System Pics 2020

I feel he thinks that boutique means snake oil expensive cables, something like that.

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Thatā€™s certainly boutique

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That would be a charlatan, a thief or con man. Definitely not boutique

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@HiFiman Thank you mate. I prefer cherry but somehow my dealer only having mix fraim. I figure out that is the best arrangement. Thank you to Peter, Cymbiosis of letting me swap half of the silver column to black.:sunglasses:

Cheers

I agree. But he thinks strongly that the term is used in a pejorative way.
What can we do? However some posters are provocativeā€¦

However in the pic of Dior tongues, itā€™s more thief boutique tongues. Itā€™s absolutely not worth 500 dollars.

That looks to be a very satisfying and tasteful mix of cherry/black. Well done!

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Nice LP12 plinth. Fluted walnut, perhaps?

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Very cheap

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Yesā€¦ it is a limited fluted walnut Linn plinth.

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This is my system, with a freshly made rack. I have no space for a Fraim and I couldnā€™t afford one anyway, so I knocked this up myself at a cost of about ā‚¬60. The legs are a close match to the olive fascia, which took a lot of experimenting to mix. It forms part of a unit that I have been building throughout the past year or so. Iā€™m limited for choice in speaker placement and I know itā€™s not ideal, but it sounds pretty good to me. In addition to the Rega and CDX, I stream from Tidal and rips through a tiny Cambridge Audio DacMagic 100. It looks nice at night.

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Sean you have done a cracking job on your rack looks great and matches the olive kit well.

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Thanks. Iā€™m happy with the look of it, simplicity at its best. The finish on the maple veneer is a bit patchy when seen in daylight though. I might rub it down and redo it one day.

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I really like it and especially the egg cartons on the wall as diffusers!

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Yes, the egg cartons are a bit of a conversation piece. There are a total of 155 of them on opposing walls, painted in 6 shades of purple and they do a good job of stopping the echoes in the room. When I took them down about 5 years ago to repaint them, the echoes returned and everything sounded horrible so I was glad to get them back up again.

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Hi all, just joined and frankly blown away by some of these 2020 systems posted up!
My modest offering below, but bear in mind Uniti relaced a Denon Ceol Piccolo, and Rega Phono MM replaced Project phono boxā€¦so I am back on track after selling Naim Nait kit in 2008 (bad move).
Spent last couple of days listening to Tidal Masters and love the sound, anyway more later.

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It may be humble but we all started somewhere. Even those with Naim Statements once had much simpler kit

Once you get the bugā€¦

My guess is your next move will be stands for the speakers and some good cabling

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Yes agree need to get kit out of kitchen and set up properly. Might go Rega P6, Naim power amp and Naim phono stage next once piggy bank is full!

A Nap 100 or 200 would be great. I would keep the Rega phono stage, that would adequately support a Rega 6 very happily

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I see you are a keen eater of eggsā€¦ :rofl:

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