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rigger67

26-02-2016, 13:33

Hey all

This is my main system, in the living room :

Linn Sondek LP12, Ittok, P77
NAD 1000 pre-amp
2 x Meridian 205 monoblock power amps
Sony CDP-XE520 CD Player
SMSL Sanskrit DAC
Teac T-R650 DAB tuner
Mission 780SE speakers

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RochaCullen

26-02-2016, 13:50

They look like some Meridian 205 monos. I've always wanted a set of those. Very nice!

rigger67

26-02-2016, 14:23

They are indeed and they were the key to taking the whole system up a level.
I got them for about three hundred quid on eBay and have never looked back - they are gorgeous :D

Puffin

26-02-2016, 14:39

Nice.

Lee Henley

26-02-2016, 14:46

Nice set up, love the vintage arcade machine

rigger67

26-02-2016, 14:55

Nice set up, love the vintage arcade machine

It's got 48 classic games on it, including Space Invaders, Phoenix, Donkey Kong, Frogger, Pacman, Galaxian and 1943 :)

Barry

27-02-2016, 00:30

You must really like Miles Davis's 'Sketches of Spain', to have gone to the trouble of decorating the wall to look like the record sleeve. :)

Idlewithnodrive

27-02-2016, 09:04

It's got 48 classic games on it, including Space Invaders, Phoenix, Donkey Kong, Frogger, Pacman, Galaxian and 1943 :)

Awesome if it has Galaxian and Asteroids too :)

Lee Henley

27-02-2016, 09:15

It's got 48 classic games on it, including Space Invaders, Phoenix, Donkey Kong, Frogger, Pacman, Galaxian and 1943 :)

Nice, I want one just for the Galaxian!

rigger67

27-02-2016, 09:50

You must really like Miles Davis's 'Sketches of Spain', to have gone to the trouble of decorating the wall to look like the record sleeve. :)

I do, but it's also because it's such an iconic cover, IMHO.
I was working for Tower Records when I did it and got the store artist to make the lettering on the vinyl cutter, though I painted the wall - deliberately "washy" like the LP sleeve - and Miles and the bull myself before applying the stickers on top.
I love the effect though I often wonder if I ever move whether I should paint over it before putting the place on the market.
My first instinct is a solid "NO!" :D

As for the arcade machine, it does have Galaxian like I said, but there are three games that aren't on there that I would really like. No, make that four - I've just thought of another one. Two of them are by Atari - Battlezone and Asteroids, which I spent loads of 10ps on when I was a kid. The Battlezone would be hard though, given the controls were so unique.
The other two would be Williams' Defender (which I've got on a PC emulator) and the classic, Scramble. My god, I loved that game. I actually completed it at the funfair one year before the owner of the arcade kicked me out ! I spent ten pence and was in there for half an hour :D

Gazjam

27-02-2016, 10:49

Very cool room Paul, love it.
Bit of an arcade nut myself, totally get where your coming from.
Huge part of my childhood too and having that stuff around is a great reminder never to grow up. :)

Have a full size MAME cabinet being built for me, be ready around May(ish), look forward to it.
Meantime have the PC emulator too, as well as a wee cabinet I use with the Ipad running Mame,
[Geek Hat on]
and did custom vinyl graphics for it, showing all my old favourites, Galaxians, Space Invaders, Pole Position, Battlezone, Asteroids, Gorf and others. Fitted authentic arcade buttons and joystick to get the proper "feel" too...makes all the difference you know...
[Geek Hat off]

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Doing the same with the full size cabinet, should be pretty cool.
grow up, me?

Naa...

Oh, nice system too. :)

rigger67

27-02-2016, 11:03

Haha ! Love it.
That mini-Defender is the nuts :D

Gorf !
What a classic - I loved that game because it was a 4-in-1, wasn't it ?
What about Amidar ??
Did you ever play that ?
It was another Williams one, with a strange space-demon thingie chasing you while you tried to collect bits for a weapon to destroy him. Bonkers.

I also loved Joust, which again I have on the emulator.
Williams were a great company ..

When I got the machine I had to replace some of the buttons and was surprised how cheap they were - I got a full set of 8 (6 x fire and two 1- and 2-player) with all the cabling for a tenner, brand new :eyebrows:
I may replace the sticks themselves at some point, given how little the stuff costs. It's a bit scary opening the cabinet up and mucking about with the wires, but there's enough YouTubes out there to guide anyone trying it ..

Gazjam

28-02-2016, 02:08

Amidar was awesome, loved it.
Speaking Williams...Defender was the best, then there was Stargate, but after that it was Robotron.
Something about Williams' games that got you going.

Gawd, I'm geting nostalgic :)

Scramble was great, you remember Vanguard?
Very similar.

Moon Patrol, same as scramble except your on the ground...fantastic.
Catchy theme tune too...

