Audio Chews: the hi-fi and music community

uglymusic

Please tell us about yourself and your hi-fi system and/or musical tastes.

uglymusic

Hi from UglyMusic, named after my notorious (in some circles) music collection.

I listen to a lot of free/avant garde jazz, along with some rock, electronica, funk, world and classical music on two systems:

Main system:

Mac mini G4/iTunes

KingRex UD-01 SE DAC and Power Supply

Drobo for storage

NVA Statement passive pre

NVA TDS Mk1 monoblocks

Royd RR3 loudspeakers

NVA interconnects and loudspeaker cables

Cryoparts USB Cable II interconnect and Item Audio DC power lead

Control from MacBook Air, iPhone or iPod Touch

Office system:

27" Core 2 Duo iMac

Pioneer A400X integrated amp

Mission 761 louspeakers

NVA interconnects

Back of the cupboard loudspeaker cables

All fed by the same Drobo

Yep. I'm 100% streaming digital and 100% CD before that.

Dave

coops

Hi ,my name is Keith Cooper, ( coops) I own Purite Audio ,I am a dealer but I would like to think I still have my integrity!
I hope Audio Chews has a bright future.
Keith.

coops

Forgot to mention my system, horns are always here ( to big to move ) a small 10 watt class A single ended amp and at the moment a Trinnov room correction box which is my preamp I use a MacBook Pro as source.
Keith.

Jim

Hi Keith and welcome.

Which horns?

uglymusic

coops said:
I hope Audio Chews has a bright future.

Thanks Keith

Jim

Music taste is very wide, pretty much anything. I've a particular penchant for jazz, blues and folk (preferably acoustic) and much less rock than it used to be.

Far too much kit to list it all I'm afraid.

Currently in use is:
Garrard 401 in Torlyte plinth
Rebuilt RB250 arm and upgraded Decca Maroon
Musical Fidelity LPs Phono Stage
Musical Fidelity X-Pre
UCD Class D amps in DIY build
Lowther EX4's and Eminence 15" Betas in a DIY Open Baffle
Cables are a mixture of Kimber and DIY solid silver
Also for convenience a Linux laptop running into a DAC Magic II.

Docfoster

My musical tastes: Funk, jazz, good hip-hop, female vox, indie, electro and ambient.
System:
NVA Cube 1
NVA TSS Mk3
NVA P90SA
Sony S760 BDP
Musical Fidelity A3 24 192k DAC
Pioneer PL-71 with Decca Super Gold
NVA Phono 2
All NVA cabling.

I work as a teacher in a pupil referral centre (school for excluded kids).

Ben

Alan

I have a relatively brief history with Hi-Fi, only buying my own kit about 5 years ago when the hand-me-downs from Dad gave up the ghost. He had a pretty respectable system actually; an early memory for me is spending a day in Phase 3 Hi-Fi in Worthing while the owner re-arranged the whole shop & blasted the neighbours with Big Band jazz...

My music tastes are under-developed & limited, but I appreciate most things. Dad left me with a taste for stomping Big Bands of Basie's ilk - to this day my desert island disc is Sinatra & Basie live at the sands. I have a love for blues & most folky-type music, particularly bluegrass. At the moment I am going through a Lyle Lovett phase, as I love the way he tells a story with wit & charm. His records are musically superb also, with great production. I also remain a bit of a rock monster, and a lover of all things New Orleans.

My system gets little dedicated use at the moment due to a large young family, but the current state of play is as follows:

2009 MAC mini (fed by NAS over ethernet)

AyreWave

Beresford Caiman DAC with Gator (on borrowed time?) - DACs have been in flux for the past year.

NVA P90 passive pre

NVA TSS mkII stereo amplifier

Royd Revelation RR3 speakers

NVA supersoundpipe & LS5 cabling throughout

Belkin PF-40 mains thingy for everything but the amp.

My system plays music pretty nicely - that's all there is to it really. I hope it gives some of the best of both the flat & the round earth - I have heard examples of both genres that are one-trick ponies. I want it all...within reason. and budget.

coops

Jim said:
Hi Keith and welcome.

Which horns?

Thanks Jim, they are made by a friend of mine in Germany, Cessaro Horn Acoustics, there are some photos here , www.puriteaudio.co.uk
Keith.

Jim

Compression drivers, nice. And the wooden horns look fantastic.

