The kit we bought, our current setups

[Zensō]

 

[Zensō]

 

[rdenney]

This looks like a lovely cozy space. Euphonium(?) also does it for me. My listening room always has a guitar and a viola in it.

Yes, cozy, and a good spot to sip single malt while listening to (as in last night) Liszt.

Ooo, dangerous to ask me about tubas. I'll try to keep it to a hundred pages. No, much bigger than a euphonium. That particular instrument is a late-50's York Master, German-made for one of the great old American manufacturers. It's now gone. The current fleet includes a Hirsbrunner HBS-193 (a very large "kaiser" contrabass tuba with rotary valves), a Holton BB-345 (much-storied--an even larger "grand orchestra" jumbo tuba with front-action piston valves), an Eastman EBB-534 (a much smaller front-piston contrabass tuba that I use for small ensembles, and that I bought to replace this York Master which was too large for that duty), a B&S Symphonie bass tuba in F with six rotary valves, a Yamaha YFB-621 bass tuba in F with four pistons and a rotary valve, and a Besson New Standard compensating euphonium from the early 70's, which is about half the size of what you see in the pic.

All of them are truly the best of their types and far better than I have the ability to explore, and I've spent 40 years amassing the collection. The Hirsbrunner was hand-hammered in Switzerland from flat brass and one of perhaps a couple of dozen that have been made in the last five decades, nearly all for professional orchestras in Germanic countries. Perhaps four or five have made it to North America. The Holton was one of at most a few hundred made in Elkhorn, Wisconsin, many of which died tragic and cruel deaths in school service, and many of which were victims of poor quality control. Mine is superb and has been carefully overhauled. Both are exceedingly rare.

Rick "you think poetry is used for audio equipment--you have no idea about musicians" Denney

 

[ahofer]

Yes, cozy, and a good spot to sip single malt while listening to (as in last night) Liszt.

Ooo, dangerous to ask me about tubas. I'll try to keep it to a hundred pages. No, much bigger than a euphonium. That particular instrument is a late-50's York Master, German-made for one of the great old American manufacturers. It's now gone. The current fleet includes a Hirsbrunner HBS-193 (a very large "kaiser" contrabass tuba with rotary valves), a Holton BB-345 (much-storied--an even larger "grand orchestra" jumbo tuba with front-action piston valves), an Eastman EBB-534 (a much smaller front-piston contrabass tuba that I use for small ensembles, and that I bought to replace this York Master which was too large for that duty), a B&S Symphonie bass tuba in F with six rotary valves, a Yamaha YFB-621 bass tuba in F with four pistons and a rotary valve, and a Besson New Standard compensating euphonium from the early 70's, which is about half the size of what you see in the pic.

All of them are truly the best of their types and far better than I have the ability to explore, and I've spent 40 years amassing the collection. The Hirsbrunner was hand-hammered in Switzerland from flat brass and one of perhaps a couple of dozen that have been made in the last five decades, nearly all for professional orchestras in Germanic countries. Perhaps four or five have made it to North America. The Holton was one of at most a few hundred made in Elkhorn, Wisconsin, many of which died tragic and cruel deaths in school service, and many of which were victims of poor quality control. Mine is superb and has been carefully overhauled. Both are exceedingly rare.

Rick "you think poetry is used for audio equipment--you have no idea about musicians" Denney

Awesome. I know nothing about brass valve mechanics, but I can imagine how satisfying the best ones are. I also play(ed) clarinet, and have been lusting after one of these since I saw David Shifrin play it - https://www.kesslerandsons.com/product/backun-moba-clarinet-cocobolo-wood/

 

[steve59]

 

[steve59]

The dsp 8000se (these are upgraded) are keepers for my main system. The 7f is the best sounding passive speaker I’ve had in my room/ system but redundant. I’ll probably sell the 7f or trade for the persona b and cash for a second system in the bedroom.

 

[JackFrost]

Here is my setup for my office room:

Lyngdorf TDAI-1120 with B&W 606 Anniversary speakers

 

[ahofer]

The RME ADI-2 and March Audio p252 are hidden.

 

[Harmonie]

The RME ADI-2 and March Audio p252 are hidden.

Nice and discrete setup.
How far is your listening position ?

