Location: Bristol, UK
Posts: 278
I'm Stephen.
Curious to hear these Steve, so any invite would be most welcome
Kedar will be well chuffed you listened to him. Will let him know.
Location: Bristol, UK
Posts: 278
I'm Stephen.
I know that the audio is the first thing to consider with hifi but I love it when aesthetics are part of the design concept. Your speakers look fantastic, I'm rather envious
Turntable
Toshiba SR-370/Mission 774/Van Damme cable with MS Starline plugs/Ortofon Quintet Black
CD
Cambridge CXC transport/modified Musical Fidelity X-DAC/modified Musical Fidelity X-10 V3 tube buffer
Network Player
Cambridge NP30
Amplifier
Denon HA-500 head amp/Nakamichi CA-5E pre-amp/Chinese passive RVC/Proton AA-1150 DMC power amp
Speakers
Mordaunt Short Signifer on original factory stands
Cables
Mogami with Rean Neutrik plugs/NVA LS5
Headphones
Sennheiser HD600/Sennheiser HD650/Koss Pro4 AA
Agreed, those speakers look super cool!
Location: Bristol, UK
Posts: 278
I'm Stephen.
Some new pieces incoming;-
[IMG]3C92784A-CB35-40C1-8E03-0E3BDB90EF63 by Steve Paines, on Flickr[/IMG]
[IMG]FCA1818B-9693-47DD-BCF9-F700D8CF2D11 by Steve Paines, on Flickr[/IMG]
[IMG]9C7D6650-6811-40E6-A7BF-4C3311BD752D by Steve Paines, on Flickr[/IMG]
The Funk Firm were demonstrating how good the PlayStation 1 can sound. It has to be serial SCH-1002 for the better DAC excellent value for £13.
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My PS1, much modded! Can't say exactly how-the details are all in german, but you can get the idea of just HOW much! Even the paint job is great.
Chris.
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