Hifi, Lofi - Show us What you Listen With…...
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Cool thread!
Adding a bit here from the DIY / tube side of the house.
Single ended / ultra-linear switchable KT88 with a split rail power supply power amp (about 8wpc) and a 300B preamplifier based on a bottlehead beepree2. There's a bottlehead crack just below for HD580 headphones just peaking through, a schiit gungnir multibit dac hidden beneath, and a roon endpoint feeding it all out of the frame tucked away. Speakers are a set of floor standing omega single drivers in sapele. I also made a first watt aleph j that sounds terrific but it doesnt quite fit in the shelving, so I only use it on occasion.
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@pechelman nice tube gear! I just entered the tube game with a Luxman LX-380 and a pair of Zu Omen II speakers. Sounding pretty good in here!
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Thanks @setandsetting, your setup looks great too, and excellent cable management!
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This is my kind of thread. Love me some vintage audio gear!!
My pride and joy set up. Stunning sound.
Luxman PD 277
Marantz 2325
JBL 4312
In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...
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I been spoilt with Streamer lately.
After putting some time to create proper listening space at new place, I hope I could be more ear to my P2 with exact stylus. I still remembered the warmth to my ear from vinyl.
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@oblivion-sila Beautiful setup!
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Vinyl's great but I love roon. It's very hard to argue with my inner pragmatist to sit back and swap albums with a tap on a screen. Great setup @oblivion-sila !
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@oblivion-sila Im actually going to a listening party tomorrow night for the 50th anniversary of DSOTM. A local vintage hifi equipment shop is going to debut a new release of a live performance of DSOTM from Wembley 1974. Can’t wait to hear this on the highest end vintage equipment ever!! Should be a treat!!
In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...
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Thank you @goosehd @pechelman
Vinyl is worth it but yeah need a lil bit more effort. Not sure we are in good era but surely we are so spoilt with streaming.
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@Mizmazzle It sounds mysterious. I found some stuff back visiting Worthing but when you say vintage, that will be surely older than those. Please share us your experience.
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@oblivion-sila I will man. I just hope to god I don’t end up spending 10k on a McIntosh tube amp haha. They have so much amazing shit at this store. Fortunately or unfortunately, I don’t have 10k at the moment haha
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@Mizmazzle Mac makes great stuff, but I'd highly recommend going the DIY route if you're at all interested in tube stuff on a budget. Bottlehead makes great kits if you arent otherwised electrically inclined that are easy to follow and they sound fantastic.
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@Mizmazzle very clean set up. The warmth of a Marantz is so kind to the ears & soul. Here's my set up:
receiver: Marantz 2275
table: Marantz 6100
speakers: Dahlquist DQ-20s (if you're in the Portland, OR area I'm selling these - my wife is over how big they are...lame!!...holler at me and I'll give you a hell of a deal. they sound amazing, drink power and were just refurbished
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@pechelman thanks for the info! I’m def wanting to move into a tube set up next. Would be sweet to build my own! Sounds like a fun project! And it doesn’t cost $10k
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@Inorganic yeah bro!!! Love it!! I agree with your take on Marantz. Also, they are drop dead gorgeous!!
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@Crispy-Heron this guy with a decent pre-amp would be a solid setup to get you back in the game
https://shop.project-audio.com/product/debut-evo-2/
@Mizmazzle @J-IV @endo @Aetas @prpx @68degreesorless any suggestions?
