What's your stereo? Whatcha got?
 

I know, I know - only an a-hole would ask something like this on a political forum....let's debate stereo equipment! :D

Vandersteen3 & JBL100t3- Adcom555x2- Marantz 2270 as a preamp in my main system

JBL L80t3- Maggotboxes 150 biampx2- M Audio Audiophile sound card in my computer system

I'm using a vintage Short-o-matic AM/FM w 8-track player, a custom directional antenna I made out of an old clothes hanger, and have it pushing a collection of old drivers I took out of junked automobiles, wired them in series, and mounted them in old shipping containers.

The big trick is how many styrofoam peanuts to add to the shipping containers to get the tone just right.

I also have the drivers out of a couple of Realistic pocket sized transistor radios. I've been thinking about mounting them in a futball helmet and making a set of cans.

Chas

Starting in my workshop;

Yamaha CR-800, Polk Monitor 10Bs, Yamaha K850 cassette, Pioneer PL44fs TT, Pioneer CDF505.

Plaroom;
Yamaha CR-3020, Yamaha NS-690s, Yamaha K-1000 cassette, Yamaha CDP-755, Yamaha PX-2 TT, Teac x-1000R RTR, Teac 1230 RTR and Pioneer RT-707 RTR.

Family room;
Yamaha CR-2020, Polk Monitor 7Bs, Sony DVD

Bedroom;
Yamaha CR-2040, Yamaha NS-670s, Pioneer PL-88fs TT, Yamaha K-1000 cassette, Onkyo 1400 CDP

Have you ever considered NS-1000's?

Chas

If a pair ever show up locally, although even Yamaha's own specs say the NS-690 goes 5Hz lower. The Polk 7Bs and a Rega Planar 2 TT followed me down here from Ottawa. I have owned both since new back in the 70s. The Rega sits beside this computer along with a K-1000 cassette (yeah I own three of them) for burning to CD. Thr Rega sports a Signet TK5e, the two Pioneer TTs have the Pioneer HOMC cartridges and the PX-2 can run Signet TK5e, AT31e LOMC or Denon DL-160 HOMC

Right now in rotation.

Marantz 2230 & Imperial 6 in the bedroom.

Marantz 2218 & Infinity Reference One Kitchen combo.

Living Room a Fisher R-200 Tuner Marantz 1070 as a pre-amp to two Carver M 200T's driving a pair of Advent NLA and Boston Acoustics A-100's also in the mix for the TV/movie sound is a Marantz SR-68 and Mission 701 and a Denon DVD 1600.
Sony CDP-90 and a Technics SL-M1A TT with a Grado Silver.

Upstairs in the cave and computer room, a Hitachi system HCA 7500 MK II, Tuner FT 5500, HMA-7500MKII, JVC QL-Y55F/Grado Red, Polk 12B's, B&W CDM1, Sony CDP 302
On the computer a Marantz 4060, Superscope T220 and T210 tuners (set to my two favorite public stations) Harmon Kardon T-40/Signet TK3Ea and Bozak LS-250 speakers.

Basement area a Project One Mark XX and XXX tuner and Int amp set up with EPI M-50 speakers and a Sony CDP

Garage a Sansui 2000 and EPI 100's

Spare bedroom a Marants SR-4120 Anthony Gallo's Nucleus speakers Model MPS 150 and a Phillips 312/Grado Blue

My youngest room Son's Nad 412 /314 & Infinities 2000.3

But have a Marantz 2325 on the bench that going somewhere soon. Also a Sansui G-8K looking for a space to sing once again.

After looking at the list I might have a problem, but don't care to think about it now......



Barney

My Bedroom: Sony Str 6800 receiver, Sound Dynamics RT3 speaker

Daughter's Bedroom: Sansui 4000 rec, Yamaha 333 speaker

Living room: Grommes 24P integrated tube interchanged with passive pre/Radio Craftsmen 500A,
Sony 755v SACD/CD player,
Sony J60 tuner
Homemade 6.5 floor standing speaker interchanged with homemade Wharfedale red alnico

Computer room: Sony 6060F rec, Sansui 2020 BC TT, home made 6.5 bookself.


In closets: Amps - Sansui AU 919, AU999,Sony 1120, Pioneer SA 9500
receivers - Sansui 8080, 7070, Sony 7065
tuners - little Sony, and myriad other digitals

Ignore, error!

