Dear all

Last year I finally got my wish and built a dedicated audio room in my loft with a suspended floor and walls making a 'room within a room. It's not a huge room so it's set up for an immersive near field experience.

I had been using my Yamaha NS1000m's initially but they overpowered the room. I then bought a pair of Roksan Darius S1's and was totally amazed by the sound. I have been using REW and have conducted various measurements and find I have a nasty dip at 180hz I am yet to finalise room treatment - which I will do when funds, and time permit.

I must say that having been a slave to neutrality for a long time - I am being drawn towards the musical and warm since I've had the CAyin CD player which I think is just brilliant.

I'm always open discussion and banter

My pet audio hate are cables...

As such I have:

DNM speaker cables (considering some by vertere)
CD interconnect Vertere D-Fi - astonishing - better than the recommended LAvardin cables which are an awful lot more costly.
tonearm cables: TCI; Nordost Tyr; Cardas Golden Reference
phono stage interconnect: LAvardin

yes yes - I know get all the same.

In terms of my components:

Turntables:

Currently set up
Townshend Rock Elite - with DPS motor, 2 phase power supply, acrylic platter and origin live belt. Mission 774 Arm (Jelco) shelter 501 cartridge, Cardas Golden Reference arm cable.

Making a shelf for:
Amazon Model One with Moerch DP6 arm and Transfiguration Temper V Cartridge
Lenco GL75 with plywood plinth and pickering xsv4000 cartridge

Plinth projects:
JVC tt101/QL10 - to fit a fidelity research fr64
Sony tts8000 - to receive Sony PUA 7 arm and a Helius Omega

Restoration for my wife

B&O 4002 - bought following recommendation by Tim Jarman at HiFi News - it's also beautiful (Hey I like being a tad shallow)

My black Taj Mahal
EMT 950... long story - took apart then lost the notes (idiot I know...)


Phono stage
Vendetta SCP2B
Whest 0.20


CD player
Cayin CD cs 55

Amplifier

LAvardin IT - even when my room was bigger it was perfect - hard to find a replacement

Speakers

Roksan Darius S1
Yamaha NS1000m

Stand Townshend Seismic Stand - second generation air stand