AC POWER
Hardwired 10kVA balanced mains powering entire system
AMPS
Meridian 557 power Amp (Modded) / PS Audio BHK Preamp (Modded)
SPEAKERS
Wharfedale Evo 4.4
DAC
PS Audio Directstream (Modded)
TURNTABLE
Pro-Ject X8 balanced output via XLR / Ortofon Quintet Blue cartridge
PHONOSTAGE
Pro-Ject DS3 B balanced Input (TT and Phonostage powered by Pro-Ject Power box RS2 linear psu)
DIGITAL
OPPO 203 (Modded: Linear PSU, i2s output to Dac) - Roon Endpoint, HDMI input used for all things Streaming/ PS5 /AppleTV ... also good for movies apparently?
MUSIC PLAYBACK
Tweaked AP-Linux based Roon Server into Oppo 203 as Roon endpoint
Ipad Roon Remote.
Apple Music/ YouTube via AppleTV, fed to Dac via Oppo HDMI input/i2s output to Dac.
SPEAKER CABLES
Biwired: Duelund DCA10GA (Bass) Duelund DCA16GA (mid & treble) Duelund 12DCA used as jumpers (On "Blackcat Cable" Chris Sommivigo's advice - yup, even with biwire it sounds better - and it does)
INTERCONNECTS
All Balanced: Ghost+ recording studio XLR cables
Location: Troon
Posts: 2,476
I'm tony.
yup...he played some tracey chapman on his tt-Lou asked me to play it when we got back with the 57s .....much staring at feet and excuse making. Close but no cigar!!!!
Like any other system you tune into what it does....but bye fuck!! I heard something scary there!!!
Theres more to be had if ye like yer tunes!!!
Statics are magical...but there is no substitution for cubes as they say in the automotive world!!!
Always wanted to hear the 57's Tony, sound epic with the right supporting kit they say...
Alans Firebottle amp, blend of valves and solid state should be just the dab!!
All about Synergy mate, and a powerful amp with the right impedance speaker cable for the 57's (I'd take advice on this..) would make all the difference.
Get the amp / speaker combo right and I think everything else falls into line.
*For the record*
Quad suggested using Lamp flex...so I suspect it wont be that hard to find a combo that works!
Bright orange lawnmower cable, or more sensibly, Van Damme type stuff?
But Aye...as Scotty says, Ye cannae change the laws of Physics!
Last edited by Gazjam; 31-10-2015 at 17:59.
AC POWER
Hardwired 10kVA balanced mains powering entire system
AMPS
Meridian 557 power Amp (Modded) / PS Audio BHK Preamp (Modded)
SPEAKERS
Wharfedale Evo 4.4
DAC
PS Audio Directstream (Modded)
TURNTABLE
Pro-Ject X8 balanced output via XLR / Ortofon Quintet Blue cartridge
PHONOSTAGE
Pro-Ject DS3 B balanced Input (TT and Phonostage powered by Pro-Ject Power box RS2 linear psu)
DIGITAL
OPPO 203 (Modded: Linear PSU, i2s output to Dac) - Roon Endpoint, HDMI input used for all things Streaming/ PS5 /AppleTV ... also good for movies apparently?
MUSIC PLAYBACK
Tweaked AP-Linux based Roon Server into Oppo 203 as Roon endpoint
Ipad Roon Remote.
Apple Music/ YouTube via AppleTV, fed to Dac via Oppo HDMI input/i2s output to Dac.
SPEAKER CABLES
Biwired: Duelund DCA10GA (Bass) Duelund DCA16GA (mid & treble) Duelund 12DCA used as jumpers (On "Blackcat Cable" Chris Sommivigo's advice - yup, even with biwire it sounds better - and it does)
INTERCONNECTS
All Balanced: Ghost+ recording studio XLR cables
Location: Troon
Posts: 2,476
I'm tony.
Have some VD blue kicking about may well give it a whirl....
Regards
Brian
Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment . (Rumi )
Korus Computer Audio music server
JustBoom DAC . HRT Musicstreamer 2
Amplifier : Sony TA FB740R
Speakers : Tannoy 637
Interconnects : MS Audio / Klotz MC5000 .
Speaker cables : Western Electric 16AG
Location: Troon
Posts: 2,476
I'm tony.
Plumbed in some VD bLue....."she canny take much more!!!!" not quite warp factor but motoring along nicely. Keep my ears pealed for sonic klingons.
The "bright orange lawnmower cable" thing came about due to Quad realising they had forgotten to bring any speaker cable with them when setting up a demonstration. Someone popped out to the nearest B&Q and bought said cable as it was an example of no-nonsense two-core 10A cable. The fact that it was different to other cables, being bright orange, and the fact that Quad were using it, lead to many to think that Black and Decca lawnmower cable was preferred over others.
As the great, late Peter Walker of Quad (a man known for his bluff no-nonsense approach to audio engineering) once said when asked what were the requirements for a good speaker cable:
"There are only two requirements a good speaker cable should have. The first is it should be long enough to connect between the speaker and the amplifier, and the second is that the colour of the insulation should ideally match that of the carpet."
Barry
AC POWER
Hardwired 10kVA balanced mains powering entire system
AMPS
Meridian 557 power Amp (Modded) / PS Audio BHK Preamp (Modded)
SPEAKERS
Wharfedale Evo 4.4
DAC
PS Audio Directstream (Modded)
TURNTABLE
Pro-Ject X8 balanced output via XLR / Ortofon Quintet Blue cartridge
PHONOSTAGE
Pro-Ject DS3 B balanced Input (TT and Phonostage powered by Pro-Ject Power box RS2 linear psu)
DIGITAL
OPPO 203 (Modded: Linear PSU, i2s output to Dac) - Roon Endpoint, HDMI input used for all things Streaming/ PS5 /AppleTV ... also good for movies apparently?
MUSIC PLAYBACK
Tweaked AP-Linux based Roon Server into Oppo 203 as Roon endpoint
Ipad Roon Remote.
Apple Music/ YouTube via AppleTV, fed to Dac via Oppo HDMI input/i2s output to Dac.
SPEAKER CABLES
Biwired: Duelund DCA10GA (Bass) Duelund DCA16GA (mid & treble) Duelund 12DCA used as jumpers (On "Blackcat Cable" Chris Sommivigo's advice - yup, even with biwire it sounds better - and it does)
INTERCONNECTS
All Balanced: Ghost+ recording studio XLR cables
Location: Troon
Posts: 2,476
I'm tony.
Really don't want to allude to possible uses for proton torbedos...bring a tear to a glass eye!!!