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The kit we bought, our current setups

pozz

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Hey everybody!
Thought we might share good or not so good pictures of our current or past listening stations/rigs. Might be fun to see what type of hardware everybody has and how it looks like in its natural habitat.

This is my current setup:
DAC: Topping D10
Amp: Massdrop THX AAA 789 and PMillet Nutube Hybrid
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The Eizo monitor: nice. I have one, too. The colour depth and even display temp make it really easy on the eyes.
 

ernestcarl

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Sorry, but here's the best crappy smartphone shot I could muster this afternoon of my currently office desk/dumping station:

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Measurements made with REW same day early in the morning here.
 

ernestcarl

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He's made of plastic, but the original was made of Plasticine (a non-setting modelling clay)...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morph_(animation)

Other name is "claymation" I believe. Love that style of art especially when I was a kid. It can be done really well like "The Fantastic Mr. Fox", although sometimes horribly like: worst and best claymation
Here is a former state of my vintage office set-up (now it's bi-amped with tubes on top :cool: ) :

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I wonder if the bricks contribute anything for the acoustics other than being your makeshift (?) rack stand. :cool: This is not the first time I've seen something like this though...
 

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I wonder if the bricks contribute anything for the acoustics other than being your makeshift (?) rack stand. :cool: This is not the first time I've seen something like this though...
Sure, on top of this low-cost modular antiseismic design being my crown jewel as DIY king, unpainted cinderblocks also have interesting acoustic properties (from Everest et al, Master Handbook of Acoustics - is this audio science, or what ? ;) ) :

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My humble distortion devices:
Mac mini as music server
Matrix Audio X SABRE PRO MQA
Toshiba SD9200 dvd audio player
Don Sachs Model 2 preamp with all the upgrades
VTA M125 mono blocs
B&W Signature 805
Velodyne HGS 15 with Behringer DSP1124P to remove room modes
Monster Power AVS2000 & HTPS7000
Not in use at this time:
Audio Research LS1
Aragon D2A
Aragon 4004
Martin Logan CLS 2

Don’t laugh at my cable organization! I like my sh!t neat.
Room size is 13.5x23.5x7.75

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Very minimalist, I see. Though It would be nice not to have to carry extra "dongles" and an external amp.

True. This was a rather recent change as my previous setup was the SE846 directly out of my iPhone (via FiiO iRC-MMCX lightning cable). Thus far this “upgrade” has proved more subjective than objective, and if I weren’t so lazy, it would’ve been returned by now.
 

pozz

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One portable amp I'd like Amir to measure is the Periodic Audio Nickel. He's spoken with them before so it may be in the works.

50% off right now apparently.
 

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Lately, it's been the Washburn 12-string mostly, followed by the Fiio M3K/Sennheiser HD 599 then [in the background] a/d/s 400's hooked up to a Yahama 5.1 receiver, set up as 2-channel + sub configuration. Often I'll use my Fiio M3K as source for the speaker system. Not shown, the Onkyo cassette dec, Sony DVD/SACD/CD player. There's also Schiit Magni 3 headphone amp, Sennheiser 579s, a couple of Sony Blu-Ray players that also play SACDs, other stuff too.



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Sal1950

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Don’t laugh at my cable organization! I like my sh!t neat.
Room size is 13.5x23.5x7.75
Naw, I won't make fun of your cable risers, etc. :p
I envy that room, a perfect size to set up an awesome HiFi
Thanks for posting the photos, I enjoy looking at the members various rigs.
Have fun with that great system.
 
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