Welcome newcomers!

hi all,
i will be filling in my profile when i learn how to fly the site.
the system i use:
amps are crown amcrons
croft otl pre (when the meridian is not in use)
cd's are meridian 208 cd/pre and a marantz cd10
speakers are acoustic energy AE1 on the dedicated stands (stae1?)
cables are vdh 122 on speakers and audioquest midnight/ dnm reson interconnects.
stax lambda signiture when the kids are in bed.
its a cd only system so no tt to speak of but i do keep a rega 3 for moments of bliss

 

Just wanted to say hi......

Hi Everyone ,

I usually hawk around AVForums.com but have decided to join ZeroGain because no-one really talks about music there. You seem to have more active music forums here and I look forward to having some engaging discussions with y'all.

DT

 

Hello

Have been lurking for a bit and thought it's time to register properly. My current system, which I'm looking at upgrading at present, is:

Rotel RCD-02 cd player
Denon TU-260 tuner
A&R A60 amplifier
KEF Cresta 2 loudspeakers

Target rack and stands, Cambridge interconnects and Chord Flatline speaker cable.

Some of it is hand me down, some of it has been bought by me, and I'm interested in purchasing a record player although I'm not sure what type yet.

lulu

 

Newbie alert.

Hi,
Just joined the forum and just about to take my first steps into the world of proper hifi.

Currently looking for some secondhand bargains on ebay and have read some of the threads on this forum to help make my mind up. Looks like amp wise for the meantime i will be getting trying to get a Cyrus 1 or possibly a creek 4040, budget is hindering me (marriage and new house in the past 6 months have curbed my spending power ). Still have to decide what cd player i am going to go for, i have a pro-ject debut turntable but may consider getting a rega plannar to replace it, if i can fund it.

Expect a lot of questions in the near future.

alvyn.

 

Hello all

Have just posted a list of stuff what I own in t'other thread and am just popping in to say hello in this 'un too.

Am mostly happy with my system as is; the most recent addition being a Velodyne subwoofer. The main speakers are a bit long in the tooth, but I'm in no great rush to change them.

My musical interests have become increasingly classics-based over the past few years, but still play some of that old-time HMHB malarkey when the mood takes me.

 

Welcome to ZG Joe, hopefully you'll enjoy it here.

 

newbie

have just signed up having browsed awhile
vinyl(mainly)addict with new cart-Rohmann
any suggestions for load settings for delphini 2(nc)
have gain at 70db to match cd volume
rest of kit;
orbe se(nc)
tecno arm a
orca(nc)
alecto ii monos
audionote an e

teac t1
musical fidelity a3(24)

will probably just have to try different settings?
does the cart run/burn in?
if so how long does it take
better stop now

 

Hi all,

My name is Jorge and I'm located in the Southwest corner of Europe.
Some might know me from other places like the Asylum. At least I've noticed some familiar names here…
The links below refer to my system and hi-fi.
I've been lurking around, but decided to join in order to post if I fell like.

Regards,

J


http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jorge_salema/my_photos
http://groups.msn.com/clubedoaudio/brinquedosdo106.msnw?albumlist=2
http://www.smartgroups.com/pictures/openalbum.cfm?GID=468434&AlbumID=1431769
http://cgi.audioasylum.com/systems/115.html
http://cgi.audioasylum.com/systems/114.html

 

Just saying Hi

I have just joined the forum, and I'll list my kit. Thorens TD125, SME 3009 non-improved, Shure V15/III MR, Ion Obelisk 3 + Xpak power supply used only as a pre-amp, Sugden P51 power amp, NAC4 speaker cables, Spendor BC1 speakers, modified Heybrook HS1 stands. Very wide range of musical tastes.

 

Time to stop lurking

Having spent many an illicit lunchtime frequentling this place its probably time I stepped out from the shadows and introduced myself.
Broad taste in music and fairly agnostic when it comes to stereo stuff, despite the handle I have in fact owned some naim gear in the past but now sit firmly amongst the knights of the round earth, not to say that I won't change back should I be taken by the whim.

 

Welcome to the forum to all the new arrivals

Huuge, you'd be better off starting a seperate thread for your questions for a better chance of a response.

DT and Bigpaul, let's be having you in the music forums then! What's your current fav's?

 

Hi there!

Here's a newbie from Portugal! Well, I started the very wrong way: Home cinema! So, the first gear was:
- Marantz SR5300 receiver
- Sony DVD NS400D
- NAD C521
- Monitor Audio Bronze 4 fronts, Central, Bronze 4 rears
- Mission ms8 sub

Right now, I'm upgrading this the right (at least a better!) way: Stereo!!
So, now I have a hybrid ShengYa pre/power combo: SA-T3/SP-T300. And music just sounds better...

In the future, who knows... a DAC for my NAD, new front speakers... oh well!

Cheers!

 

Hello

I'm Joe from Grand Rapids, Michigan USA

Have been in the audio business for 23yrs.

