Hello, all. I am Phil and I am a hifi enthusiast. Newbie to this site, but not new to the hobby! I am located in Central New Jersey. I am an active member of the NJ Audio Society. I have a combo 2-channel/HT system in a dedicated corner of my basement. The 2-channel chain is: All-stock Thorens TD-166 MkII/Ortofon OM-30 Super/Denon DL-160 (two arm wands), Rotel RCD-02 CDP feeding a highly modded Beresford DAC, Conrad-Johnson PV-11 preamp w/phono, Odyssey Audio HT3 amp w/cap upgrade, Ohm Walsh 2000 loudspeakers, each with its own Vandersteen 2Wq subwoofer. PS Audio quintet, and cables by Emotive Audio, Blue Jeans cable, Audio Art cable and PS Audio Jewel AC cord. SPeaker cables are older Kimber entry level. Musical taste is pretty wide - everything from old school punk and post-punk to trance, singer-songwriters, most forms of Jazz and classical. Not too much country, no rap and no opera.

Although I am not familiar with the web site being referenced as the site most of you fled here from, I look forward to constructive interaction with other AA members!

Hi everyone!

Yes, another newbie to this site. Live in NW Arkansas. Have enjoyed music for many years and, consequently, have been in this audio hobby for a long time. I even sold stereo equipment in the late 70's while going to college - JBL, Marantz, SAE, Bose, Yamaha, Avid, and a few others.

Have had many systems over the years - Spendor, Acoustat, Magnepan, Aragon, Hafler, NAD, B&W, Denon, Elite, Linn, Rega, Naim...and a few others. These days, have an ok system (Anthem, Oppo, Revel) that I'm in the process of upgrading in a significant way.

Music taste is quite wide - old rock (Eagles, Genesis, Supertramp, ELO, Who, ...), jazz (mostly contemporary/smooth jazz) and some classical (light stuff - Bach, Mozart,...).

Anyway, have been looking at this site for a few weeks. I have really enjoyed the tone of everyone posting. Lots of supportive and helpful info.

I'm certainly looking forward to the conversation with everyone.

Kind regards,
Mike (aka - Ritmo)

Hello everyone,
I'm Joerg from Hamburg/Germany and joined yesterday and hope to find some interesting conversation here about music and systems.

Five years ago I rediscovered vinyl for myself again and had to start all over again buying records after ten years of vinyl abstinence - a terrible mistake I made somewhere around '96 - to ditch my record player and my records.

I'm quite satisfied with my system at the moment even though there are still a lot of things to be done but I guess we all now that this is a journey that won't end so soon if you are into this hobby and that's just the wonderful thing about it .

Cheers

Joerg

hello.. i'm always interested in audio video sites and i remember a few names here..
so, hello again..

Tolstoi.......Welcome to Audio Aficionado.

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Living Room System: McIntosh C2300, MC601 (2), MCD1100, MS750, MR85, Sony DAT 60ES, Nakamichi BX-300, Micro Seiki DD-40, Ortofon 2M Black, Sonos ZP90, Oppo BDP-83SE Blu-ray, PMC EB1i, Fathom f113 w/ Sound Anchor stand, Power Plant Premier (2), PS Audio Soloist Premier SE (3), Rollerblock Jr.'s, Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's & PC's, Kimber 8TC with WBT Solid Silver Angled Locking Banana Connectors.
Studio System: McIntosh C1000C/P, MC2301 (2), MCD1100, MR88, Michell Gyro SE w/SME 309/Ortofon Cadenza Black, Sonos ZP90, PS Audio Power Plant Premier, PS Audio Soloist Premier SE, Sonus Faber Amati Anniversario, Rollerblock Jr.'s, Wireword Silver Eclipse IC's & PC's, Wireworld Silver Eclipse speaker cable.
Studio Home Theater System: McIntosh MX120, MC452, Oppo BDP-95 Blu-ray, PS Audio Soloist Premier SE, JBL LSR-6332 (2), JBL LSR-6328P (3), McIntosh XLS112 (2), Sony 52XBR9, Tributaries Silver IC's, Wireworld PC's.
Vintage: McIntosh MA5100, MR74 tuner, JVC XL-Z1050 K2 CD player, Wyred 4 Sound DAC2, Tandberg 3008A and 3026A, JBL4312A , McIntosh 4300V for deck speakers.

