"What percentage"
In your system or systems,
What percentage of your gear was purchased "NEW"
Im running at 50%
Thanks
"What percentage"
In your system or systems,
What percentage of your gear was purchased "NEW"
Im running at 50%
Thanks
50% for me to.
Umm, that's a tad difficult to quantify in certain respects However if i take it as about 95% of my cables were bought new even if some are DIY then i look to have about 40% new equipment
There is a heck of a lot of it though as this is an AV setup
Bests, Mark
"We must believe in free will. We have no choice" Isaac Bashevis Singer
Only 'new' things in my set-up are my M2 amp and my iMac.
Just too much of a fan of s/h value...
Steve aka 'Twelvebears' (it's a long story)
System: Technics 1210 Mk5, Jelco 750 arm, AT33EV via MF X-LP2 Phono Stage, Oyaide mat and record clamp. SB Touch via Marantz PM-11S1 amp and Wilson Benesch A.C.T. speakers. Mark Grant cables and PS Audio Power Plant Premier mains regenerator.
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In my main system, as a percentage of components then 60% new. Pretty much all my other clutter is 2nd hand experimentation and components I lusted after from the past.
Alex
Main System: Digital: HP Laptop/M2Tech Hiface/Logitech Media Server/FLAC; Marantz SA7001 KI Signature SACD Player and other digital stuff into Gatorised Beresford Caiman DAC Vinyl: Garrard 401/SME 3009 SII Improved/Sumiko HS/Nagaoka MP-30
Amplifier: Rega Brio R. Speakers: Spendor SP1. Cables: Various, mainly Mark Grant. Please see "about me" for the rest of my cr@p! Gallery
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100% pretty well. Not that I'm not a fan of used equipment, it's just that I've known exactly what I've wanted in recent years and they have not been available on the used market.
Hmmm, maths was never my best subject.....
CDP - S/H
Amp - S/H
Speakers - S/H
Speaker Cable - S/H
Headphone Amp - S/H
Headphones x 2 - New
Caiman - New
Interconnects - New
Music Server - New (Home Build)
Mains Cables - S/H (eBay)
What does that tot up to?
When I say S/H, virtually my entire system was a gift, when you consider it's worth and what I paid for it. My best mate parted with it and offered it to me when he moved to China.... god bless him
(funny though, as a lot of it is about to go and I felt so embarrassed I actually asked him at a recent gig if he would mind if I sold it. He thought I had gone mad and said "why ask me, it's yours, you paid for it" )
Last edited by Tim; 06-04-2011 at 07:43.
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I'm Mark.
Just my cartridge, which is a about 25% of the value of my system.
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I'm ChrisB.
From the main system, not much!
Turntable - new
Arm - used
Cartridge - new
SUT (when in use) - new
Phono stage (when in use) - used
CD player - used (just)
Tuners (x2) - used
Tape decks (x2) - used
Pre-amp - used
Power amps (stereo x2) - used
Speakers - used
Mains unit - used
Cables - new
So if you count the cables as an item, I guess that's 25%.
But.........
There are 4 other systems in the house & between them, only 1 pair of speakers, a DAC and some cables were purchased new.
Me:
Turntable/PSU - new. T/T has just recently been discontinued.
Tonearm - new.
Main cartridge (SPU) - used, but currently still in production. Other cartridges all are all vintage, used items, apart from a new-in-box DL-103.
CDP/DAC - used vintage items, now discontinued.
Tuner - used vintage item, now discontinued.
Tape decks x2 - used vintage items, now discontinued.
Preamp - used, but currently still in production (the oldest component in my system, which I've had now for nearly 7 years).
Power amp - used, but currently still in production.
Speakers (all three pairs) are used vintage items, now discontinued.
Cables - all new.
Stands - new/replicas, now discontinued.
Underwear - (heavily used and soiled)! Haha, score that one off!
As you can see, I'm a big fan of using quality vintage gear and combining it with some judiciously selected modern kit to give me (I think) the best of both worlds.... SPPV rules ok, ya bass - shun the cachet of owning 'desirable badges', brothers, and leave that pish to the mugs with more money than sense!
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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