System Pics 2022

Will you be keeping the titans?

Definitely Mick. I love them and they work really well with this new kit. If I upgraded them any time soon, my wife would castrate me. That’s the spending done…

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Thanks Andy
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That reminded of a line from Mr Fawlty…

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Yep that’s the one :rofl:

My wife would love it!

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I absolutely love the Jules Verne aesthetic of the D’Agostino stuff. I understand yours is black to match the rest of the gear. Every pic I’ve seen of those amps in silver with the copper trim has been a true work of art. Like everything Chord aimed for but missed.

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What cables (interconnect, speaker, mains) do you use with this system?

I made some makeshift grills for my Isobariks with a bit of beading, some speaker grill cloth, wood glue and a staple gun. Didn’t cost a great deal and looks passable. I’m sure I could do a better job if I had another go!

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Chord Sarum T.

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Mikebu, Those grills look very good. Nice work! Brian D.

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I agree - if he hadn’t said, I wouldn’t have known they weren’t OEM.

Living room system this morning filling the room with fantastic sounds after upgrading from Ania Pro to Apheta 3. For anyone considering that upgrade, go for it! I tend to find many upgrades rather small and thus having questionable VFM, but this one is rather significant. Even just out of the box everything sounds much more natural and unforced, there’s more space around instruments and voices, more detail, more realistic decay and the bass goes deeper, is more dynamic and has a lot more texture. The music just “lives” if that makes sense. The Ania Pro is very good but the Apheta really is excellent. Lots of records will be played this weekend!

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Wonderful family room friendly system, that I’m sure sounds great and looks less daunting than a rack of gear. I like the mixture of Hi-Fi, records and books.

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Those loudspeakers look great.

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Are they Dali’s?

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A little of the Sonus Faber about them, very nice looking I’d agree.

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I thought the very same thing.