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andymcc
02-02-2019, 10:12
Hi all, Andy McC here, 50-something yr old from North Lancs.

My musical tastes have varied over the years but recently I've been enjoying revisiting 80's/90's ambient and electronic.

I'm actually still using gear I mostly acquired in the 90's, I haven't felt the need to replace it, it still does the job :) The main system is NAP72/Hicap/NAP250/Briks, fed by a Mantra/RB300/Elys and a Rotel CD player. I do sometimes feed it from a PC with an E-MU studio sound card, which works well.

My previous main system was a Nytech/ARC101 active setup, which I acquired in the late 80's. However the speakers are long gone, and the CA252 amp is now driving Kan Mk1's on Kan stands. This is fed by a little streamer I chucked together using a Pi and cheap DAC card. This gets my toes tapping quite nicely.

southall-1998_mk2
02-02-2019, 10:25
Howdy! Welcome to AOS.

Have fun.

S.

andymcc
02-02-2019, 10:51
Thankyou !

Pigmy Pony
02-02-2019, 12:50
Hello and welcome to AoS Andy,

Tell us about your user name - are you a motorcycle club? :)

Andy831
02-02-2019, 15:48
Welcome aboard Andy

Ian7633
02-02-2019, 20:08
Hi Andy and welcome. I'm using a CA252 in my PC set streaming Spotify Premium into a pair of JBL Control One, Not exactly earth shattering but very nice nearfield listening.

walpurgis
03-02-2019, 10:13
Hello Andy. Welcome to AOS.

Nothing wrong with using older gear, not many of us have all new systems.

Take a look around the site, I'm sure you'll find much to interest you and feel free to join in the chat.


Enjoy the forum,
Geoff.

andymcc
04-02-2019, 11:13
Thanks all.

I always like to wring the most possible use out of all my tech generally. If it ain't broke..