 

[Harmonie]

Here is my setup for my office room:

Lyngdorf TDAI-1120 with B&W 606 Anniversary speakers

Very nice furniture.
The wood and White blend in nicely thus together with the speakers

 

[lastexile]

I payed 6k for the Isoacoustics dolly set....don't judge me

 

[pads]

A bit of a mess but it keeps me out of trouble...

 

[Robin L]

2017 bargains from Amvets, Fresno. Dedicated 5.0 set of speakers [Infinity Primus 360's 250's and a C25], an OPPO Universal DVD player AND an Onkyo 5.1 receiver. Total was less than $150. Add three powered subs for $120. Ultimate cheapskate garage/mancave stereo. Gave it away when I no longer had a garage. Two turntables, a Pioneer on the left for casual LP listening [the 'real' turntable, a Strathclyde 305m with a SME III arm, Shure 97xE cartridge is in the house] and a Garrard TT with a flip-over ceramic cartridge for 78s on the right:

 

[escape2]

At my desk, back in the day I used to use my laptop's built-in headphone out to an Onkyo executive mini-receiver, to Velodyne VX-11 sub, to PSB Alpha B speakers.

Current setup includes Loxjie D30 DAC, Emotiva A-100 amp, and Fluid Audio speaker stands. Next upgrade will be a new sub, but I'm not in a rush - things sound good as is.

 

[Moonhead]

AVI DM12
- Small active bastards with SB drivers.

 

[sergeauckland]

Here's mine.

Listening room

Racks

In racks:

Left Rack
Turntable AEG TRS9000 with AT33 cartridge
Connector panel for spare ins and outs
Mains sequencer
Selector switch
Squeezebox Touch
Meridian 206 CD player
Meridian 501 preamp
Sony SQD2020 Quadraphonic Decoder

Right Rack
Turntable EMT 948 with TSD15 cartridge
Stereo Type 1 PPM (DIY)
Headphone driver and tone controls & mono switch (DIY)
Behringer DEQ2496 equaliser
Behringer DCX 2496 crossover
Behringer A500 power amps, x 3
Mains voltage and current metering (DIY)

Loudspeakers are B&W 801f with original crossovers removed and now active using DCX2496 crossover.
Equaliser has the Behringermods analogue input mods as I did use the item as an ADC for live recordings. Now just to EQ the 'speakers
Racks are DIY 19" rackmounts.

S.
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[pads]

I just realized I didn't say what you were looking at.

Turntables: Full Pedersons modded Michell Gyrodec with Schroeder clone tonearm and a Hana ML cart. Restored Thorens 124 Mark 2 with a SME series 2 tonearm and a AudioNote IQ 3
Integrated amp: AudioNote Cobra (dumb name, fabulous amp)
Phono: Moon 110lp v2
Linn Ikemi CD player
Wadia Ipod player
Speakers: DIY with Hawthorn audio speakers and super tweeters
Most cables by me. Because why not.
Lots of lps from classical, jazz, folk, rock, ambient etc. etc.... Lots of CDs not shown.

 

[Cider]

Bought this stuff before I found this site, but fortunately I'm cheap, so I didn't go too far out in the weeds. The Mytek and MiniDSP stuff are second-hand:

Speakers (and cabinet) are DIY. I finished the speaker cabinets in walnut to match our furniture in another room, and then we immediately moved everything around and the speakers didn't fit any more. An excuse to build another pair? I think so.

I really need to hide those TV cords too! Shameful.

 

[Old Listener]

Bought this stuff before I found this site, but fortunately I'm cheap, so I didn't go too far out in the weeds. The Mytek and MiniDSP stuff are second-hand:


Speakers (and cabinet) are DIY. I finished the speaker cabinets in walnut to match our furniture in another room, and then we immediately moved everything around and the speakers didn't fit any more. An excuse to build another pair? I think so.

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I really need to hide those TV cords too! Shameful.

Very clean looking setup.

 

[Harmonie]

Bought this stuff before I found this site, but fortunately I'm cheap, so I didn't go too far out in the weeds. The Mytek and MiniDSP stuff are second-hand:



Speakers (and cabinet) are DIY. I finished the speaker cabinets in walnut to match our furniture in another room, and then we immediately moved everything around and the speakers didn't fit any more. An excuse to build another pair? I think so.




I really need to hide those TV cords too! Shameful.

Beautiful and typical example that could be quoted: When only sound matters ...