On the cusp of a new year (happy New Year to our members in NZ!), and noting that nobody else has yet started one, here’s a new and refreshed System Pics thread for 2025.
I thought I would go back to some pictures I took of my main system on this day exactly 15 years ago:
The 552 is the same one I still have and use (albeit with fresh caps). The 250 there was a pre-production unit of the Classic range that I had been using for AV. There used to be a 500 in there but I sold it just before the picture was taken. It was bought by a lovely fellow from Austria who drove over to collect it and also gave me a delicious Sacher Torte as a present.
I eventually had the pre-production 250 serviced (it couldn’t be DRed as it was not quite the final production layout internally - different holes in different places etc…) and then replaced it with a new 250DR.
Here’s one i took of my system in Dec 2022. Nothing’s changed, still the same today. Speakers are n-SATs/n-STANDs/n-SUB. All Naim cabling. Really enjoying the system today as ever. Coming in to 2025! Happy New Year!
I was lucky enough to afford one in the day @Adam1. However, it might have looked a class act but mine was a PITA! Sounded good when it worked but unfortunately that wasn’t all (most?) of the time. Was ultimately replaced with a CDX2.
Has anyone on here had much experience of the later G-series models from Meridian - they look very slick (IMO) but they never seem to get much coverage in the Hi FI press.
After a busy and expensive drive in 2024, this is the system that we finished the year with.
There is a potential for a significant change following my Birthday in January. We shall see if it looks the same in the 2nd quarter of 2025😉
my system, only change this year was to get new SCDR to replace my SC, as I missed getting the DR upgrade - finished well pretty much, new cartridge for LP12 and revolver in 2025 following demo @Cymbiosis and as LP12 is my main source
all I need to do in 2025 is play more music! which is on my TODO list, 20 + years of ownership loved the journey and moreover the music !