HiFi system

by philoman2 on Budget Minded
System
coincident tweeter/midrange array
Updated Rack
Stereo with turntable
Grado Gold

Description

I am a 21 year old music lover an audiophile. I have enjoyed music since i was very young. My first system was part hand-me-downs, and cheap low-fi electronics. The speakers were Acoustic Research Ar 3A, Walkman, and Klh reciever. My horizons lengthened and recently i was able to go audio shopping. I went to Audio Consultants (Evanston Il)and auditioned a few speakers. I fell in love with the Thiel 2.4's. I wanted to look around a little more so i decided to go to Saturday Audio Exchange (Evanston Il) I listened to Spendor S5e- they were amazing!

I felt that the Spendor's had a very "Organic" sound, which i loved. I then considered what music I listen to, which includes Classical, Baroque, Classic Rock, etc..., after this consideration i felt that the Thiels were better matched to my tastes. (Dont get me Wrong, I loved the Spendors, plus their less expensive)
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    • Arcam CD-73
    A little too warm, adds too much to the signal.
    • Bryston BP-25
    Great Pre-Amp, Very detailed and transparent. I highly recommend it, it even has a remote for volume and mute!
    • Bryston 3B-SST
    Great Amp, Very powerful, also very transparent. Lots of bass, and a very fluid midrange. Drives 4 Ohm speakers easily
    • Thiel Audio CS 2,4
    Wonderful speakers, time and phase aligned, 87-88 dB efficent Needs lots of power. I fell in love with these speakers, great midrange, very quick. I am not dissapointed with them at all
    • Transparent Audio Link 100
    basic interconnct, much better than generic stuff. i would highly suggest them if your on a budget.
    • Transparent Audio Wave 200
    Speaker cables, better than generic. I would highly suggest. They lowered the noise floor and provided more bass than generic.
    • Transparent Audio Balanced Music Link
    Between pre and power amps. Still breaking in the cable, but so far it sounds wonderful. It adds quickness and a new demension to the music.
    • Panamax Max 4310
    Just a regular power conditioner, i just wanted some assurance because i have a 110 year old house with poor wiring. (Just to be safe)
    • Grado Prestige Gold
    Good Beginner Cartridge, very natural sounding. Typical "Grado" sound, I highly suggest

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Philoman2,
you have fine equiptment, now let it breathe. I don't know about you living conditions but to arrange the room where the systen is on the short axis, and the music is projecting out to the longer axis of the room. The speakers must be equidistant from the side & back walls as much as possible. But we don't live in soundrooms, but you are just doing wonderfully.

surfgod

Great choice of components to compliment wonderful speakers. The hardest part is giving the system some room to breathe. In the right of the above picture if that is a radiator, try to get the speaker away from a heat source.
I had to rearrange my living room to accomidate my system.
Wish I had half as good as a system when I was 16.
Enjoy.

surfgod

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