Welcome newcomers!

good to see another scotsman using good ol audiolab

 

BLOODEE !!!! You've got 5 o,them. :green:

Have thought aboot buying a pair of 8000m's.But with new speakers and an Ittok I think that's enough to be getting on with.

Cheers.

chezi.

 

Just a couple of word by way of an intro as I've been reading for some weeks now. Unfortunately fall into the AVT category as defined by wadia-miester but I'm starting back down the vinyl road at the moment.

Tastes in music are varied from classical, 70's progressive to some current but doesn't stretch to Country and Western or Boy Bands!

Cheers

Paul

 

chezi i can safely say that two 8000M's are plenty amp to be dealing with. In fact my only realistic reason for having the four is that it makes wiring my system a fair bit simpler

there is an improvement in sound quality... but its not in scale with paying theoretically twice the cost in amplifiers. Im certainly in no hurry to cough up for two more for a tri-amp setup

 

Hi, as this seems to be the newbie thread here's my system:

Linn LP12 Valhalla BasicPlus Sumiko Blue Point, (LP12 owned since 1988, cirkus upgrade a couple of years ago)
Audiolab 8000a
Marantz cd53
Arcam Alpha 8 tuner
Gale GS301 (mk 2's I think) I had the woofers refurbished at Wembley loudspeakers recently, best sixty quid I've ever spent on my hi-fi.
Kimber interconnects and QED silver anniversary speaker cable + equipment on oak cone feet which to my ears do make an improvement.
As you can see my system is getting on a bit so where do I go from here. That won't break the bank... too much.

 

Yet, another member from 'down under'

Greetings to all from Sydney.

Just discovered this forum, via the HI FI Choice forum, looks interesting so, here I am!


Mainly a Music lover, mostly Opera, Choral, Symphonic works, Baroque and Chamber, in that order.

Also, rather keen on Jazz, female voice, ambient, and some electronic music.


I use various combinations of equipment, depending on the Music I am listening to.

My listening is done on both vinyl and digital formats, almost equally.

Currently I use:

LINN Sondek LP 12 / Valhala/ RB 300 / BenzMicro MC Gold.
Musical Fidelity XLP S

Naim CD5i

Rotel RCD 970 BX

Audiolab 8000 T

Audio Research LS 2 pre amp.

Meridian 556 power amp.

Densen DM 10 Int. amp.

Two custom build valve monoblock amplifiers
each with 4 x KT 88, in ultralinear configuration at 100 w/ 8 ohms.

KEF Reference Three/2

Spendor LS3/5a

Rogers LS7

A plethora of cables, from: Cardas, Madrigal, Audioquest, MIT, SYMO, VdH, and Monster.

My latest acquisition was the Naim CD5i player, replacing an ageing Pioneer DV 717 transport / Sonic Frontiers SFD 2 DAC.

Looking forward to the forum, as I believe sharing our own experiences in audio can be beneficial to all.

Cheers.

 

Another member from Bonnie Scotland

Hi there I live in Winchburgh/Scotland

My system is
Bow Technologies Wizard 2 cdp
Bow Technologies Wazoo XL amp
Art Expression V6 speakers

Cardas neutral ref interconnect
waiting for some Kimber Monacle X speaker cable to arrive
Sitting on a Quadraspire AV rack the one with glass doors.

Music listening to at the moment Anne Mcue /Geoff Buckley/Van the man alot off various stuff.

 

Welcome aboard, gents - hope you stick around and enjoy yourselves!

 

Hi Everybody

thought I may as well introduce meself... Live just outside Glasgow.

System

Vinyl: Michell Bronze Gyrodec w/ Orbe platter & upgrade kit (AC motor + wallwart)
Roksan Artemiz arm and Roksan Shiraz MC Cart. (will need changing soon...)

CD: Shanling CDT-300 (Omega Drive)

Preamp: World Audio Design PreII & PhonoII

Power Amp: 2 x Quad 306 Power Amps

Cassette: Nakamichi 482z and Sony WMD6-C (Walkman Pro)

Tuner : Technics ST-8080

Speakers: TDL Studio 10 Cheapies from Richer sounds when my Maggies died Currently being very tempted by a pair of ART expression V6s.

Cabling: JPS Labs Ultra (phono - pre)
Chord Cobra2 x 2 (pre - pwr)
VdH D102 Mk3 (CD-Pre)
QED S.A. Bi-wire (pwr - spkrs)

And a Target TT5 stand...