Handlebar.......And the same for you. Welcome to Audio Aficionado.

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Living Room System: McIntosh C2300, MC601 (2), MCD1100, MS750, MR85, Sony DAT 60ES, Nakamichi BX-300, Micro Seiki DD-40, Ortofon 2M Black, Sonos ZP90, Oppo BDP-83SE Blu-ray, PMC EB1i, Fathom f113 w/ Sound Anchor stand, Power Plant Premier (2), PS Audio Soloist Premier SE (3), Rollerblock Jr.'s, Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's & PC's, Kimber 8TC with WBT Solid Silver Angled Locking Banana Connectors.
Studio System: McIntosh C1000C/P, MC2301 (2), MCD1100, MR88, Michell Gyro SE w/SME 309/Ortofon Cadenza Black, Sonos ZP90, PS Audio Power Plant Premier, PS Audio Soloist Premier SE, Sonus Faber Amati Anniversario, Rollerblock Jr.'s, Wireword Silver Eclipse IC's & PC's, Wireworld Silver Eclipse speaker cable.
Studio Home Theater System: McIntosh MX120, MC452, Oppo BDP-95 Blu-ray, PS Audio Soloist Premier SE, JBL LSR-6332 (2), JBL LSR-6328P (3), McIntosh XLS112 (2), Sony 52XBR9, Tributaries Silver IC's, Wireworld PC's.
Vintage: McIntosh MA5100, MR74 tuner, JVC XL-Z1050 K2 CD player, Wyred 4 Sound DAC2, Tandberg 3008A and 3026A, JBL4312A , McIntosh 4300V for deck speakers.

As you can see Dan is our 1-man welcoming brigade. Welcome to the new folks.

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• McIntosh XRT1K MDA1000 MC402 XLS112 | WireWorld Silver E 5^2 Power & XLR, Ecl 6 Speaker
  
• 4.3TB Media Server (Custom) Upsampled to 24bit/96khz | RGPC1200C, PPP
  
• Mobile: McIntosh MX406 MDA5000 MCD4000 MCC420M, JM Lab/Focal Utopia 3-way + Subs
• Office: Bel Canto S300iu, McIntosh XLS320s, JM Lab sub
  

