What audio equipment do you own?

I'm sure this has been asked many times before, but there's a reason I'm asking.... you now have a field in your profile where you can enter this information (called "equipment list") and never have to type it out again. Imagine being able to just point people to your profile to tell them what you own. Fill in your profile and reply to this thread so we can check it out!

Come on guys, let's see what you got!

I have a NAD c541i CDP, a NAD C370 int.Amp, bridged to a NAD C270 Power amp, driving Wharfedale Pacific Pi 40's and a Wharfedale Power Qube sub, 12" 150 watts. Plus Kimber Interconnects.




Colin

do you think you could lengthen the area for the equipment list in the profile? I posted my whole system up and only about half of it showed up caz its too long.

-Joey

Marantz 6200 receiver, marantz 65SE cd player, toshiba 2800 DVD, (4) infinity IL 40's, (1) infinity IL 36c, monster digital and analog connects

Not bad for a 21-year old electrical engineer....

Took half a summer to buy it all, but that's what loans are for, right?

MOTH custom s45 direct reactance drive - adjustable bias, zero feedback - 45 or 2a3 SET (1.8-6wpc output). 3k OPT / 13w plate disipation. Electra-Print transformers with the following mods:Borne 10k pot / Exotica teflon coupling caps / Kiwame carbon film resistors / CTC "blowtorch" silver wire. Tube compliment includes current production Emission Labs solid-plate 45's and NOS Raytheon 5u4gb, Sylvannia 6an4's.

SILVERLINE AUDIO SONATINA ("Avalon" version)-dynamic three-way / soft dome tweeter&mid-range / (2) 6" bass drivers / rosewood finish (93db/simple x-over/flat 8ohm).

AUDIO ALCHEMY DDS.PRO [transport]. AUDIO ALCHEMY DTI.PRO32 AD.3 [jitter filter]. AUDIO ALCHEMY DDEv3.0 dusty vawter's modified w/analog volume control via remote wand [DAC] w/"special" op-amp upgrade. M.P.S.-power supply feeds jitter filter & d/a converter.

DIY speaker "cables" 24awg (5n) 99.999% pure silver / 20awg teflon [top-post]. SILVERLINE AUDIO (copper) speaker cables [bottom-post]. SILVERLINE AUDIO (copper) analog 1.5m [DAC>amp]. AUDIO MAGIC MYSTIC REFERENCE (silver) i2s digital link 1.5m-[dds.pro>dtipro.32>ddev3.0].

SHUNYATA HYDRA PLC w/Sidewinder pc (upgraded "fuse"). BMI WHALE ELITE PC [m.p.s.]. BMI WHALE ELITE PC [transport].
SHUNYATA SIDEWINDER PC [amp]. SHUNYATA SIDEWINDER PC w/twist-lock connector [PLC].

LOVAN PYRAMID RACK (lead-filled) w/custom 2" chevelle blk granite amp platform, resting on another 3cm triangle granite platform w/combo of three Vibrapods / BDR "ThoseThings" base footers between. Custom 1/4" triangle glass shelves for front-end.

MikE

I also have it listed in my signature but it's harder to read.

Main System:

Audio Note AN K Spe - 2 way standmount speakers (8'woofer .75' tweeter - 36h-20khz 8ohm(in a corner). http://www.audionote.co.uk/

Skylan High Mass 20 inch stands. http://www.skylanstands.com/stands.htm

Sugden A48b Integrated amp. Hand Built 70Watts per channel High bias in class A class A/B and completely DC coupled.
http://www.audiosynergy.co.uk/a21arev.htm

Cambridge Audio CD 6 Single disc player.
Sony CDP 355 300 disc changer.

NAD 533 Turntable with Shure M97Xe cartridge
http://www.nadelectronics.com/turntable/533_framset.htm
Tara Labs Prizm 11 interconnects

Headphone System:
Sennheiser HD600
http://www.sennheiserusa.com/pages/products/index.htm

Antique Sound Labs MG Head DT tube headphone amp

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Originally Posted by kingcrim05

Marantz 6200 receiver, marantz 65SE cd player, toshiba 2800 DVD, (4) infinity IL 40's, (1) infinity IL 36c, monster digital and analog connects

Not bad for a 21-year old electrical engineer....