Bit pricey I expect?

coops

Yes ,not helped by the collapse of Sterling, there are a few posters on HiFi Wigwam who have made their own and they appear to be getting decent results, so it doesn't have to cost fortune.
Keith.

Jim

Does that mean the design is available or is a kit for sale?

I'm half a horn person. I love the impact and drive they give but having used OBs for so long now I can't abide the colouration particularly across the mid band.

I've never heard compression drivers, never had the opportunity. But I've heard many front horns which suffer distortion much less than folded back horns.

coops

Horns ( straight horns at least) don't have to sound coloured, that is just bad design and implementation
proper horns are just extremely dynamic and IMHO just more real than any other design.
Keith.

RobHolt

Hi all and thanks to Ben for the invitation to join.

There is very little music that I dislike - I can even listen to free jazz if the mood takes me :)

I collect audio equipment and probably have more stuff here than you'd find in a shop. Lots of classic brit stuff but also old heavyweight Japanese receivers, but main everyday system is:

Rega P9/RB1000/Tecnoweight

Audio Technica AT33PTG

Home built tube phono stage (or the one built into the pre amp)

Macbook Pro/Audiosmile DEQ DAC/ADC for streaming and committing A to D.

This Macbook is fitted with a 1TB HD and contains around 1300 albums stored in Apple Lossless.

Quad 34/405-2 amplification. I've completely rebuilt these with great results.

Quad FM4 for FM.

Quad ESL57s completely rebuilt.

Wires - I built my own from good quality stuff designed for pro use.

I should also declare that I assist Audiosmile though not on a paid basis - it isn't my day job :)

Jim

Hi Rob and welcome.

Alan

Hello Rob, great to have you here. I hope we can make something good here.

Hugo

I am very happy to have been invited by Ben to join this forum, and to see some friendly names here too. I'm a bit of a subjectivist, and like to think that I'm open-minded about anything audio. That's possibly why I have ended up with this somewhat eclectic system:

Kenwood KD-770D turntable with Ittok LVII arm and Benz Micro SL, Audio Origami tonearm cable

Thorens TD124 - work in progress at the moment but sounds promising

PS Audio GCPH phono stage (shortly to be joined/replaced by a Paul Hynes Veron Concert phono amp)

Bob's Devices Cinemag SUT

Lyngdorf CD1 uased as transport only

Lyngdorf TDA-2200 true digital amp, fitted with 24/96 ADC Card

Avalon NP2.0 speakers on Stillpoints Component Stands

Stillpoints ESS Rack, and various Stillpoints support cones too

MIT Shotgun RCA digital interconnect

Ixos speaker cables - the ones that beat my MIT AVtS1 cables at the London Bake-Off Show!

Kimber Silver Streak, Mark Grant RCA cables

HiFace Evo asynchronous interface, fed from a Zotac mini-PC. Both these are powered by Paul Hynes Design PSUs.

Spare cartridges include Kontrapunkt B and AT33PTG (both presently being re-tipped by Expert Stylus Company)

Mains stuff that some of you may have seen at the bake-off show includes a PS Audio Power Plant Premier and quite a lot of Vertex AQ mains leads.

Oh, and some Shun Mook Mpingo discs too! I also have an extensive collection of Bert Kaempfert LPs

I do like tinkering with vinyl, but I'm very keen to get a good sound out of the Zotac mini-PC and HiFace Evo, so it's good to see Uglymusic here, as he's ahead of me in computer audio. The Evo is brand new so needs bedding in, so I'm going to let it sit and run in for a few weeks before getting serious.

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Alan

Hello Hugo - great you could join in. You have a lot of interesting gear there - have you been playing at this hooby for long?

uglymusic

Hugo said:
I am very happy to have been invited by Ben to join this forum, and to see some friendly names here too. I'm a bit of a subjectivist, and like to think that I'm open-minded about anything audio. That's possibly why I have ended up with this somewhat eclectic system:

Kenwood KD-770D turntable with Ittok LVII arm and Benz Micro SL, Audio Origami tonearm cable

Thorens TD124 - work in progress at the moment but sounds promising

PS Audio GCPH phono stage (shortly to be joined/replaced by a Paul Hynes Veron Concert phono amp)

Bob's Devices Cinemag SUT

Lyngdorf CD1 uased as transport only

Lyngdorf TDA-2200 true digital amp, fitted with 24/96 ADC Card

Avalon NP2.0 speakers on Stillpoints Component Stands

Stillpoints ESS Rack, and various Stillpoints support cones too

MIT Shotgun RCA digital interconnect

Ixos speaker cables - the ones that beat my MIT AVtS1 cables at the London Bake-Off Show!