Main rig:

Kenwood Basic M2a
Kenwood KA-8100 (pre only)
Kenwood KT-880D Tuner
Pioneer PL-520
Technics SL-1500
Harman Kardon HK-3500 (currently under the knife)
Onkyo DX-702 RI CD player
Teac A-4070 rtr
Magnepan MGIIIa's

All my good gear went to pay for stuff for the wife during the separation. I'm now a true AK'er and hunting thrift stores and curb sides for my gear. :)

Rob, you do realize that X-1000r is a piece of junk. Send it to me and I'll upgrade it for you, I'll have it back to you in a few years.:rolleyes:

It had just been gone over, a gift from a satisfied customer. He also brought me two RT-707s and said see if you can make one good one out of them, so I did. The Teac 1230 was given to me about 8 years ago by a co-worker, no line cord so I put in a standard ISO 3-way connector and use a spare computer line cord. Three RTRs and all free.:D

Wow, some nice stuff!

I haven't done a significant upgrade in a long time.

Rotel something or the other midgrade TT (possible SME arm) with a Pickering XV-15,

Sony ES model cd player, not bad, upgraded by Doc Audio,

Luxman C-120a pre,

Soundwave (Belles) Symphony 4 amp (200 wpc dual mono mosfet),

Magic cables that sing by themselves,

Teledyne AR-9s.

Pete

These. (Large, Trapeziod cabinets for 15" woofer and "econowave" top end, as attached in "Poll" thread.)

Still waiting on the woofers to come from PE, they're very popular and on back order. Supposed to ship on Thursday. Also still working on crossover set-up. Thought about using the econowave crossover, but I don't have the money budgeted for the Selenium drivers. I've had a pair of Altec 808-8a laying around I want to use in the meanwhile. Not sure how well they'll work with the EW x-over.

Well, I have two full systems, one modern Vandersteen/McIntosh based high end, one vintage Luxman/Revox/ADS and one based on these speakers (Traps.) and a pair of vintage Akai tube monoblocks in the making. So.........

The high end system is spectacular. The instruments just float in space out in the room. I also use it for two channel home theater. (This was put together back in my house flipping days. More prosperous times.).

The vintage Luxman system is a beautiful sounding system, but the imaging and soundstage lacks compared to the newer system. (What do you expect? It's nearly forty years old.)

And, of course the DIY tube/horn system is still under construction. So I have no idea what it sounds like yet. I also rebuilt the amps.

Dave

Here is the more detailed rundown;

Main system;

McIntosh MA6900
Magnum Dyanalab MD90
Musical Fidelity A3CD
Pro-Ject 6.1/ClearAudio Aurum Beta S Wood MKII
Vandersteen 2Ce Signature

Vintage system;

Luxman 309
Luxman T310u
Luxman PD264/Sonus Gold-Blue
Revox A77mkIV
ADS L710

Other equipment in collection;

Denon POA1500
H/K Citation Seventeen
Revox B795/Grado Gold
B&O 4002/MMC20E
Infinity RS7 with heavily upgraded custom crossovers built by-----ME!
Large, high efficiency econowave speakers under construction by-------ME!
Roberts 770/Akai M8 6bq5 based SEP monoblocks, rebuilt by------ME!

Various racks and other storage stuff built by--------ME!

Dave

I got something none of you guys have - a Merrylander refurbished Sansui G9000 DB. It's in my main rig, along with a Pioneer PL-41 turntable w/Denon DL-160, a Virtue Audio Piano M1 CD player, Infinity Primus speakers and a Dayton Titanic MkIII 10" sub.

At the workbench and exercise area - H/K 330C, Sony ES CD player, and Energy C100 speakers.

I have a couple of other smaller systems in other rooms as well. A Yamaha and a Technics receiver, some Polk, JBL and KLH bookshelf speakers, with assorted DVD players as a sources.

How do you like that Dayton Sub? Did you buy the kit or the assembled version?

Dave

Ooops! Forgot something.......Fixed.

Dave

I like it a lot. Very tuneful (it's not a one-note-wonder thumpbox). I bought it off CL already assembled for $200. The previous owner had bought it as a kit. From what I understand, it's dead simple to assemble.

Have the same sub, and you're right...even I could assemble it.

Only problem I've had was the plate amp died, not too sure it was ever 100% in the 1st place.

Replaced it with the OEM amp, thought about getting the one with the 3DB boost and I'm glad I didn't. It now fills the lower end of the Hornshoppes in nicely and isn't boomy at all.

Chas

A G9000 DB?

