System Pics 2019

I moved a shelf to have sn2 and cdx2 side by side so the hiline dressing is better. image|666x500

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Now it looks like there is room for another shelf or two for more black boxes!

Need to adjust the shelves to refit the HDX following adding the Vitus phono stage, and need to a bit of tidying up when have time

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Great job matching the system with the color wood of the cabinet. Looks very tasteful.

I had the incorrect antecedent for the date when I read the closer view of the poster, missing that it was Matisse and not the USA/USSR. Thanks.

Any particular reason you don’t use Stillpoints under the Focals?

They have you just can’t see them as the carpets really thick and they sink in a fair bit

It is a Tron 7 Reference. I bought it second hand a couple of years ago. It replaced an EAR 834.

Nice! I purchased the Seven Ultimate and am very impressed with what it brings to the playback chain. I also had the Convergence prior to the Seven and was amazed at the vfm- hence the purchase of the Seven !
ATB,
Mark

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That’s what I call a clever and an elegant downgrade, whatever the reasons for it. Bravo.

Max

Convenient and elegant, luxury but not visually boasting. On the same lines of Adam Zielinski’s. Very nice, compliments. It’s heart-warming to see brains still working these days.

M.

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Ciao Mark. Nothing to do with the topic, just a hello.

Max

Nice rack and contents Jeff. That amp looks like a beast :sunglasses:
ATB,
Mark

Thanks Mark, certainly seemed a beast when I had to put it out of sight to satisfy my insurance company when I went back to Brazil after vacations. Me and a neighbour carrying the 86kg upstairs! Love the sound it makes though so worth it in the end.

Amazing - given the 5s are a smidge under 2” high, that’s some pile you’ve got!

It is deep but may also be the angle I took the pic. They replace the castors so they are slightly back from the front of the speaker. If I move my head a little I can see them. Originally I had the power amp on the ultra 5s on the floor, as was trying to use the Fraim I had, but with the weight of the amp it was just about pushing down to the floor, which was when I bought the ESS stand. Bought a really thick carpet as the room was much too lively. The carpet did fine and then a bit of fine tuning choosing curtains has calmed the room tremendously. Was a bit of a risk that could deaden the sound but it’s worked fine.

Space really is the final frontier and when that space is just 2.1 x 2.3 metres then compromises have to be made and using a wide angle lens to photograph it is one…

The rack from top to bottom, Rega RP8 & Apheta 2 / TTPSU & Rega Aria / NAC 272 / NAP 100 / Arcam Alpha 5 Plus. Speakers KEF LS50 on Atacama HMS stands with mass loading plates and approx 20Kg of Atabites in each (this really makes a huge difference to the LS50s). This is all a bit of a work in progress and yes the speaker cables need sorting. Qnap NAS running asset & Cisco switch out of site to camera left.

Mike

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@Boxed-In Looks cosy, Mike. I don’t recognise the guitar hiding in the background though.

Simple and awesome, used with Naim Allaes.

Nick

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Have you details on that glass isolation unit under your Nova?