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HackneyRF

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Some photographs of my set up at home. What you see is a modified Thorens TD 160, a Firebottle Plus phonostage, a Audiolab 8000A (which I hope is making way for something in its place soonish), a RPI streamer and Chromecast and Kef Reference 103 speakers. All sounds very nice to me, albeit with the assistance of hearing aids! 20210903_105320.jpg 20210925_181514.jpg 20211003_162654.jpg 20211003_162709.jpg
Something new in the house. Spot the difference?
 

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Psilonaught

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Nice gumtree purchase whilst my DAC and streamer are out for modification.

Totally mint as is the remote. I had the same one when I was a teenager.

The top end is a bit rolled off and the bass is as thick as treacle but the midrange is really fantastic.

Update

Turns out I had turned down the gain on my crossover last night hence making my old new CD52Mk2 sound woolly and bass heavy. Whoops.

Just spent an enjoyable evening listening to Diana Krall.

Is this £50 cd player as good as my £9k of DAC and streamer, no, but I can't believe how good it sounds, extremely natural sounding.

Amazing.

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MartinC

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Not sure if non-electrical components are strictly meant to be posted in this thread but the latest change to my system is the addition of three rather large bass traps that I've made. The photo below shows a couple of them, and the following thread in the DIY section has more info. and some measurements demonstrating what they achieve if anyone is interested:

https://www.hifiwigwam.com/threads/...her-frequency-absorption.116636/#post-2375417
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ian964

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Vinyl source:
Michell Gyro SE / TecnoArm / Nagaoka MP500
Vertare Phono-1

Digital source:
Sonos Connect
Rapspberry Pi / Volumio
Audiolab M-DAC+

Amp/speakers:
Plinius Hiato
PMC 20/23

AV:
Samsung S95B
Yamaha RX-V781
PMC 20/C centre & 20/21 rears
BK XXLS400-DF sub
The Plinius has an HT bypass so drives the 20/23 as fronts from the Yamaha pre-amp out. Sub is only used for AV.

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MVJ

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today, I picked up a Luxman d-03x CD player to match the Luxman L-509x I got a few weeks ago. This combo really makes the Triangle speakers sound amazing.
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A lovely balanced & simple system Lee I bet it's a pleasure just to sit in front of it👌🏻
 
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