Post Your Audio Front-End Gear

[maynardg]

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Music Server
Squeezebox 3
MHDT Labs Constantine DAC with PIO caps
Aikido preamp 6N1P-7044 tubes
1976 vintage Accuphase P300 beefy boy amp

[andykriech]

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Main HT:
Yamaha RX-V2400 receiver
Yamaha CDC-685 5-disc CD player (2nd source to run zone 2 out on the deck)
Oppo DV-983H DVD
Cable HD DVR

Game room HT:
Onkyo TX-SR606 receiver
Oppo DV-980H DVD
Wii
Cable HD

Master bedroom system:
Sony STR-DA1000ES receiver
Sony DVP-NS3100ES DVD/SACD
Yamaha CDC-697 5-Disc CD player
Cable HD

Study stereo system:
Marantz 2250B receiver
Sony CDP-209ES CD player

Garage stereo system:
Onkyo TX-800 receiver
Sony DVP-NS57P DVD player (so I can play CDs and MP3 discs)

[mgrabow]

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Audio Research L3 Pre-Amp
Threshold S200 amp
Parasound Transport/Player
Creek Phonostage
Onkyo Integra Turntable
Antique Sound Tube Amp (Kit)

[blair]

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[blair]

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Most recent:

Denon 2900 CDP
Emotiva UPA-2
DIY remote controlled OPA2134 preamp
Acer AspireRevo 1600 with upgraded RAM (It realy is only in my system)

Five months ago:

Denon 2900
155w KT88 Monoblocks
Battery operated 6DJ8 preamp

Blair

[Paul K.]

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A Linn Wakonda preamp, a Quad 99 CDP-2 CD player (which just recently replaced my Linn Ikemi CD player), and a Quad 909 power amp. For FM I have a Sangean HDT-1 HD Radio Tuner which is always tuned to the local PBS station which broadcasts "classical" music 24/7.
Paul

[jclin4]

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In my main 2 channel system:

• Marantz CD5001 for redbook playback
• Sony DVD-NS500V for SACD
• Bang and Olufsen RX-2 for vinyl
• Newly Acquired: Nakamichi CR-1A cassette tape deck!

All feeding into a NAD C325BEE integrated amp. I'm quite happy with all this gear except the SACD player. The tape deck I got for $25 through Craigslist just a few days ago; I'm really surprised how good tape can sound. :D

In another setup I have a NAD C525BEE redbook player and a gainclone amp, driving Roman's Microbes:

[dfaulds]

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Main System:

Systemdek IIX table w/Grado Sig cartridge
Sony SACD player
NYAL Minuet in A preamp
PS Audio Sigma 250 amp

HT:
Philips BluRay player
Outlaw 970 pre-processor
3 Audionics CC3 amps for LCR and LS/RS
NAD 1050 for rear 2 channels

Since I collect vintage hifi I have WAY to many other systems/pieces to list. Just the count on power amps is now at 139.

[MusicForMatt]

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Cambridge Azur 840C

Robert, if I left any drool-marks on your player at InDIY I apologize in a most humble (and untimely) manner! :p:D

"Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife"

AHA! He didn't say CD player!!

[robert]

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Cambridge Azur 840C

Denon DVD/SACD/DVDA player (1080i) - don't remember the designation

Denon AVR3806 AV Receiver (110x7) only using 2 channel now

Cables are (just kidding) buyout 14Ga from a while back with Rat Shack Bananas :p

Cheers / Robert

[Kevin G.]

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Main System HT:

Onkyo DVCP 702 6 disc DVD:
Never really used anymore...all source input/streaming audio and video, Netflix has switched to to my new...

Xbox 360 Elite


Technics SH AC 500D "Surround Processor" taking all input info, has DTS (not automatic, but switchable) DD and Two Channel. Pumping 6Ch. It adds headroom via Analog out to....

KLH R 5100:
El Cheapo 5.1 Receiver I bought from BB on sale quite a few years ago...But it has 6 Ch input, and it does absolutely no coloring of the audio, It's still pumping, so although I have severe upgradeitis, I don't have an excuse for the wife to get my next...(Either Onkyo, HK, or Yammy is in my sights)

[johngalt47]

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For now:
Main = Oppo BDP-83 + Marantz 4002

But, I also have a Well Tempered Record Player with a Van den Hul Grasshopper cartridge + Sonic Frontiers tube phono preamp + a broken Pioneer PD-65 CD player + Audio Research LS7 tube preamp + a MacCormack DNA-125 amp and an Aragon 4004 Mk II amp that I don't listen to right now.

[MusicForMatt]

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Here goes; piece, when acquired, and so on:

Mackie MS1402VLZ mixing console, spring '98, first 6 channels mic/mono line, next 4 channels mono/stereo line, 3 band EQ, XLR outs. Very clean, usually fed by--

Behringer PX1000 and PX3000 patchbays, summer '08 and spring '10. These are linked to--

Sony CDP-361 1-disc CD player, winter '95-96. Cheap and simple player, yet brainy, quick, reliable, and never spits out a disc, like Wolf's Pioneer. Sounds great, too!

Sony CDP-CE275 5-disc carousel. Same as above, but maybe not quite as clear-sounding. Wait'll I get that Ultramatch 24/96!

Sony DVP-NS57P 1-disc DVD player, spring '08. Also low-priced. For viewing in the main; sometimes if I'm feeling "saucy" I'll feed it a CD...

Sony MDS-JE510 Minidisc deck. Record/play, summer of Can't Remember :-). Stereo digital recording before CD-R went affordable! Does the Indy 500 every year and the occasional live recording.

Sony Playstation 2, the big first-gen one with the wind-tunnel fan. For my racing games ;-).

Stanton T-120C turntable, spring '06. HEAVY!! STRONG direct-drive motor. Built-in RIAA preamp. For now fitted with a Stanton Trackmaster II-RS integrated cartridge. I also have a Stanton 500 collecting dust. Thinking about trying a Grado cart, though...

RCA Hi-Fi stereo VCR, spring of Who Really Cares. TV tuner fed by the Dish Net receiver downstairs so's I can listen to Sirius ;-). Also plays back my racing videos still on tape.

RCA 26" CRT monitor.

Various Minidisc and CD portables... and also some cassette decks that need repair!

Cabling: Mostly Belden, some ProCo...

Mackie M-1400 and M-1400i amplifiers, spring '97 and '09. 250 w.p.c. at 8 ohms, 425 at 4 ohms, 600-something at 2 ohms. Also bridgeable as low as 4 ohms. "Go on, abuse me more I like it...!" Has built-in low and high-pass crossovers plus CD horn EQ that come in handy for my speaker cabs... can't wait for that DCX 24/96 though!

Not Used Much Dept.

Radio Shack MPA-200 amplifier, summer '08. Stereo only. 100 w.p.c at 8 ohms, maybe more into 4 then fuhgeddaboutit! Replacement for one bought new summer '96 then sold. Is it bad enough I bought it once for full price ($300), let alone again for $100-ish?? Still in all, it sounds decent and has no fan!

:D

[jerryanderson]

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Yamaha HTR 5930 5.1 Receiver
Pioneer Elite A35R Amp
Sony CE375 Carousel Player
JVC XL-V182 Sngl. disc player
Oppo DV980H DVD/SACD player

[davebullet]

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Alternate between a Pioneer SX-1050 and SX-1280. In the evening, always have the lights off and let the Pioneer's warm whisky coloured glow meld with the music. I ruin the effect by feeding it with a 5-disc Sony multiplayer I bought from work for $20 when they changed their "on-hold" music system.