Welcome newcomers!

OK, I've finally admitted defeat and signed up - hello everyone, and hello again to the HFC people

 

Hello Pete, welcome... :beer:

 

Newbie

I am a nearly fifty something who has rekindled his interest in filling the living room with boxes that plug into the mains. My system consists of:

LP12/valhalla/cirkus
Ekos one
K9 plus a knackered Troika
MF LPS

Linn Genki

Bryston BP20
Bryston 4B ST

PMC OB1's

VDH ultimate the first cd to pre
VDH the second balanced XLR
VDH Revelation speaker cable

Sitting on a Stands Unique sound tower plus top isolation shelf.

AV setup

Toshiba 36" widescreen TV
Sky +
Toshiba 210 DVD
Yamaha E800
Mission M73 front/M72 rear/M something centre
Cheap QED cable.

Other stuff:
Aura pa200's x 2, Aura pa100's x 2, Aura ca 200, Aura CDP100 and Aura tu80 tuner. Yamaha 420 av amp, pioneer 801 cd, Rotel 850L. Pair of Bose 901's circa 1975.

Intended changes are: dedicated mains spur/mains plugs. PMC db1 for rear av & LB1 for centre.

 

good to see you over these parts peteH. Don't see it as admiting defeat. Just an upgrade to your forum choice

Welcome to rodrat! Another LP12 has entered the building! :beer:

 

Hello

Hi everybody,

I've been seeing this Forum a fair bit recently, so I decided to mosy on down and have a look (first impressions are that it looks a bit like another Forum which I look at regularly) - no guesses why eh !!

Anyway, I'm almost too old for HiFi (heh heh) but I just don't know when to quit. The job takes me all over the world at the moment, and I have not heard my setup together for a loooong time. (have bought some of it in my travels so have not heard some of it at all !!, I can't wait to get back home for a while)

Nice to meet you all, hope to have some fun (and learn something too hopefully).

Cheers
Mike

:JPS:

System (I think) -
LP12/Ittok/Denon DL110
NACDP3.5
NAC72/Snaps
NAP250
SBL's

 

Hi Mike, and welcome

Yet another LP12! Impressive location you have there!

:beer:

 

Hi Everybody

Living down here in Brighton, what else could I have but Audio Innovations??

Used to know various people who worked there "in the good old days" when they made decent kit.

It's not the best but it IS valve and does sound quite nice.

Love my turntable. The Gyro is a classic, fantastic build quality, outstanding service and support etc etc. Even non - enthusiasts love it!

The speakers are something a bit different. How about the following spec: 96dba 350w power handling!!
Not a great deal of bass considering they have 12" drivers but what there is is lovely and tight and very communicative. mid and treble are absolutely peachy now I've tamed the amp a bit by fitting 5881's instead of "timebomb" EL34's!

Had everything including REL, Audio Note, Snell, Sony, Revox, Marantz (big stuff), EAR, Linn, Naim (yawn!), Rega blah blah blah.
Got a decent AV setup: Pana 42" plasma, KEF KHT's, top line Sony DVD, Sky+ etc. Gets more use than the Hi-Fi and those little Kef's are magic - probably the biggest bargain in audio.

Trouble is they are BIG and my better half Jane kinda gets the hump if I leave them out so...........when I want to do some serious listening i bring out the stands, heave the 30kilo monsters onto them and plug em in. Trouble is once thats done, i don't really have the energy to put on a record...............!!!

I'll post some piccies if I get the chance.

 

Hi y'all,

Just come over from Cyrusunofficial.co.uk. I was a fellow Cyrus die-hard, but ditched it all and moved to another level.

I currently have a Krell KAV-400xi integrated and an Audio Research CD3MKII.

That's enough for now. If anyone has any comments on how to improve this setup further, I am all ears...

 

Welcome to the forum skp574. I'm considering a Krell KAV-400xi myself, what speakers are you using it with?

Michael.

 

I have a pair of B&W 805 signatures.

 

Hello

Hello all

I've been lurking on these boards for a few days and thought I'd finally post. Seems like a nice place.

I'm afraid I'm a little bargain-basement compared to many (all?) of you seriously audiophile-types here, but if you can bring yourselves to comment, I would really appreciate a little guidance.

My system is mostly 6-8 years old. I am holding off the upgrade itch because I actually quite like the current set-up and worry that if I change one piece, I'll throw off the balance and feel like I need to replace everything.

