After a classic Heybrook TT2 that I owned through the 80s in the UK. to a Thorens TD160 MkII where I tried to learn the finer points of understanding the relationship between the patter, arm, cartridge and wax.
To thebeautiful looking but temperamental Audiomecca Romance and now the fourth and final TT, a Nottingham Dais with a Dual Arm Set Up.
Not the best looking but very smooth sounding and great exercise when you lift the 40+lbs platter
Stock arm for the Dais with a Grado Referance
Mounted The Denon 103r on this arm
Set up on the Anna Arm
Set up on the Rega Arm
this was my upgrade from the modded Denon 3910. I an play CDs through the Steelhead via analog cables or through the Denon via HDMI or Optical if I listen to SCAD or I dont want to deal with any hum
- Esoteric Sound Surface Noise Reducer
Works very well for minor noise on my older LP's with a minor loss in calrity.
In the bypass mode it is does not seem to affect the sound at all.
Highly recomended for those with less than perfect recordings
- Manley Laboratories Steelhead
With the Line Level Input. I am looking to move from this excellent phono pre as I do not need all the intricate adjustments that it offers. As Anna says "ideal for tweakers” but me I just want to switch it on and listen to my vinyl and not have the nagging suspicion that the cartridge needs 10 more picofarads.
- Manley Laboratories Snappers
Great Sounding Amps just cant live with the battle against hum.
Excelent HT amp use it to drive the Niles HT speakers and listen to SCAD of regular CD's when I dont want hum
Excelent power amp for the Buttkickers stable down to 2ohms and 1900w can reproduce frequencies down to 4hz
- Merlin Music Systems VSM millennium
Got these direct from Bobby (A man with passion for his products)
smooth sound, these are powered by the tube setup, But I think they need more room than I have to offer their full potential. on the wall you can see the Niles PHD60's.
Front HT Speakers
Center Channel .
This is behind the screen as the screen is acoustically transparent
Used for my surrounds Mounted in the ceiling and very inconspicuous
- Gallo Acoustics Micro sat
Used for the Back Surround Speakers agin Used for my surrounds mounted in the ceiling and very inconspicuous
Swithched out my Earthquake 15" for two of the Velodyne as the Earthquake was just too much sub for such a small room. The Velodynes work better as they are ajustable via the remote for music, film or games.
Mounted all four transducers under the stage. The result is a very immersive movie experience they are only set at about 18% volume with a frequency cut off 40hz, an added bonus is the Denon has an Dedicated adjustable Transducer channel just for this purpose.
I built the stage from aluminum and the front of the stage extends out about 18" by means of two electric actuators. This allows the rear chairs to fully recline. The front seating is a bit close but the kids dont seem to mind
After buying into the cable hype (trying some so-called "high end" cables, I settled on using Xindac IC for all my cabling. From Power to Speaker to Ic's. I have various Xindac silver Ics and power from the Oppo and Denon, then copper for all the tube gear works fine well made and looks great. And if I move it around it still sound great. Therefore, I am convinced that silver vs. copper vs. gold is just another excuse for a discussion it does not make the slightest difference to how the system sounds.
Everything goes through this powerhouse
Went with a dedicated circuit just for this room. (Not that it made a blind bit of difference).
Used a few X-10 Modules for lighting all conrolled by a URC 950mx remote that I still keep tweaking adding macros and reprogramming.
The beamer is an Optma 8600HD
Kids Gaming
- X-Box Another Gaming System
It aint Nintendo 64 anymore