Kimber Silver Streak, Mark Grant RCA cables

HiFace Evo asynchronous interface, fed from a Zotac mini-PC. Both these are powered by Paul Hynes Design PSUs.

Spare cartridges include Kontrapunkt B and AT33PTG (both presently being re-tipped by Expert Stylus Company)

Mains stuff that some of you may have seen at the bake-off show includes a PS Audio Power Plant Premier and quite a lot of Vertex AQ mains leads.

Oh, and some Shun Mook Mpingo discs too! I also have an extensive collection of Bert Kaempfert LPs

I do like tinkering with vinyl, but I'm very keen to get a good sound out of the Zotac mini-PC and HiFace Evo, so it's good to see Uglymusic here, as he's ahead of me in computer audio. The Evo is brand new so needs bedding in, so I'm going to let it sit and run in for a few weeks before getting serious.

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Hi Hugo. Glad you could join.

What an amazing list of kit!

Jim

Ah, another vinyl tweaker. Happy Days

Welcome Hugo

uglymusic

Jim said:
Ah, another vinyl tweaker. Happy Days

Someone had better explain that to me someday :-"

Jim

I couldn't possibly comment...

uglymusic

Actually, I'm itching to hear your system, as your Garrard seemed to be doing some great things rhythm-wise at the show.

Jim

You're more than welcome - but you're not tweaking my vinyl :)

uglymusic

Ooh-er missus.

I wouldn't dream of such a thing

:">

schwantz34

hello guys , my name's sergio i wrote from milan , italy , ciao a tutti !
s.

uglymusic

Hi Sergio

Glad you made it!

Jim

Hi Sergio and welcome

schwantz34

thank you guys !
ciao
s.

Alan

I'm glad you made it, Sergio - can you think of something to say? We're all a bit quiet this week!

jandl100

Hi. My name is Jerry.. I am a classical music fan, mainly, and an unashamed hifi box-swapper.

Alan invited me to join, so you can blame him. :)

Jim

Hi Jerry and welcome

Alan

Hi Jerry,

your first post leads me to believe you see this as a self-help group...

You are very welcome, and we'll help you through this in any way we can!
:p

uglymusic

jandl100 said:
Hi. My name is Jerry.. I am a classical music fan, mainly, and an unashamed hifi box-swapper.

Alan invited me to join, so you can blame him. :)

Hi Jerry

I'm always glad to blame @Alan

:-D

macnugget

Hello from Macnugget, named after my our two lovely (Mac is no longer with us) welsh springers. Thanks Alan for inviting me to this new forum.

Stephen

uglymusic

Welcome Macnugget

I hope you're enjoying Christmas!

Jim

Welcome indeed, seasons greetings

macnugget

Thanks guys!

I listen to all sorts of music in particular good female vocals with decent recordings, also likes a lot of the 80's stuff.

Just got rid of my beloved CD player and moving towards digital streaming route as soon as the new dac arrive.

Have had 30 plus pairs of speakers over the last three four years due to a very understanding wife.

I now realised this is a very subjective hobby and still believe there is a type of system's sound that would please 75% of audophiles out there. The warmish sound that I was familiar with in the 80's.

Stephen

Alan

You really want a warm sound this time of year...

Gromit

Hi everyone :)

My name's Gromit and I'm a plastiscene dog...er hang on a mo...

My real name's Richard, and I've been a hifi nut/bodger/wrecker/geek since I was about 5 years old when my dad got his first system. I got my own rig in about 1978 consisting of hand-me-downs from the old man. I've been a professional clarinettist for the last 27 years and do a bit of teaching now and again...plus I'm a reasonably incompetent pianist and conductor.

My current system is...

