Welcome newcomers!

Welcome to the forum from me, midlifecrisis.

Good luck with that - I'd recommend eardrums for the pair of you now: for you for sanity and for him to prevent tinnitus. If you or your son are ever in Norwich(boo...hiss....)and are interested, may I suggest a trip to the (newly renamed) Norwich Drum Academy on Ber St? Top gear, and the guy that owns and runs it also teaches, with rehersal studio on site.

Sorry to hear about this - I don't know the amp or speakers so can only suggest the usual: experimentation with placement; adding/removing mass from the speaker, etc. Anyway, good luck with it and welcome to zerogain.

Goomer.

 

A lurker comes out....

Yes after spending an unhealthy amount of time in the shadows here over the last few weeks :latte: I feel that I must contribute/confuse or generally comment on the few topics here that I feel able to :newbie:

I'll post a photo of my kit up on the other thread in while, but as a taster it goes a little something like this;

Source - Wadia 20 Transport
DAC/Digital Volume Control - Wadia 25
External Active Crossover - Harmony Design
Power Amp - 4 out of the 5 channles of a Rotel 1095
Speakers - Hard wired Roksan Ojan3x
I/C Cables - Cable Talk Broadcast 4
Speaker Cable - Cable Talk 4.1

Greetings to all,
Philip

 

Nice to see somewhere else here with Sonneteer. That makes three, I think (Alco has a Campion and I have a Byron CDP).

-- Ian

 

Hi Ian,
The Byron is great isn't it? What amp have you got?
Have you looked at the Sonneteer site? - dreadful. Thank god their equipment is better
Andrew

 

I'm using active ATCs and an ATC preamp with mine, but I've heard both the Campion and the Alabaster amps and like them both very much. Very happy with the CDP as well, Sonneteer are definitely an underrated brand.

Hadn't looked at the Sonneteer site for a while - I see their latest amp, the Orton, has just been launched. Even has remote control... No indication of price, but more expensive than anything else in their range by all accounts. Must try and get a listen to one at some point soon.

-- Ian

 

Greetings All

Firstly may I say thanks to both Merlin and Lowrider for their welcome

I'm a 'newbie' here, and it indeed feels like a nice place to be.

I'm a somewhat irregular poster over on the Naim forum, which is where I found the link to this site, however I do enjoy reading of others experiences with HiFi, HT and music, and always try and contribute if I feel I may have something worthwhile to add to a discussion, or perhaps a topic of interest to raise.

Heh, I'm neither a flat-earther, round-earther, or one of those much maligned golden eared audiophiles, but rather one of that seemingly vanishing breed amongst the HiFi/HT set, a musician per se - even if only in an amateur sense at the present time, - and it is from this perspective that my interest and knowledge of HiFi has grown over the years.

Far be it for me to risk boring you with a long diatribe of all the kit I've owned over the years, suffice perhaps to list my present incarnation of personal audio 'nirvana'

I'm principally using Naim for my stereo/music system, and have added on some Sony AV products and integrated them with the Naim for the purposes of satisfying the burgeoning and ubiquitous HT arena :MILD:

My 2 channel setup is from the Naim 'olive' series - about 8 yrs old now without serious change, or feeling the need to, so I assume it's doing something that I continue to like.

The 2 channel setup then, is:

Naim:

CDI/72/Hi-Cap/180/SBL's - all using standard Naim interconnects, sitting on a Standesign rack (yes I know there are better!)

Additionaly, there is an Arcam tuner, and a Sony Wakman Pro tape deck in the rack, using Chord interconnects. And not to neglect vinyl, I have a mint Thorens TD125 Mk11 turntable w/SME 3009 series 11 arm, damper kit, and Shure V15 111 cartridge.

On the HT side of it, I have added/integrated:

Sony:

DVPS9000ES DVD/TAE 9000ES AV processor/ TAN 9000ES multi-mode 5 channel AV power amp/SLV 2000 VCR, all sitting on a Sound Organisation rack (yes, I know there are better racks than this as well!)

Tannoy:

Pair of MX2's on Lovan stands for rear surround duties.

