System Pics 2018

Maybe the problem was I was trying to download a gallery.. it seems to work if I click and hold on each image separately and paste each one.

Lovely setup Kevin - cool speakers 

Where are the power supplies located ?

Thanks James, 

brawn stack was banished from the listening room due to its unwelcome, constant and incorrigible ability to do a very fine impression of a Hornets nest...

it sits back to back with the brain stack, but in a conveniently located cupboard in the kitchen behind it with all Burndies etc passing through holes made in the wall between. Not ideal from the viewpoint of cable dressing ( i.e. not really hanging freely), but very much the lesser evil AFAIC. 

It also has the added benefit of effectively giving me a 3 box system and all on a rack not much wider than the boxes themselves. Wife is very pleased and I must say I am too! 

elkman70 posted:

 

Lovely system Sir. I love my Shahinian’s but at some point will be trialling either or both of 707 and 606. Perhaps against PMC fact 12. Ho hum, better start saving again. 

kevin J Carden posted:

Thanks James, 

brawn stack was banished from the listening room due to its unwelcome, constant and incorrigible ability to do a very fine impression of a Hornets nest...

it sits back to back with the brain stack, but in a conveniently located cupboard in the kitchen behind it with all Burndies etc passing through holes made in the wall between. Not ideal from the viewpoint of cable dressing ( i.e. not really hanging freely), but very much the lesser evil AFAIC. 

It also has the added benefit of effectively giving me a 3 box system and all on a rack not much wider than the boxes themselves. Wife is very pleased and I must say I am too! 

Great lateral thinking!

.sjb

kevin J Carden posted:

Thanks James, 

brawn stack was banished from the listening room due to its unwelcome, constant and incorrigible ability to do a very fine impression of a Hornets nest...

it sits back to back with the brain stack, but in a conveniently located cupboard in the kitchen behind it with all Burndies etc passing through holes made in the wall between. Not ideal from the viewpoint of cable dressing ( i.e. not really hanging freely), but very much the lesser evil AFAIC. 

It also has the added benefit of effectively giving me a 3 box system and all on a rack not much wider than the boxes themselves. Wife is very pleased and I must say I am too! 

Neat idea Kevin - thanks for the explanation. 

James

kevin J Carden posted:

Thanks James, 

brawn stack was banished from the listening room due to its unwelcome, constant and incorrigible ability to do a very fine impression of a Hornets nest...

it sits back to back with the brain stack, but in a conveniently located cupboard in the kitchen behind it with all Burndies etc passing through holes made in the wall between. Not ideal from the viewpoint of cable dressing ( i.e. not really hanging freely), but very much the lesser evil AFAIC. 

It also has the added benefit of effectively giving me a 3 box system and all on a rack not much wider than the boxes themselves. Wife is very pleased and I must say I am too! 

You'll be giving some members palpitations at the the thought of those Burndies Kevin I hope you at least give them a nice massage occasionally.  Another beautiful home I'm afraid looking at this thread always makes our terraced home feel rather small.

Kevin, fantastic room and what a great idea for brain and brawn rack.

Hi all, new Fraim base and level (second hand, hard to find).

Kiwi cat posted:

My favourite room, naimaholic ,no art or drapes

Very neat setup and room KC. Looks a lovely place to spend time with some good tunes. 

Thanks James. It can get very hard to leave the music in the morning and go to work. Sign of a good system I guess.

Yes, it does indeed look lovely, and it’s good to see the summer. It’s so grey and horrible here. One thing for KC to consider - an extra Fraim shelf to separate the 272 from its power supply. It makes a big difference and helps to get the Burndy and din to XLR off the floor. 

Yes HH I have indeed been thinking about the extra shelf. The Burndy is 1cm from the floor, it would help cable dressing and get the transformer away from each other. 22c this evening, watching Australian tennis open with some 2010 St Esteph, very nice.

Kiwi cat posted:

My favourite room, naimaholic ,no art or drapes

 

Very nice and rich garden outside too.

Regards

Roberto

Kiwi cat posted:

Ovator S400

 

Lovely, simple, classic Naim. Great to see. 

Nice room as well ????

Rob

Finally got the building work finished and set this all up just before xmas. Took an age for it all to warm up after  being boxed away for over a month but started coming fully on song about two weeks ago. Now sounding like I had hoped it would in the larger room. Dedicated mains and a new Grahams Hydra down the back. Sometimes miss the intimacy of the smaller room, near field experience but on balance I wouldn't swap back. Only remaining issue is that the NAT01 doesn't work. It was tested and ok  at my dealers so there must be some ariel issue. Annoying having spent so much money to get everything ready for it. One for the electrician to check when they come back.

a nakamichi cassette deck 2? Cool! i'm going to take a pic of my system at home and make sure that my 682ZX is included  

Marksnaim,

Love the black ash 'Briks! I had a pair of those once and they are the only bit of kit I wish i'd never sold. Lovely system and beautifully presented.

Having a bit of a throw out over the weekend I found a spare sheet of 10mm toughened glass, added 3x 10mm ball bearings and zinc screw head cups end result I'm pleased with the way it looks not sure if i can hear any sonic difference 

Marksnaim posted:

Finally got the building work finished and set this all up just before xmas. Took an age for it all to warm up after  being boxed away for over a month but started coming fully on song about two weeks ago. Now sounding like I had hoped it would in the larger room. Dedicated mains and a new Grahams Hydra down the back. Sometimes miss the intimacy of the smaller room, near field experience but on balance I wouldn't swap back. Only remaining issue is that the NAT01 doesn't work. It was tested and ok  at my dealers so there must be some ariel issue. Annoying having spent so much money to get everything ready for it. One for the electrician to check when they come back.

Love the LP12 plinth and the speakers. Can we get a front on view of this formidable system?

Marksnaim posted:

Finally got the building work finished and set this all up just before xmas. Took an age for it all to warm up after  being boxed away for over a month but started coming fully on song about two weeks ago. Now sounding like I had hoped it would in the larger room. Dedicated mains and a new Grahams Hydra down the back. Sometimes miss the intimacy of the smaller room, near field experience but on balance I wouldn't swap back. Only remaining issue is that the NAT01 doesn't work. It was tested and ok  at my dealers so there must be some ariel issue. Annoying having spent so much money to get everything ready for it. One for the electrician to check when they come back.

Very nice. Are you pleased with the Booplinth?

Keith