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    Join Date: May 2015

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    Default Here's my cobbled together mess







    Mac mini > Jriver 19 > ODAC > QED Silver Anniversary IC > Project Ember MkII > Linn Black > Marantz PM6004 > Mogami 3103 > Dali Zensor 1

    Mac mini > JRiver 19 > QED Silver Anniverary IC > Project Ember MkII > Forza Audio Works Colour cable > Sennheiser HD 650

    Sansa Clip+ (r/b) > Sennheiser PX 100-II (w/HD 414 pads)

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    Join Date: Feb 2012

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    Looks lovely to me!

    They Zensor 1's? Was tempted with them myself but went a different route...

    What's the rest of the system?
    My Office : M2 Mac Mini Pro > Focusrite Scarlett Solo USB interface > JBL 308P MkII active studio monitors on Atacama SL600 stands via Van Damme TRS to XLR balanced cables
    The spare room : Music via Apple Music > ATV3 > optical into a Fiio D3 DAC > Arcam Alpha 10 integrated > B&W 602 S3s or AE109 speakers - Van Damme cables

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    Hi Dan,

    Yes, got the speakers in one. They were originally bought to be put on stands but my third mid-life crisis made me buy a Novation Impulse 49 MIDI controller so they're now used as monitors. I can't play a note by the way. I just wanted to finally confirm it, lol.

    The rest of the gear is a Marantz PM6004 stereo integrated amp fed via my Project Ember Mk2 from an ODAC hooked up to my Mac. Cables are variously Linn, Furukawa & Mogami.

    Any critical listening I do is via my Sennheiser HD 650's & the Project Ember, valve used is music dependent.

    The Zensor 1's are actually excellent loudspeakers but really need a bit more room to breathe. Unfortunately my wife isn't an aficionado of hi-fi so everything's in this wee room. At least we don't fall out any more.
    Mac mini > Jriver 19 > ODAC > QED Silver Anniversary IC > Project Ember MkII > Linn Black > Marantz PM6004 > Mogami 3103 > Dali Zensor 1

    Mac mini > JRiver 19 > QED Silver Anniverary IC > Project Ember MkII > Forza Audio Works Colour cable > Sennheiser HD 650

    Sansa Clip+ (r/b) > Sennheiser PX 100-II (w/HD 414 pads)

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    Tidy set-up, I'm especially liking the refreshments.

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    Hi

    is that a keyboard or a synth ?

    System looks good
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    I've a similar system as you'll see in my sig, my pictures further down this thread etc...

    I've found the Roxdon isolation blocks to be superb and highly recommend them to anyone with a similar system, £22 off eBay IIRC
    My Office : M2 Mac Mini Pro > Focusrite Scarlett Solo USB interface > JBL 308P MkII active studio monitors on Atacama SL600 stands via Van Damme TRS to XLR balanced cables
    The spare room : Music via Apple Music > ATV3 > optical into a Fiio D3 DAC > Arcam Alpha 10 integrated > B&W 602 S3s or AE109 speakers - Van Damme cables

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    Good music and pints of wine. What more could a man want
    Buy Bose...And get your parking validated!.

    https://youtu.be/ZCBe7-6rw4M

    No Highs...No Lows....It Must Be Bose!

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    Quote Originally Posted by agk View Post
    Tidy set-up, I'm especially liking the refreshments.
    Aye, I'm more of a beer man myself but i ran out of that & the nearest shop is eight miles away so wine it is. Not too bad though.

    Quote Originally Posted by Audio Al View Post
    Hi

    is that a keyboard or a synth ?

    System looks good
    It's a MIDI controller, hooked up to Logic 10. I bought it just before Christmas and was getting along fine but then my Dad took seriously ill on holiday in the Philippines & it went on the back burner. We got him home a fortnight ago but he died here in Scotland. It's now time to get back to it.

    Quote Originally Posted by hifilover View Post
    I've a similar system as you'll see in my sig, my pictures further down this thread etc...

    I've found the Roxdon isolation blocks to be superb and highly recommend them to anyone with a similar system, £22 off eBay IIRC
    I don't really have isolation problems ,rather there's no space behind the speakers. They're rear ported you see. Not ideal but what can you do?

    Quote Originally Posted by Puffin View Post
    Good music and pints of wine. What more could a man want
    Indeed, life has been worse.
    Mac mini > Jriver 19 > ODAC > QED Silver Anniversary IC > Project Ember MkII > Linn Black > Marantz PM6004 > Mogami 3103 > Dali Zensor 1

    Mac mini > JRiver 19 > QED Silver Anniverary IC > Project Ember MkII > Forza Audio Works Colour cable > Sennheiser HD 650

    Sansa Clip+ (r/b) > Sennheiser PX 100-II (w/HD 414 pads)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Puffin View Post
    Good music and pints of wine. What more could a man want
    You have a bitburger (is that what AT called it?) in your sig, well done. I remember trying to sell them in my other life with Hi-Fi Corner. Pointless.
    Mac mini > Jriver 19 > ODAC > QED Silver Anniversary IC > Project Ember MkII > Linn Black > Marantz PM6004 > Mogami 3103 > Dali Zensor 1

    Mac mini > JRiver 19 > QED Silver Anniverary IC > Project Ember MkII > Forza Audio Works Colour cable > Sennheiser HD 650

    Sansa Clip+ (r/b) > Sennheiser PX 100-II (w/HD 414 pads)

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