Took half a summer to buy it all, but that's what loans are for, right?

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I have the IL 36C for my center and I am very pleased with the sound I get. I tried two or three others but they don't come close to this one. I think you will be happy with your choice of speakers. Grandpaw

I don't know if you know about it but you can get different color grills for you center channel. They are listed on the Infinity web site.

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Originally Posted by kingcrim05

Marantz 6200 receiver, marantz 65SE cd player, toshiba 2800 DVD, (4) infinity IL 40's, (1) infinity IL 36c, monster digital and analog connects

Not bad for a 21-year old electrical engineer....

Took half a summer to buy it all, but that's what loans are for, right?

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I have the IL 36C for my center and I am very pleased with the sound I get. I tried two or three others but they don't come close to this one. I think you will be happy with your choice of speakers. Grandpaw

I don't know if you know about it but you can get different color grills for you center channel. They are listed on the Infinity web site.

Speakers: Rocket by Onix 750 mains, RSC200 center, and RSS300 [rewired in phase] surrounds. http://www.av123.com/products_categ...peakers&brand=3

Subwoofer: SVS 20-39 PCi http://www.svsubwoofers.com/subs_pci_20-39.htm

Receiver: Yamaha RX-V2400 http://www.yamaha.com/yec/products/...ER/RX-V2400.htm

DVD player: Panasonic DVD-CP72K

Cassette Deck: Nakamichi DR-10

Turn Table: Technics SL-Q300

VCR: Mitsubishi HS-U431

RPTV: Hitachi 50GX49B

Satellite: DishPVR 501 System

Connections: Yes

Sys 1; Sherwood 6095R,4 minimus 7 spkrs(2 are canibalized with pts. express woofer and RS Piezo tweeter;Garrard W-T-W spkr for cent. ch. 2 canibalized Marantz cabinets with 10 inch sub in each powered by NAD 3040PE PWR AMP SECTION. Pion.DV341 and Zenith DVC 2250 DVD players.
Sys 2. JVC 718 DPL Rec. 2 KLH 900B main Spkrs. Shares rear Min7s with Sherwood for surround. 2nd Garrard W-T-W spkr for cent. ch. Pana. VHS HI-FI vcr. CLD-M90 LD PLAYER.
Sys 3. NAD 7020 stereo rec. 2 Ultra acoustics 3 way mains, canibalized garrard 3 way mini spkr for cent. ch., 2 mini 7s for surr in 5 ch. Dynaquad config.

Done.

THis dumb ass new forum wont accept the entire system.
SO...
<b>Proceed AVP2 pre-amp, HPA2 amp (fronts), Anthem MCA 30 amp (rears & center), VPI MKIV TurnTable, Musical Fidelity X-LPS phono pre-amp, Arcam DV27 FMJ DVD, Marantz MV-5100 VCR, BEV 3100 satellite, Sony 53" HDTV, Monitor Audio Reference 60's ( fronts), REL Strata II Sub, Revel C30 Center, JMLabs Dipole Surrounds, Cardas Golden Reference Power Cables, Cardas Neutral Reference interconnects & Speaker cable.

Hi guys...here's a pic of my system...



the details can be seen by clicking on the link in my signature.

I'll just list the basic CD playing system:

Rotel RCD-965BX CDP
Quad 44 preamp
Quad 606 amp
Quad ESL-63 speakers
Paradigm PW-2500 subwoofer (15")
Mirage LFX-1 electronic crossover

Don't expect me to list connectors.

My System

Why not? MikE

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Originally Posted by Chris

Come on guys, let's see what you got!

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Ok!
:D

Lookie here ma'....)

