Hello

[Mikasa]

No system really, sold a load of musical fidelity, Jm lab gear plus all the usual a few years back.. bug was getting expensive and the baby due cemented the end of what was a 20yr hobby. Few nights ago I was around a mates and had a listen to a modified 1210 mk2. Bug is now back and I’m on the hunt for gear, advice and chat.

[walpurgis]

Hi Peter. Welcome to AOS.

Take a look around the site and join in any chat that interests you. Everybody is friendly and there's lots of great knowledge amongst the members.


Enjoy the forum,
Geoff.

[Barry]

Welcome to AoS Peter.

As Geoff has said have a look around the site to see what interests you here.



Regarding advice for a new system, it would help if you could answer a few questions:

[1] What will be the source of music: CD, internet, vinyl

[2] Would you be willing to use previously owned equipment

[3] How large can the speakers be when used in your listening/living room: floor standing, or bookshelf

[4] What is your budget?

Lots of questions, but it might help us if you could describe in more detail the system you used to have.

Welcome again
Barry

[Mikasa]

Cheers gents, thanks for the welcome!

So then, maybe not exactly ‘no system really’ but still a climb down from systems of old, the bias shifted from an audiophile bent to something that fits with family life and happy wife.

[1] What will be the source of music: CD, internet, vinyl

Vinyl and media streamed from a server, I’ve tb’s worth of lossless rips and some MP3’s. Never stopped buying vinyl so these are/will be my main sources.

Currently use an nvidia shield (plex) as the main source into a Cyrus DAC8 into a pair of focal 908’s. Dusted off an old 1210 mk5 and picked up a dino mk3 and borrowed an ortofon 2M red pnp recently - sounds great but room for improvement. Upgrade plan is a never connected psu for the phonostage then a reclock, sme903 and maybe new bearings and platter for the turntable, then it’s off to the amp side, speakers and possibly a streamer - existing kit will move into the family room. It’s fairly basic, coming from biamped electras via 4x mf a50’s and a load of other random boxes and gubbins, current setup aside from the turntable scores high on WAF.

[2] Would you be willing to use previously owned equipment

100% - aside from the Cyrus dac8 I think everything I’ve had over the years has been sourced 2nd hand.

[3] How large can the speakers be when used in your listening/living room: floor standing, or bookshelf

Listening room - one can only dream! Likely stuck with bookshelf speakers for the foreseeable future.

[4] What is your budget?

Hmmm, not mega bucks for sure, budgets not set - list above should give a guide but I’m after value for money - very subjective that one though!


- should add, not suddenly single and free to divulge lol, just house move means the living room will not be so lived in meaning I can get back to habits of old ;D