Post Your Audio Front-End Gear

[martyh]

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Main System:

Pioneer Elite VSX-52TX. A surprisingly strong 7.1 system that really hummed when I had it set up correctly in the old Man Cave. About 75 wpc. Very stable and highly flexible. A great piece.

Yamaha DVD S2500. A POS in every sense of the word. Worst money I've ever spent on any audio equipment - EVER.

Wayne J's Eros MK II speakers. My first 'real' build. They are in the process of a complete rebuild and I can't wait to have them up and running again.

Bedroom System:

Classic Yamaha R-700 Stereo Receiver. Love it!
Sony DVP-NS57P. $15.00. Thank you, Pawn America.
Speakers: The Copper Project.

Happy Marty!

PS, tell us what all this is running into as well guys. What speakers are you using / did you build?

[Wolf]

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Technics SL-PG100 MASH CD player
John A.

DRROOOOOLLL!!!! (since you said it was ok! :D:p)

I wish I had the ol' Technics MASH 110-cd player...
You know- that "woulda-shoulda-coulda" dilemma...
Later,
Wolf

[Phil_RC_1]

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Well, the amps and speakers change a lot lately;) but as it is now,

The front end
Onkyo TX-SR 706, 7.1, only drives the 4 surrounds, phantom C, L&R are bi-amped.
Sony BDP-560, DVD/CD
Soundblaster Zen occasionally.

The rest
Sony Bravia KDS-60A3000, 61" TV
For the Left and Right mains (Stereo for music from the pre-outs of the Onk)
Yamaha XM4220, amp
Harmon Kardon HK-505, amp
Behringer CX-3400, Xover
Behringer DCX2496, Digi xover waiting to be setup and installed.
Aura 1808 sub in a vented 200L with PE 1KW amp

[estreet]

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onkyo tx-sr602(e-bay find)
oppo dv-980h(refurb)
onkyo dcx-380 5-disc cd
sonance sat275 amp/aci sv12/6.5 cu. ft. dry sink sub(aperiodic)
fios(awesome)
diy l,c,r and 3 surrounds(vifa)
1 happy guy!

[dwigle]

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Upstairs HT:
Pioneer 1016 receiver using 3 Accuphase P-300 amps for power,
OPPO 83
Pioneer PT-AE900U projector with 9' Stewart screen
Acoustat 11 fronts
Home brew rear and center using electrostatic panels
4 quatro 15's

Upstairs 2 channel:
Accuphase C-200 Preamp
Adcom 5800 amp
Modded Toshiba CD/DAC
Thorens TD-160 Super table with Denon 103
Acoustat Model 3 electrostats
2 sealed 12" titanics - eh?

Downstairs HT:
Pioneer 1015
55" LG Plasma
Sony ES... CD/DVD
Natalie P's in the front
RS28/RS150 based surrounds
12" sealed RSHO with SA1000 amp (drake)

Shop:
McIntosh MA 6100 int amp
McIntosh MR 67 tube tuner
or
Pioneer SX-1250
JBL L 100s or Bose 901 speakers or D'appolito designed Aria 7 focal towers
Ipod

Latest build in progress (with no place to put it and no source to drive it);
OB system with 15" Altec 604e coax and two eminence alpha 15a's

[Face]

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2 Channel:
Wyred 4 Sound DAC 2, Wyred 4 Sound ST-500, Mapletree Line 2A(modded).

HT/2 Channel:
HTPC, Peachtree Nova, Wyred 4 Sound STI-500, 5 Channel Gainclone, Onkyo 707.

[waynew]

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Here Goes.

2 Channel Set Up:
Parasound Halo P3 Preamp
Parasound Halo A23 Amp
Jolida 302A w/ EL 34 Mullard Tubes and JJ Teslas
Marantz 4001 CD

HT Setup in Family Room
Sony ES 2000
Sony 55" LCD
PS3
Toshiba DVD Burner
PS2

HT Set up for Kids in Den:
Sony Trinitron 35" (hard for kids to hurt that big tube!!!)
Sony ES 1000
Sony DVD (can't remember model Number)

Living Room:
Marantz 2230
Technics AC/3 Decoder SH AC300
Sony SCD SE775 Super Audio

Deck System:
Radio Shack Modified Accurian Amp
IPOD

Garage System:
Emerson Boom Box with super awesome tapeplayer and 3" paper drivers...Hahahaha. So much sawdust in it, I am not sure the tape player even works anymore

Office System:
Technics SA-TX50
Sony CDP-C365
Scrappy's and a Kenwood 10" powered Sub (overkill...yes. The look on a persons face when they don't know I have a sub in my office, priceless)

[tom_s]

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Yamaha DVD S2500. A POS in every sense of the word. Worst money I've ever spent on any audio equipment - EVER.

