Your Best Audio/Video Pick-up of 2009

Looking through the paper this morning I saw the usually "Best of 2009" story for a variety of things such as movies, cars etc. and thought maybe we should do the same here. please feel free to list your best or Top new additions that you made to your audio/video system(s) in 2009.

I will get it started by listing my top 5 though these are in no particular order;

Marantz 2245/KLH 5 Receiver/Speaker Combo
Kenwood KA 8100/KT 8300 Amp/tuner Combo
Polk Monitor 10B speakers
Denon DCD1800/Nikko NR 819 CD player/Receiver combo
Luxman R1050 receiver

Technics SL-Q2 w/ Ortofon 2M Red

http://usr.audioasylum.com/images/3/..._sl_q3_gr2.jpg

Kenwood Basic C1

http://www.ultraelectronicactive.com...ontrol-Amp.jpg

DIY Solid Core cabling

http://forums.audioreview.com/attach...1&d=1260048771

Creative Audigy Platinum 24bit soundcard

http://wiki.linuxmce.org/images/9/97...y_Platinum.jpg

Dynaco A25 / Angstrom Modular Three

http://www.praudio.co.uk/images/loud...dynaco_a25.jpg

http://www.angstromloudspeakers.com/...reeBlkPair.jpg

Mordaunt Short Avant 902i bookshelf speakers
Mordaunt Short Aviano 2 bookshelf speakers
Musical Fidelity X-RAY CDP
Musical Fidelity Triple X power supply
Rega Brio 3 Integrated Amp

Rotel RA-810 amp
Toshiba TT from '80s (that I have yet to test)
My newly finished DIY speakers

Finally an Arcam CD73 CDP and Kef iQ5 SE's (although these are not for myself)

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Originally Posted by audio amateur

My newly finished DIY speakers

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What? No pics or info?

The best of 2009 for me...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2493/...90db7c410e.jpg

this is the best of what i got in 2009

Besides my Oppo BluRay I'd have to say these here!

My vintage ADS 1290's

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...Gear/ADS-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...Gear/ADS-4.jpg

Worf

There is some great gear showing up here and I am glad to see so many pics of the gear.

Worf- Those ADS look great!
Poppa- Glad to see you were able to keep the original grill cloth on the A-25's. I had to replace it on mine due to a mold issue which seems to be a common problem with them.
02-Nice clean little pre-amp

Here's my new addiction for 09

Vizio VF550M
http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/5816/vf550m.jpg

And the Pioneer BD120 player
http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/2082/pioneerbdp120.jpg

Here are mine:

The Oppo Blu-ray: Fast loading times, combined with ease of use.

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Then my Denon AV Processor: A tad bit more complicated

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Originally Posted by Worf101

Besides my Oppo BluRay...

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x...ftangle_hr.jpg
Worf

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Damn Worf, I have Oppo envy. You have the SE right?

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Originally Posted by poppachubby

What? No pics or info?

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Hey, I just wrote an update in the original thread. I've been with my family, so little time for the forums. I'll try to get some pics and impression by tomorrow.

-Transfiguration Temper Supreme
-Brines Acoustics FB-20
-Lyra Clavis
-Rega RB-250 modded
-Musical Fidelity V8 X-Can
-Aune Mini USB DAC
-TTWeight Clamps and Periphery ring
-K&K Premium SUT
-Pinnacle Baby Boomer Plus
-Cambre 3 Shelve rack
-Tim Rawson Aleph 5 monoblocks
-Clearaudio Stability headshell
-Tubes
-LP
-Various tweaks and others I cannot remember.

JRA

oh yeah, MMG with modded crossovers. One of the speakers Mylar was damaged, but I got good understanding of how they sound. Anyone interested in a MMG for your center-channel?

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Originally Posted by Worf101

Besides my Oppo BluRay I'd have to say these here!

My vintage ADS 1290's

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...Gear/ADS-1.jpg


Worf

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Wow, they look great nude!!!!
Without knowing anything, they look fairly easy to drive. Perhaps looks can be deceiving, but how do they respond?

Very cool
JRA

Not a lot of new pickups in 2009 but the Cambridge Audio DV89 for a secondary system is a keeper...does everything relatively well and nothing poorly...

http://www.cambridge-audio.us/media/...0647_dvd89.jpg

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Originally Posted by poppachubby

Damn Worf, I have Oppo envy. You have the SE right?

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I appreciate the pic! No, I've just the basic model. IF I could find any SACD's or DVD-A's I want I might have gone that route. But I'm happy with the gear as it is.

jrhymeammo, as to the 1290's they're easy to drive and have great, tight bass. First mains I can drive in 2 channel mode and not feel the need for a sub-woofer, those dual 8's do the job. Only draw back is that I blew a tweet using Audessey after I first got them. Had to set em up all by ear after that.

Worf

Most of what is now in my signature.

VAC CLA-1 MkII
Counterpoint NPS-400
Clearfield Continental Speakers
Synergistic ICs
Synergistic Speaker Cable

I put $200 into the amp to repair and re tube, $100 to re tube the Pre, and an initial $300 for all the above.

$600 for close to 15K of awesome gear may be the best of 2009 anywhere.

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Originally Posted by Hyfi

Most of what is now in my signature.

VAC CLA-1 MkII
Counterpoint NPS-400
Clearfield Continental Speakers
Synergistic ICs
Synergistic Speaker Cable

I put $200 into the amp to repair and re tube, $100 to re tube the Pre, and an initial $300 for all the above.

$600 for close to 15K of awesome gear may be the best of 2009 anywhere.

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Lol, yeah...I was just thinking that you had a much better 2009 than I did...

Wow! Lots of great audio gear.
Unfortunately, I have nothing to add. I acquired no new audio equipment in 2009. But it was still a great year. I hope this year goes as well as 09. (but some new audio gear sure would be nice)

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Originally Posted by GMichael

Wow! Lots of great audio gear.
Unfortunately, I have nothing to add. I acquired no new audio equipment in 2009. But it was still a great year. I hope this year goes as well as 09. (but some new audio gear sure would be nice)

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Yeah, nothing much for me. I bought a cheap, semi-DIY DAC; this was fun to play with but no improvement over my old DAC.

1st new amp/reciever in 32 years- Yamaha RX-797.

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Originally Posted by Worf101

My vintage ADS 1290's

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I'll bet they sound pretty darn good! I used to sell Braun/ADS back in the 70s and had tri-amped LV-1020s for a while.

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2009 was a good AV year.

1. Two new dedicated 20 amp lines for the amps in the main system: Finally! First electrician told me it couldn't be done in that room.

http://home.cablelynx.com/~rhw/audio/outlets.jpg

2. Gently used 300 disk Pioneer Elite PD-F27 CD changer for the garage system:

http://home.cablelynx.com/~rhw/audio/f27.jpg

3. Apple iPhone and backup set of Shure E3s. Better sound than Palm Treo and offers nifty SPL meter app!

4. NOS Amperex 7308 tubes for the ARC preamp and a bunch of used 60s RCA Clear Top 12AU7s for the Manley DAC.

5. Samsung Blu-Ray player

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My 2009 additions:

Conrad-Johnson PV15 preamp
Parasound A21 amp
Atoll PR300 preamp
Atoll AM200 amp