The TAE feeds left and right front outputs to the 72 etc, and the TAN utilizes two of it's five channels to drive the Tannoys. They integrate suprisingly well with the SBL's at the front. Heh, did I mention I was neither flat nor round earth

Display purposes are currently handled by a Sony Trinitron, 'Kirrara Basso' CRT TV.

As funds permit, I intend 'finishing' the AV side of it with a suitable sub and centre channel, and to also upgrade the display.

Whilst I'm more than happy overall with my 2 channel setup, I hope to do some upgrading some time in the future with going 'active' being a longer term goal.

Musically, I have trained in the classical field, including disciplines of voice, trumpet, and piano, and hence 'classical' music tends to form the backbone of my musical taste, which nonetheless is quite catholic. My only reservations concern so called heavy metal, and some of the very avant-garde atonal compositions currently in favour amongst some circles.

I appreciate and enjoy both reading about, discussing, and listening to good HiFi kit, whilst appreciating that all and every piece of equipment carries unavoidable compromises, and that personal taste will come into it every time, and at the end of the day, one has to choose the gear that offers the most satisfaction/least set of compromises FOR YOU.

Hence, whilst I could perhaps be described as a 'Naimee' it is only because it suits my musical sensibilities re it's reproduction, and I appreciate that lots of other pieces of kit do some things better, some things worse, but ultimately it's all about the music first, and that the kit is only the most appropriate tool FOR YOU to do the job.

Having said that, technology marches inexorably onward, and it is always nice to chat about the various new pieces of gear, evolving technology, and mostly what we can discover and share along the way re increasing our enjoyment of recorded music and movies in the home.

Thank you once again for your welcome, and it's nice to be here.

Warmest Regards

John...

 

Hi Everyone

Hi to the forum

I thought it was time that I said hello. I've been browsing this site for a few weeks now. Got introduced to it via Cyrusunofficial which is also another good laidback forum.

I've been into this 'hifi' lark since i was a teenager so quite a while now. Its too easy to lose sight of the point of hifi - which is to enjoy listening to good music. So my favourite upgrade would always be more music to listen to.

For the interested my current system is marantz KIsig, Cyrus C8, Tannoy 611 floorstanders. Bought the C8 last year before I moved to Switzerland and it is definetly been worth the money. Even though the Tannoys are almost 10 yrs old, they've never sounded better. Have to say this combo works very well together.
I've been buying discs on Play.com compulsively since the upgrade so in this sense it was very worth while as it has increased my enjoyment of music.
So keep up the interesting posts everyone and I'll try to reduce my urge to guy a psx-r for the amp. Can it get any better

Rich
'Still working on the interesting tag line'

 

Hi Rich.
Nice to see another person enjoying a Cyrus amp. Get the PSX-R
Cheers
Greg

 

Hello there! Just signed up to this site! Usually surf the HFC one. Looking forward to reading/contributing info. where I can.

Current setup....

Cyrus cd8/psx-r
Roksan Kandy mk2
Dynaudio A42's(silver)
Videologic tuner 601ES
Nordost solar w. i/c
QED XT400.

Cheers...

Iain

 

Looks like I have found a new place to waste away my work day

Hi, my name is Wes.. and I am gear slut[/AA meeting voice off]

My rig (thats what we usually call them on this side of the pond ):

As of this week..
DVD/SACD: Onkyo DV-SP800
Digital IC: PS Audio X-Stream
Analog IC: Kimber KCAG RCA

PRE: Krell Showcase
Pre>amp IC: Kimber KCAG XLR

Amp: Krell KAV-2250

Speakers: B&W CDM-9nt
Speaker Cable: Nordost Blue Heaven

Wes RaT:

 

Welcome Wes, at last, another Krell owner... :MILD:

 

Well, after some posts, it is time to introduce myself.

My name is Gustavo Villa, I'm live in Viña del Mar, Chile. Super fanatic of audio since I listen the first ABBA album when I was 7 years old (1979) :banana: .

I have been in audio since then, beginning from all in one gear, passing through cheap separates and now I have an HT in a small room and my stereo system in my small living room (Chilean houses use to be small :shame: ). My music styles are absolutely open, but I have special attention to jazz, classical, new age, rock and pop, specially when it came from Great Britain. :drum:

I hope to learn a lot from all of you and contribute with my experience in this field.

Many greetings to all.