Funai 32A-5128 32" WS-TV
Denon DVD-2200 Multiformatplayer
Denon DRA-1000R Reciever
Pioneer CT-W606DR tapedeck
ELP LT-1XRC laserturntable
SONY HT-K215 surrounddecoder
Cerwin Vega V-15F speakers
Force D-Master 1145S digital sattelit reciever
Daewoo DV-K965 VCR

In the heart of my system lies a Krell 500i integrated amp, 250 wpc, fully balanced circuitry & class A preamp section. Connected to this is:
Krell 280cd via the balanced input
Acoustech PH-1p phono stage ( to this runs a Rega P3 turntable with their Elys cartridge. RB-300 tonearm
Primare P30 A/V preamp through the theater through input of the 500i. The Denon 1600 DVD player is connected to the P30 via digital output. Panasonic hi fi VCR. Dishnet PVR connected to P30 via digital connection. Arcam 100x3 FMJ power amp for rear/center.
Velodyne SPL-1200 powered sub. 750 watt digital amp.
Dynaudio Contour t2.5 mains. t2.1 center. Audience 52's rear
Transparent Cable - all audio and video connections
Teac cassette deck, probably over 15 years old and still rolling. Remember when they put DBX noise reduction in the decks? This one has it.
Musical Fidelity X-Can headphone amp
Sennheiser HD-600 headphones
Pioneer 56 rear projection, non HD, TV
Is the VPI record cleaning machine considered part of the system?

I tried to paste together two pictures the best that I could, but due to parallax distortion, they didn't exactly match.

Left to right:
Velodyne ULD 15 subwoofer
Dynaudio Contour 3.3
Panasonic TH-42PWD4 42" plasma display
Dynaudio T2.1 center channel

Cabinet, top to bottom:
NAD 4130 digital tuner
Denon DVD-1600 DVD & DVD-Audio player
Mitsubishi U-61 VCR
Pioneer PDR-555RW CD recorder
Lexicon DC-1 controller w/THX & Dolby Digital upgrade
Sony TA-P9000ES preamp
Sony HD-200 HDTV receiver
Sony DVP-CX777ES 400-disc DVD/SACD carousel
Sony CDP CX350 300+1-disc CD carousel
Taylor remote temperature sensor
B&K AV5000 Series II 5-channel amp (125w/ch)
Rotel RB-990BX 2-channel amp (200w/ch)

...proceeding to the right...
Dynaudio Contour 3.3
B&O Beogram 3400 turntable w/20CL cartridge
Hafler DH-110 preamp (inside cabinet, used for phono preamp)

Speaker Cables - Audioquest, Kimber & Straight Wire for mains, center & subwoofer (nice solid cables, all, but aside from making solid connections and having sufficient ability to transmit the signal with little resistance, I like many probably wasted money here, but did get them all at a decent discount...only the Kimber was new, and that was a freebie when I bought the subwoofer)

Not shown:
Rear surrounds - one Dynaudio 3.3, one Snell K-III
Cassette deck - Nakamichi 1000ZXL w/NR-100 Dolby C unit - not hooked up
Sony DVP-S7000 (first generation DVD player, now hooked up to Yamaha YST-MS50 computer speakers in bedroom)

It's the same picture, but zoomed in on the equipment rack. If you look closely, you can see my hand on the camera in the reflection off the HD-200 front panel.

Two channel:
Amp McIntosh 7200
Pre Amp McIntosh C35
Cd Player McnItosh 7009
Speakers McIntosh XR19

Home Theater
Receiver Marantz 7000
DVD Marantz 7010
Fronts Def Tech 2004TLS
Center Def Tech CLR 2300
Rears Def Tech Pro 80's
Rear sub Def Tech Pro 80 (Powers rears)

System 1: Main living room HT hookup...

Receiver - Onkyo 898
Mains - Ohm Walsh F's (Ver. 2)
Center - Klipsch KLF-C7
Rears - Ohm Walsh 2's
Sub - Hsu VTF-3
DVD - Denon 3700
CD - Yammie 675
VCR - JVC something or other
Cables - Rat Shack etc...
TV - 13 year old Mitsubishi 35" CRT mankiller

System 2: Bedroom system

Receiver - Onkyo 797
Mains - Platinum Audio PT-801's
Rears - Generic BIC crap
DVD - Yamaha 920
Center - BIC DLR-53
Sub - Hsu VTF-2
TV- Samsung 32" HDTV CRT

Da Worfster

My system

Amp-AMC 2100
Preamp/Mixer-Behringer EUROBACK MX602A
CD Player-NAD 5355
Tape Deck-Sony TC-WE435
Tuner-Nikko NT-890
Main-Dayton 2-way DIY
Sub-Velodyne CT-100
IC-Monster Studiolink 500(2 pairs)
Speaker cable-Vanco OFC 14awg with solderless banana plugs
AC Filter-Furman RP-8

This is in a well-treated 10*10*8 room.