My Kit as of now

B&K ST-202 amp
B&K Sonata Pro 10 pre
B&K TS-108 tuner
Sota Satellite TT w/AQPT6 arm
Parasound PD 2000 cd player
Mission 754 speakers


I am an avid collector of 70s & 80s integrated amps & tuners

 

Hello I'm new.

Kit is

Project TT
Quad amps
really old Technics speakers
Teac R2R
some cd player or other

I listen to most genres of music and listen a lot. I am currently searching for the right pair of speakers and have on order a graham slee phono stage

 

Hi Joe/Ant, welcome to ZG, hopefully you'll enjoy posting here.

BTW, there is a thread specifically for listing kit, called "My Kit", please feel free to list your kit there.

 

Hi All, my first time on this site.. usually look on the WAD site
i have had all sorts of kit in the past,graduated through solidstate amps and ns1000's to where i am now
my speakers and amps are all home made.. there's no comparison to bought..
my last bought amp was a simply 845.. sounded like the tv compared to the old valves..
anyway..i have own designed 3.6 m horns with the lowther ex4 driver
very deep and detailed everywhere..these are my 3rd lowthers, each a step change. theres no need for tweeters or subs with them when used with old british valves....

valve amps..about 5 years ago i made a ml4 / px4 SE, this works well with px25's too, very good sound with bass like thunder
my best sounding amp (at present!) uses a single 41mp mesh plate per chanel, with the cd player connected straight to the grid,, it is very simple and sounds as detailed as i have ever heard.. could do with a little more volume though..
usually use a dvd player, and have a oracle / fidelity research /kiseki mc

 

hi and welcome Steve. You can list your kit in the 'what you got' stickified thread. I haven't heard either Lowthers or Yamaha NS1000s but at a local hifi dealer i got chatting to another customer. He said the only truly good loudspeakers were the one with one drive unit. And no, he didn't mean Quad 63s He meant Lowthers

 

Cheers Rory, he may have been right..lowthers can be very good..and can be quite bad in some ways.. the old acusta's are way to boxy sounding to me and the drivers in them lack detail and bass
many of the modern lowther designs do not have a long enough horn resulting in poor bass and too forward mids and top end.. so can sound good at first but are not too good to listen to long term..
I feel mine are about right .... my horns mouths fire backwards and upwards into the corner of the room further extending them.
mine measure resonably level down to 30 hz and do not drop that much more at 20hz , measured through the px4 amp.

thanks for the comments
cheers steve.

 

Hi, this should probably have been my first post but it's actually my second since I just noticed this thread.

My kit is in my signature, although I can provide a more detailed run down here. I hear people already saying, so what do you plug those Grados into as the Krell doesn't have a headphone jack, well I also have a Yamaha AX630SE home cinema amp which I mainly use for running the digital connection from my DVD player into, I also run my Plasma through it ...and this is what I use the cans with, although I'll not list my home cinema bits as it's just not very 'Hi-Fi'

Sources:
The Exposure CD Player

Amplification:
Krell KAV-300i

Speakers:
Dynaudio Audience 42 on Atacama Nexus 6 stands, standing on solid granite slabs.

Headphones:
Grado SR80 cans.

Cables:
Speaker Cable: Naim NACA5
Interconect: Chord Siren
CD Player Mains Cable: SonicLink S-Gold[/QUOTE]

 

Hiya,
Been a member (snigger) for a few weeks now but never posted till tonight.
Anyway, I live in Fife, Scotland.

Just been down the upgrade path after selling sportsbike I could no longer keep due to pain from a couple of motorcycle accidents a few years ago.(I was the innocent party in both. Honest.)

HIFI.

Linn Lp 12, Akito (Waiting for Ittok to get fitted) Origin Live psu and Goldring 1042.
Arcam Cd 82.
Nakamichi BX 125.
Audiolab 8000A/8000P.
Monitor Audio GR 20. (just upgraded from Quad 11L.)
Audioquest, Vdh and Kimber cables.

MUSIC.

Easier to say what I don't like :

Country Western. Awfy.
Pop cack especially the look good but can write,play or sing SFA, manufactured shite. xcuse my Fronch.
Most Metal especially American "NU-METAL" spikey haired,tattooed twats.
Blues. some of it is listenable but mostly wrist slitting twaddle.
Twee Radiohead rip offs. Travis,Coldplay,Keane etc. this guff makes my blood boil.I HATE this .

I can listen to almost anything but I am very opinionated about music.
Ain't we all ?

Going to gigs is a favourite pastime but not too keen on recorded live music.

I read the thread with peoples music collections on it. Very interesting.
I have mine all catalogued and hyperlinked to AMG so you click on the album title and you can listen to tracks from the majority of them.

How do I post this as it is just an Excel file.
It took me weeks to do as I am relatively new to computers and still a bit wet behind the ears.
Can email it if anybody is interested.

Anul aint I ?

Cheers.

chezi.