Gustavo Villa

 

Welcome to the forum Gustavo - as far as I know you're our first member from Latin America!

Looking at your "real hobby", have you ever seen the huge model of the Gotthard Bahn in the transport museum in Luzern? It's easily the largest model railway I've ever seen

Michael.

 

A man with a Bahn! Rhätische Bahn Ge4/4 II? Great little railway.

 

Great tip¡¡¡¡¡¡ I haven't seen it yet , my holiday plans for this year include an trip to Barcelona, London and of course some places in Switzerland, I'm looking forward to watch all the train stuff I can find, specially in Canton Graubunden, main area of the RHB railroads. Are somebody in this forum addicted to model railroads?


Thank you for the welcome.

Regards

Gustavo

 

Gustavo, I second Michael's recommendation of a trip to the Verkehrshaus (the Swiss Transport Museum in Luzern). Check out its website - it has a great display of full-size locomotives as well. In fact, the first one you come across as you go in is the narrowest gauge in Europe, the 75 cm Waldenburgerbahn, which operates up the valley where I live.

You'll love the RhB. Must-dos are the Albula line (Chur - St. Moritz - includes the Landwasser viaduct and the multiple spiral tunnels to the Albula tunnel itself)) and the Bernina line over to Tirano in Italy. Other recommendations:

The BLS Lötschbergbahn from Spiez to Brig, especially the south ramp of the Lötschberg;

The SBB (Swiss Federal Railways) Gotthard line between Arth-Goldau and Bellinzona

The Berner Oberland lines (tourist, but interesting - forget the hideously expensive Jungfraubahn unless the weather's perfect)

The Montreux-Oberland Bernois "Golden Pass" line from Montreux to Zweisimmen.

The Furkabahn (privately-owned summertime-only steam train operating the old stretch of the FOB line now abandoned for the Furka Tunnel).

The Gornergratbahn (Zermatt-Gornergrat) - great views of the Matterhorn and the 4000M peaks nearby. Great to walk down to Zermatt on a nice day.

The Pilatusbahn (Alpnachstad - Pilatus Kulm) - the world's steepesst rack railway, with a unique rack system.

 

Hi,

Been lurking for a few days but now going 'Public'.

I am Nik.
Married with 1.5 kids and told that I am approaching middle age - at 37? Surely not!
I like to produce music as well as reproducing music, and I design electronics for the Music and Pro Audio industries, so tend towards the Pro Double Blind Testing, anti Snake Oil way of thinking.

Roksan Xerxes (old one) turntable with Rega RB300 + Technoweight and Sumiko Bluepoint Special cartridge. Townsend damping trough standing by.
Musical Fidelity XLP phono stage.
Panasonic Multi DVD player for DVDs and CDs. Optical out to:
Micromega Duo BS II DAC.
Cyrus aPA7 preamp - a rediculous price for a line level switcher, but I got it cheap and used.
Cyrus 'Power' power amps x 2, biamplifying:
Monitor Audio Silver S5 speakers.
Aiwa ADF-810 cassette deck.
Sony portable MD recorder.

Cyrus speaker cable - 15 year old solid core stuff.
Nameless moulded OFC interconnects.
No fancy furniture or supports.

 

Gustavo,
if you are somewhere's near Luzern let me know. We could meet for half a day. It would be very nice! I'm living 25 minutes frfom Luzern.
regards

titian

 

Hi Gustavo.

My Uncle is a steam train photographer. He features most months in Steam Railway magazine, and has a book published.

If you're interested in steam train books let me know, I can get copies of his own at about 1/2 price if people ask nicely
Cheers
Chris

 

ok I better introduce myself:

My name is Steve, I am an expat brit (buckinghamshire) living in Seoul, South Korea ( or as expats affectionatly call it "the killbox") and commuting frequently to china and vietnam. I work as a paper pusher. I am currently studying the effect of the relationship: time without playing soccer in proportion to waist size.

Current kit (soon to change) arcam cd92t:a85: qaud 12l: kimber hero interconnect and qed sa biwire.

Music Taste : wide but this year I have mainly been listening to jazz and acoustic vocal. Big fan of belle and sebastien. Have my moments of listening to most other types of music.

Regards
Steve