Bought this amp used for $1650 on audiogon. Has plenty of juice for my speakers.
Krell SBP-32x
Bought used on Audigon
Cambridge Audio AZUR 640C
Used as a transport.
Tyler Acoustics Linbrook Reference
I like these speakers for the money.
Tyler Acoustics Taylo Bass
Bought this used for $750. Smooth bass...not at all boomy or overbearing.
Audio Power Industries Power Wedge Ultra 115
Paid $750 for used.
Maple Shade Sampson
Purchased a custom rack with 6 shelves and an oversized amp stand with Isoblocks. All wood is 2 inch thick as the 4 inch was too pricey. Purchased B-stock shelves for rack to keep cost well under $2,000
Harman Kardon Early 1960's Citation II
Paid $900 in 2003. Sounds good for an old time product. I think these went for around $350 back in the 60's when they were new. Rarely plugged in but it's nice to have a tube amp for some music.
Jolida JD-402
Tube tuner
Music Hall mmf 2.1
I bought this a couple years ago. If I stick with vinyl, I will buy a better table.
Parasound Halo P3
Used for the phono section into my other pre-amp
Signal Cable / Audio Quest miscellaneous
Power cables and speaker wire are Signal Cable brand. Interconnects are Signal Cable and AudioQuest.
System edited: Moved into a new house recently. Managed to convince my wife to let me have an extra room as a stereo room. It's nice to have my own space in the house.
Marco...I followed your advice and faced the speakers more straight ahead. The soundstage has improved. The room is 15 foot X 20 foot. The reason that they don't over power the room is that my ceiling is a 14 foot gabled ceiling which really robs the bass. It would be better to have a traditional 9 or 10 foot ceiling but the bass gets lost overhead in my room. I chose these speakers after visiting Tyler's factory in Kentucky. For the money, I really don't think I could find any other full range speaker that is better. I have looked alot in the $5k range as that is all I can afford, and I haven't found any speakers that I like as much. I'm sure if I had gobs of money to spend, I could find something better but the cost / benefit of these suits me well. Last night, I received an offer to buy a Cary 303/200 cd player for $1350. I may not be able to pass on that, but I will keep the external DAC in mind. Nice thing about these DACs is that they don't seem to hold their value, so there's alot of expensive units on Audiogon at reasonable prices. I checked out your system. I would love to hear those Klipsch speakers someday. I have read great things about them. I believe they have been around for a long time with great success.
Jax2, thanks for the feedback. After looking at your systems, I see that you are a man who has great knowledge. I could pick up a used Wadia for $1600 maybe if I'm patient, but your transport suggestion using existing equipment is something I had not even considered. Thanks for that as I like learning about something new...I know nothing about DACs but that will change now. I have the speakers toed in alot based on the smaller room and the close distance...less than 8 feet to the listening position. As far as the Rothko, it's a cheap IKEA print that looked nice when I had little money upon graduating college.
hello no. that's actually my tv. it doesn't have a proper stand, so i am using a speaker stand for now. i'm moving in 4 months, so it's just a temporary fix for now.
