Post Your Audio Front-End Gear

[ClosetSciFiGeek]

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Outlaw Audio 990 Pre/Pro
Emotiva UPA-7 Amplifier
Hughes HR-23 DVR
Emotiva ERC-1 CD Player
Samsung BDP-1600 BluRay Player
Xbox360
Wii
50" Panasonic Plasma
Belkin PureAV Home Theater Power Console PF31 Surge suppressor

[natediggidy]

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Living room, two channel seperates baby!
Sony DVP-S7000 for CD playback. Sony built this flagship player with a ES class audio section which gives it quite good sound in stock form. The audio board has been modded with Nichicon KZ & FG caps and more modern op amps and a few other tricks. Hearing is believing and it sounds great.

Technics SL-1200mk-II with a Ratshack RTX-6 cart. Properly set up, it's a helluva TT. Who wants to download MP3's when you can buy Vintage vinyl for a buck? Can't wait to get a really good cartridge on there.

Onkyo P3300 pre-amp. Upgraded some caps inside, added real gold-plated RCA chassis jacks for the CD input and amp-outs, Sounds a little better, but was actually pretty good to start with.

McCormack DNA 0.5 Deluxe Edition power amp. Great amp. When people say Audiophile amps sound better, they means amps like these. I was moving some things around and the "lil' Mac" got a severe knock and won't come out of the protection mode which brings me to....

Yamaha MX-830. An old-school, vintage bruiser. Went inside and re-capped it with Nichicon caps, a beefy power cord, gold plated RCA input jacks. Also installed some decent binding posts and wired them directly to the amp circuit board. It's a STEREO amp and I'm only driving TWO speakers! All that extra junk in there for switching 3 pairs of speakers will not be needed :D

Bedroom: Sony STR-DA925, hasn't skipped a beat since the day I got it.
Sony DVP-S7000 DVD for CD playback. Like my other one ES class audio for real low $$

[ssyfert]

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simple-

marantz CD5003 going to PM8003, both protected by a furman surge protecter and line conditioner. Not sure how much the furman does but offer peace of mind

[FredT]

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When I started using a Squeezebox I found the sound of the analog outputs was inferior to the sound of even an inexpensive disk player like my Oppo. So when I upgraded players I chose the Cambridge Audio 840C because of its digital inputs. The 840C has a good dac inside, making it a good match for a Squeezebox's digital output. I've since gotten an iPod and I'm considering the Wadia iPod dock for the same reason. The full system includes the Squeezebox, the Cambridge Audio 840C, a Krell KAV400xi integrated amp, and any of several speakers I store in the extra bedroom.

[Steve]

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Cheap and Cheerful Hi-Fi-

Toshiba A-55 Laptop-Running Winamp,VST Host(EQ plugins),ASIO drivers

Behringer UCA-222 USB DAC

Sony CD/DVD Player (Wal-Mart,no model number)

Sherwood RX 4105

Tritrix(What Else??)

The wife's amazed at how good it sounds for what I have invested!!!

Steve

[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.

[MusicForMatt]

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diru,

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

[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

[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

[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

[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)

[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

[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.

[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)

[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.