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After about 5 years, I have arrived at a system I enjoy for all musical styles. I have about equal numbers of LPs and CDs, but tend to listen to vinyl mostly, as most people tend to. All that remains is a final tonearm, the Jelco arm is a stop gap, until I can afford better. I am in Oxfordshire in the UK and would be pleased to hear from any other English form inmates
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    • Resolution Audio Resolution Audio Opus 21
    GNSC modded
    • TW Accustic Raven 1
    Unsuspended German table
    • Jelco Vivid 2
    basic Japanese arm
    • ZYX Airy 3
    high output silver version, with Silver base
    • K&K audio SE phono stage
    tube Jfet hybrid with Lundahl step up
    • VIVA Solista
    22 watt 845 SET integrated
    • Acoustic Zen Adagio
    floorstanding speakers
    • Silver Arrow reference and Big Daddy Phono cable
    Silver and Palladian ribbon cables, from a small UK manufacturer
    • Silver Arrow reference
    Silver ribbon cable
    • Ridge Street Poiema 3 Power cable
    2 cables in use, stiff, difficult to place, but good result
    • Audience AU24 power chord
    2 in use
    • Symposium Rollerball Jr
    5 sets of ball bearing based isolators
    • Symposium Svelt shelf
    basic version of alluminium plates separated by absorbing compund

Comments 8

Nice system! david12
Happy Listening!

jafant

David12,
A nice system, any pictures you can post?

lak

David12, you owned Karan 180 but apparently you didn't like it. Could you tell why you didn't like it? Why it didn't work for you. Thanks.
I'm considering to buy Karan.

jkuc

DAvid,
Are you still using the Daedalus speakers? If so, what amp and pre are you using?

pdreher

David, do you still use 309D? 12 or 9 inches?

kdl

David - I have just bought a Viva Solista amp, do you still own it?

flg2001

I just got a pair of Gibbon Nines. I have maybe 60-70 hrs on them, so they are not yet broken in. I have had speakers retailing between 17-30K in my listening room in the past 6-7 years. At this point, I feel the Nines are more enjoyable than 4 out of five of those others. What size is your room. If it is not real big, I would pounce on the Wild Cherry Nines on the Gon right now. They're pretty easy on the eyes too. Since I have had them , I feel my mind is in the right place which is mostly on music. This to me means they are doing their job.

fjn04

Nice choice of components . I would love to see some pics

musicfile

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