Look forward to sharing tips etc.

Cheers

Kenny

 

Hi. Just joined the forum yesterday.

I stay just outside Glasgow too Kenny. Where abouts are you?

My kit is as follows

CD - Cyrus 8X and DAC-X
TT- Systemdek IIx
Phono stage - MF XLP-S
Amp- Cyrus 8vs and psx-r
Speakers - Art Skibos

Just purchased the speakers after hearing them on the end of some great gear. V impressed.

 

Hi

I've been nosing around for a while and have finally made a post (dunno what took me so long ) so,well, here I am

I live mainly in Brussels (don't even go there, enough already ), partly in Copenhagen and I manage to get back to the UK from time to time, home being near Doncaster, whihc goes some way to explaining why I spend so much time in Brussels and Copenhagen

Anyway, my system is split between music and AV, around 70 / 30 and consists of

Source: Pioneer 575a together with a Derek Shek NOS DAC and PSU
Amp: Musical Fidleity X 80
AV Amp: Yamaha RXV 650
Speakers: B&W 705
Sub: BX XLS200
AV speakers: Kef Eggs

And projector and screen, etc

Next upgrades are firstly, a decent transport (TEAC) and then MF power amp

As for music tastes, it changes all the time, so some classical (nothing too taxing, TBH) jazz of the distinctly non-dixie and post 1960 kind (and no wierd F'd Up stuff, thanks) )70's funk and disco, rock and a smattering of good quality pop - i.e prefab sprout, st etienne, and any good R&B which does not see fit to use the words bitch or ******.

 

Joined today so the list is
Upstairs
Audio Note AN-CD2
Audiolab 8000T
Yamaha CDRHD 1300
Project Debut
Electrocompaniet ECI3
Powering (for now)
Mordaunt Short MS912- although due to my job this changes monthly.
Loads of string, a big rack and some stands
Downstairs
Pioneer AX3
Marantz DV8400
MS Genie x7 with MS909
Telly.

 

Welcome tons of fun... another "insider"...

 

hello another new member here, I'm dean from reading and have a naim hifi which comprises: nait 5i, cd5i, headline and i-supply, dynaudio 52 speakers and naim cables.

 

Hi Tigger nice to meet you. I know how good that system can sound, one of my mates has it!

 

You will get more answers posting this question in the hifi section.
Personally the audiolab is the weakest link, a valve amp from edenlake.com with a seperate phono stage will destroy it for about £500 and audilabs still pull some cash in in e-bay.

 

I'm yet another (near) Glaswegian new member. I've been reading ZeroGain occasionally for ages, and admired the harmonious atmosphere that seems to reign here (most of the time!) - certainly compared to a few other forums I read. I finally got round to joining a week ago, so I thought I'd say Hi.
My current system is:
CD player: Marantz CD7
Pre amp: Van den Hul Array A-1
Power amp: Van den Hul Array S-1
Speakers: Harbeth Compact 7ES-2

Musical tastes pretty varied, from the Well-Tempered Clavier to Tom Waits via Thelonious Monk.

Looking forward to the odd good-natured verbal joust.

Ian.

 

Hi Ian, sounds like an interesting system. Glad to see you're posting

 

Hi everybody,

New to the site. A friend tipped me off about it & I've really enjoyed reading some of the threads.

System: MF X-Ray V3 & X-10 V3, Roksan Kandy Amp, Opera Prima 1.5 speakers and Pure DRX-702 tuner. Cabling: Russ Andrew's Classic Powerkords, QED Silver Spiral & X-Tube 350 (would love some advice on better interconnects which don't cost silly money). Looking to upgrade the amp to a X-150 in the next few months & the speakers sometime next year. And that will be the end of the upgrades...honest!

Musical tastes are mainly Classical, with Wagner, Mozart and Bach leading the pack; but love Elvis Costello and Eddi Reader, Alison Krauss and Kate Rusby too. Also have a very large, very embarrassing collection of 80s vinyl.

My interest in hifi has only rekindled recently. I've been quite ill for the past few years & music was the one thing that helped me keep it together. And the kit helps me get closer to it. No evidence of flat-earth-itis yet!

Regards,

John.

 

hi all.

im from scotland. near glasgow.

im a just starting off in hifi and would like to thank you all for your help already.