giorgino
21-02-2010, 23:26
Hi Guys
Just a note to say hello and a bit about my music, sonic travels and where I'm currently resting my weary audio legs (is that possible?!). My hifi journey started with a Cambridge Audio system. I then went onto to an Audiolab/B&W and then within a very short time, I did a really daft thing: I started reading HiFi magazines. :eek:
During that phase, I must have bought the entire range of Musical Fidelity X-products, ATC SIA150, Magnapans, Kelly Transducers, Beard and Unison Research all within a 4 year period (yikes!). It was a great learning experience but not particularly clever on the wallet. More by luck than judgement, I progressively developed an understanding of the sound I liked and disliked.
One main thing I knew I liked was the sound of valves. Another was panel speakers and also single drivers. While enjoying the sound of panel speakers (Maggies), they never worked well in my flat and my small living room didn't need another set of wall dividers. So I started another search...It was then that I came across a company called Decware (http://www.decware.com/newsite/homepage.html). They had quite an active support forum and I learned a great deal from fellow tubeheads and bought one of their flea powered amps and through recommendation, bought a speaker called the Hornshoppe Horns (http://www.thehornshoppe.com/). That was about 8 years ago and appeared to have become a little more discerning with my hifi purchases. The rate of buying and selling has slowed right down and my kit is now normally set out in my member signature:
Modified Marantz CD7, Eddie Vaughn Carina, Lowther/Graves Audio Speakers, TBI Sub
Tweaks: (Mapleshade Rack, MAC IC, Vivid Cables, HGA PC, BPT block, Symposium Rollerblocks, Shun Mooks, QRT, Brilliant Pebbles)
Ooops...Bloody hell. Talk about going on and on....
Anyway, please feel free to ask questions and if there's anything I can share. I'll post some pics of the gear in the gallery.
Oh yeah, music taste, slightly eclectic but mainly jazz, folk, movie soundtrack and new age stuff...
Just a note to say hello and a bit about my music, sonic travels and where I'm currently resting my weary audio legs (is that possible?!). My hifi journey started with a Cambridge Audio system. I then went onto to an Audiolab/B&W and then within a very short time, I did a really daft thing: I started reading HiFi magazines. :eek:
During that phase, I must have bought the entire range of Musical Fidelity X-products, ATC SIA150, Magnapans, Kelly Transducers, Beard and Unison Research all within a 4 year period (yikes!). It was a great learning experience but not particularly clever on the wallet. More by luck than judgement, I progressively developed an understanding of the sound I liked and disliked.
One main thing I knew I liked was the sound of valves. Another was panel speakers and also single drivers. While enjoying the sound of panel speakers (Maggies), they never worked well in my flat and my small living room didn't need another set of wall dividers. So I started another search...It was then that I came across a company called Decware (http://www.decware.com/newsite/homepage.html). They had quite an active support forum and I learned a great deal from fellow tubeheads and bought one of their flea powered amps and through recommendation, bought a speaker called the Hornshoppe Horns (http://www.thehornshoppe.com/). That was about 8 years ago and appeared to have become a little more discerning with my hifi purchases. The rate of buying and selling has slowed right down and my kit is now normally set out in my member signature:
Modified Marantz CD7, Eddie Vaughn Carina, Lowther/Graves Audio Speakers, TBI Sub
Tweaks: (Mapleshade Rack, MAC IC, Vivid Cables, HGA PC, BPT block, Symposium Rollerblocks, Shun Mooks, QRT, Brilliant Pebbles)
Ooops...Bloody hell. Talk about going on and on....
Anyway, please feel free to ask questions and if there's anything I can share. I'll post some pics of the gear in the gallery.
Oh yeah, music taste, slightly eclectic but mainly jazz, folk, movie soundtrack and new age stuff...