Topic: What's every body listening on at home?

[Frequincy]

I was curious about other member's playback home systems. Any hi-fi folks here playing back your recordings?

I'm always buying and selling but currently I've been listening through a Marantz 5 disc CD changer>Sonic Frontiers SFL-1 Preamp>Pioneer Spec2 power amp> Snell Type E ll speakers. The speakers are bi-wired. Not a super high end setup, but sounds pretty good.

[pohaku]

Living room is:

Denon  DP 37F turntable or Arcam CD62 CD player > Onkyo R1 preamp > Paradigm Active 40s and a Paradigm sub.

Basement / studio is:

HP Tower > Lynx Aurora 8 > Coleman Audio M3PH  MkII >  NHTPro A10s and NHTPro sub or Ashly SRA-120 > Avantone Mixcubes (passive).

Yamaha CDX450 > Pioneer SX205 Receiver > JBL 4406 monitors.

OZ Audio HR-4 headphone amp > AKG K-500, AT ATH-M50  and AT ATH-A700 cans.

Nothing new or spendy, but they sound good.

I especially like the A10s.

Then of course there is the little Logitech Purefi dock and the iPod which gets used a lot.  Probably more than the house systems.

[Phil Zone]

I have a mess of different systems all hooked together, some nicer than others

Sony 2.1 speaker system about 8 years old

Sony souround speakers and sub

Logitech subwoofer

Then the nice part
Dennon avr 9 Channel amp
4 bic dv62si
Polk 10 inch sub
2 bic 4 inch speakers


Then the source Is my dell xps laptop
And a turntable
So in all I have 4 subs with 13 speakers, I usually use different parts for different genres for example my Sony stuff sounds great wiTh the dead and rock stuff and my dennon system sounds good with classical and acoustic guitar, etc.

[George]

My current set up in the living room:

Receiver: Yamaha RX-V673
Sources: Oppo DV-980HD (sacd/dvd-a playback), Samsung Blu-ray (3-D)

Speakers:
Fronts: Rega RS5's
Rears: Rega R1's
Center: Rega RS-VOX
Subwoofer: Some Energy 8" subwoofer

I'm in the process of mounting the rears for a more effective surround sound experience. 

I've been busily buying up sacd's, dvd-audio and dual discs for their MCH mixes.  Some of this stuff sounds incredible.  Anyone else buying any MCH material?

[dlh]

McIntosh C28
Luxman T-110 FM Tuner
Apogee MiniDac - recently added
Adcom GFA-555II
Parasound HCA-100A (bridged for sub)
Dahlquist LP-1 active crossover - for sub
Dahlquist DQ-10's -bought new (recapped, rewired, reconed, mirror-imaged)
Dahlquist DQ-1W sub reconed
Adcom GCD-700 CD player (using digital out)
Oppo DV970HD - for SACD's (using digital out)
Yamaha YP-800 TT - bought new with Micro Acoustics 2002e cartridge (now used for only for vinyl transcriptions)

All digital outs go to the Apogee which also serves as my input switcher.
Mac, Dahlquist, Lux, Yamaha, I bought new.
(My brother, upon hearing mine, bought a similar system, but with 2-400 watt Macs and stereo subs. The sound is humbling)

Basement-Family Room:
Adcom GCD-600
Adcom GTP 450
Adcom GFA-545II
Michael Green "tunable cabinet" bookshelf speakers (Vifa drivers)
(to me, the tunable concept is more or less snake oil; I don't like the sound of resonant cabinets so mine are fully tightened)

Yes, I'm an Adcom fan; it's about bang for the buck.  If I had the $, I'd probably be using all Mac power.
The Adcom power sounds good on the DQ-10's which are very power hungry.

Dave

PS: For working with recorded audio, I use ADAM-A7's.
Cubase, Presonus Firestudio Project, Steinberg CC121 control surface, Apogee MiniMe and MiniMP which are usually in my remote bag.

[page]

macbook optical out >
usbpre2 >
audeze lcd-2 (rev 2) or denon ah-d7000 (markl modded, L2)

I live in an apartment and want my neighbors to stay quiet so I return the favor.

[John Willett]

I was curious about other member's playback home systems. Any hi-fi folks here playing back your recordings?

I have various options.....

I have a Myryad m-series system for the CDs played back through either Harbeth M30A monitors or Geithain RL906 monitors (both active).

I have a Linn Sondek turntable with Ortofon cartridge for playing back LPs.

I also have a Grace m902 plugged into this system for my Sennheiser HD 800 headphones.

I also have a MacBook Pro and sometimes use the optical or USB out into a Grace m903 and listen on Sennheiser HD 800 headphones or Geithain RL906 active monitors.

[flicflac]

Early 70's Sansui Quadrophonic QR-6500 & JBL Century L100 speakers

[F.O.Bean]

HP Desktop>Sony Active Speakers!!! Not even close to high end but it does the job

[Frequincy]

^Absolutely!

I have an assortment of Sony home stereo stuff I've kept over the years that I use a lot.

[Frequincy]

Early 70's Sansui Quadrophonic QR-6500 & JBL Century L100 speakers

Epic

[jlykos]

Main System: Cambridge Audio BD751 > Cambridge Audio Azur 840A > B&W CDM1SE (Morrow Audio SP3 speaker cables and Moon Audio Silver Dragon interconnects)

Bedroom System: Pure Audio i20 > Qinpu A-6000 MKII > Silverline Minuet (Morrow Audio SP1 speaker cables and Morrow Audio MA1 interconnects, Western Electric tubes)

Computer System: Lenovo T400 > J River Media Player > Audioquest Dragonfly > Audioengine 2 (Moon Audio Silver Dragon interconnect)

I want to replace the speakers in the main system with something a little larger because I find myself living in larger houses lately. I have my eye on the Sonus Faber Venere 3.0, but time will tell as to whether I pull the trigger on those.

[hoppedup]

HP Desktop>Sony Active Speakers!!! Not even close to high end but it does the job

I'm using Sony SRS-68 10w active speakers I bought over 20 years ago for the majority of my listening. Works for me.

[DSatz]

For my own listening, apart from the computer where I do sound editing, I've used Allison loudspeakers ever since they were introduced in the 1970s. They're getting hard to maintain now that the company has been out of business for so long, but well worth it because I can trust what I hear through them.

For my computer system, I use the small RA Labs model One monitors, but they're deceptively bass-heavy, at least in the place where I have to put them. Am not happy with this since I often have to make low-frequency EQ decisions on that system, and if something sounds right over those speakers, it's probably too bass-shy in reality. So that's an unsolved problem at present.

[StuStu]

Main system:
Turntable: Thorens TD160
DAC: Mytek Stereo96DAC
DVD-A: Mcintosh MVP851
CD: Jolida JD100 (modified)
Integrated amp: Mcintosh MA6500
Headphones: Sennheiser HD600
Speakers: Legacy Audio Focus HD
Power conditioner: Richard Gray S400 and Richard Gray Power Company
Mostly homebrew ICs
Mothballed/Need to sell: Cary SLM100 monoblocks and Conrad Johnson PV11 pre