System Pics 2021

Most of us love our Sweetie :heart_eyes::heart_eyes::heart_eyes:

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And our system picsā€¦ :wink:

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Gazza is correct. Itā€™s the Krell kps25s. I think itā€™s the best source Krell ever made. I owned it since it came out in '98 and love it since. ( till it was replaced by a CD555 ) Recently it went through a complete overhaul so it would be interesting to compare them. There is one similarity between them. They both use BB 1704 chip set.

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Very thanks Pete. :relaxed:

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Someone get a room please !!

Itā€™s quite clear that Mike S and FR have feelings for each other. I think they need to be left alone.

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At the risk of misinterpretation: photos please!

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My system during our holiday in the mountains near Belluno.

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They look very good and weighty. Iā€™m planning to audition them soon and maybe buy them too. Is that in the picture a Supernait 2 or 3? Did you compare the 500s with other speakers before buying them? Also, I see they are not that far from the rear wall, then it seems they are easily set up.

As requested in my ā€˜Back on the Naim forumā€™ post, a pic of my system. Not my finest moment in photography but it gives an idea. :slight_smile:

  • 282 | Hi | Naps
  • 200
  • CDX2 | Hi-line
  • ND5 XS2 | Hi-line
  • NBS Dragonfly III cords
  • SF Guarneri Memento speakers
  • Cardas Golden Cross speaker cables

Mains via a dedicated spur separate from the houseā€™ switchboard with its own earth, a rod piercing 16 meters deep under the house.

Iā€™ll take some better pics later!

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Brilliant Goofy acoustic treatment! Always handy to have a butler!
BobF

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Very nice Richard thanks for posting, never heard ofthose speakers will look them upšŸ‘ SF is sonus faberā€¦ā€¦very nice

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A bit of spare time and the crappy weather yesterday gave me the opportunity to strip down my racks, clean away all the accumulated spiders and dust and do a bit of tidying.

Iā€™ve moved my Sonos Connect off the rack and onto the wall where itā€™s hidden along with mains gubbins for the non Hi-Fi bits. I also took the opportunity to ā€˜dressā€™ my recently acquired Powerlines properly too.

The Kudos 606s are settling in very nicely and Iā€™ve been tweaking their position over the last week. They are remarkably easy speakers to site but a little bit of care here is paying extra dividends in the final result. Apart from trying out some Kudos KS-1 cable to see if it betters my Mogami speaker cable (shame it only comes in white), thatā€™s it now for this yearā€¦

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Very nice.:+1:

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La class, James!

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All looks very taste and purposeful there James :+1:t3: Enjoy Peter

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I know I have mentioned it before, but I really like that rug - the colors are excellent.

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The look of your room doesnā€™t accentuate the kudos quite like it did for your shahinians. :innocent:
Would be interested in reading your thoughts between them. Two very different speakers with most probably two very different ways of putting music in the room.

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Something different for System Pics
Building blocks of any system - installed cables.
Hereā€™s a peak of current situationā€¦

(Currently living with muck and dust, whilst our new home is being refurbished).

Room1
1x 2.5mm2 std T&E ring power cct
2x CAT6A U/FTP network
1x WF100 RF for DAB / VHF / UHF
1x 10mm2 dedicated T&E radial power cct

Room2
2x CAT6A U/FTP network
1x WF100 RF for DAB / VHF / UHF
2x 10mm2 dedicated T&E radial power cct

Just a close up of another 10mm2 T&E cable.
All above waiting for faceplates to be fixed soon.

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The first picture did make me think of thisā€¦ [Small vs Far Away](https://youtu.be/MMiKyfd6hA0)

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Looks great James. I home demoed the Kudos KS-1 against the Mogami 2972 feeding my Shahinians a little while back, I wasnā€™t 100% sure, a bit swings and roundabouts, but overall I think I preferred it. Certainly, I was impressed enough to want to buy a set given the cost. Iā€™ve not placed the order yet as I need to work out what length Iā€™ll need in the new listening room, but itā€™s a great cable and if it works better than Mogami with Shahinian then it may well be your best choice with the 606ā€™s Iā€™d suggest. I think there are a few dealers who will lend you a set to home demo. Agree, white is a minor drawback. Black would be my choiceā€¦

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