New Car Day this Saturday
After some unforseen setbacks, finally collecting my new (preloved) car this Saturday.
Alfa Romeo Brera S 2.2 Prodrive Edition.
Fancied one of these for a very very long time, primarily been Ford Focuses I've driven and wanted something a bit...different.
Immaculate inside and out, two owners, last one an Alfa enthusiast had it for last six years.
Traded it in for an brand new Audi A5 at the Dealers.
Long trip on the Train down to Maidstone Kent to collect it...ouch, but given the spec, price, full Alfa service history, long MOT (pretty much the best example I've seen on sale for non stupid money) absolutely more than worth it.
Relaxing train ride down Friday...watch a few films on the IPad, bite to eat stay over, drive her back up to Jockland on Saturday.
Good times.
Last edited by Gazjam; 01-04-2017 at 06:54.
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