Post photos of your systems/rooms here! (Part 9)

I picked these up for $99

 

I aim to please. Also, note my Jack Kirby worthy fist.

At some point during the evening this was snapped, I ended up onstage singing "Blind In Texas" while wielding a broadsword. Not real sure where the sword came from or how I happened upon it but I went full on Manowar.

 

What model are those?

 

I had those about 10 years ago. Don't really remember what they sounded like. I eventually upgraded to the EPI 200's

 

Currently messing around with this:




And here's a small portion of my current vinyl / CD mess:

 

My AR 40T's with the Yamaha MX-800U driving, I'll get pics of the rest of the source equipment later, My buddy Lee and his Crown Royal

The AR's are tri-ampable, I haven't tried that yet.

They were a gift from member 'dingus', thanks again buddy , I'm enjoying the hell outta them


Great pic omom!!!!

 

Need to build a matching unit for the the other 800 or so Albums and then I will be done. Yea Right

 

The action seems a tad high on that guitar..or maybe that's just the angle of the picture?

 

It's the angle, I believe.

That guitar taunts me...been trying to learn how to play since I was 10 years ago, and it just doesn't click. It's a cheapo guitar I bought last year, but so far no dice.

 

My humble listening room (which is also the place where I work...)


























I recently updated my system, it now is as follow :

ELECTRONICS :
Brinkmann Preamp
Mono Power blocs Rega Exon 3
DIY phono preamp MM wiring
5 tubes : 2x NOS Mazda EF86 3x NOS Telefunken ECC81
(inspired by Novotone)
Triangle Altea EX Speakers

SOURCES :
Philips CD 104 Lampizator (two ecc88 NOS Dario Miniwatt)
Pro-ject RPM-5 + Pro-ject Speedbox
Phono Cartridge : Grado Reference Platinium MM

CABLES :
amp to speakers : VIABLUE Cables SC-4
TT to phono preamp : Crystal Cable Piccolo Phono
phono preamp to préamp : Siltech SQ58G3
preamp to amp : Siltech SQ56G3
cd to preamp : Siltech New York

 

That's a big The Smiths' box set. What is it?

 

Are you pleased with the ADL GT40?

 

Omom,Really dig your room.

 

Cool system.

 

That's a the monster Smiths Complete Boxed Set, from Rhino: http://www.rhino.com/shop/product/the-smiths-the-smiths-complete-deluxe-boxset

There's actually a thread in the Music Area, on this thing -- some of us got lucky and managed to grab one on the cheap. I leave it hanging out like that so I can see it from my desk, but I probably should put if on its own shelf at some point.

Yes, I am - but I knew it was going to likely be a good buy as I use it as a phono stage, an ADC, a DAC and as a headphone amp. I find myself moving it around lot because of that! My guess, and from reviews I've read, is that is does a lot of things "OK" but it doesn't do anything phenomenally well. But for the price I can live with that.

I've also heard that the break-in period can be fairly long, like 300 hours(?). I don't think I've reached that point quite just yet.

Nice room, and nice pics! Thanks for sharing.

 

dh3rm3, what a nice room!

 

Fun thread. I need to get a better digital camera to participate.

 

I agree, I was looking at your TT platform, my Grandfathers desk has the same footers, I love the 2 saucers per leg , very, very cool

 

dh3rm3, very nice pictures. Such a nice looking system too! I like that DIY phono stage. Can you take the top off and show us the inside?

 

Here is the inside of the phono stage.
It was made by the same person who converted the Philips CD104 output stage using a SRPP Audio Note kit. Amazing result !

The phono stage has 2 Mazda NOS EF86 tubes and 3 NOS Telefunken ECC81 (european denomination).
It's a MM with 45db of gain
The best phono stage I've come to listen to for the time being.
I'm really satisfied with it.
As a future improvement I'll surely change the EF86 Mazda tubes for some NOS Siemens or Telefunken.

 

They are EPI model 250. Back in the 70s I had a pair of Epicure model 20

 

Couple more pics for Part 9 of this great thread...

 

One more of a future system... maybe in six months I'll have some completed pics of our family theater.