Lounge (AV) system

[morris_minor]

Finally got round to taking some (pretty crummy) pics of my lounge system. (Updated stereo system pics here).

This has changed its main role from "the" hifi into an AV system with Sat PVR, DVD, Xbox, Wii (currently on loan).

However, stereo hangs in there with a Sugden Headmaster pre-amp fed from a Squeezebox Transporter and a Technics SL7/Graham Slee Era Gold V combo. The SL7 sits on a custom support from SRM/Tech. H'phones are either Denon AH-D7000 or Sennheiser HD650.

There's also a Mac Mini in the rack, now largely superseded by Xbox "apps", and the Foxsat PVR gets less use as well with the TV players on the Xbox working so well. DVDs plus the occasional SACD and DVD-A go via an Oppo DV980H

Amplification is an Onkyo TX-SR607 going to a pair of AVI Neutron 5s (front), Audica Pro Microlines (rear), and a BK XLS300PR sub.


Technics SL7


SL7 and SRM/Tech support with Graham Slee Era V Gold phono amp


The stealth rack at the back of the room


Just after a visit from the dust fairy


AVI Neutron 5s, Philips TV, Xbox, gap where the Wii should be


AVI Neutron 5


Audica Pro Microline speaker


BK XLS300PR sub with teddy room tuning device

[Reid Malenfant]

@ the dust fairy

It all adds valuable extra damping If I remember right I got pulled up about that a good while ago, you might just get first prize with yours though


Nice looking little system, I'd appreciate a closer look at the kit in the rack though if at all possible

[morris_minor]

@ the dust fairy

It all adds valuable extra damping If I remember right I got pulled up about that a good while ago, you might just get first prize with yours though


Nice looking little system, I'd appreciate a closer look at the kit in the rack though if at all possible

I've sent out an SOS to the Dusting Fairy - when she's visited I'll get the camera out again . . .

[ledzep]

WOW look at that Dust that is proper, looks like my collection of Dust

[Rare Bird]

Blimey the baloon goes up if i see even a finger print on the stereo but to have dust like that i'd probably top misen

[The Grand Wazoo]

.........top misen

Bloody hell Andre, you've just made me come over all nostalgic about South Yorkshire.....I never thought I'd see that day!

[morris_minor]

@ the dust fairy

It all adds valuable extra damping If I remember right I got pulled up about that a good while ago, you might just get first prize with yours though


Nice looking little system, I'd appreciate a closer look at the kit in the rack though if at all possible

Just for you Mark


Humax Foxsat PVR; Oppo DV980H universal player


Logitech (Slim Devices) Transporter network music player


Sugden Headmaster (pre-amp and headphone amp); Mac Mini


Onkyo TX-SR607


I'm getting nostalgic for the dust now. It won't be cleaned again until a piece of kit gets changed - which, since I've spent all my money on the stereo system, will be a very long time .

[Reid Malenfant]

Yes I thought there was some nice kit there The Sugden is quality...

Not seen the earlier Oppo player previously of that fab looking Logitech transporter Very nice looking bit of equipment indeed, I wonder why I haven't seen one before?


Cheers for the pics, much appreciated

[morris_minor]

Yes I thought there was some nice kit there

. . .under the dust

Yes, the Sugden is a thing of brutalistic beauty. It's case is really over the top - a tank could roll over it and I'm sure it'd still work. It was just what I was after for a minimalist headphone system for the vinyl and FLACs, with the tape-out going on to the Onkyo.

The Transporter was always a bit of an anachronism in the Squeezebox lineup. Where everything else was priced at computer-peripheral prices, the TP was up there with the "audiophile" kit it was competing with. It benefitted from a better DAC and much better (on board) power supply. It also has digital inputs for other devices - long before they were fashionable. When Logitech bought out Slim Devices, the TP was never branded as a "Logitech" item and not really promoted. A slightly "cut down" one was made briefly - losing the "clever knob" - a feedback device that would stop at the end of, say, a scroll through album lists however long or short. TBH I've never used mine, though I do feel happy that I have a clever knob

US company ModWright have made a niche market in modifying them with glowing bottles.

When the TP was first made it was the only SB device to play 96kHz files. These days the server software allows all devices to play these files, and the Touch plays them natively. Even when you add a decent PS and DAC to the Touch you'd still have change from a Transporter, so I guess its no surprise its days were numbered. The twin displays - totally customisable - are still a nice touch (sic.) though . . .