Dynavector DV20XL, Souther SLA-3i, VPI Scout, Monster HTS-1000, VPI HW-16, GamuT CD-1 / DACT passive attenuators, ARC SP-9MKIII, VTL MB450 Reference, Acoustat 2+2, JPS Labs cables

<img src="http://home.comcast.net/~ralphwallace/images/audio/small_system.jpg">

Mitsubishi WS55511 HDTV
Sony DA7ES Reciever
Sony RCD-W50C 5 Disk CD Recorder
Sony CDP-CX225 200 Disk CD Changer
Sony SLV-779HF VCR
Pioneer DV-667A DVD, SACD, DVD Audio Player
Sony RM-AV2100 Universal Remote
Sony SS-MF500H Mains
Cerwin Vega LS-5 Bookshelf Surrounds (4 ea.)
Cerwin Vega LS-5C Center Channel
Cerwin Vega LW-10 Sub
RCA Direct T.V. Reciever

And hand built entertainment center and sofa table.

http://groups.msn.com/mudcricket/myh...to&PhotoID=697

~C.C.~

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Originally Posted by Mwalsdor_cscc_edu

Why not? MikE

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Why don't ask me to list connectors?

You know the answer already, Mike, or at least part of it. The main reasoin is that in my considered opinion different connectors will make no audible difference, or if you wish to follow strict formal logic, are unlikely to make an audible difference.

There is a second reason, too: frankly, I don't know what brand some of them are, I've had them so long. :cool:

In comparing the pictures posted so far, I find harleyx's and gonefishin's to be extremely dark and E-stat's on the dark side. My pictures probably look really washed out in comparison.

I think this probably is most likely due to how we each have our monitors set. I have the Photoshop software which I used to calibrate the settings on my home monitor, although it is not an exact science. The end result is that the colors are quite vivid. The same pictures on my monitor at work don't seem to have as much impact.

I cranked the brightness of my pictures I posted up a bit to better see the equipment, so they aren't totally "accurate", but it looks to me by the pictures others have posted that they may have the brightness cranked up too high on their monitors. Am I in the minority here?

I've brightened up one of the posted pictures so I can see the equipment better. I attached the result to this post. So my questions are...do most people think the other pictures are just fine?...are the other pictures dark just because the posters have no means to correct them?...how many other people "calibrate" their monitors.

P.S. The "adjusted" picture of Gonefishin's system I attached looks really washed out to me, but it allows me to see the equipment rather than providing an accurate color rendition of the room.

Yea, it looks fine on my monitor.
Oh well, I brightened it up a bit. Photoshop 7...great program, if I knew how to use it...)

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Originally Posted by Chris

I'm sure this has been asked many times before, but there's a reason I'm asking.... you now have a field in your profile where you can enter this information (called "equipment list") and never have to type it out again. Imagine being able to just point people to your profile to tell them what you own. Fill in your profile and reply to this thread so we can check it out!

Come on guys, let's see what you got!

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I own the following gear:

Fronts - Klipsch Tangent 50's
Center - Klipsch KV2
Rear - Definitive Technology BP1's
Extra - Infinity Kappa 6
Subs - Custom made 15 inch subs (2)
Amp - Yamaha P2100 (3)
Amp - DBX BX3
Crossover - Paradigm X-30
Preamp - Citation 7.0
DDpro - Pioneer Elite SP-99D
DVD - Pioneer dv250
VCR - Proscan Hi-Fi vcr
Mixer - Behringer UB2442FX-PRO Mixer
Computer - PIV 2.6 with optical and coax digital out's, equip with cool
edit 2.0, wave lab, 80 gig hdd, multiple cd burning capability
Television - RCA 31"
Projection - Kodak LC 500 lcd projector
Screen - Da-lite Model B 100" 4.3 video format matte white screen
Keyboard - Alesis QS-7
Scaler - Inline 1424 line doubler/scaler (used to convert composite
signal to RGBS - will use as line doubler when I upgrade the
projector

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Originally Posted by Chris

I'm sure this has been asked many times before, but there's a reason I'm asking.... you now have a field in your profile where you can enter this information (called "equipment list") and never have to type it out again. Imagine being able to just point people to your profile to tell them what you own. Fill in your profile and reply to this thread so we can check it out!

