System Pics 2023

Changed the stacks so the brains are now higher making it easier to 1. Get the burndies off the floor and 2. Get som air between pre and NDS and phonostage. Figured it couldn’t hurt.

Also, I moved the whole stack out approximately a meter from the front wall. It made an astonishing difference to the sq, in a good way. Amazing really.

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Looks perfect, especially the Eames footrest :smile:

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Hopefully some 606’s to be introduced in the coming months:

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My system in 2023. The only difference is I put slate slabs under the Tontrager stands that support the Harbeths.

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I’ve also got a pair of Evoke 50’s HH. Great speaker. “Downsized” from Focal Sopra 2’s (which i know you have some opinions about)… never missed the Focals at all. The 50’s work beautifully in my fairly large room driven by a 250 DR.

Those U Boom speakers are incredible. Mine goes on road with my anytime I’m travelling. Indespensible!

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Very nice. If you feel the upgrade bug in the near future without wanting to make any big changes to the system, you may consider some Isoacoustics Gaia under the Tontrager stands. Chances are you will hear a difference, and the real question is whether it’s an improvement or degradation in sound quality. I use a set under my Graham LS5/9 and it resolved the unnatural boomy bass of the speakers by making it sound much more natural. I didn’t try the Gaias with the Harbeth when I owned them for more than a decade but suspect they will be beneficial when used with most speakers especially BBC types with thin-walled cabinet.

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And you are one of the few to get the TV placed at the right height :slight_smile:
The Harbeths are cool.

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Solstice continues to impress. New Lana Del Rey green pressing.

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Hey Chris, have you ever owned an LP12?
I’d be interested in your views of the Solstice against it if you had🤔

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I don’t have a Solstice, but I do have a Lana Del Rey double album on two pink LPs!

The records arrived a couple of days ago, and I haven’t listened to them yet.

That Naim cartridge looks like it means business in a Darth Vader sort of way.

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Yep. I (still own) a LP12/ARO/Armageddon/Lyra Kleos SL. The Solstice feeding my Superline/Supercap DR is the superior deck. I’m hoping to add a NPX-300 later this year.

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That’s a nice photo Chris; turntables are very photogenic. The Equinox looks incredibly low slung and must be quite tricky to cue. The Apheta 3 that I had had a very prominent cantilever, so was really easy. The downside was that it looked incredibly vulnerable. I guess you can’t have it all.

Almost looks like something from 2001.
Sorry Stanley :rofl:

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Hi Daniel I see you have Harbeth C7’s what make are your stands and what height are they ?
Is that a granite chopping board they’re sitting on?

Quick question, you list a ‘new version supernait 3’ on your system list. Is it just a new purchase or is it upgraded somehow?

It looks as though there is hardly any clearance between the bottom of the cartridge and the LP being played. Or is that just an optical effect?

Interesting copper cables, interesting cable supports to keep them 5 cm from the floor

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