Own up time

[Tarzan]

Alright, which AOSers store unused kit and (punctured) blow-up dolls in their lofts?

[The Barbarian]

I was the worse for this but not any longer. Even found stuff i can't remember buying :D We aint got a loft tho..

[RichB]

Nope, but we do have a box room which used to be a bathroom and has several hifi amps, a pair of mission speakers a PA system, a mixing desk, 5 guitars and my vinyl collection in it.... I couldn't be arsed lifting that lot up and down a ladder to the loft. The loft is where the cardboard boxes live.

RB

[Anthony K]

Only have a NAD 5440 cd player sat up there

[Lodgesound]

I did in the past but dumped/gave away most of it (mostly dumped admittedly).

Absolutely no point in storing machines that you do not use anymore...

[Clive197]

Just put a pair of Cyrus Mono X's up in the loft. Haven't decided yet to sell them or not.

Now decided and sold

[The Barbarian]

I did in the past but dumped/gave away most of it (mostly dumped admittedly).

Absolutely no point in storing machines that you do not use anymore...

Yep get em all flogged.. I was gonna keep my remaining Quad series 3 set for old time sake. However someone bought the '33'/''FM-3' from me today for £70.. They will use them i never will now...

[Roy S]

Just LP12, GL78 & Akai AP003 turntables in the boy's room (destined for loft) & only one set of speakers not being used (JBL Control ones) which I intend to sell but lack of inertia keeps getting in the way.

[Rick E]

When I started out in this crazy hobby, still at home, the only space to get a system going was in my mums loft. I boarded it out, moved the hatch from the bedroom to inside a store cupboard, and access was ladders only in a house with 11ft high ceilings.
I had IMF TLS80's, driven by a pair of Sugden P51 amps, a Sondex pre, and AR legend, along with circa 7000 lp's. All in the loft of a 2 up/2 down terrace. Happy days!
I'm no stranger to lofts lol.
The only kit I have in my loft right now is a pair of foundation stands and a few bits of very old Meridian component stuff that has stayed up there, untested, for about 15 years. The eves are stuffed with boxes.
The 3rd bedroom is the store room, that thankfully is getting emptier as I thin the herd.

[struth]

Not got so much spare stuff left, that I dont need, but a few things to go yet....seem to be collecting Cartridges though, even though I sold a few lately they seem to breed...at least they dont take up too much room

[Floyddroid]

Guilty. I have a shit load of gear up there, far too many tt's and amps. Just sold the last of my valve amps so me only valve gear now are my phono stages.

[Yomanze]

Not guilty, I have been selling my excess gear over the past few months. DACs, amps, speakers, cable etc.

[AlexM]

Hmm...

A pair of Epos ES-14s, a 'spare' SL-1210, Musical fidelity A100, Rogue Audio Stereo 90 KT-88 power amp (!!), Denon TU-260L FM/AM tuner, a Denon MD-31 mini system, a pair of Mordant-Short Avant 902is and a shedload of valves.

[dantheman91]

Not a loft but in my room i have -

Amplifier Current List:
Yamaha CR 820
Yamaha AX 330E
Nad 3155
Nad 3020E
Musical Fidelity E100
Denon PMA 350SE With Phono Stage
Technics SU V500MK2 Intergrated
Nytech CTA 252 XD II MK1 Tuner Amplifier
Nytech CTA 252 XD II MK2 Tuner Amplifier
Leak Stereo 30+
Quad 33 & 303 Pre And Power Amplifiers
Pioneer SX 300
Cambridge Audio A5 Intergrated
Yamaha DSP A590

Speakers:
Audio Note ANJ/D Speakers
Rogers LS7
Mission 770S
Castle Durham
IAS 1/4 Loaded Horn
Tannoy DC1000
JPW Tavy

CD Players
Technics SL PG 490
Tehcnics SL PG 590
Pioneer PDS 703
Pioneer MD Z435 CD Changer

:eek:

[CageyH]

My listening space is in the roof space. I don't have a loft.
I only have my Arcam Alpha gear being unused at the moment.
I need a good set of cheap speakers to either install a system in the garage or the lounge.

The Mrs isn't into music, so it's likely to be the garage.

[Jason P]

Dan, that's not a room... It's a dealership! :-)

[walpurgis]

You think you've got problems.

http://i60.tinypic.com/slqhyw.jpg

And that's not all of it.

(tempory state of disarray/overload, much will be going soon)

[orbscure]

Ohhhhhh Geoff, its just as I imagined and reminds me that I must take you up on your offer to travel north of the river (passport at the ready) and visit you and your Aladdin's cave! :lol:

[walpurgis]

I must take you up on your offer to travel north of the river (passport at the ready) and visit you

You are welcome, once I get some of this lot shifted. I can barely get in the room at the moment. eBay here we come!

(you should see my garage/workshop. It's worse! :eek:)

[orbscure]

I was going to bring a large wad of notes and a transit van Geoff... but if you've got a garage full too, perhaps an 18t lorry is more in order ;)

[walpurgis]

I was going to bring a large wad of notes and a transit van Geoff... but if you've got a garage full too, perhaps an 18t lorry is more in order ;)

Ah, but the workshop is full of tools and engineering stuff. Not Hi-Fi (apart from about 25 kilos of cable). Must get it all sorted too. I intend to make Hi-Fi accessories and parts amongst other things.

[The Barbarian]

Jesus Geoff at least mine were all in original boxes piled up neat :D Nowadays i realise i got a carpet on the floor.

[Gordon Steadman]

Don't keep stuff in the loft, just complete another system. We have five rooms with working systems now. As the bathroom isn't yet done and the dining room is still being plastered, we obviously need to have two systems spare for those. I have the TTs, amps and speakers for those, just need a couple of CD players now although I could just use a couple of the Mac Minis!!