By the way you mentioned Gorf?
4 in 1 yes, but it actually sweared at you :)
remember when it taunted you when you got blew up or whatever...it said "Fuck You Space Cadet"

You mentioned Battlezone?
Loved that game..showing my age but here goes, there was a game for the Commodore 64 called Stellar 7?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUn2ZcgS_Go
Closest thing to it I ever played, was fantastic.

ah..nostalgia.
I'll get my coat.

rigger67

28-02-2016, 11:00

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Well worth picking this up, along with both Taito Legends titles :

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Aaaaannnnyyyyway ... getting back on track :D

There's a wood recycling plant near me and I really want to make one of those TNT tables - it'll definitely be a double, too.
I'm completely cack-handed when it comes to woodwork, but it looks simple enough. If I can get the shelves pre-cut at the centre, I'm sure even I can drill the holes in the right place :scratch:

http://www.southamptonwoodrecycling.org.uk/

rigger67

20-04-2016, 17:47

Finally :doh:

Nearly thirty years after first hearing a pair of Proac Tablettes, I've got hold of a pair at last - and they sound as good as I remember :eyebrows:

They're the Tablette II variant in black and I've spent the afternoon mucking about with positioning, eventually ending up with them in the same spot as my previous Missions, only toed in a bit.

I did try 'em out in the open - as the pictures below show - but prefer the more meaty sound they produce with their backs to the walls.
I've also got the tweeters on the outside.

I don't know if I'm railing against every "rule" going for these puppies, but I like what I'm hearing so far ...

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rigger67

27-02-2018, 13:24

It's been a while so I thought I'd post an update seeing as I've bought what I think could well be my last ever pair of speakers :eyebrows:

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Shovel_Knight

27-02-2018, 13:32

Very cool room and a classy understated system :cool:

struth

27-02-2018, 13:38

lots of music at fingertips.. great stuff. i used to have brown couch like the far one... too low for me tho lol

Firebottle

27-02-2018, 13:56

Nice, .....where's the handstand in the picture?

jollyfix

27-02-2018, 14:02

Very nice Paul.:yesbruv:

The Black Adder

27-02-2018, 14:06

That's once funky drum... :)

rigger67

27-02-2018, 14:15

That's once funky drum... :)

Like a lot of the things I have dotted about it's come all the way from Africa as my sister's lived down there for almost 30 years now.

As for the handstands, I usually leave them for the bedroom :)

jandl100

27-02-2018, 15:12

Linn Kans.
That made me smile.

The only Linn speaker I have ever enjoyed listening to.
They don't do accurate imo - but bloody hell they do fun and they can (kan?) boogy. :thumbsup:

HackneyRF

27-02-2018, 17:35

That's a nice space for a few tunes and your friend's around for the evening Paul. Good stuff.

Macca

27-02-2018, 18:02

Such a great room, no AV system on the telly though? Next area to address?

mr shovel

27-02-2018, 18:41

Sherwood

27-02-2018, 19:04

rigger67

27-02-2018, 20:32

Such a great room, no AV system on the telly though? Next area to address?

How very dare you, sir :eek:

You should be able to see a big, black, beefy Onkyo AV receiver to the right of the TV. It's the thing with Dark Vadar's helmet sitting on top !
The centre speaker is behind it and the satellites are on the walls, while the plant to the right of the right-hand Kan is sitting on top of the sub :eyebrows:

I also have a surround set-up in my bedroom, but I'm not showing you that - I don't know you well enough :lol:

rigger67

27-02-2018, 20:35

[QUOTE=rigger67;952272]It's been a while so I thought I'd post an update seeing as I've bought what I think could well be my last ever pair of speakers :eyebrows:

Seriously? Kans over Proac Tablettes?

Geoff

Yep.
I've had two other speakers in between but Kans are the best affordable things I've ever heard.

As someone else said, they're so much fun :)

rigger67

27-02-2018, 20:36

Hey Paul , Great Room! Rob C

Cheers, Rob :D

And to everyone else for their feedback.

Macca

27-02-2018, 20:56

How very dare you, sir :eek:

You should be able to see a big, black, beefy Onkyo AV receiver to the right of the TV. It's the thing with Dark Vadar's helmet sitting on top !
The centre speaker is behind it and the satellites are on the walls, while the plant to the right of the right-hand Kan is sitting on top of the sub :eyebrows:

I also have a surround set-up in my bedroom, but I'm not showing you that - I don't know you well enough :lol:

I can see now you pointed it out. Very discreet. I'll not doubt you again ;) Except over the Kans.

Sherwood

27-02-2018, 21:17

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYoogY-UGio

prophetic or what?

Macca

27-02-2018, 21:56

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYoogY-UGio

prophetic or what?

She used to write for 'The Absolute Sound'. Probably.