweaks.
78 Klipsch La Scala's
56 Grommes tube amp
Thorens TD-145 Mk2 TT
Sony PS3
Sony SCD-1
Revox R-R
Sony 40" LCD
Onkyo TX-DS 797 THX reciever
Ortofon MC-20 cartridge
DIY subwoofer
Klipsch Heresy surround and center ------------- Klipsch, so much it Hz |
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Posted By: Mr ProgFreak
Date Posted: April 28 2010 at 13:10
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Samsung 40" LCD Computer with optical drive (CD/DVD/DVD-A/blu-ray) Logitech X-530 speakers with cheap analog cables That's it. I also have a big stereo, but I don't use it anymore these days. ------------- https://tagyourmusic.org/users/Mike" rel="nofollow - https://tagyourmusic.org/users/Mike |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: April 28 2010 at 13:31
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: April 28 2010 at 13:32
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 My real system as follows:
Onkyo TX85...something Receiver
Technics SL1200MK Turntable/Audio Technica needle
Sony CDP302 CD player (old but one of the best ever made)
Akai GXF-31 Cassette Deck
Bose Acoustimass 5 Series III speakers
Pioneer RT909 Reel-Reel (My father's...and yes it works and I use it still...great sound)
ADC Graphic EQ Sound Shaper III something...
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Posted By: Mr ProgFreak
Date Posted: April 28 2010 at 15:56
wow, this is like David vs. Goliath. Well, I also have a turntable, so I'm about half way there. 
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: April 28 2010 at 16:11
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Philips C399 stereo set Goldring GR something turntable NAD PP-2 phono preamp AKG K 518 DJ headphones That's about it, I guess. I'm thinking about getting a NAD amp and CD player the next time I win a huge lot of money at the horse races though. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: April 28 2010 at 19:22
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^ I use a NAD 3020A amp for everyday use - it's left powered up 24/7 and has been for the past 26 years - still going strong. The NAD CD player I had didn't last quite so well, just out of warranty when it failed as I recall.
I bought one of these cheap but kitsch 10W Chinese valve amps off Ebay for use in my sun-lounge, it has surprisingly good sound for the money, not stunningly powerful, but adequate when pumped into a pair of Mission 700 bookshelf speakers. Unfortunately no phono-stage, but a battery powered QED phono-amp sorted out that limitation.
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 ...yeah the Blue LEDs under the pentodes is a bit tacky, but that's easily fixed.
I've an Audio Inovations Alto amp and a Cambridge Audio amp too - bought for various reasons and now no longer in use.
Three turntables - a Thorens TD 140 with a TP13 tone arm, a QED RS232E with standard tone arm (kinda cute because it has a ground-glass platter, but it sounds a little flat compared to the Thorens) and a Connoisseur BD1 with another Thorens TP13 tone-arm (great mid-range but not much else - it only has a 10" platter so that's to be expected).
My CD player is actually a £20 DVD player from the local Supermarket - I wear out CD players in a year, whether they are £20 cheapies or £500 mid-range (Micromega Stage 2 - great sound, dreadful reliability), so I don't buy quality any more. (in terms of electronics there's not much difference between a £20 CD player and a £200 one - they all use similar codecs and line amp ICs - any difference in sound is marginal and only of interest to bats and dogs).
And I buy interconnects that are expensive enough to be mechanically reliable - I don't buy them for the "sound" improvement, because there isn't any.
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: April 28 2010 at 20:19
Well I do hope you're living in a house and not an apartment or a condo...  ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Catcher10 wrote:Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: April 29 2010 at 10:44
^ ........ umm hello, that system is in my bedroom...You should see the system in the family room!!
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: April 29 2010 at 15:12
OK we can officially count you as whacked, which isn't such a bad thing if you are a drummer and actually nutso... ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: April 29 2010 at 16:09
I did play the drums and clarinet in elementary school band.....But now I just pound pots and pans in the kitchen.....
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