Two of them are used all the time so I suppose the others could be called unused but they get switched on when guests come or when I fancy the occasional play.

[Audio Advent]

I did in the past but dumped/gave away most of it (mostly dumped admittedly).

Absolutely no point in storing machines that you do not use anymore...

But what does that mean "do not use anymore" ?

So often I see people (not with hifi) get rid of stuff like camping gear etc and then 3 years down the line they want to go camping on a whim.. but, oh, we got rid of all the gear! To replace it requires effort and thought and money and so doing things on a whim becomes impossible.

I'm happy to keep stuff I haven't used for a long while so I can play with it some rainy day on a whim..

[dantheman91]

Dan, that's not a room... It's a dealership! :-)

Makes it warm and cosy! :) Although i only have enough room for 2 systems in one room see sig. All has literally been bought cheap :D not lost but all works fine so happy all round.

[rdpx]

Not in loft as such but boxed up or hanging about needing to go on eBay at some point soon I have:

A near mint TECHNICS SL1210.
Pair of Tannoy Revolution DC4 in oak.
A Cyrus Two amp.
A Marantz DV4003.
A 1970s SONY ST-88 tuner in v good nick.

[tannoy man]

Not a loft but in my room i have -

Amplifier Current List:
Yamaha CR 820
Yamaha AX 330E
Nad 3155
Nad 3020E
Musical Fidelity E100
Denon PMA 350SE With Phono Stage
Technics SU V500MK2 Intergrated
Nytech CTA 252 XD II MK1 Tuner Amplifier
Nytech CTA 252 XD II MK2 Tuner Amplifier
Leak Stereo 30+
Quad 33 & 303 Pre And Power Amplifiers
Pioneer SX 300
Cambridge Audio A5 Intergrated
Yamaha DSP A590

Speakers:
Audio Note ANJ/D Speakers
Rogers LS7
Mission 770S
Castle Durham
IAS 1/4 Loaded Horn
Tannoy DC1000
JPW Tavy

CD Players
Technics SL PG 490
Tehcnics SL PG 590
Pioneer PDS 703
Pioneer MD Z435 CD Changer

:eek:

I thoght I had it bad

[dantheman91]

I thoght I had it bad

Plus the 4 turntables :) also Not including the stuff in the lounge.........

[struth]

Yourthemandan :D

[Beobloke]

Not too much in the loft actually, just boxes for everything, my old Garrard 301 plinth and a pair of boxed GLL Imagio IC318 loudspeakers that are waiting for me to find another new ICT driver for them (been waiting two years - I think it's going to be an even longer wait still). I will also be putting my microcassette deck and a couple of small boxed pairs of loudspeakers up there in due course, purely to get them out of the way.

As an aside, one of those pairs of speakers are Goodmans M100s - small 1980s standmounters similar to the Maxim 2s only with a much nicer tweeter. I couldn't resist these on eBay as they were described as 'mint' - turned out they'd been stored since new and have never even been opened. I've peered inside the box but can't bring myself to break the wrapping! :doh:

[Ronksley]

Off the top of my head I think I have six amps four pairs of speakers and a CD player I am not using
So I need to buy five sources and two pairs of speakers so I can have another six set ups to listen to :scratch:

Three of those amps with a pair of speakers each and the CD player could make a good system ?:mental:

[walpurgis]

12 cartridges
6 pickup arms
4 SUTs
3 phono stages
4 turntables
2 integrated amps
2 pre-amps
2 power amps
A pair of monoblocks
5 CD players
2 big DVD players
1 MD deck
2 DACs
2 jitter busters
2 valve buffers
3 pairs of speakers (2 big 1 small) + a big pair to assemble
1 pre & power amp set of parts to assemble
Boxes and boxes of cables, speaker parts and other bits.

Other than that. Not much really. :eyebrows:

[struth]

12 cartridges
6 pickup arms
4 SUTs
3 phono stages
4 turntables
2 integrated amps
2 pre-amps
2 power amps
A pair of monoblocks
5 CD players
2 big DVD players
1 MD deck
2 DACs
2 jitter busters
2 valve buffers
3 pairs of speakers (2 big 1 small) + a big pair to assemble
1 pre & power amp set of parts to assemble
Boxes and boxes of cables, speaker parts and other bits.

Other than that. Not much really. :eyebrows:

You have a problem Geoff ;) its called a lack of room

[walpurgis]

You have a problem Geoff ;) its called a lack of room

Or, too much stuff.

I'm about to have a 'cull'. It will be painful as I like it all, but a lot will have to go.

[hifinutt]

Ah, but the workshop is full of tools and engineering stuff. Not Hi-Fi (apart from about 25 kilos of cable). Must get it all sorted too. I intend to make Hi-Fi accessories and parts amongst other things.

We just found a very heavy copper cable and my son is currently stripping down to sell for scrap to make some pocket money. In the old days I would have made mains cable with it but the guage is so big I doubt any plugs would fit it

[struth]

Or, too much stuff.

I'm about to have a 'cull'. It will be painful as I like it all, but a lot will have to go.

Difficult to pick what though...maybe a couple of tt's, and a set of speaks would make some room. maybe an integrated too. a couple of carts and an arm or too should have the bank manager happy and you with more room to enjoy.

[rdpx]

Difficult to pick what though...maybe a couple of tt's, and a set of speaks would make some room. maybe an integrated too. a couple of carts and an arm or too should have the bank manager happy and you with more room to enjoy.
I could do with a cartridge and an arm.

And an amp.

And a phono stage.

And then probably another cartridge because by then I'll probably have broken the first one.

[emoji41]

[Clive197]

Just found a Pioneer LX52 BluRay player in my loft.