Come on guys, let's see what you got!

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Yamaha 5250 Receiver
Philips Cd
Sony S560D DVD Player
Pioneer 563A DVD Player
Yamaha Turntable
M&K 750thx Fronts
M&K 750thx Center
Paradigm Sub
Jamo Rears
Samsung 50" DLP TV

Glad to provide the laughs [least I'm good for something]. But seriously I believe it is important for everyone to disclose such data as equipment history, experience or educational background so that the readers can make a more informed opinion about they're credibility. For instance, when someone discredits a particular brand or equipment type it would be relevant to know the extent of their exposure to the equipment in question. Of course, the decision is entirely your's as to what information you choose to provide and the reader's to evaluate.

MikE

I had hard time taking my pics. My room is really dark and if I used the flash on the camera it would either wash everything out or if I got a reflection it would auto dim. If this happened it would be so dark you couldn't tell what was what. I only have a 3.0 mp camera.

~C.C.~

Sources-Denon 2900 (For sacd only) Esotric P-500 Transport-Audio alchemy DTI-PS Audio Digital Link (For cd) SOTA Sapphire-Sumiko FT3 Tonearm W/Blue point Audio Research SP9 mk2 VTL Compact 80 Monoblocks (5881 Output tubes) Joseph Audio RM7si signatures resting on 27 inch high sand filled Lovan stands and for low bass a Sunfire True subwoofer mk4 run of the speaker taps of the VTL's

Cables- All digital cables are Cardas W/ Nordost Blue Heaven to preamp Pre to amp Cardas Quadlink 5C Amp to speaker Nordost Blue Heaven Bi-wire for the JA's and Super Flatline to Sub

Power- Monster cable HTS 2000's amp outlets for the VTL's and a Tripplite LC 1000 Voltage regulator for the sources and preamp. The Denon 2900's powercord is a PS Audio Prelude and to finish Audioprisum Quietline filters throughout the house

VTL's are on a dedicated 20 amp line and the sources are also on a dedicated 20 amp line. The room is located in the basement and is for music only and is treated with ASC tube traps plus 2 inch sonex.

hi chris,

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Originally Posted by Chris

I'm sure this has been asked many times before, but there's a reason I'm asking.... you now have a field in your profile where you can enter this information (called "equipment list") and never have to type it out again. Imagine being able to just point people to your profile to tell them what you own. Fill in your profile and reply to this thread so we can check it out!

Come on guys, let's see what you got!

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when i tried to fillout the profiles equip list, it cut off very quickly. has this been fixed or is the space still so limiited.

i dont want to do that again to only find that ive wasted my time again.

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Originally Posted by hifitommy

when i tried to fillout the profiles equip list, it cut off very quickly

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What I did was put post my system picture and description in this thread and put a link to the post in my signature area. I think this is a good alternative, except for the fact that the capability to edit one's post beyond a 24-hour timeframe has been turned off. Can we change that, Chris? Is there any particular reason for putting that restriction in place?

i linked to my AA system. best short work i could do, editable anytime.

McIntosh C36 - preamplifier
McIntosh MC2505 - amplifier
McIntosh MQ101 - equalizer
Marantz 6300 - turntable
Klipsch Quartet - speakers
MIT Terminator 2 - speaker wires
Monster - interconnects

Mits311 65" HD RPTV
Yamaha RXV995 receiver
Yamaha CDC735 CDP
Pioneer CLDM301LDP
Mits HSU510 hifi VCR
Pioneer DV563A DVDP
Panasonic ATSC HD tuner (not sure of the model picked it up at Bernies for $100, originally priced @1,495. It is very heavy.
DirectTV HBH DD rec.
Polk RT 16 main spks
BIC DV53CLR center channel
BIC surround spks
KLH sub
All Monster audio and video inter connects.
Monster M500 Svideo
Monster Mseries spk wire front LCR