netties "what are you listening to now" has been a great thread, but what are we listening to our faves on?
mp3,cd,vinyl or (more likely) combination of two or more like myself
i will start....... for pure musical pleasure i love my vinyls
pic 1 ortofon kontrapunkt A moving coil cartridge
2 my new table a project 10.1
3 my old 30 year old turntable rega planar 3 and sme 3009r tonearm
4 cambridge audio 740c cd player
5&6 accuphase c1 / p1 power and pre
7 my 'ol faithfuls celestion ditton 66 monitors had for 30 years
pat
I am listening to vinyl through a pair of B&W 'Time Windows' driven by a 9 series NAD amp a fed with a Technics SL-B21 T/Table (Audio Technica cart). In the living room is a Onkyo 7 series CD player and Amp driving a pair of Accusound speakers (built with solid timber cases and cast alloy baskets). Fat cables in and out.
Greg.
Smiling now, realising how old my vinyl set-up is.
Mostly flac and high bitrate MP3 through a Logitech Squeezebox Touch feeding an Audiolab 8000A Integrated amp performing as a pre amp to a Linn LK100 power amp hooked up to a pair of Linn Keilidh speakers. The Squeezebox has taken the place of a Roksan DP1 transport and associated DAC. The DP1 transport needs fixing. I also have a Mitchell Synchro turntable. Its all rather old now but is still performing well. TV and video hooked up to it as well. The Squeezebox can be controlled via my phone or my wife's new Nexus. All the benefits of digital formats, playlists, instant access to my entire library etc. but with a damn good sound. Perhaps a tad cold sonically, not helped by the tile floor and loads of glass, but no bloody pops or crackles! Nearly all my cd's are now stashed away.
Quad CD player (modified)
or
Pioneer PL-15 turntable
Onkyo 876 7-channel power amp
Kef iQ90 3-way floorstanders, bi-amped (using 4 channels of the Onkyo)
In the shed:
Various Frankensteined Marantz CD players
or
Teac A-450 cassette player
Quad 33 pre-amp
Quad 303 power amp
Harman Kardon S100M speakers
Quiet times:
Quad CD player
Custom built headphone amp
AKG K702 headphones
I forgot about the shed, I have a Marantz PM-310 amp, you know cheap, slim and GOLD and a pair of AKAI bookshelf speakers rescued from the side of the road, different sites. Dusted off, amp repaired (at no cost, as shed music should be)and setup with an iPOD input. No fuss CHEAP music. *note; not sound, thats from whatever engine is happening at the time.
Greg.
There are of course other items that aren't in the main set ups, like media streamers, tuners etc.
Today I added another pair of headphones, the Marshall Major's.
Very beefy sound, and a lot better than I expected. Probably great for heavier guitar rock. At the
right price I might even recommend them, but they have nowhere near the definition of the AKG's.
My setup is very simple nowadays.
My study is my haven and I run my audio off my desktop PC which is on all day.
Audio setup is an Asus Xonar DG sound card fed to an old Technics SA-5150 Receiver,
from there to an active Audax subwoofer and a pair of Wharfedale Valdus 200 bookshelf speakers.
Sony MDR-V6 headphones I've had for years, comfortable to wear for hours and clear crisp sound.
I don't listen to anything loud, mostly classical and mostly JS Bach!
I've moved most, 16 GB, of my music to mp3 files and I control everything from my keyboard.
Might not suit everyone, but I'm happy!
Listening on my old Yamaha amp, Lenco turntable, Rotel other parts. Missing is the Luxmann CD player that died a long time ago. Speakers are Tannoy something's that cost a small fortune in 1989 and still sound fantastic.
To get better than this ( an audible difference) I have to spend in excess of 10K...and thats not likely. Other than that the ipod with Pioneer headphones.
Matt
My beside radio is a Tivoli Model One, my children understand me . Bless them.
My little car is fitted with a 200 watt BOSE system (factory) with iPOD connectivity and the system in the ute is suprisingly good company, it also has iPOD connectivity, so convienient.
Greg.
I've always been fond of Yamaha "stuff" so my setup is a Yamaha RX-V3071 driving a pair of B&W 602 series 3's , LR60 S3 centre, ASW 675 subbie (500 watts, I'm with Fred.... louder is better) and a pair of B&W 601's at the back. Sounds good to my somewhat deaf ears.