Turntables:

Thorens TD150 Mk1/SME 3009 (non-imp)
Rega P7

Cartridges:

Stilton P77 (in need of a re-tip)
Audio Note IQ3
Grado Prestige Black 1

Amplifier:

Inca Tech Claymore

Digital stuff:

Pioneer DV-444 DVD player as a transport
Squeezebox 3
MacBook running USB out into...
CA DacMagic

Speakers:

Royd Merlins

The rig's somewhat in a state of flux - I totally upset its balance about 9 months ago and whilst the digital side of things is going well, I really need to get my *rse in gear and sort the turntable. Bottom line is a miss direct drive....next year's going to be fun, I hope. :)

macnugget

Hi Richard

Welcome on board. I was quite keen to try out the Inca amp myself and never had a chance to listen to them before, so what are they like? What amps did you tried before you settle on the Inca? I know they were designed to better the Nait at the time.

JonV

Hello ..Ben Invited me , so here I am

JonV

OH yeah ..I'm also an Avondale helper mokey

Gromit

Hi Jon - welcome to this most pleasant little corner of the www. :)

MacNugget - the Claymore's a little bit of a find to be honest. I can remember a certain Mr Frankland going ga-ga over it many years ago in that erstwhile publication 'The Flat Response' and whilst always taking his (very narrow minded) view of the hifi world with a pinch of salt, I often wondered how good this amp would be.

I've owned a fair few Farlow-era Exposure amps and a few Naims over the years, and to own another amp from the mid-80's school of the British Black Box would be a bit of fun. I haven't regretted buying it - it's got a reasonable amount of power (50w/ch) and can summon a fair head of steam. It hasn't got the grip or control of my previous set up (Exposure XXIRC/Super XVIII monos) but it's sweeter, quite lyrical but with excellent bass - full, but with good pitch definition; a very important factor for me. For 200 quid (and this one's in nigh on mint condition) it's been a very good buy. :)

uglymusic

Hi Jon

Glad you could come along.

I'm assuming you have a bundle of Avondale kit... Or do you?

JonV

This forum needs a DIY section , without it , its like having no money in a shop

uglymusic

Good idea, Jon.

I've set one up for you.

JonV

"I'm Assuming you have a bundle of Avondale kit" .... sure do Mr Uglymusic ... ACD3 , GRAD1/TPX2 , M2B

monos and REV1 speakers ..the rest of the kit is HYperspace TT/Ekos/ArkivB into a TE groove.

Thanks for the DIY section

uglymusic

No probs. I'm interested to see what you'll post there. I'm not really a DIYer.

macnugget

Gromit said:
Hi Jon - welcome to this most pleasant little corner of the www. :)

MacNugget - the Claymore's a little bit of a find to be honest. I can remember a certain Mr Frankland going ga-ga over it many years ago in that erstwhile publication 'The Flat Response' and whilst always taking his (very narrow minded) view of the hifi world with a pinch of salt, I often wondered how good this amp would be.

I've owned a fair few Farlow-era Exposure amps and a few Naims over the years, and to own another amp from the mid-80's school of the British Black Box would be a bit of fun. I haven't regretted buying it - it's got a reasonable amount of power (50w/ch) and can summon a fair head of steam. It hasn't got the grip or control of my previous set up (Exposure XXIRC/Super XVIII monos) but it's sweeter, quite lyrical but with excellent bass - full, but with good pitch definition; a very important factor for me. For 200 quid (and this one's in nigh on mint condition) it's been a very good buy. :)

Hi Gromit

The Inca is the one in my wanted list at the moment along side with Lentek Integrated, Exposure X, NVA Integrated and pre power combo, Naim 72/140.

How is the Inca compare to the Naim stuff?

petethefeet

Hello there my name is Pete [the Feet]

I came across the site whilst researching DACs on another site. I am a relative newbie to this digital malarkey having purchased my Dacmagic and Squeeze Duet in May 2009. I have been on the lookout for an upgrade to the current DAC but as yet haven't heard any other options.

I have undergone a few system changes in the last 18 months after years of relative stability system wise. the current set up consists of:

LP12 basic arm and Rega cartridge [Seldom used]

PC storage on laptop

DacMagic

Squeeze Duet

Denon DAB/AM/FM tuner [DAB is quite a let down]

Yamaha Cassette recorder

Yamaha DSP for weekly film

Naim NAC 52

Supercap

NAP 135's

Rega R5 speakers

I'm not sure whether to either upgrade the speakers first or the DAC whichever gives most bang for buck as they say. Having said that the majority of my listening these days is via Spotify as I'm enjoying listening to something a little less familiar than my own collection.

Here's wishing you every success in your new venture and I hope it takes off.

