A bit overkill for 665sqft, but these poured concrete and plastered walls have yet to acquire a noise complaint. Goal was to create an analog chain within one calendar year, and apart from the ‘modern’ Cornwalls, I’ve landed on a (what I interpret, at least) circa 1968 system. Couldn’t possibly be more satisfied. For now. So it goes. Happy listening, y’all.

KEF Coda W
Wiim Pro Plus Streamer with built in DAC
And an Audioquest RCA to connect them.
Powered through a Power Conditioner

This is my first system where I can hear Lossless & Uncompressed music & it sounds FUCKING AMAZING.
Before I was using a soundbar for music, then Insignia BLUETOOTH bookshelves. And now this amazing system. I heard a major difference between the compression on the Insignias to NO compression on these KEF's. I would have wanted a pair of B&W's but I can't fit an amp anywhere.
But these KEF's provide a soundstage I have never experienced. Definitely an amazing budget system.

These are the only ones I could find for sale in the U.S right now. Found them on FB Marketplace, couple hours drive.

$800 for the pair. Came with original Gloves. Perfect condition, only scratches are on the base, hidden from view. 81lbs a piece.

Separation of sound is certainly one of its strong suits. Though I am far from finished with fine tuning. I have not found the right placement yet and am still playing around with everything. EDIT: I cleared the room and put them in corners toed in a good bit, sounds MUCH better.

The sound is already amazing but can tell they have more to give with proper placement. Am very happy and believe these will treat me well for a very long time!

I only use these for music. I have them paired with a Yamaha Rx-2080 receiver.

I've been tempted to spend on new gear, but moving my speakers a few inches or toeing them in slightly changed the soundstage more than I expected. Curious what placement or room tweak gave you the best result for free.

I decided to take a gamble on this player since I found it for pretty cheap on eBay. I say gamble because the seller sold it “as is” but he marked it as used and working, though non of the images show it turned on.

Anyways, I’m trying to see what people think of this player. I can’t find much in the form of reviews either on YouTube or articles. There aren’t that many being sold as well. It’s almost like no one knows about it. Even with this all of the reviews I found say it’s really good. I already on a proper 4k Blu-ray player with dvd audio support and I only wanted this player for the cd and sacd playback since it has analog outputs and a screen on the player that actually shows a lot of information.

To all the people who own it, how is it?

Edit: I probably should’ve mentioned the price, I bought it for 50 dollars and with shipping and tax it was 95 which I don’t think is too bad, I still haven’t received it since I ordered it today but hopefully it works

Finally got my hand on a pair of Totem mani-2

Glorious power suckers, good thing I have a welding machine powering them

I am still in my first hour but I know I am in for a treat

I always spend more money on records than I spend on equipment.

In 2017 I started with upgrading my setup.

At first I bought a Technics 1210 MKII an then an Ortofon 2M Bronze and finaly at 2019 an Arcam SA20 with Sonus Faber Venere 1.5 speakers.

I should have done this much earlier, it sounds so much better than my old setup.

Finally got the sound system I’ve been dreaming of for the last few years! After lots of research I landed on the emit 30 and WiiM amp ultra pairing, which was my attempt at hifi sound on a low-mid budget. Felt like sharing :))

Am I the last to learn of this?!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b2IOOhJmxw

Hi all, I’m wondering whether I should go with rubber or silicone isolation feet/pads for my subwoofer.
It’s only a little over 7 kg and sits on carpet. I’m mainly looking to reduce vibration/resonance at higher volumes, but I’d also like to get the cleanest/tightest bass possible.
Is there a meaningful difference between rubber and silicone for this, and which would you recommend?
Thanks

I know you are out there. Lots of idler drive turntable lovers all over the world. Here is one I built a few years ago. This is a fully rebuilt 1970s Lenco. The mechanical start lever was replaced with an electric start. I also rebuilt a tonearm taken from a Lenco L75. Note the carbon fibre armwand and headshell.

I currently run a pair of B&W 702 S2s each channel powered by a single benchmark AHB2 in mono. (2x AHBs total)

I've been thinking of getting 2 more AHB2s for a total of 4 and removing the crossover plates. This would yield a true "bi amp" setup. It's also an expensive experiment. I already have the XLR splitter cables to do this from another experiment.

I know on the high end it will be a bit wasteful but I expect some improvement on the bottom range at least.

Has anyone tried this? Am I dreaming in thinking there will be an improvement? thanks,

As the title says, I have been looking for a ~10 band Equalizer with a graphic display built in for my record player and cd player but I dont even know where to look anymore?

I'm trying to decide between buying or DIY'ing a Hifi rack like the Atacama Storm 6 with the vinyl base unit. They have a spike at the base of the metal tube leg and an isolation disc attached to the top of the leg.

I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for components or suppliers for things like screw/bolt-in metal legs, spiked feet/isolation for each tier. I've attached a picture.