I have/had:

* [Marantz CD63] connected with a Chord Company Cobra interconnect to a
* Cambridge Audio DACmagic 2i connected with Cambridge Audio Studio Reference interconnects to a
* Musical Fidelity X10-D connected with CA Studio Ref interconnects to an
* Audio Innovations Alto (mkI before they went belly-up and bought by Richer Sounds)
* Sony DMS-JE520 minidisc recorder (also connected to the DAC)
* Denon TU 260L
* TDL RTL2 speakers

However, my 1.5 year old son managed to break my Marantz CD63 and I have recently replaced it with a

* Marantz CD6000 OSE LE

The thing is, I actually found the CD6000 running through the X10-D sounded better than the DACmagic sound (I was stunned as I really believed the DACmagic to be the very best £150 I ever spent!). Could this player actually have a better internal DAC?

I actually like the slightly warm sound of my set-up. I don't ever want for more volume, so I guess 35W amplification is fine for me... however, I do sometimes think I might like to upgrade my speakers in order to get a teensy bit more bass. I don't want to add a sub-woofer.

Can anyone either slap me about a bit and tell me that all is well in hi-fiville, or guide me in the direction of a reasonable upgrade. I have been tracking some Acoustic Energy AE109 speakers on Ebay. Oh yeah -- I really want the speakers in rosewood to match my other furniture and rack (Sounstyle something or another), which rules out a lot of current models -- everyone's into light wood right now!

 

Hello & welcome to Z/G universe Punit, we're all a bit different from your average hifi fora' we like to think, not evey thing is about the more expensive gear, there is a diverse mix here.
I'm sure if you post your request as a seperate thread in the hifi section, some of the good guys will be only to pleased to offer some advice Wm

 

Thanks WM... I'll do that!

 

Hi

Perhaps I'd better stop lurking and contribute something.

First HiFi [well audio, anyay]: Pioneer PL12D, Ortofon something, Celestion Ditton 15s and [probably] the worst amp known to human man - Metrosound ST40.

Graduated eventually to the Linn/Naim thing: LP12/Ittok, Naim 32.5/250, Isobariiks.

Went via: Naim CD2 and Krell KAV250 pre/power.

Now with: Sony SCD1, Audio Research LS16/II pre & VT100/III power, Martin Logan SL3s, Atlas Navigator balanced interconnects, Transparent MusicWave speaker cables.

Favourite guitarists: Jerry Garcia, Richard Thompson, Ry Cooder, David Lindley, Jorma Kaukonen ...

My system is good at detail, smoothness, tonal range, imaging ... I still find myself putting on favourite CDs and hearing stuff that I never knew was there. But ... the funny thing is there's almost too much music. With all my earlier systems my favourite bits [guitar playing, mostly] always stood out. Now I find myself listening to the bass player, or the keyboards, or even once [God forbid] the drummer.

What I need to know is: Is this normal? And what should I do about it?

 

Hi reMO

Good of you to step up and start posting

Seems you've gone through a veriety of different sounding kit to get where you are at the MOment!

I find MOself sometimes dong as you say, following the various individual instruments, perhaps even analysing and disecting the tunes. Quite geeky really and not healthy for normal listening I think! Best to try and listen to the whole. The odd thing is, IMO this is alMOst always what happens with mini system type set ups. The whole sound plods along. Then when you get into "hifi" you start to notice subtleties and details. But when it's right with *hifi* and you've got all the MOre detail, and yet you can still enjoy the music itself

 

Hi
Only came across this site and you chaps today, was just searching comments on Manger transducers and found a little discussion on here, some info incorrect so I thought I would join.
Will be happy to try and answer any questions or queries on Manger transducers etc, will call back as often as I can.

Regards
ergman

 

Hi ergman,

Welcome to the forum!

I'm sure they'd be interest amongst members/readers here if you started up a separate discussion topic to point out some of the disinformation or inaccuracies you felt needed addressing re the discussions thus far on here re the Manger drivers.

 

Greetings All,
I have been lurking for a few days and have decided this is such a cool forum I had to join.
My kit is a Sonneteer Byron CD player, Sonneteer Alabaster amp & Quad 12Ls.
Cables are Chord Chorus and Odyssey.
Isotek Minisub mains filter and Isotek mains cables.
The speakers are on Sound Anchor stands and the equipment is on Clearlight RDC platforms.
I have pretty diverse musical tastes really, everything from Classical to Heavy Rock.
I am looking forward to posting a lot more in this forum.
Andrew

 

Hi all...
I've been mooching here on and off for a couple of weeks, and posted a few incidentals last few days. I must say I do get a good feeling from what I have read. An interesting blend of people, levels of kit and of course opinions.

