Very nice! I have a similar setup with subwoofer 
on center. The speakers look amazing
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awesome setup. that amplifier is really a beauty. hope one day to own one 
or as alternative a Yamaha A-S 3200.
raspberry pis are great devices. i wonder if the new version will get support for a Rock Server. that would be great for people that do the upsampling in hqplayer on another machine.
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Many thanks! Is the entry-level E-280 Accuphase, I highly recommend it.
Iām running HQplayer on an Unbuntu desktop mini and my Rock in on a NUC 5th generation. My DAC is fed by a Raspberry as running HQplayer NAA.
Rock Server needs to be on a stand-alone machine.
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Nice setup! I can also relate to it!
Using HQplayer 2.1 settings and headphones 
listening zone.
Having spent two years on a rolling upgrade, Iām now at the ātrying minor tweaksā (fibre optic isolation, valve rolling) stage. But very happy indeed with what Iām hearing, and itās very relaxing to have a DAC where you hear what the designer intended, rather than spending hours just wondering if a different HQP filter/modulator combination would realise a marginal advantage to the tonality of the triangleā¦
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In the last four weeks, we have added two REL S812 subwoofers. This changed the lower midrange problem we had. Still searching for a turntableā¦
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A few of us here with same subsš
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Youāre going to need some serious vibration isolation there.
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I was thinking the same thing. I recently installed a couple of subs for my mate and we had to move them well away.
My T/T is wall mounted.
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How do you stop the records falling off?
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The classic blanket over the TV trick. Cheap and effective!
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Wow! This is really amazing 
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So just rebuilt a system for my desktop. Oh gosh. Oh boy. Yum.
- Wyse 3040 (Volumio)
- Schiit Gungnir
- Creek 5350se which I recently had fixed up after sitting on my shelf for six years unattended & unloved
- Harbeth P3esr xd
- Rel T-zero Mk III
- Absolutely meh interconnects - I think Iām using monster cable or whatever I had sitting around my office, didnāt even go downstairs to find anything better
Oh man. So pleased. Plus, even though Iām giving up on the balanced headphone connection of the Schiit Mjolnir II I had been using as my headphone amp, the Creekās headphone output is lovely into my Audeze LCD-5ās. Could have it hooked up in parallel, but desk looks neater without.
Yas.
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Could you share a photo, please?
Yes, though I really truly have to clean up the desk a little first!
The amp & DAC are barely visible through the thicket of papers and RPiāen and CD cases and thumb drives etc etc. but your request will provide me inspiration!
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Sources:
Qobuz Studio subscription tier
Tidal HiFi Plus
FLACs on DAS (66,402 tracks over 4886 albums)
Vinyl LPs
Music Server:
Roon 2.0 on Roon Optimised Core Kit installed on a
Intel i5 NUC running 16GB PC4 DDR4-2666Mhz RAM and internal Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD for Metadata / Roon Catalog
USB 3 connected via a AudioQuest JitterBug USB Noise Filter to a Seagate 8TB USB3 External Direct Attached Drive for media
4-Port tp-link TL-SG10SE unmanaged Gigabit Switch
Turntable :
Technics SL-1210G
Dynavector 17DX Karat Cartridge
Tellurium Q Ultra-Black II interconnects (2x 1m)
Phono Stage Pre-Amp:
Chord Electronics HUEI
Chord Company ShawlineX ARAY Analogue XLR balanced interconnects (2x 1m)
Pre-Amp
ATC SCA2 Pre-amplifier
DAC / Streamer:
dCS BartĆ³k 2.0
Chord Company ShawlineX ARAY Analogue XLR balanced interconnects (2x 1m)
Speakers :
ATC SCM-40 Active in āCherryā
Chord Company Clearway balanced XLR interconnects (2 x 3m)
Power Distribution :
Chord Company PowerHAUS M6 for main system
Chord Company EPIC 16Amp IEC Power Cable (1x 1.5m)
Wireworld Matrix 2 for ancillaries
Naim Powerline Lite Mains Power Cable
Support:
IKEA KALLAX 
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Since building the PMS for the lounge, I donāt really need dual bridged mono Benchmark AHB2s in my main setup. The speakersā sensitivity is 91 dB and a single AHB2 is enough for 111 dB SPL at my listening chair.
The previous main speakers (Zaph Audio ZRT), now displaced by the PMS are installed on my desktop atop a pair of IsoAcoustics ISO200 stands with a ~5Ā° backtilt.
Utilised nearfield, these are utterly breathtaking. Previously I had a pair of Emotiva Airmotiv B1+ with an SE8 sub. Whilst they were very good, they couldnāt hold a candle to the ZRT.
The āspareā AHB2 has now taken the place of my Topping PA5 II.
Source equipment is a RPi4B, Topping E50 DAC and Topping L50 for use with cans.
The coaster was a gift from a very dear friend of mine (also a Scot), who is sadly no longer with us.
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