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Location: Southampton
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I'm Chris.
My (latest) system
Have just moved into a new house and although the lounge is smaller than before the Shahinians with their semi Omni directionality are very forgiving.
The Dynavector amps are by far the best I've had so far and will be here to stay for a good while, I may upgrade to a HX1.2 or L300 if I can but think I'm a DV fan now.
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Location: Glasgow
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I'm Brian.
WowVery nice system Chris , and a very nice room . Must be a pleasure to spend some time in there listening to some tunes .
Regards
Brian
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Korus Computer Audio music server
JustBoom DAC . HRT Musicstreamer 2
Amplifier : Sony TA FB740R
Speakers : Tannoy 637
Interconnects : MS Audio / Klotz MC5000 .
Speaker cables : Western Electric 16AG
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Location: Torquay, Devon.
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I'm Shane.
Nice looking system, Chris.
S.
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Location: Southampton
Posts: 135
I'm Chris.
Some changes since the first post.
Now have a DV HX1.2 with Shahinian Obelisks and they sound fantastic. Have also done away with the TV and the system actually sounds better with nothing between the speakers now
Also purchased an RCM as the record collection is expanding.
Dynavector L100
Dynavector HX1.2
Croft RIAA phono stage
Roksan Xerxes 1
Roksan Tabriz Zi
Goldring 2400 MM cart
M2Tech Young DAC with linear PSU
Mac Mini running JRMC
Shahinian Obelisks
Mogami Interconnects
Mogami 2972 speaker cables
Okki Nokki RCM
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Very nice Chris.
Regards,
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Location: Staffordshire, England
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I'm Martin.
RCM is a good move. I'd like to hear those Obelisk speakers some time. Different and interesting.
Current Lash Up:
TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.
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I'm openingabottleofwine.
Lovely looking system and room!
Barry
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Location: Northamptonshire
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I'm Peter.
Obelisks can be truly stunning IME. Lovely system, Chris.
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Location: Glasgowshire
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I'm Gary.
Not saw a blue LED Young dac in the flesh before, looks great.
Very nice system Chris, bet it sounds the business.
AC POWER
Hardwired 10kVA balanced mains powering entire system
AMPS
Meridian 557 power Amp (Modded) / PS Audio BHK Preamp (Modded)
SPEAKERS
Wharfedale Evo 4.4
DAC
PS Audio Directstream (Modded)
TURNTABLE
Pro-Ject X8 balanced output via XLR / Ortofon Quintet Blue cartridge
PHONOSTAGE
Pro-Ject DS3 B balanced Input (TT and Phonostage powered by Pro-Ject Power box RS2 linear psu)
DIGITAL
OPPO 203 (Modded: Linear PSU, i2s output to Dac) - Roon Endpoint, HDMI input used for all things Streaming/ PS5 /AppleTV ... also good for movies apparently?
MUSIC PLAYBACK
Tweaked AP-Linux based Roon Server into Oppo 203 as Roon endpoint
Ipad Roon Remote.
Apple Music/ YouTube via AppleTV, fed to Dac via Oppo HDMI input/i2s output to Dac.
SPEAKER CABLES
Biwired: Duelund DCA10GA (Bass) Duelund DCA16GA (mid & treble) Duelund 12DCA used as jumpers (On "Blackcat Cable" Chris Sommivigo's advice - yup, even with biwire it sounds better - and it does)
INTERCONNECTS
All Balanced: Ghost+ recording studio XLR cables
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Location: Central Scotland
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I'm Peter.
Lovely looking system there...! How does the Roksan Xerxes sound then..? I'd love to source/find an original one myself.
Regards;
Peter
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