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amrace Wrote: > PS How do you differentiate between an audiophile and someone who just > has a keen interest? Squirrel Wrote: > My main system is an Arcam AVR-250 AV receiver, Mordaunt-Short > 908/905C/903S speakers connected with Chord Rumour 4 for the front L/R > and centre and 105-strand OFC for the surround channels, plus a B&W > ASW-1000 sub. Current sources on this are an Arcam DV79 DVD-A/CD > player, Sony minidisc deck, Turtle Beach Audiotron, Pinnacle ShowCenter > and Rega Planar 3 turntable (with Pro-Ject Phono Box II pre-amp). > > Might consider replacing the Audiotron with something like the > Transporter if a cheaper version becomes available though, I don't need > the uber-DAC in the Transporter as the one in the AV receiver is > excellent. > > Bedroom system is a Yamaha DSP-AX620 AV amp with Gale 4/Centre 2/2i > connected with Audio Innovations Silver Bi-Wire (L/R), Silver Micro > (centre) and 105-strand OFC for surrounds. Sources here are a second > Audiotron, a second ShowCenter and a Sony RDR-HXD710 DVD/HD recorder > with Freeview. Again if anything went wrong with the Audiotron I'd > replace it with a Squeezebox (preferably in the 17" hi-fi form > factor). > > Dining room system - Squeezebox 3 running into Audio Alchemy > DAC-in-the-box then into Yamaha DSP-A592 AV amp (one I had spare!), > Eltax Symphony 6/Symphony Centre/Millenium Mini speakers (can't > remember what speaker cable, think it's the Audio Innovations stuff > again though for fronts) Usually run this in Pro-Logic mode. > > Garden - weatherproof "rock" effect speakers running off an old Sony > midi system (heavy smiley EQ needed on these speakers, fortunately > aforementioned midi system has 5-band EQ). Fed from tape output of > dining room system. > > Bathroom system - Squeezebox 3 running into Kenwood KA-3020SE amp > (concealed) driving flush-mounted ceiling speakers. > > Kitchen system - Concealed Technics SU-VX500 amplifier driving ceiling > speakers. Currently this runs from Zone 2 of the Arcam in the living > room, but I'll shortly be adding another Squeezebox using the AMPSwitch > plug-in to automatically select the SB when it's brought out of standby, > and revert to the Zone 2 feed when the SB is turned off. Uhh, I think Squirrel's an audiophile. :-D -- Mark Lanctot ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25858 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