PS. Where was the show that was mentioned where the DACs were compared? A chap who I bought a NAP250 off has compared many Dacs and has so far remained with his Dacmagic as he finds it less fatiguing than some he tried and also good value for money.

Docfoster

Was that the hallowe'en bake-off show at the Epping Marriott...?
http://thelondonbakeoffshow.110mb.com/

Alan

Hello Pete, & welcome. We're all learning here, glad you could lend a hand. DACs are one of current fascinations here.

Jim

Welcome Pete and enjoy.

Docfoster

Yes, of course...welcome pete!
Apologies for the lack of a warm handshake in my previous post!
Ben

uglymusic

Hi Pete

Welcome!

I was one of those that ran the Digital Streaming room at the show.

What we found after a day of hard swapping and comparing was that there were very few differences between the DACs we tried - at prices between £150 and £4k. So your friend may have something.

However, I think we are at one of those technology turning points at the moment and there will be big differences to be had. The Young DAC that @Alan and myself have been lucky enough to get two of the first batch in this country makes a bigger difference in sound than any of the DACs we listened to. And it's less than £1000.

I just need to figure out whether I can live with it, and also be sure that it's the finished package.

schwantz34

Alan said:
I'm glad you made it, Sergio - can you think of something to say? We're all a bit quiet this week!

hi my friend , well .. my name's sergio , i live near milano , italia , i like good music and also talk about the systems they reproduce it in a home environment , some ppl here i know , including Alan who sold me a pair of nva a70 , i think im a little bit crazy for hifi in the last year ...my wife is not happy at all of it , of my box swapping , and continuous buying of records , ive several amps ,sources and loudspeakers , but in these days i often listen to music with an exposure xv , arcam cd 192 cdp , tech sl1200-dl160 .
Happy new year to everybody folks!
ciao
s.

Jim

Hi Sergio and welcome

schwantz34

danke Jim !

uglymusic

Happy New Year Sergio!

schwantz34

grazie Ugly , also to u !

Alan

Sergio - how much kit have you got after last year? My old amps, a TSS, at least three DACs, now exposure as well....are you starting a shop?

:-t

Have you seen the new M2Tech Young DAC? Very Italian...you have room for some more!

schwantz34

no Alan , i don't ... unfortunately is not the start of a business , but hifi mania have taken me , i hope to get sane asap !

yes i have seen it , i dont have space enough for it , moreover is a bit pricey in my opinion, i had good feeback from some ppl in italy that a mf v-dac modified can be a killer dac also with contenders of higher prices !
ciao!
s.

:)

Uzinusa

Hello. I'm Andy aka Uzinusa. I love music and go to as many gigs as i can which is typically 1 every 2 weeks. My interests cover everything from new & old electronica (Caribou, Kraftwerk), folk (CSNY, Elliott Smith, Kate Walsh, Led Zep), classical (particularly choral and opera [although I just like the singing in opera]), Rock, World (like Sara Tavares), Jazz, even brass-band :-)

I'm running a Mac Mini (2010), Pure Music, HiFace, Lavry DA10 / M2Tech Young Dac, into DIY Starfish and dual mono-NCC200 amps, out through nSats at the moment, although I lust Arcs.

Just another geek I guess. Andy

Alan

Hello, fellow geek! Welcome to the (very small, quite quiet) party!

I would love to hear some Shahinians in my setup, though maybe it's best I don't! Are you getting your system acceptably close to the live experience yet? - not that it could ever be done...You have pretty eclectic tastes for sure. If your rig can play all that well then I shall take your recommendations seriously!

Uzinusa

Hi Alan. Thanks for the invite and welcome. Not near enough the live yet, though I am constantly amazed at what those little nSats can chuck out and yes they do remarkably well on a wide range of music! I think once the DAC comparison is over (and I'm not unhappy with the HiFace/Lavry but just wanted to try the Young) my focus is on speakers. I've heard a very similar setup, through my Lavry but out of Arcs. This was stunning and airy and visceral and had everything I could wish for. I've been offered a try of a friends Arcs in my house and that being well I'm certainly on the lookout for some nice, oak s/h ones.

Alan

Uzinusa said:
I've been offered a try of a friends Arcs in my house and that being well I'm certainly on the lookout for some nice, oak s/h ones.

Is he called Noah?

X_X

Noah's Arks...see what I did there?

I'll get my coat then...
:-S

uglymusic

Alan said:

Uzinusa said:
I've been offered a try of a friends Arcs in my house and that being well I'm certainly on the lookout for some nice, oak s/h ones.

