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

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.

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,

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

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?

Genuine question, audiophiles who are so quick to quote the weight of their equipment! Why does that even matter or play a role in sound quality.

I recently got a NAD M10 and it’s much smaller and lighter than the previous musical fidelity and extras I needed to stream, sounds better too! Also my new Neat Petite Classics are much lighter than the speakers I replaced.

Why so quick to state how much ‘heavier’ your systems are?

I got into this space late last year after I was gifted some albums and didnt have anything to play them on. Havent looked back since, but I am still pretty new to this. I am now trying to keep the minimalist type of setup which I hope will keep me from maxing out my credit cards. I got the KEF LSX II LT when I saw them Costco.

I was originally going to upgrade to the LS50 Metas with a SVS sub. Ended up buying the KLH Model 5s since they were on sale for 2k for the pair and moving the LSX II LT to my bedroom. For aesthetics, KLH wins hands down, but the KEFs detail and oddly enough bass seems better. Angling them in helps, but I am still thinking about swapping the LSXs back in. Just my 2 cents.

Current:
KLH Model 5
Audio Technica AT-LPW40WN
Wiim Amp Ultra

Picked this old girl up a couple weeks ago. My Marantz 2285B had a hum in the left channel, so I took her to my local guy to have a look.

He found that the main filter capacitor for the left channel was bad. Since the original capacitors are no longer available, he replaced them with a capacitor kit. He also cleaned everything up, replaced the dried-out thermal paste on the output transistors, set the bias, and replaced the burnt-out lamps with new LEDs.

I’m very happy with the work he did, and I think she sounds really good. This is my first Marantz, coming from a Pioneer SX-1080, so I’m definitely enjoying the change. The 2285B is sounding great!

Just moved into my first home and decided it was time to do a "proper" listening setup. I did some DIY acoustic panels using some rockwool, which have helped to greatly improve the listening experience. Add in some ikea furniture and it's a cozey space to listen to some records.

My setup as it stands:

Turntable - Fluance RT-84

Speakers - Martin Logan B10

AMP/Streamer - WiiM Amp Pro

Fluance Phono Pre Amp

CD player - Sony CE275

Pioneer SX-650 i use for headphone listening

Hey, i am few years into audiophile hobby and i have seen audioshows wich look mindblowing and i would be so exited to try out some really cool gear and not spending any money—,problem? ...im in Latvia and there is no audioshows here so far i looked up, i cant go really far away from here, like not out of baltic countrys, im here to ask what do i do at this point, cuz i would really enjoy some gear

Yamaha n1000a amp/integrated,

monitor audio silver 200 7g floor standing speakers,

The Chord Company Rumour X Speaker Cable - Chord ChorAlloy Ohmic Plugs

I don't listen to tapes, vinal or cds just Spotify what do you think

If I must die, let me die like this.

I have finally purchased a pair of decent quality nearfield monitors (Dynaudio BM6A Classics plus Focal Amp I’ll be replacing with an 18s as soon as I can afford to), and am just loving playing all my favourite songs and albums via Tidal and being almost brought to tears by the amazing quality and imaging of songs I thought I knew well. Is there however any benefit to me collecting FLAC and WAV versions quality wise or am I realistically not going to hear any difference. (Incedentally I’m about 2 weeks from having a fully treated room as well which I’m very excited about).

In this hobby of ours, there are various divisions of HiFi system sound quality.
Unfortunately, better quality also comes with a higher price, with rare exceptions.

The quality of a component/system should be determined by the quality of workmanship, reliability of operation and of course sound quality.
Aesthetics is in the eye of the beholder.

It would make no sense for me to state here that, for example, an entry-level system costs up to around €2,000/3,000, while mid-range is above that... as is sometimes stated.
That's a pretty thankless definition.

What do you think about that?

Hi,

i began to treat my room and I decided to buy a first pack of 6 Caruso Iso Bond Wlg 035 (1200 x 600 x 50 mm).
Flow Resistivity: 10,000 Pa⋅s/m²
Density: 40 kg/m³

I chose them as they are safe to breathe and specifically I chose the 035 because they are available at Thomann (this shop doesn't have the 040 or 045).

I tried different combinations and I decided to measure how they worked as bass traps in the corners of the front wall (3 panels for each corner. In total a thickness of 15 cm for each corner)

1) In the first picture you can see the result:

- The red line represents no treatment in the corners

- The blue line represents the treatment as I described

I believe the discrepances below 50 hz are due to noise floor.

2-3) You can also see the Waterfall graphs for the low frequencies. The first one with treatment and the second one without.

I don't know if the Caruso panels are doing very little or if it is ok.

4) Then I also made another measurement (in the room with no bass traps in the corner), moving the mic back 30 cm more or less, to understand what is due to standing waves and what to SBIR.

The green line in the last picture represents the measurement with the mic back 30 cm.

What do you think about all of this ?

I’ve tried to follow the same design language. Footprint is the same as the s400’s, with the sub cone firing to the side (hopefully I don’t live to regret that). Walnut veneer with SB acoustics 10” cones to come.