Chuck Nessa Posted April 30, 2006 Report Posted April 30, 2006 I've recently added the quarter on the tonearm option. A 50 cent piece will give you much better sound, cheap-skate! Can't afford that one. osmium needles will save you money for gasoline Gotta sack full of 'em. Thanks anyway. Quote
Swinger Posted April 30, 2006 Report Posted April 30, 2006 I recently sold my Dynaudio 42 speakers because I auditioned Dynaudio 1.3SE speakers that were for sale. My 1.3SE speakers are connected to Cambridge 640 A amp and C cd-player.The combination is very good.Very neutral sound: I can play anything for whole day without any listening fatigue.Great combination for listening to jazz. Quote
etherbored Posted May 2, 2006 Report Posted May 2, 2006 i replaced my NAD C542 about 3 weeks ago with a cambridge audio azur 640C. what an incredible difference... i wonder how good their amps are, -e- Quote
Swinger Posted May 2, 2006 Report Posted May 2, 2006 (edited) etherbored: Cambridge 640A is a decent AMP.There maybe better around for that price range but I've been really happy with this combination.The amp itself is very neutral sounding and very good for instrumental music in my opinion.It doesn't "color" the sound at all. 640c cdplayer is superb! If I ever decide to upgrade my equipment it's the amp I'm going to change,not the cdplayer. Edited May 2, 2006 by Swinger Quote
charlieboy Posted June 1, 2006 Report Posted June 1, 2006 (edited) Well after a recent unforeseen seperation after 15 years here's what's left. The TT on the left is my dedicated 78 spinner a Rek-O-Kut 743 with a Ge arm and Ge cart, along with the homebrew amp and phono stage on the 3rd shelve down on the right. It feeds the single Klipsch Heresy in the center. The rest is my stereo gear wich is the MMF-5 going to the plinius Jarrah to the Bottlehead pre to the 6l6 amps to the Klipsch Chorus speakers. It's not what I had before but its a good 70% of what I had in sound quality for a lot less money. Edited June 1, 2006 by charlieboy Quote
Swinger Posted June 1, 2006 Report Posted June 1, 2006 Well after a recent unforeseen seperation after 15 years here's what's left. The TT on the left is my dedicated 78 spinner a Rek-O-Kut 743 with a Ge arm and Ge cart, along with the homebrew amp and phono stage on the 3rd shelve down on the right. It feeds the single Klipsch Heresy in the center. The rest is my stereo gear wich is the MMF-5 going to the plinius Jarrah to the Bottlehead pre to the 6l6 amps to the Klipsch Chorus speakers. It's not what I had before but its a good 70% of what I had in sound quality for a lot less money. Nice equipment! How many vinyls do you have? Looks like somewhere around 2500-3000... Quote
jazzbo Posted June 1, 2006 Report Posted June 1, 2006 I bet you feel like singing that pop song "Don't You Wish Your Listening Room were Great Like Mine!" Quote
Jim Alfredson Posted June 1, 2006 Report Posted June 1, 2006 Anybody here have any speakers by Paradigm? What do you think? Quote
spinlps Posted June 3, 2006 Report Posted June 3, 2006 Have you looked at the Bonde line? Similar cube design but more modular. Available in two heights and two widths. Cubes are perfect for LP's and Ikea also sells drawers which fit into one cube and hole upwards of 100 single discs. Cheaper than custom and you can take it with you if / when you move. Yes they are Ikea Expedit shelves. Hard to beat for the price. I almost moved in that direction, but the dimensions of my listening room wouldn't permit the Expedit units, therefore I'm having a custom build storage 15 feet long and 7 feet high made by a professional cabinet maker. That should be enough for my records I hope. Quote
DrJ Posted June 4, 2006 Report Posted June 4, 2006 (edited) So an update on my gear...fascinating to look back on this thread and realize how many changes it's gone through in the past year or so. I'm getting darn close though to being finished futzing, it is sounding great and much less expensive than my original "high end" system. Lesson learned. Vintage tubes rock! McIntosh MC30 monoblocks (all the old out of spec caps now replaced) Marantz 7 preamp (all the old out of spec caps now replaced) Harman Kardon A500 integrated tube amp circa 1960 (backup amp) Nottingham Spacedeck and Spacearm, Shure V15VxMR cart Whest PS .20 phono stage (most recent acquisition...unbelievable solid state phono stage) Bozak Urban 302A speakers - now heavily modded (changed the crossover caps and adjusted the crossover points, replaced the paper tweets and mids with the slightly later aluminum models, moved the tweeters up to the top of the cabinets) Sony SCD-777ES SACD/CD player - smokes my old over-priced tube DAC to be honest HHB BurnIT Professional CD burner Regular old 16 gauge lamp cord for speaker wire Cheap Radio Shack type RCA interconnects No surge protector or power conditioner...just a Wiremold 9 outlet power strip straight into the wall Still to be cleaned up and plugged in: Fisher 101-R tube tuner (circa 1960) Thorens TD-124 turntable with Empire tonearm and vintage Stanton 681 EEE cart Edited June 4, 2006 by DrJ Quote