Is he called Noah?

X_X

Noah's Arks...see what I did there?

I'll get my coat then...
:-S

Unfortunately, I did :-D

Uzinusa

i'm starting to see what kind of world you occupy [-(

uglymusic

It says something about Audio Chews that we actually allow him to be a mod. I'm just trying to work what it says O:)

Alan

I'll be booted out when you do...

Theo

Hello all - some of you will have come across me on other forums, but for those who haven't, here's a few bits n pieces about me.

I run 2 music systems: the 1st consists of an Eclipse SE turntable/SME V/Ortofon Cadenza Blue/Whest PS30R Phono/Esoteric UX1 CDP/Exposure MCX Pre/4 x Exposure XVI Mono Power/Neat Ultimatum MF7.

The 2nd doesn't get used as much (I could be tempted to part with any/all the items): Luxman PD272 turntable/Stanton 681/NVA Phono 1/Micromega Classic Solo CDP/NVA P50SA Pre/2 x NVA A80 Mono/Isobariks

I'm based in Lincolnshire - the land that time forgot. Not far from Gromit actually. My interests are a passion for music (natch), live and recorded; art, architecture and design; photography; skiing; sailing; wine; and basically, pleasure in all it's forms. Happy to be here :)

Alan

Hi Theo - Good to see you here. I've seen you on other forums, and look forward to your musings.

I also like that we are attracting the nice forum characters over here!

Gromit

Hi Theo - great to see you on here, hope you enjoy this little corner of the www. :)

Jim

Welcome Theo, enjoy.

Uzinusa

Hi Theo. New here myself but not far away from you either in Notts.

Docfoster

Hi Theo!

SteveS1

Hi,

I'm Steve based near Sevenoaks in Kent.

Main system is:

MacBook/Amarra Mini/Pure Music/AyreWave/Audirvana (whichever is my preferred version, currently Amarra)
Weiss DAC202
David Berning ZH270
ART Emotion Signatures.

I also have a Lavry DA10, Naim Nait 2 & Naim IBL second system and a Headphone set-up consisting of AKG 701s fed by a Weiss DAC2 / Heed Canamp.

Music taste very wide, with Classical and Opera sitting alongside Rock, Blues, Singer/Songwriter, Big Band Swing, Folk, the odd crooner and a limited amount of prog.

I hope the forum is a success.

Steve

Alan

Hi Steve, thanks for coming & the kind words.

The forum is very new, and equally small. Please feel free to add to it's character by contributing as you wish - start any discussions you please. That goes for all new members as well.

The over-riding factor here is friendliness - there aren't really many other guidelines over or above that.

You have a very interesting system, ART speakers are something I hove long wanted to hear, and you have the pick of the crop from what I have learned in forum-land.

I'd be very interested on your thoughts comparing your playback software as well, this seems to be a hot topic right now. We have a member here called Ted who is a beta tester for PureMusic, I think.

scottyhammer

Hi All,

My names Dave and im from Hornchurch in Essex and SteveS1 introduced me to this forum as you may have guessed i am a big Hammers fan who loves music and hi-fi my present system is:

DIGITAL: Macbook Pro using i-tunes/Pure music /Weiss dac 2 /Meridian 500 transport

ANALOGUE: LP12 / DVxx2 / Aro / Rega Ios / Lingo 2

AMP: Graaf GM50b Valve amp

SPEAKERS: Kudos C20

I also have a Creek headphone amp with Grado cans for late night listening sessions.

Like Steve i would like to wish the forum and the boys who run it every success.

Dave

Alan

Welcome Dave, I hope you get comfortable here.

Jim

Warm welcomes to both Steve and Dave, enjoy.

Papa_Lazarou

HI everyone!

My name is Phil and I live in Bletchley, Bucks. I am married with 2 small children - Emily (3) and Ewan (9 months).

My system consists of:

Voyd/HR100S/Shelter901

Tribute MC SUT

Audio Innovations P2

CEC TL53Z

Audio Note (Kondo) M7

New Audio Frontiers 845SE

Living Voice OBX-R2

I will be demoing a M2 Tech Young DAC in the new week or so, with a view to upgrading the performance of my digital front end. It was a thread from another forum regarding this DAC that led me to this very fine new forum. Some of you may know me from Wigwam.

