System Pics 2020

New for this year is a John Kenny USB DAC, plus a little Starting Point Systems DAC with a Raspberry Pi and digi board, feeding the Headline.

I also need new grilles for the SBLs, the old ones having finally rotted away.

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Happy New Year all. Heading into 2020 with a pair of speakers I never thought I’d like… much less buy

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Started 2019 with 272/250dr/xpsdr into mission 70 speakers in a small apt
This is better.
The best to all in 2020.

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Lovely set up and room. Love the doors to hide things away and the book shelves which must help with dampening the corner walls. Nicely done.

system at the end of 2019 252/300DR and boy does that combo create some music with LP12 and NDX as source

2019 was a big year with SC, then 252, Ekos SE and Pre Fix and finally Titan cables and red matt

2020 depending on budget DR the SC? or Keel for the deck?

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I have Fraim envy

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Happy new year boys! 2020, gosh who’d have thought we’d come this far, and to think, some of us are still using HiFi technology from the 80’s! :smiley:

Fear not, speakers have been moved well away from the rad this was just a temp set up. Also system sits far away enough from wall that it doesn’t get hot via the rad, although technically this shouldn’t matter as it gets warm in use anyway?

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Happy New Year 2020!!!

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Wow what a system, very nice!

I’ve just taken these as it’s been moved since the pic above as mentioned. Our lounge is now serving as a semi crèche as my wife and I had a baby in May ‘19. My other room which was to be a listening room has been assigned to being a play room…oh well. Hence why the LP12 is now in the lounge instead. Using my beautiful bolt down 250 until I get another shelf for the Fraim to fit everything on. I also need another run of speaker cable to suit the new arrangement, the keen eyes among you may note the left speaker is not currently connected.

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Gorgeous Lewis!

If you are able to, it might be worth swapping your NAC 32.5 and Hicap over, so that the Hicap is above the green lights of your power amps. Doing so costs nothing and will move the pre-amp’s sensitive circuits away from the large mains transformers in the power amps. At the moment, the 32.5 is sitting right on top of those transformers.

In any event, enjoy you lovely Chrome Bumper system.

Best regards, BF

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No changes in the last twelve months

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l‘m impressed by the quality of your fotos …wow:-) have a great 2020, tons of music and love!

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That’s a very stylish room and set up, those speakers look amazing!
Gary

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The unfinished setup. Waiting for a couple of racks to be delivered tomorrow. It is a mixed Fraim black and cherry…

Current setup…

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Bubble and squeak omelet,


what you can make with a pile of leftovers.

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happy new year all,

The wife just ask what I was looking at… I just said “hifi porn” beautiful systems all of them, will fluff the muso before posting a pic :rofl:

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Waiting on delivery of 2 QRD prime11diffusers to go on top of the floor absorber to cover up centre panel of glass behind the speakers- idea is that these will be on a mobile basis to not obscure my view, when no listening is taking place.
Happy New Year Folks. Peter

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