Do you have a fetish for big knobs???

Chas

Hmmmm.........Y'all got me thinkin'. Cuz the mains I'm building have an Fs tuned to 46hz. I will need a sub to push it down lower..........

Dave

Get a pair of Threes, they'll do 28hz! according to Richard Vandersteen. It's a awe inspiring experience putting a 30hz test tone, vertical biamped GFA555s(one for each speaker) and turning it up to about 30%, pictures jump off the wall, beer bottles start walking across the coffee table and the wife starts screaming earthquake, earthquake! In no uncertain terms, Patty(wife) told me what would happen if I pulled that stunt again. She would sell them for peanuts at the divorce liquidation audio sale....:eek:

Indeed I do. Rob worked his magic on the beast after it had gotten a bit long in the tooth. Replacing the big oval PS caps got a bit hairy, but Rob utilized the brute force approach with excellent results.:D

It's a thing of beauty IMHO (if you like big knobs;)). It's bigger and more powerful than I need, but my son wouldn't stand for my idea of selling it and replacing it with a modern integrated amp.

As far as I ever made it up the Sansui food chain was a 890 DB, unless you include my 1000A.

I've always had a fondness for Sansui...other than their speakers.

Chas

i use a pair of McIntosh 501's for the main system with B&W 803d's.

Been saving for years for the Wilson Sash Watt Puppies but with the state of healthcare in this country they got further away the last few years.

I had a G-9K for awhile, big heavy beast. Through out my back moving it around. A good friend spied it then wanted it real bad, so it moved on.

But do have a G-8K that one of my sons said had better never get sold! More power then I will ever use. One of the best tuners on the planet IMO!




Barney

What do you use for sources?

Chas

MCD301 McIntosh

all my other sources are run through my Nad c372 0r Cambridge Audio azur340a

Here are some pics, I just had my daughter take them as I just finished the room.

http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/album.php?albumid=2123

Your rating of this tuner?

Thanks!

The bedroom HT is a Marantz BPC 5:1 SR780 with a 4pack of Original Smaller Advents flyin' around the room (green and orange tweets) No need for sub with these speakers. Someday they'll get the Zilchlab EWave mods! Gotta use those badges that dumptruck conjured up!!

This is the picture that comes to mind when I read this..

Very beautiful indeed. I bet it sounds great.

OK, I'm a real piker here, but:

Living Room

Pioneer SX-950 (But I'm gonna go back to the Sansui 5000x)
Sony PS-X5/ Grado Silver
Nakamichi CR 1A
Pioneer PD F807
Acoustic Research Connoisseur 325T

Work Bench:

Pioneer SX-680
EPI M60
Whatever source I happen to be working on at the time.

ManCave

Sonance Sonamp 60/using NAD 7240PE for a pre
Acoustic Research AR-XB
Sony Jukebox DVD/CD player
Acoustic Research AR-93
Denon Cassette.

HT -

Some BPC Pioneer receiver
Pioneer Elite DVD player
Infinity Reference Four front
Baby Advent rear

Bedroom

Sansui R-7
Boston Acoustics A40
Zenith portable DVD

This setup is kind of fun, really. The speakers are up at the head, on each side of the bed, facing the bed. I'll put on a CD when I go to bed, and get my head right in between the speaks. It makes for an interesting soundstage.

The Garage system is usually a mish-mash of whatever I am working on at the time as far as speakers, and whatever I have to spare as amplification. I have way to many mid-fi speakers out there. I re-capped the EPI M100, and I love the sound, but I have to find a place for them. I also have some ADC 300b, and some real off the wall Aztek speakers, some store-brand speakers with Utah drivers, horns and nice wood cabs, Fairfax 300x cabs that I put Dynaco drivers in and several others. Just kinda got carried away, and haven't moved them all out yet.

Regards,

D-Ray

Just got a new piece of equipment tonight. An amazing deal on a JVC rx1010 receiver. Compared to the stuff I had pre-separation it ain't much, but I am thrilled to have it.

Tunes again! Things are sounding better and better, I'm sure..

Very nice Nooner.

Good to know!

It must have been a real pain to get rid of your stuff. I empathise. It took me a long time to get over selling my Sony tube RTR and McIntosh Mc240 amp.

What a delightful room.

But it's too sterile. What you need is another wife to pile every level surface full of worthless nic nacs. And a half filled slurpee cup stuck to the top of one of those Macs would for sure give it that "homey" look.

Chas