System Pics 2020

Nice system :+1: and great to see another Technics TT on the forum.

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I had a sit and listen to an SL-1000R yesterday, NAC S1 + NAP500 passive to Focal Scala Utopia’s. Sounded magical, wasn’t at home alas but do try and find an excuse to hang around my dealers demo room when possible, and it is again now thankfully!
Still miss my 1200’s…

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Can you spot the changes?

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Kudos KS-1 speaker cable, bigger TV, more animals on the hearth?

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Nope…but looks great👍

Oh yes the Kudos cables…still enjoying mine.

Well spotted Graeme, :blush:

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They look quite a way from the back walls

There’s a metre between the back of the speakers and the rear wall, I like having space around my speakers :blush:

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I moved my 606s from 350mm to 250mm to the rear wall and they still sound great. I think they are quite forgiving :+1:

Impressions of speaker cable?

May I ask which speaker cable you were using before? Did you compare the KS-1 with Super Lumina or any others before settling on the Kudos?

I had Naca 5 before Clive, I have tried other speaker cable but with long speaker runs, I am not prepared to be spending the thousands of pounds I would need to spend.

At the moment David, unsure. When I put it in two weeks ago, I had the wow factor but somethings gone off. The last few days I have been thinking somethings missing at the top end. It may just be the cable setting in but last night it was dull and lifeless. I am going to switch the system off this weekend and check the set up to make sure I haven’t done anything wrong.

It may also be that we have had a power cut here and the systems not rebooted correctly, it happens in Melton sadly.

The merits of a 500 system eh!? :face_with_raised_eyebrow: ATB Peter

Thanks for that. Although I have shorter runs (5m of NACA5 currently), I share your view on the price of SL speaker cable, so it’s good to hear about alternatives people are trying. Please let us know about the sound difference once your system has rediscovered its mojo, of course.

Playing with my phone pics…after watching the YouTube video (again lol) where Andy Kerr talks through the manufacturing process at the B&W factory.
These were a successful pair!! Travelled through the factory together :heart: awwww
If there was any flaw in either then they are marked…not for death, but painting and deep gloss finish. What a right pair :grin::sunglasses:
Although just noticed after posting I edited the wrong pic when combining…right is left and so on…oops! lol

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I suppose this will be my last pic in this thread for a while. My no Naim system. Recently sold my Qute I had collecting dust. Only Naim left is 3.5m pair of NACA5. I’ll keep that in case I get the Naim itch in the future.

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…profile out of date then too huh, why the change of system ? That was quite a system you had…

It was a very nice system that I enjoyed for a few years. Started feeling guilty about the money I had in it. Felt a bit selfish. Sold it off and downsized a bit with plans to put a pool in for my girls. Thought that would happen this year but looks like next year at this point.

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“The virtual six-pack” :grimacing:

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