Prior to living in my current home I had a dedicated listening room which was really just a spare bedroom. During that time all of my listening was with 2-way monitors in the nearfield. Pro-Ac, Audio Research, Wadia was my primary system. No turntable due to limited space. My current system represents a concept that I wanted to achieve by having a great system in a living room environment without all the equipment cluttering the room while being child friendly. I chose an antique Baker Furniture cabinet and configured a system that would fit nicely inside. All cables run underneath the floor through the basement. Wife is happy and I achieved the goal of not turning my living room into an audio nerd haven. The Bryston/PMC combo is fantastic too.
Thanks Sunnyboy. I bought the record clamp on Audiogon. Checkout TTWeights He sells a wide variety of record clamps. I prefer the weight to the stock Gyrodec. It is much heavier and you don't have to pull it to remove it off the record. The TTweight is similar to the Transrotor clamp which is excellent, but much more expensive.
Not only did Jeff help me out with the mac-mini. He also set-up my turntable. Sorry for the non-shot out ealrier Jeff. BTW...where does it say in your posting that I helped you unpack and place your amplifier?
Thanks Dressprmex. Still pretty new to the music server, but so far I am extremely happy that I finally made the move. I am listening to so much more music and it really is true that you rediscover your music collection. I will be adding an iPod Touch shortly so I can browse my library remotely. I can't see myself spinning a disc again, unless of course the disc is vinyl.
Regrading the Bryston, I too was concerned about the amp not having enough breathing room, but the reality is that the amp runs very cool. I actually sent James Tanner at Bryston a photo of my set-up and asked if he had any concerns with the config. He assured me not to worry. However, I do agree that I am giving up probably a bit of performance, but this system has limitations.....especially with the long runs of speaker cable required. In any event, the system sounds great and it is a good compromise.
