What kind of sound system rig do you have?

Mr. Charlie · 11-23-2015, 12:31 PM

Made a few changes to my system recently. Couldn't justify using my beautiful CD player only as a transport, and so got rid of the Chord DAC 64, and upgraded my amps, and my support system.

Sugden Masterclass LA-4 pre amplifier. Sounds a lot sweeter than my old pre amp and has a better grip on music:

Sugden Sapphire FBA-800 power amplifier. This thing is huge. Biggest amp I've ever had, and the blandest looking, yet without doubt the best.

It's a floating bridge design, pure class A output stage for minimum distortion, four power transistors per channel, 100% balanced from the input to the output by using two amplifiers per channel, gold plated circuit boards, silver wiring; basically a no compromise amp. And what that means in the real world is phenomenal sound quality. It basically creates a holographic soundstage. which in plain english means it sounds like the musicians are there playing in your living room. Amazing:

Atacama Evoque Eco 40-60 Hifi Stand. Power amp was so big I had to get a new hi-fi stand to seat it. And this one's a goodun. Never underestimate what proper support and isolation can do to a system. They can tighten up sound quality:

~~Music in a bottle~~ · 12-12-2015, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by s_k

Upstairs, where I am now:

Can't get the whole room on the picture.
Musicbanter is on the screen

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The tapedecks you see up high are not connected.
There's a lot more tapedecks.
There's a cabinet on the other side of the room with some decks on it:

But that's not all. I'm not sure how many I've got. 50? 60?
Should make a list sometime soon

A closer look at the mixing console, amplifier and tapedecks

And there's my beloved tannoys and tiny little wharfedale actuve monitors.
I removed the fronts so you can have a look at these weird tannoy DC Units.

That's it for now. Hope you like what you see

Are you an NSA contractor? Are you listening in on our phone conversations?

Nice hoard you got there. Nicely done!

~~Music in a bottle~~ · 12-12-2015, 08:57 PM

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Mr. Charlie · 12-13-2015, 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Music in a bottle

Well, here's my setup through photos pulled off the net because my stereo is all packed away............

I have a Marantz model 7t pre amp, model 15 amp which is a dual mono block on the same chassis........ a Marantz model 115B tuner and two sets of Dahlquist DQ 10s.

My father had the same Marantz receiver. I remember it well. Lovely warm, velvety sound. Heavy beast too if I remember. I used to enjoy watching the meter needles move to the sound. It was hypnotising.

Mr. Charlie · 02-16-2016, 10:50 AM

Was very fortunate to find a cheap pair of fabled ProAc 1SC loudspeakers on eBay recently, and they arrived today. Fabulous sound: really sweet treble, decent bass (relative to their size), and a world class midrange that hangs all three together perfectly. The finesse they have with spoken word and acoustic music is simply astonishing. No wonder they're still considered by many as the finest standmount speaker ever built. If you ever get the chance, give 'em an audition. It'll be a treat for your ears.

Hand made in England, they're good looking speakers. Or were at least. Sadly one of the maple cabinets is missing its front lip and they're a tad beaten up at the back, but sonically they're fit as a fiddle. Should sound lovely as the fronts in my home cinema system.

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11-23-2015, 12:31 PM	#151 (permalink)
Mr. Charlie Shoo Thoughts Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: These Mountains Posts: 2,308	Made a few changes to my system recently. Couldn't justify using my beautiful CD player only as a transport, and so got rid of the Chord DAC 64, and upgraded my amps, and my support system. Sugden Masterclass LA-4 pre amplifier. Sounds a lot sweeter than my old pre amp and has a better grip on music: Sugden Sapphire FBA-800 power amplifier. This thing is huge. Biggest amp I've ever had, and the blandest looking, yet without doubt the best. It's a floating bridge design, pure class A output stage for minimum distortion, four power transistors per channel, 100% balanced from the input to the output by using two amplifiers per channel, gold plated circuit boards, silver wiring; basically a no compromise amp. And what that means in the real world is phenomenal sound quality. It basically creates a holographic soundstage. which in plain english means it sounds like the musicians are there playing in your living room. Amazing: Atacama Evoque Eco 40-60 Hifi Stand. Power amp was so big I had to get a new hi-fi stand to seat it. And this one's a goodun. Never underestimate what proper support and isolation can do to a system. They can tighten up sound quality:

02-16-2016, 10:50 AM	#157 (permalink)
Mr. Charlie Shoo Thoughts Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: These Mountains Posts: 2,308	Was very fortunate to find a cheap pair of fabled ProAc 1SC loudspeakers on eBay recently, and they arrived today. Fabulous sound: really sweet treble, decent bass (relative to their size), and a world class midrange that hangs all three together perfectly. The finesse they have with spoken word and acoustic music is simply astonishing. No wonder they're still considered by many as the finest standmount speaker ever built. If you ever get the chance, give 'em an audition. It'll be a treat for your ears. Hand made in England, they're good looking speakers. Or were at least. Sadly one of the maple cabinets is missing its front lip and they're a tad beaten up at the back, but sonically they're fit as a fiddle. Should sound lovely as the fronts in my home cinema system.