I have varied tastes in music from electronica, prog house, jazz, acoustic, indie, rock. Never managed to get into classical - but as I approach my forties (later this year) that may all change. I hated jazz a few years ago and find myself listening to it frequently now! Must be getting old I guess LOL.

Would just like to wish the team every success with this forum.

Phil

Jim

Welcome Phil, enjoy mate.

Rosewind

Hi there.

I'm Peter from Aarhus, Denmark. I'm 48 and interested in hi-fi (Naim and more), music (+ streaming), end-user computing, poetry and Lit.. I'm an English teacher at an Upper Secondary school.

As for kit, I have the following Naim kits. I like what I have, but have an open mind for other gear. Lately the French integrated Devialet Premier D (a hybrid Class D/A amp) has caught my attention.

(Main) Naim Nac 252 / Naim Supercap / Naim Nap 200 / SB Touch / Aune Dac (rolled opamps) / Mission 737

(Study) Naim Nac 62 / Naim Nap 140 / Naim Prefix (in need of PSU) / Thorens TD 160 MKII w. Morch UP-4 and Denon 103R / Shuttle SG33G6 w. EMU 1212m / B&O Beocord 6500 + 9000 / Naim nSats (wallmounted)

Likely next steps will include: Speakers, Dac (Rega?, M2TechYoung?, Naim Dac or HifiAkademie ...? or ...), Streamer, Power Amp/Preamp.

Music: The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Tom, Waits, Tom Petty, 70s/80s New Wave (XTC, The Jam, The Stranglers, B-52s, Talking Heads, Devo, The Associates, etc.), Leonard Cohen, Carla Bruni, Rammstein, The Go-Betweens, Lou Reed, The Who - and really a very broad spectrum of 1950s to 2011-music.

I often visit Pinkfish and Naim forums. In the past I spent much time at a dedicated Small Form factor forum, "Sudhian", mainly in the Shuttle section. I always use Rosewind as my user name.

Best wishes,
Peter

Jim

Welcome Peter, enjoy.

Another Dylan fan, that makes 2 now :)

Alan

Hi Phil -good to see the 'heavyweights' coming over to add to character - you are most welcome here & thanks for the kind words.

Alan

@Rosewind . Peter - Hi. I too am Danish, though I've been in the UK since birth almost & only visited Denmark once. My mother didn't teach me Danish as she thought I would get confused! - what a wasted opportunity!

I was born in Viborg, and visited there once about 15 years ago. I also went to Arhus - which is a lovely place. I liked Silkeborg the best though. My Aunt & Cousin are coming to visit me this weekend from Viborg so I shall be reminded how loudly Danish women speak!

Welcome to our little forum - I hope you will feel at home here & join in.

Papa_Lazarou

Heavyweight?
I'll have you know i've been on a diet! LOL

uglymusic

So many new members! Hello to everyone

It feels as if this place is growing nicely now. I hope you'll all find something to comment on - we're pretty relaxed about different points of view, as you can see.

Cheers

Dave

Rosewind

Thanks Jim and Alan!

Alan: I teach English in Viborg and have done so for 17 years now. I refuse to count the times I've driven from Aarhus to Viborg and back during those years.

Best wishes,
Peter

mozza

Hello from Mozza (aka Steve)

Just received a tip-off from Jim about this new place to hang out.

I listen to all sorts of stuff, with a preference for vinyl, but I'm quite interested in building a computer based set-up too. Looks like I've come to the right place....

Kit wise I'm exploring all things valvey and loving it. My current set-up is a Garrard 401 with Jelco 10.5 and Denon 103, Ear 834P phono stage, Yaqin MC10L amp and Tannoy Monitor Gold 15s in home made GRF cabs. I also have an Avondale Cd player which I love, and a recently acquired Leak Troughline Stereo tuner.

That's about it!

Look forward to chewing the fat....

Moz

Jim

Welcome mate! Enjoy :)

uglymusic

Hi Moz

Some of us have been known to have a small interest in computer audio. I hope we can help you out.

Jim

Don't listen, you'll end up on the dark side with a Mac

:-O ;-)

uglymusic

That makes me sound like some kind of flasher :O

Jim

:-)) :-)) :-))

Alan

Hello Moz, welcome to the nuthouse!

uglymusic

Speak for yourself! ;))

Alan

I thank you, mr Tea-pot!
:-@

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