Post Your Hi-Fi Equipment Here (Something a little different!)

Soundcard:
Modded X-Fi XtremeMusic with no opamp, Blackgate NX HQ coupling caps with Sanyo OS-CON on analog stage supply (thanks to NapalmV5 supplying the caps )

Amplifier:
Technics SU-V7 70W+70W stereo amplifier

Speaker:
Monitor Audio systemR252

Note that the amp and speaker is older than me, my father bought both of them when he is studying at Dublin

 

Monitor make lovely speakers, and that old Technics amp must be great. Got any pics? It's funny how you get a kind of emotional attachment to that old equipment. My dad still has this old amp from the 70s - nobody lets him get rid of it.

 

Yup I love both of them, I don't think I ever buying another set of speakers They sounded so great despite their age, my father never ever gonna sell these things to others so I get it, and he have a better Technics amp too, he is a Technics freak at one time

Here is some pics:
The amplifier:


Speaker with grill attached:


Speaker without the grill attached:

Such simplicity

 

Damn, they look brilliant

Hook those up to a quality turntable, get a comprehensive LP collection and you'd never want to leave your room...!

 

Here's a list of my PC/HTPC audio and video gear.


Display#1 = SHARP LC-32D62U 32" 1080p
Display#2 = BenQ FP241WZ 24"

Sound Card = Auzentech Prelude 7.1
CD Player= Cambridge Audio Azur 640C
Integrated 2ch Amp = Cambridge Audio Azur 640A
Surround Processor = Arcam AVP700
Power Amp = Parasound HCA-855A (85W x5 channels)
Front Speak = Dahlquist QX10A Towers
Ctr Speak = Dahlquist QX60CA Center Channel
Surr Speak = Dahlquist QX10A Towers
Subwoofer = HSU STF-3 (12")


Next up..... A bigger room :wanker:

 

for my pc I got:
some old Sony 2x75W amplifier (getting a 5x100W amp soon)
Philips 2x80W 3way speakers
and a 10'' Lanzar Heritage 400W RMS subwoofer

for my 32'' hdtv i got:
Philips home theater 5.1 (good value for money)

 

Back again
www.youtube.com/spezzy
I've gone through a myriad of setups.
Personal favorites were the JL F113s (had two.. miss them ) and the DIY RL-P18. Miss those, but damn I love the JBL MRX528S'. The SQL surpasses the JL, that says alot.
Sold all the old HT gear and invested in the JBL setup (wasn't bought for home usage, I just happen to use it at home when they're not out at gigs), you can find it in my videos. In a couple months I should have 4x of the 528s and 4x of the 525s as well as 8x FRS-2800s from Mackie.

 

Stopped using my crappy 5.1 system. Now I just use Sennheiser 595s hooked right into my Auzentech Prelude (the 595s are 50 Ohms).

Since I watch most movies on my computer, I just use CMSS Headphone - more than convincing.

I'm thinking of getting a headphone amp for the 595s though (not for portable use), any suggestions?

 

My latest project... home-made hifi speakers:



linkie

 

X-FI xtreamMusic 3.5 to RCA

JVC RX-702B 7.1 HDMI/DIGITAL 250w Per chann

Mordaunt Short TI 25I 350w rms

Yamahar 150w rms
SONY DVP 708 > HDMI > T260HD tv > DIgital (optical) > amp > 2.1

JVC+SONY


Mordaunt Short's


Yamahar sub

 

Cool-looking retro Mordaunts!

 

thanks second set of bass pins thogh lol


they are older than me purchased in 1988 i was born in 1992 lol :banana:

 

Home Theater

TV - Sony KDS-60A3000 "SXRD"

Receiver - Onkyo 605

Speakers - Polk RTI 8's(fronts), Polk CSI 3(center), getting rears soon or new fronts and moving the 8's to the rear

Sub - BIC H-100

Players and consoles - PS3, xbox 360

 

my home theater - about 10 years old :3eyes:

Receiver - Yamaha RX-V2092
Mains - Polk Audio RT20p
Center -Polk audio CS-350LS
Rears - Energy Veritas V2.0r & 8" polk passive sub

Still sounds as nice as it did 10 years ago.

 

AMD Vista 64 HTPC w/Bluegears via optical to:
Denon AVR 3806 w/Cambridge surround speakers
still tweaking as not completely satisfied with sound quality.

 

Geeze you guys have all these tiny amps and speakers....

JBL L100t's connected to a Kenwood Basic M2a

 

i dont think myn is particuly small posted a copple of pages back.

 

Meh. Loud but nowt special

I'd stick with my homemade IPL S4TLs and Linn Majik-I for absolute clarity any day.

Depends what you use it for, I guess.

 

No change really. I got a pair of Alessandros (Grado based) and they are fantastic! Still haven't got around to building any amps for them though...

My PC died so I don't have a decent source at the moment - might buy some kind of nice laptop soundcard - garbage in = garbage out. Still. Sounds good

Same speakers/amp too - I know it's not very high end but I really like it. Again, my tiny room is far from ideal, set-up wise.

But yeah, I like the idea of a lithium powered portable amp for the Alessandros to make the most of the on-the-move FLAC goodness

Impressive looking speakers Deckard! I still really want to do that. No space at the moment though. Not sure the GF will let it happen next year as we're sharing a room...

What are the specs of the speakers?

 

Crossover KHz: 2.6, 2nd order
200 Watts max
Wiring: HU1 Silver plated PTFE
Sensitivity db SPL 89
Frequency Response: 27Hz - 22KHz
Frequency Linearity: + or - 1.5db (250 Hz to 22KHz)

Half of that means nothing to me! :grad:

All i know is, they sound really nice.

Alessandros always appealed to me - they look identical to Grados though, and I've always wondered what the difference is between the two. Yours would be comparable to.... SR-225s?