What do you think? Any thoughts &/or recommendations are warmly appreciated. I'm primarily into jazz (not smooth jazz), rock, trip-hop, lounge; whatever sounds good. My space's acoustics suck teabags due to bad dimensions, mediocre construction, structural asymmetry + a lack of carpeting & acoustic panels and likely space planning. Before I figured out this simple fact I burned through a lot of $$$$ thinking I had bad &/or poorly chosen gear.
Inexpensive Blu-Ray player to tide me over until more hifi mfrs. start offering them or I could just get a nice dac for this unit. My unit is sitting on Nordost Pulsar points and is being straddled by a satellite tuner.
Music Hall MMF 2.1 LE
It sounds okay, is Ferrari red & plays discs; it'll get me through until I $$$$ to burn on a moving coil setup.
Music Hall Tracker
Moving magnet.
(Rolls) Bellari VP 129
Phono stage, warm & relaxed sound with the essential features.
Nordost 2 Flat
Disappears sonically & visually. It's hard to go wrong with Nordost.
Duevel Planets
Horn-loaded omni's.
S5 Electronics DIY kit integrated
Unbelievably high sound quality for it's purchase price! I've never built anything electronic before & I finished it in under a day. Or get 2 for use as monoblocks and bridge them. I use mine to mate with my ASL preamp sometimes or with the Decco as the preamp but can be run directly from any source.
Antique Sound Labs LH-01
Mellow.
Rotel RB-1080
Decent entry level power amp 200 watts x 2 @ 8 Ohms
Macintosh Apple AirPort Express module
I use it for streaming background music wirelessly.
The Airport is great. Its mind boggling (sp?) to imagine I'm streaming music out of the very device I'm typing on. Is the TV screen integral to your system? Constructively spoken, it appears to be on the high side. I placed mine to be in seated, straight on viewing height. My brother's screen is on the high side and I sit on his bar stools.