Ditto, Welcome to AA ya'll

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FLORIDA
MX136, C15, MC206, MC162(2) MC402, MC1.2KW(12) MC2KW(2) MQ109B, MR88, MS300(2) MCD301, MCD1100, MS750(2) MVP881, MCD1000, MDA1000, C1000C, C1000P/T, MPC1500, HT3F(2) WS350(2) XRT2K, XCS2K, XR27(2) XCS350(2) R778, OPPO-BDP95, GRACE M902 AMP, PS AUDIO PPP(8) PUREPOWER 1050(4) RGPC 600(8) RGPC 1200(20) RGPC POLE PIG(4) JL GOTHAM SUBS(2) LUMAGEN RADIANCE SCALER, SONY VPH-G90U PROJECTOR, SVS LIFT, STEWART STUDIOTEK 110" MOTORIZED SCREEN, ASC ACOUSTIC PANELS & BASS TRAPS, CINEMA-TECH SEATING, SONOS ZP90-W4S MOD, SYMPOSIUM ROLLERBLOCKS, SENNHEISER HD800, GOLD LION TUBES, WIREWORLD GOLD ECLIPSE CABLES & SILVER ELECTRA PC'S
View "The Room" here:
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CAPE COD
MX150, MC501(2) MC1.2KW(10) MC2301(2) MQ109B, MR88, MS750(2) MVP881, MEN220, MCD1100, MDA1000, C1000C, C1000P/T, MPC1500, HT3F(2) XRT2K, XCS2K, XR27(2) CAMBRIDGE NP30, ELITE BDP-09FD, BENCHMARK DAC-1 HDR, BRYSTON BDA-1 DAC, OPPO-BDP95, SPL PHONITOR, PS AUDIO PPP(10) PUREPOWER 1050(4) RGPC 1200(15) JL GOTHAM SUBS(2) JL FATHOM F113(2) SOUND ANCHOR SUB STANDS(2) LUMAGEN RADIANCE SCALER, SONY VPH-G90U PROJECTOR, STEWART STUDIOTEK 120" SCREEN, SONUS FABER STRADIVARI, URC MX-6000 REMOTE, NAKAMICHI DRAGON, TEAC X2000R R2R, SONOS ZP90-W4S MOD, ASC ACOUSTIC PANELS & BASS TRAPS, FORTRESS SEATING, HRS DAMPING PLATES & NIMBUS COUPLERS, SYMPOSIUM ROLLERBLOCKS, ULTRASONE ED-10, GOLD LIONS, WIREWORLD GOLD & PLATINUM ECLIPSE CABLES & SILVER ELECTRA PC'S
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Analog Rig: CLEARAUDIO INNOVATION WOOD TT, CA OUTER RING & CLAMP, UNIVERSAL ARM w/ Da VINCI' CART, 2nd UNIVERSAL ARM w/ GOLDFINGER CART, CLEARAUDIO DOUBLE SMART MATRIX CLEANER, HRS-MXR CUSTOM 4V RACK-GLOSS BLACK w/ M3X 1921 SHELVES, AESTHETIX RHEA SIGNATURE PHONO-PRE, PS AUDIO PPP, RGPC 1200, WIREWORLD SILVER ECLIPSE CABLES & SILVER ELECTRA PC'S
View "The Analog Rig" here:
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Game Room: BRYSTON BP-26 PRE-AMP, BDA-1 DAC, BDP-1 MEDIA PLAYER, BCD-1 CD PLAYER, MPS-2 POWER SUPPLY, 28B-SST2 MONOBLOCKS, MAGNUM DYNALAB MD-105T TUNER, OLIVE 04HD, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSAL BR PLAYER, KRELL KID, RGPC 1200(2) PS AUDIO PPP(2) SONUS FABER AMATI FUTURA'S IN RED FINISH, JL AUDIO IWS-SYS-2, SALAMANDER SYNERGY TRIPLE 30 RACK, SONY KDL-52XBR9, URC MX-980 REMOTE, WIREWORLD SILVER ECLIPSE CABLES & SILVER ELECTRA PC'S
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New Reference System: BURMESTER 911 MK3 AMP(2), 089 CD PLAYER, 088 PRE-AMP, 100 PHONO PRE-AMP LOADED, 111 MUSIC SERVER, 948 POWER CONDITIONER, AVID ACUTUS REFERENCE SP TT, GRAHAM PHANTOM II SUPREME ARM, BENZ MICRO LP-S CART, DYNAVECTOR XV-1S CART, HRS-SXR CUSTOM 2V-3V-2V RACK w/ M3X 1921 SHELVES, WIREWORLD PLATINUM CABLES & PC'S, SONUS FABER AIDA SPEAKERS RED

Hi!

I am an old man 55 + who are very poor in English and U.S. English as well. So you must have a lot of patience if you going to talk to me or to have quick answers.
I joined here in AA through a recommendation from a friend, and why it was that I recently bought a pair of MC 1201 (one year old) and I want to learn more about McIntosh products. I think this forum could be perfect for me, despite my poor English. What I have read here so it seems a very friendly tone of the threads and many knowledgeable people, I like that, and it was probably the biggest reason I joined here.

Hope to take part of everyone's knowledge and tweaks that I need to secure the continuation of my hobbies.

I end my presentation here and think I may need to tell more in other threads.

In the end, you will bear with my language and grammar.

See you!

/ / byZan

Welcome to Audioaficionado byZan

We are looking forward to hearing more about the gear you have chosen to go with your 1201's.

Jim

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AMP's: D'Agostino Momentum's
Pre Amp: Mcintosh C-1000 & C-1000P
Sources: McIntosh MCD-1100 & MS-300, Olive 4HD, SonoS, Pro-Ject 6 PerspeX
Speakers: MBL 111F
Cables: Transparent Ultra MM2 & Reference MM2 & Powerlink MM2x