A little (essay) about me:

shoestring budget for many years so kit was nothing to write home about... culminating in '95 with a pair of technics SL1200 (I was a dj for many years) an Audiolab 8000A and a pair of Kef 101B then Kef Q90 (wow). Student days and no cash but served its purpose. Sold the whole lot to pay off a debt... had 3500+ records (then) and no system to listen to them (boo hoo, cue violins). Carried on buying and storing music nevertheless.

Rekindled my genuine interest in hi-fi in 2001 and started looking around again. Bought another pair of Technics (very limiting I know, but is simply a dimension of me and my music which is non-optional - most of my tracks are 12s and EPs and just demand to be mixed and mixes recorded for friends) then having been a hater of Cyrus I was surprised at the curiously effective pairing of the Cyrus 7 with the little Ruark Epilogue II so a 1K budget for amp speakers and s/cables (originally Chord Rumour II) finished a typical, basic setup.

Then I wanted to take things on a bit so visited a few shows, auditions, etc. I spent a fair while looking and demoing digital sources and became a SACD convert, so eventually settled on the Sony SCD-1 as a starting point for the next stage... so a to a current list:

Sony SCD-1; Techincs SL1210 Mk3 (pair), w/Ortofon Nightclub carts, Vestax PMC 15, Pro-Ject 1 Phono Stage; Cyrus 7/PSX-R; Ruark Epilogue II on Epilogue R stands, REL Q200E; M-Audio Audiosport Quattro as interface to my PC for recording at 24-bit; Trichord Research Powerblock 500, Ecosse Reference Maestro MA2 interconnects, Townshend Isolda s/cables, pair of Soundstyle XS105 shelf racks. Standard mains and main leads. Pretty small room, not great location for speakers (either side within an 8 foot wide bay window)

Current system opinions: forward but not bright, clean and pretty deep bass, ok dynamics, detail ok, reasonable timbre, ok with a range of music. soundstage not great (partly to do with speaker loc.), lacking in attack and impact, hardens with volume, not "believable".

Short term objectives:
1. Sort out mains wiring and experiment with mains leads
2. Investigate what the Cyrus 7 really sounds like and look at replacing amp and main speakers in the process.
3. Get SCD-1 modified
4. Look into 3rd "proper" TT

Music - fairly mixed really: Morgan Geist, 4 Hero, Led Zep, Miles Davis, Deep Dish, Underworld, Mobb Deep, Red Hot Chillis, David Byrne, Eva Cassidy, De La Soul, Herbie Hancock, Peter Tosh, Radiohead, Derrick Carter, Roxy Music, Black Sabbath, Shostakovich, Hendrix, John Lee Hooker, Pharoah Sanders, Mary J Blige, John Digweed, Bill Withers, Roy Davis Jnr, Joni Mitchell, James Brown, Beethoven, DJ Pierre, Larry Levan, Orlando Julius, Lil John, Roy Ayres, Johnny Cash, John Coltrane, Talking Heads, Max Romeo, the list goes on and on...

My challenge: I am looking to evolve a system that will allow me to play deep house, hip hop and dub/roots reggae loudly with control and power and full (not boomy) deep bass AND play jazz and folk with presence, timing, rhythmn, detail and air AND play funk, latin and african music with pace, control, rhythmn and separation AND play classical music with authority, separation, good soundstaging and strong musicality AND play rock with dynamics scale and passion Oh and I want the moon on a stick and to turn lead into gold.

Any help, advice or ideas will always be appreciated and considered and anything I can offer in return will be provided... (blimey that's a tome).

New Years Cheers
Greg

 

updated..

Not entirely a newbie as I came on when the forum first got going, but thought I'd reintroduce myself after an absence.. I like the variety of debate on this forum (and also the fact that it actually works - unlike HFC which just asks me to relog on every time I try and post...).

In terms of kit, I've got two rigs. One is my 'serious' rig (B&W nautilus 802, Krell SACD Standard, Thorens t/t, Michell Alecto pre, Michell Orca monos, MF X-CAN, XLP, XPSU,), the other is one I have in my home gym (Mission M53, Pioneer DV656a, Marantz pm 7200). Must admit of late I've spent more time on the gym one than the big one, though I'm not too happy with the new 7200 amp.
And..my best sounds currently come from behind my head in my recently acquired Elise S when I plant my right foot...