System Pics 2021

A lot of Kudos Titan love on here today. I know they are considered the present ‘forum darlings’ but they are bloody lovely speakers. Enjoy those 808s Iain :+1:

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Fantastic system Debs. The grain on those SBLs looks lovely.

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Thank you James, I feel very privileged. They have an effortless quality and a certain scale and grandeur to the sound. They are revealing lots of detail they my old X2’s kept for themselves.

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Hey Debs - apologies if you have already shared, but how do you get the one speaker cable past the fireplace? Always intrigued as to how folks accomplish this feat, especially with a real wood burner which yours appears to be.

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Hi Debs room looks great. Only thing missing is the banana, hope you got a good price for it. :grin:

Merry Christmas.

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Your listening room looks well seasoned @Debs with everything nicely positioned.

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Hi Mark,
it’s actually an open fireplace, which burns coal, and is on borrowed time with replacement plans for a wood burning stove to happen next year i hope.

The wood surround has secretly hidden hinged doors on the sides…
so please don’t tell anyone :shushing_face:
There are also little ‘mouse-holes’ for easy cable entrance & exit :mouse2:

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Lovely system and setup. The SBL’s are an unusual veneer and look very good. Also note you have a Giottos rocket. An indispensable tool for hifi and photography. Best there is! :christmas_tree:

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Very nice Debs as others have mentioned those SBLs have a lovely finish.

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Thanks @Toon for that info. Are you staying with KS-1?

I am demoing Epic X-L tomorrow, nearly 5 times the price! :astonished: I’ll demo the KS-1 in the new year.

Are the 808s your goal for 2022 James? :grinning:

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Thank you, the SBL veneer is dark oak.
Indoor lighting doesn’t do the grain or colour justice.
But we don’t get enough natural sunlight this time of year :full_moon_with_face:

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That rack is a lovely bit of furniture.

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Bose super tweeters? :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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I take the liberty if posting a pic of my non-Naim system (i.e. Aktive Linn Komri). Right now I have some disturbing switching noise when switching from streaming to LP12 so I have installed my Brinkmann Balance and Ypsilon rig into the Analog input. Sounds amazing! Beats LP12 when it comes calmness, space and stability, not sure about the “wholeness” and swing though…Feels wrong to digitalize the signal…

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very nice set ups - really need to sort the sounds out in my home office

You don’t mean the slippers I take it.

No, the speakers :flushed:

The Ruark MR1 mk2 speakers are an instant upgrade to any computer. We also used one of the dragonfly usb DACs on my son’s system with a pair of Bose speakers that worked really well. I only had the Arcam irdac because that used to be in my main system a few years ago. It’s probably a bit over the top for the Ruarks, but hey, source first!

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