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The Violins in my place
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Thanks Howie, Dan, and Jerry for posting the pictures. Those pictures posted by Dan look like the Violons were being driven by Rowland Class D monoblock amplifiers? I have heard my speakers driven with a pair of Rowland 150W Class A/B amps, before they went Class D. Loved the sound!
Here are a few more pictures of my system: And this is my music collection: It is almost all classical. First 4 shelves are all Bach. Next 2 shelves are Beethoven. Schubert takes 1 1/2 shelves, Mahler takes 1 shelf. There is also 3/4 shelf of Prokofiev, and 1/2 shelf each of Wagner and Shostakovich. As you can tell, I like angst filled music (well, apart from Bach) - so frivolous composers like Mozart - 1/4 of a shelf Here is a short clip from Youtube. [ame="http://youtu.be/8zOSf7-6kVk"]Keith System[/ame]
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Source: Playback Designs MPS-5, Micro-Seiki BL99V, MA505 Mk2, Lyra Dorian, Denon 103D, RCM Sensor Phono Stage. Amplification: Cary SLP-05 pre, Cary CAD-211AE, SGR EL30S power, Marchand XM44. Speakers: Acapella High Violon, JL Audio F110 subwoofer pair. Pictures here Last edited by Amfibius; 07-16-2011 at 10:26 AM. |
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Hmm, just happened on this thread. Keith, u are one persistent dude . Lovely pics of your setup.
A little interesting trivia for everyone here, Keith & myself went to the same high school & University in the same years. Only realised this very recenlty. Now, we live on different continents . Regards, Joe Ling |
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Hi Joe, we weren't in the same high school. My parents could not afford to send me to that expensive private school you went to! I went to a public school. And same university, yes - but different courses. Despite sharing the same circle of friends, and hanging out at the same hifi shop, somehow we never met!
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Source: Playback Designs MPS-5, Micro-Seiki BL99V, MA505 Mk2, Lyra Dorian, Denon 103D, RCM Sensor Phono Stage. Amplification: Cary SLP-05 pre, Cary CAD-211AE, SGR EL30S power, Marchand XM44. Speakers: Acapella High Violon, JL Audio F110 subwoofer pair. Pictures here |
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Oh ya, details seemed to have been lost after so many years...
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Keith
I just picked up on this thread this morning and enjoyed following your efforts to improve the sound of your Acapella's. A fun read to start the day. Thanks for following up on the Playback Design question. It is a unit that seems to get good reviews on a regular basis. I owned a Cary 303-300 player and awhile back and liked the options of changing selectable sample rates on the fly and HDCD decoding. Different discs sounded better at different rates. I replaced that with a Esoteric X03-se which not only played SACD's but generally sounded better all around to me. Jim |
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Keith......I really like the CD/record shelving. Very functional, and attractive.
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Dan STUDIO - McIntosh C1000C/P, MC2301 (2), MR88, Aurender N10, Esoteric K-01X, Shunyata Sigma spdif digital cable, Sonos Connect, PurePower 2000, Stillpoints, Furutech Flux 50, Michell Gyro SE, Michell HR Power Supply, SME 309, Ortofon Cadenza Black, Wireworld, Sonus faber Amati Anniversario LIVING ROOM - McIntosh C2300, MC75 (2), MR85, Magnum Dynalab 205, Simaudio MOON Neo 260D-T, Schiit Audio Yggdrasil, Aurender N100H, Shunyata Sigma USB cable, Micro Seiki DD40, Ortofon Cadenza Blue, Nakamichi BX-300, Sony 60ES DAT, PS Audio P10, Furutech Flux 50, Sonos Connect, Stillpoints, Wireworld, Kimber, PMC EB1i, JL Audio f113 VINTAGE - McIntosh MA230, Tandberg 3011A tuner, Olive 04HD, Sony DTC-59ES DAT, McIntosh 4300V, JBL 4312A |
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Thanks Dan, the shelves are from Ikea They come unfinished and look pretty horrible, but they take on a nice honey colour if you sand it, then use the right stain and varnish.
Still-One, the PBD MPS-5 is by far the best CD player I have ever owned. I have to admit that when I was evaluating it, it was sitting on a wooden shelf and was using my Transparent interconnects. The Cary was on my glass shelf and I was using Acrolink interconnects. I must say I have never been a big believer that shelves and interconnects made THAT much of a difference. I believed that longer I/C's benefited more, and these short run I/C's couldn't make much of a difference. Anyway, after I sold the Cary, I moved the MPS-5 to pride of place on my shelf. Since the Acrolink was already wired up to my preamp, I plugged it in. Holy Moly ... my jaw dropped. Suddenly the MPS-5 sounded like the Cary! Had I just wasted $15,000 when it was the interconnect all along? I swapped the I/C's back over and the magic came back. Yes, it is better than the Cary. The second conclusion: Transparent I/C's are way superior to Acrolink.
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Source: Playback Designs MPS-5, Micro-Seiki BL99V, MA505 Mk2, Lyra Dorian, Denon 103D, RCM Sensor Phono Stage. Amplification: Cary SLP-05 pre, Cary CAD-211AE, SGR EL30S power, Marchand XM44. Speakers: Acapella High Violon, JL Audio F110 subwoofer pair. Pictures here |
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I definitely agree with you on the benefits of Transparent cabling. :Yes:
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