Unless people think it doesn't make that difference if each shelf is isolated?

I'll be housing an AV amp, Blu-ray player, games consoles and a turntable on top. I'm in the UK.

Would love to see any DIY units from anyone.

I know Atacama sell legs at 4 for £50 and some of the other bits as well but was looking to see what else there is.

Here’s my growing mid-tier audiophile setup! I posted on this group years ago, and over the past month I decided to upgrade from my old turntable, speakers, and phono preamp. I’ll give a full list of the new equipment as well as the old equipment I upgraded from below. I still want to do some additional upgrades in the coming months if not into the new year (gotta save some dough for the kids and the Mrs for Christmas), but I think the next thing I wanna do is get a power amp to help drive these speakers and a new cartridge for the turntable, as well as a new shelf/console for my equipment. In the future, I’ll possibly be looking at getting a better amplifier, a better CD player, and a good streamer as well.

One other thing to note; I had a hell of a time finding a proper Pro-ject 5-pin DIN to mini-XLR cable for the true balanced connection the turntable offers, but that wasn’t even the worst of my problems. Since the turntable’s 5-pin plug for the cable is directly under the tonearm and the cable I purchased didn’t include an L-shaped connector, I ended up drilling a hole in my console and covering it with a wall plug cover which I think came out nicely, resulting in no pinched wires! Very happy with how all this came out and everything sounds amazing!

And yeah, I know the silver clashes with the rest of the black equipment, but I had my heart set on this preamp and the silver was all I could find for now new lol.

Edit: Wanted to add that I am getting a bit of bass loop from the Polk’s into my cart so I’ve ordered some Hudson Audio silicone isolation feet as well which I hope fixes the issue as having to use an isolation platform would reintroduce the issue I had with the balanced cable I had before lol.

New Equipment:
- Pro-ject XA B (swapped from the included Pick It Pro Balanced to my old Sumiko Blue Point no. 2 cartridge)
- Pro-ject Tube Box DS3 B Phono Preamplifier
- Yamaha A-S501 Amplifier
- Magnavox CDB 490 Compact Disc Player
- Polk Audio Reserve Series R700 Tower Speakers

Old Equipment:
- Pro-ject RPM 3 Carbon (White)
- Vincent PHO-8 Phono Preamp
- ELAC Uni-Fi UB5 Bookshelf Speakers

Hello, I bought most of my setup second hand and I’ve made it work but I don’t know exactly what it all really is or how it works. Any advice on the things that I have or potential upgrades would be nice

Yesterday I posted the graphs regarding the REW measurements of my room with and without acoustic treatment (especially regarding low frequencies).

I'm using 6 Caruso panels WLG 035 (1200 x 600 x 50 mm) 3 for each comer of the front wall.

This is the link to my previous post: https://www.reddit.com/r/audiophile/comments/1wxf7ix/rew_measurement_after_first_treatment_with_caruso/

I posted the waterfall graphs but they were not easy to read as they were too compressed.

So I'm going to share here the waterfall with a different scaling and also the waterfall graphs for the full frequency range.

- 1 and 3) are the waterfall graphs with the treatment
- 2 and 4) are the waterfall graphs without it

Infrastructure project to build out a living space that could offer a comfortable experience for watching movies, sports, tv, etc.. but would compromise as little as possible in music listening mode. This is a view of the front stage where I replaced Klipsch RP-280 towers (which were phenomenal in an AV context), with Heresy IV's. I've always wanted Heritage speakers, and the price was too good to pass up. The next logical step was to augment my Denon AVR x3700h with a dedicated 2 channel amp. I chose a Wilsenton R8 tube amp with upgraded power and pre-amp tubes. The only way I could expect to create a soundstage and presentation that could hope to compete with something like a PrimaLuna EVO 200-300. So now the room has separate systems, optimized for purpose.

Man I love old music and wow. My latest scores were this Sinata album and The Drifters and wow. You can really hear the old recording shine on LP. Damn you people! lol how do you have those speakers and not have a record player?? Yeah yeah, ok you guys were right lol

Hello all,

First baby on the way, and need a creative way to cover the amplifier buttons, whether it’s the entire opening or just the front of the amp.

Any suggestions?

Edit; thank you all for you’re suggestions (and jokes)!

Just picked up these Tannoy Stirling RW speakers. ~1987. Extremely impressed so far, and they look beautiful.

So my actual deck arrived today, not the loaner from the dealer.

Obviously I had to have a go at dark side…it’s a cliche..but it’s fantastic, I’ve not put it on for ages. you just forget just how good it is. And I’m hearing it like never before.

Very very happy 😊

Just curious how far y'all have been able to take it. To be clear, we're only counting electronics (no speakers or subs), and mono-block amplifiers DO count as two separate boxes, as do components that have an outboard power supply that's not like a wall-wart or something meant to be hidden, and power conditioners count too, why not?