Quite a few updates here and there.
Also preparing for the late upgrade from a Full HD to a 4K HDR TV in the living room. The Raspberry Pi and LibreELEC teams rocked 4K HDR and HBR audio, split over the 2 HDMI outputs (my receiver is only 1080p) right in time!
The next planned upgrades are about replacing the stereo kits and speakers with Halcyon Acoustics active and streaming models in the living room and bedroom, get the cinema setup upgraded with an Atmos 7.1.4 kit (Halcyon Acoustics/Kralk Audio speakers, probably still a Denon receiver).
Music Room: Intel NUC i7 + SSD for music → USB → Audiolab 8200DQ → Audiolab 8200P → Kef LS50’s plus a Linn LP12 for the old fashioned listening, and a Synology NAS for backups.
Lounge: Sonos Beam + 2xSonos One’s
Various Sonos units scattered all over the house.
Lucky me
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Just a couple pictures taken this morning after I have moved stuff around due to sale of one turntable.
Needs a good organization but it’s always in flux…
Acoustically sh!t room:joy:
I love them. They are well-balanced. Smooth. In control. Just ordered a KC62 sub to complete the package. The Phantom Gold were a little unruly in comparison: a bit harsh on top, a trifle overpowering down below.
Two things are rubbish: the wireless link between left & right is unreliable (but things have been rock solid since I wired them up) and the remote is a barely functioning sorry piece of plastic.
The app is great though: fast and reliable. And I love that the volume control sensitivity settings carry over to the app itself: I’ve got a proxy old-iPhone-on-a-dock set up as Now Playing screen, with a few ortho remotes connected via bluetooth. Their newfound sensitivity makes for very smooth volume control.
System Update:
McIntosh C49 preamp/DA1 DAC
Lumin U1 digital transport with Morrow Audio Reference USB into JCAT USB Isolator
Roon Nucleus w/1TB SSD is now connected to the LAN only
Clearaudio Champion Level 2 TT, Unify tonearm, Benz Micro Wood LS cart, Morrow LP7 phono cable
PS Audio BHK Signature 250 hybrid amplifier w/Audioquest Wind XLR interconnects
DALI Epicon 8 speakers w/Audioquest Comet speaker cables
JL Audio E112 subwoofers w/Audioquest Sub3 interconnects
Pangea Power Cables on all components
Apple I pad 10.1 Roon Controller
Chang Lightspeed CLS 1000 power conditioner
Mapleshade Racks, Plinths, and Footers
GIK Panels (4 large and 6 narrow)
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I suppose I could expound on the analog side of my system…
Nakamichi zx7 cassette tape deck, fully restored by Willy Herman.
Garrard 401 idler drive table in 45lb of Baltic Birch and Curly Maple plinth.
Fully restored with upgraded bearing and idler wheel.
Micro Seiki ma505ls 11" arm fully rewired with cryo silver wire.
Number of carts.
Koetsu Black Gold line, ZYX R100, Ortofon Black Cadenza, Dynavector Karat 23RS, Nagaoka mp500.
Purist audio design cable into GoldNote PH10 Phonostage.
Purist audio design xlr cable into the ml585.
You also see the Pro-Ject Pre Box S2 Digital, a miniDSP DDRC-24 with Dirac Live and my old (°1978) Technics SU-8600 integrated amplifier. The rest of the Technics gear is found earlier in this thread.