Quincy Posted June 4, 2006 Report Posted June 4, 2006 Anybody here have any speakers by Paradigm? What do you think? Feel like I'm slumming 'round these hi-fi setups, but I'll fess up to owning a pair of their Monitor 5s. I like 'em, very nice price/peformance level for the "mid-fi" guy (especially as I got the ones on the floor.) I bought mine about 5 years ago. They're not for "bassheads," though bass performance has been beefed up in the more current models. While I own the more typical sized floor speakers Paradigm might be better known for their small speakers. If these guys advertised like Bose you'd have to pay about 20% more. Quote
cool_blue Posted July 2, 2006 Report Posted July 2, 2006 (edited) Spent 10 years wasting money on hi-fi then heard someone's vintage McIntosh rig and knew my calling: Mc MC60's Mc C22 Conrad Johnson PV11 Mc 7005 cd Klipsch Cornerhorns VPI HW19III, Eminent Tech ET-2, Grado Reference Grado RS-2, RA-1 Edited July 3, 2006 by cool_blue Quote
etherbored Posted July 18, 2006 Report Posted July 18, 2006 i have a vintage marantz 2270 that's as clean as the day it was boxed running in my living room. what a tasty treat... -e- Quote
Z-Man Posted July 22, 2006 Report Posted July 22, 2006 In my experience, vintage gear represents the best value in audio available. Keep your eyes open, and you'll find treasures of far higher quality and far fewer $$$ than you will spend at any "audiophile" shop. My current setup: McIntosh MC75's (w/GE 6550A's) Marantz Model 7 (W/Telefunken 12AX7's) Rega P3 w/RB300 & Dynavector cart Sony DVP-NS500 for SACD/CD Mirage OM9 Quote
jeffsjazz Posted July 23, 2006 Report Posted July 23, 2006 NOTHIN' FANCY.... But for my 10 sq. ft. home office.I dig the sound of my little system recently put together with used gear. NAD 320 bee amp NAD C521 bee cd player KEF K120 speakers Chorus silver speaker wire Van den Huul "The Source" interconnect Sensheiser HD 320 phones It's about enjoying the music,not the sound !! Quote
jazz1 Posted August 1, 2006 Report Posted August 1, 2006 (edited) The simpler the better. Integrated hybrid Pathos Logos amplifier. 110 W/CH Air 2 2 ways loudspeakers using Iquphone drive units Primare CD31 cd player just been upgraded to the Pathos Endorpin cd player WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWW XLO reference speaker cables Wire world 20" long interconnects Audioquest power cord. A fantastic listening room 15' X 26' X 9' The above = Audio heaven. Edited November 12, 2006 by jazz1 Quote
jcmusic Posted August 4, 2006 Report Posted August 4, 2006 This my main setup, I have a couple more. KLIPSCH K-HORNS 1977 REVOX B77 MKII TAPE RECORDER SONY CD RCD W-500C MARANTZ 2100 TUNER DECWARE Z-BOX ROGUE AUDIO 99 MAGNUM PRE SOPHIA ELECTRIC 300B MKII AMP AUDIOQUEST COPPERHEAD IC'S AUDIOQUEST NRG-2 POWER CABLES ANTHEM PRE-1 PHONO AMP LUXMAN PD 264/ GRADO CARTRIDGE Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted August 4, 2006 Report Posted August 4, 2006 Some posters here must have really small ............... Quote
Dmitry Posted August 4, 2006 Report Posted August 4, 2006 My set-up- speakers [2] amp [1] turntable [1] cd player [1] some wires and things Quote
jazzbo Posted August 5, 2006 Report Posted August 5, 2006 This my main setup, I have a couple more. KLIPSCH K-HORNS 1977 REVOX B77 MKII TAPE RECORDER SONY CD RCD W-500C MARANTZ 2100 TUNER DECWARE Z-BOX ROGUE AUDIO 99 MAGNUM PRE SOPHIA ELECTRIC 300B MKII AMP AUDIOQUEST COPPERHEAD IC'S AUDIOQUEST NRG-2 POWER CABLES ANTHEM PRE-1 PHONO AMP LUXMAN PD 264/ GRADO CARTRIDGE That Decware ZBox helps, doesn't it? Nice little "cd improver." Quote
riverrat Posted August 7, 2006 Report Posted August 7, 2006 Some posters here must have really small ............... Maybe it is time to let folks know about this helpful tool for describing ultra high end audio systems: HIGH END BULLSHIT GENERATOR FOR AUDIO MAGAZINE WRITERS Quote
sidewinder Posted August 7, 2006 Report Posted August 7, 2006 Funnily enough I re-levelled my deck yesterday and got this one: "extend transparent dynamic envelope" Quote
wolff Posted August 10, 2006 Report Posted August 10, 2006 Funnily enough I re-levelled my deck yesterday and got this one: "extend transparent dynamic envelope" So, you levelled it, but did you get the bounce right? I think some posters would accuse you of over compensating, if they knew how much your Linn and Naim gear set you back......... I think a small(mid-western) label could re-issue a decent title on CD, for the price of your gear....actually, I don't "THINK"... Hell, sell them collectable E-Bay buys, and we'd get another box set from the mid-west...LMAO Quote
flat5 Posted August 15, 2006 Report Posted August 15, 2006 (edited) Was interested to find out more about the McIntosh mc-75. http://www.audioclassics.com/detail.php3?detail=MC75 My systen was bought from Stan Freeberg. It was the one described by "Herman Horne on Hi Fi" on Stan's radio show - 1957. Dr. Strudel Meyer keeps it in good shape :-) Edited August 15, 2006 by flat5 Quote
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