I think we all have had purchases like that. I have a Sony 5 disc DVD/SACD player that has 60v (very low current) riding on the chassis and audio ground. That POS fried the op-amps in a DAC before I figured out what that very slight burning smell was!

My system is always in flux but here are the usual suspects -
Acer 1410 netbook as music server
Old Luxman D-351 CD player
Cheap long optical cable
Sonic Frontiers TransDAC or Musical Fidelity DAC
Either an Onkyo TX-SR505 or Parasound SPS1000/HCA1000
RS180/B&G Neo3PDR mini-towers or MCM 55-2185/TBD.

[djarchow]

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Oppo BDP-83
Sony XA20ES single disk CD
Escient Fireball media server for multiroom and internet radio
Sony 777ES 200 disk DVD/CD changer for multiroom audio
Anthem AVM30 pre/pro
Krell KAV-1500 amplifier

Regards,

Dennis

[scottsehlin]

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All-in-all way too much stuff... Gotta keep as many speakers in service as possible :D

Main 2-channel rig:

WDTV Live with external HD for FLACs
Modded Toshiba SD-3960 DVD Player
Monarchy DIP 24/96
Maverick Audio TubeMagic D1 DAC/Pre
Samson S-Convert (their version of the cleanbox - no LF rolloff issues)
Samson SX-2400 amp
Parasound SIPS-140 speaker selector
Matrix TMWW (Neo3PDR, Neo8, RS150T x 2)
Other speakers for auditioning/tweaking/development.

Basement AV Setup:

Toshiba SD-3950 DVD Player
JVC RS-EX1SL Receiver
Velvet Hammers (Adire Extremis 6.8, Seas T25-001)

Main Level AV Setup:

Toshiba HD-A1 HD-DVD player
Mitsubishi HS-U746 VCR
JVC RX-DV31 DVD/receiver
RS150/Neo3PDR main speakers
Prototype TC Sounds 10" sub (2 cu. ft. ported box, PE 300W BASH amp).

Bedroom System:

Sansa E260 w/Griffin Sansa dock
Sharp SD-HX500 Panel Theater
NEAR indoor/outdoor speakers (temporary until next small speaker build).

Kid's Bedroom

Sansa Fuze w/Griffin Sansa dock
JVC FS-X3 mini system
Hawkeyes (Vifa MG14, Vifa XT25)

Kid's Bedroom

Sansa Fuze w/Griffin Sansa dock
Kenwood KA-5700 Integrated Amp
RS150/Seas 27TBFC MT's

Office Computer

Alesis M1 Active monitors. (eventually moving to small amp & a TBD speaker project)

[kevinr]

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Rega P2 turntable with Elys cart
Bellari tube phono preamp
Marantz 5001 CD player
Musical Fidelity V-DAC
Nuera 3403SE-A Class A tube amp
ART 355 31 band stereo graphic eq
Sony Minidisc 510 and 330

[diru]

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Onkyo P-304 power supply mods



Denon DCM-777 power supply, D/A and output stage mods


Aragon 8008x3 stock

[jimofoakcreek]

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All I need is a Dell Netbook, a PS Audio Digital Link 3 DAC and a PS Audio C-100 int amp.

They drive a pair of DIY speakers (RS180, 27TDFC 0.5 cu ft ported enclosure) designed by Jay Kim.

Peace

http://winewithyourjazz.blogspot.com/2010/05/i-recommend-concho-y-toro-merlot-with.html

[MusicForMatt]

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diru,

Is the wirewrapping yours or Onkyo's? Just curious...

[diru]

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diru,

Is the wirewrapping yours or Onkyo's? Just curious...

Onkyo.

But, I have been known to rewrap things back to original.