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The kit we bought, our current setups

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New Bedroom Setup:
Speakers: JBL K2 S9800 Spin/JBL Engineering Data Sheet
Amp: ASR Emitter 1 (Stereo Amplifier with 30KG external Power Supply)
DAC: Topping E30 II
Source: old Notebook
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Lewt me guess: you deducted this by the look of the painting on the right side, am i correct? Because boobies ;)
No, because your speakers look like they would any moment open with a long squeak, only to reveal dark violett lining and a bunch of those flapping around.

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This would be the soundtrack:

Music by Molchat Doma, a belarussian darkwave band, they probably are working their ass off in some gulag or collective potatoe farm now, i hear dictators don't like goth types.
 
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Cheapo RCA switcher, Aiyima A07, 1980s Sequerra Met-7s. Cleannnnnn! MOTU ultralite mk5 into input one as DAC, 90s Rotel receiver into input two as preamp, with turntable, cd and tape players plugged into that. This setup prioritizes the clean signal from the dac, and the older hifi equipment is kind of quarantined with the Rotel lol. It’s janky but it sounds fantastic.


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New Bedroom Setup:
Speakers: JBL K2 S9800 Spin/JBL Engineering Data Sheet
Amp: ASR Emitter 1 (Stereo Amplifier with 30KG external Power Supply)
DAC: Topping E30 II
Source: old Notebook
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I don't understand the significance of the four dead people under the black blanket in the foreground.
Are they part of your room equalization?

ADD: That boobie painting looks more to be an Erte (art-deco) re-creation, though tasteful.
 
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after a few of you expressed a intrest in just what each of us wasted our money on I though I would make a thread.

Post your current setups, stuff you used to have. Anything really but you must of owned it...( or made it)
Kii 3 and Kii Control
PC and Amazon Music Unlimited
Voiceemeter and Cantabile for VST plugins for modifying PC audio before the USB link to the Kii control (Sonarworks for a slight smoothing and Ozone Elements PEQ to help with a couple of room resonances, HOFA Dynamic Tilt for tilting the frequency response up or down depending on recording characteristics and personal preferences, and others for non-critical listening like compression, pink noise)

Stunning! YMMV.
 
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My nearfield listenig setup... Aiyima A07, WiiM Mini, Paradigm Atom... cheap never sounded this good
That’s taking Pucks literally! Love it….:cool:
 

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No photos, but here are my two current set-ups:

Main:
• Luxman PD-151 Mk2 turntable
• Hana ML cartridge
• Bryston BP-1.5 phono
• Bryston BP-25DA preamp
• Bryston 4B-ST power amp
• NAD C425 Tuner
• Topping D70s DAC
• Onkyo CDC 3.4 CD changer
• Mac Mini for digital streaming/ripping
• Thiel CS6 speakers
• Definitive 15" sub

Office:
• VPI Traveler v1.1 turntable
• Hana SL cartridge
• Bryston B100-SST preamp w/phono
• Bryston TF-2 SUT
• Cambridge Audio Azur 540c CD player
• Schiit Modi 3 DAC
• KEF LS50 speakers on Pangea stands
• Klipsch 12" sub

Lots of iterations in the past many years to get to these two. I'm happy with both.
 

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Hello, living room relax area:
Argon Audio Solo Streamer
Emotiva XDA-2 USB DAC
AudioLab 8300A (HT bypass in use for movies) Integrated Amp
Marantz Cinema 60 AV Receiver for movies
Monitor Audio Gold 300 5G front speakers
Heco Install top middle speakers (in ceiling)
Q Acoustics 3010i surround speakers wall mounted

Room acoustics is not great, but not that bad either...
I don'u use any sound EQ tech for the moment...
 

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ubik3000

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Hello, living room relax area:
Primare i25 Prisma (HT bypass)
Marantz Cinema 60 AV Receiver for movies
Monitor Audio Gold 300 5G front speakers
Heco Install top middle speakers (in ceiling)
Q Acoustics 3010i surround speakers wall mounted

Room acoustics is not great, but not that bad either...
I don'u use any sound EQ tech for the moment...
 

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