HRH is totally intolerant of any volume over a whisper, so it's Man behaving badly whenever she's away. The Yammie is controllable from IPhone/Pad and android via an app, which is a bonus as it allows HRH to use the tuner without having to fathom the complexities of the amp and remote.
I love my Single Ended Triodes but use Ultra Linear Push Pull in the office for extra power
Office setup:
EL34B (TADS) Ultralinear Amp (52Watts)...with pre 1970's Philips "Bugleboys"
Marantz CD5003
Technics SL 1210Mk5 turntable with ortofon styli
Yaqin MS-12B Phono Preamp...using Philips ECC83
Warfedale 9.6 Diamond
Warehouse:
All transistor Pure Class A, Single Ended Triode design
Preamp and Mono Blocks weigh in at 80kg! ~ Power output 45 Watts
and consumes about 300 Watts in idle!
Marantz CD 5003
Warfedale 9.6 and home built full range 6" Horns
Graetz Melodia 1957 Radiogram
Home:
ValveMark Nimbus 100 Single Ended Triode
Using KT 88 "Coke Bottles" running at about 20 Watts
Beresford Caiman DAC
Marantz CD 5003
Altair Full range 7" Horns
Valve based head phone preamps....... Sennheiser 595 and AKG K701
Like optics .... buy the best you can afford!
Last edited by Max Vondel; 07-06-2013 at 10:30 AM.
Unsure of the particulars of the solid state amp
Will try to find documentation lost somewhere on one of 5 computers.
It certainly had the middle and upper liquidity of the SET
and great lower frequencies to boot and real power.
At 20 Watts you can expect a call from the police due to volume
Will keep you posted when I check it out
THX
In the living room, I have a modded DSE A2760 Stereo driving a pair of lovely vintage Wigo 3-way speakers. Also have a Pioneer PL100 turntable with a NAD preamp, but this isn't hooked up at the present.
In the lounge/TV room its a Denon AVR1610 receiver with a 5.1 speaker setup from Athena Technologies.
In the "sound studio" i have a range of rack-mount audio gear, some of it average and some quite nice - dbx EQ, TC electronics effects, Alto compressors, Presonus MP20 transformer preamps (*lovely*), 2xPresonus Firepods (8 XLR channels each with 24bit/96kHz capability) , and selection of Rode/Shure/behringer mics. In this room I just use a couple of Wharfedale Titan 8A actives, which also double for small venue gigging FOH speakers.
Listening on my old Yamaha amp, Lenco turntable, Rotel other parts. Missing is the Luxmann CD player that died a long time ago. Speakers are Tannoy something's that cost a small fortune in 1989 and still sound fantastic.
To get better than this ( an audible difference) I have to spend in excess of 10K...and thats not likely. Other than that the ipod with Pioneer headphones.
Matt
A Lenco! I have an L70 which my wonderful father gave me - all original except for a new idler wheel and cartridge, and hooked up to an old Rotel receiver and Petroff Labs Speakers. It must add up to about 100 years of combined stereo equipment age...
Was just listening to Miles Davis and then the Sunnyboys - oh what joy!
Rogers LS3/5a speakers on Linn Kan stands, on a Musical Fidelity A120 (40W class-A). Various sources, but all from file these days (FLAC/ALAC for the important stuff, 320 or 256kbps AAC for the rest). No more jitter from mechanical transports. Also Alessandro MS-Pro headphones and various headphone amps.
A Lenco! I have an L70 which my wonderful father gave me - all original except for a new idler wheel and cartridge, and hooked up to an old Rotel receiver and Petroff Labs Speakers. It must add up to about 100 years of combined stereo equipment age...
Was just listening to Miles Davis and then the Sunnyboys - oh what joy!
Andrew
Mine is a Lenco L435 a fabulous turntable. Slowly putting all my vinyl to digital through a free program Audacity. The hard part is having to do that in real time.
Matt
Mine is a Lenco L435 a fabulous turntable. Slowly putting all my vinyl to digital through a free program Audacity. The hard part is having to do that in real time.
Matt
compressed digital matt? what do the recordings sound like turned from analogue to digital?
pat
compressed digital matt? what do the recordings sound like turned from analogue to digital?
pat
I'm not a techno type but Audacity records at 32 'whatevers' a second compared to 16 for commercial CD's. Sounds just like the vinyl in fact. It does take up a fair bit of room on the computer, and as most records are shortish I have yet to come across an album that doesn't fit onto a standard blank CD.
Well worth the effort and easy to use.
Matt
. Bless them.
