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10-04-2007, 11:19 AM
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123c's Audio System Thread
What home system do you have.
This is what I currently have: Harman Kardon 330C receiver Rectilinear III speakers Inifinity SM62 speakers Panasonic DVD player Tivoli Model One Table radio (my Target clearance shelf find, $30) This is what I listen to most of the time. Past Stuff: Sansui G-6000 Harman Kardon 630 twin power Bogen DB-212 tube amp Harman Kardon FL3500 CD player and a bunch of other stuff
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10-04-2007, 11:35 AM
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Bottlehead Foreplay tube pre
Yamaha active crossovers Pass MiniAleph ss amp (which just replaced a Velez 300B SE amp) AudioSource ss amp Klipcsh K-horn bass cabinets w/K-33 drivers Edgarhorn trachorns with Fostex fullrange drivers (crossed at 500hz) Audax bullet tweets Empire tt with Formula IV arm and Grado cartidge, custom battery-powered phono pre various digital sources (Nakamichi and Prioneer at the moment)
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10-04-2007, 11:47 AM
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I can't compete with the heavy hitters, but my ears are very happy with the vintage system I have. 70s-era rack-mounted Marantz gear, in a matching cabinet. I've nicknamed the system 'Hal'...
 Marantz 1180DC amp Altec Lansing Model 14 speakers Some pics (during my reno, just installed hardwood so kinda messy and no baseboards...)  
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Chris 2007 E550 4Matic - 61,000 Km - Iridium Silver, black leather, Sport package, Premium 2 package 2007 GL450 4Matic - 62,000 Km - Obsidian Black Metallic, black leather, all options 1998 E430 - sold 1989 300E - 333,000 Km - sold 1977 280E - sold 1971 250 - retired "And a frign hat. They gave me a hat at the annual benefits meeting. I said. how does this benefit me. I dont have anything from the company.. So they gave me a hat." - TheDon Last edited by Zeus; 10-04-2007 at 11:56 AM.
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10-04-2007, 11:54 AM
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Nice, Zeus! I sold a pair of Model 14's a few months ago. Those were great speakers; I miss them! The old Marantz stuff still holds its own pretty darned well. A lot of that older solid state gear is just as musical (or more so) than the new receivers you can find at Best Buy and the like. I have an old Onkyo integrated amp that keeps up just fine with the new Pioneer A/V receiver in the TV room.
EDIT -- PS: nice job on the floors!
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10-04-2007, 12:01 PM
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I don't think I will ever sell this gear, even if I update to a more modern system in the future. My surround system for movies, etc. is just an out-of-the-box LG system. Does the job.
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Chris 2007 E550 4Matic - 61,000 Km - Iridium Silver, black leather, Sport package, Premium 2 package 2007 GL450 4Matic - 62,000 Km - Obsidian Black Metallic, black leather, all options 1998 E430 - sold 1989 300E - 333,000 Km - sold 1977 280E - sold 1971 250 - retired "And a frign hat. They gave me a hat at the annual benefits meeting. I said. how does this benefit me. I dont have anything from the company.. So they gave me a hat." - TheDon
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#6
10-04-2007, 08:18 PM
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My dads got some old Klipsch Horns that sound good...
Hes got an old McIntosh amp that literally weighs a ton.... Does that count?
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10-04-2007, 08:25 PM
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10-04-2007, 09:54 PM
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Past system,
McIntosh C22 pre-amp 2x Altec 1570b mono tube pwr amp (811A transmitter tubes)http://www.triodeel.com/al1570b.gif Alpha one MC cartridge Quad ESLs, Maggies, Acoustats... Current system at home is a pr of "thrift store find" vintage Jensen TF-4 spkrs. Very nice for the $15 I paid. A modified Sherwood AV receiver and a homebrew powered sub. Acoustats are at the cabin. Big system is a custom built Line Array consisting of 12 boxes of 10" drivers(100-1Khz), 2" P-audio covering 1K-20K(JBL copies) and four LAB subs (27-100hz folded horns) per side, about 12KW of QSC power amps, DBX driverack processing and a bunch of other expensive junk that is too heavy for me to be lugging these days. I have to say that my outdoor PA sounds as good as any hi-fi stuff anyone has ever heard. Must be the man behind the curtain.
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10-05-2007, 09:46 AM
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I have owned Maggies and Acoustats, too (MG1's, Tympanis, SMg's, 1+1 with Medallion transformers, and 1100's). The panels were nice; I always found the sweet spot to be tiny -- but boy, was it sweet.
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1992 300D 2.5T 1980 Euro 300D (sadly, sold) 1998 Jetta TDI, 132K "Rudy" 1974 Triumph TR6 1999 Saab 9-5 wagon (wife's)
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#10
10-05-2007, 11:29 AM
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Serious audio folks up in here!
You guys talk of stuff I drooled at in stereo shops (before the Best Buy and Circuit City crap existed) and lusted for while reading Stereo magazines! Sorry...I have an eclectic collection of equipment in various rooms including at work...but alas, nothing with MacIntosh, Krell, Mark Levinson, or any of those uber-audio components...
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2009 ML350 (106K) - Family vehicle 2001 CLK430 Cabriolet (80K) - Wife's car 2005 BMW 645CI (138K) - My daily driver 2016 Mustang (32K) - Daughter's car
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10-05-2007, 11:35 AM
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I downsized so I could get the piano upstairs.
 I never even get to turn these on anymore. Thinking of buying a 3 watt amp and high efficiency speakers.  
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You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows - Robert A. Zimmerman
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10-05-2007, 05:25 PM
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Nice: Coffee, Mac and are those Magneplanars?
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#14
10-05-2007, 06:21 PM
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Nuthin new here. Still running my home-built folded horns thru a Harmon Kardon reciever and a Hafler power amp. But my big one fried(the 500-watt unit), so right now am only using the 220-watt unit.
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past MB rides: '68 220D '68 220D(another one) '67 230 '84 SD Current rides: '06 Lexus RX330 '93 Ford F-250 '96 Corvette '99 Polaris 700 RMK sled 2011 Polaris Assault '86 Yamaha TT350(good 'ol thumper)
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#15
10-05-2007, 07:01 PM
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For those looking for the "air" image sound of planer spkrs, try a pr of tweeters xover at 8K or so and place them in front of the mains such that they are way out of time alignment.
May have to pad them down a bit to taste. Turn out the lights and listen to the sonic image. A pr of KSN1016 piezos with 8 ohms across it works well. Fun stuff to play with. BTW, anyone aware of the Parts Express "NSB" drivers? I have a case of 'em here if anyone wants a pr to try out. Last edited by Whiskeydan; 10-05-2007 at 07:06 PM.
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