System Pics 2018

Meerkat posted:

My new 282/HiCapDR/300DR, complemented by PMC Twenty5 26s. All needs a few more days to burn in. NDX 2 to follow soon.

The fireplace was ripped out to accommodate the Twenty5 26s

Looks very nice, the NDX2 will finish it off a treat.

Adam Zielinski posted:

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Lovely and neat Adam! What skirting board have you used there?

Gazza posted:

Meerkat posted:

My new 282/HiCapDR/300DR, complemented by PMC Twenty5 26s. All needs a few more days to burn in. NDX 2 to follow soon.

The fireplace was ripped out to accommodate the Twenty5 26s

Looks very nice, the NDX2 will finish it off a treat.

Yes it will Gazza. The oak unit is going, and the TV will go on the wall????

It’s a custom-made library unit, designed to support my full Naim system.  Here’s a recent picture

Adam Zielinski posted:

It’s a custom-made library unit, designed to support my full Naim system.  Here’s a recent picture

Nice work there Adam. Very nicely done

Adam Zielinski posted:

It’s a custom-made library unit, designed to support my full Naim system.  Here’s a recent picture

Looks really nice????

Meerkat posted:

Meerkat posted:

My new 282/HiCapDR/300DR, complemented by PMC Twenty5 26s. All needs a few more days to burn in. NDX 2 to follow soon.

The fireplace was ripped out to accommodate the Twenty5 26s

Yes it will Gazza. The oak unit is going, and the TV will go on the wall????

???? Meerkat,....Sounds good that you remove ”the oak unit” between the loudspeakers.
And put up your TV on the wall,then "sticks" not the music between the wall and back TV.

This we demonstrated in a friends house this weekend,he had his TV as you have.
We let the bench stand and lifted off his TV.
It got better in how the music played out,and with the bench gone it became even better.

Looking at pictures here in this thread that many,many have a bench..And also a TV between the speakers.
This is not good if we talk about optimizing the music system.
Try it and you'll see,..but if you remove the bench,and or TV,you may need to make a small tuning of your speakers.
This is based on their new conditions to play out.

/Peder ????

The rack could do with being a bit less ferrous if the improvement I got from Fraim Lite over something similar is anything to go by. Might be a good next step with full Fraim the top choice (at an eye watering price but I regretted not doing it straight out and going for lite instead) and bog standard Quadraspire the minimum.

yeti42 posted:

The rack could do with being a bit less ferrous if the improvement I got from Fraim Lite over something similar is anything to go by. Might be a good next step with full Fraim the top choice (at an eye watering price but I regretted not doing it straight out and going for lite instead) and bog standard Quadraspire the minimum.

I will...all in good time though.

Meerkat posted:

Adam Zielinski posted:

It’s a custom-made library unit, designed to support my full Naim system.  Here’s a recent picture

Looks really nice????

Very nice +1!   Audiophile supports integrated in a nice library, white with black and green, good integration. 

Meerkat posted:

Gazza posted:

Meerkat posted:

My new 282/HiCapDR/300DR, complemented by PMC Twenty5 26s. All needs a few more days to burn in. NDX 2 to follow soon.

The fireplace was ripped out to accommodate the Twenty5 26s

Looks very nice, the NDX2 will finish it off a treat.

Yes it will Gazza. The oak unit is going, and the TV will go on the wall????

It will be nicer and the speakers will breath....good idea.

On the advice of a dealer I was talking to recently I separated my speakers a bit more - now almost 8 feet apart center to center but more interestingly he also recommended having no toe-in whatsoever. I was quite pleasantly surprised by the result, a hugely improved sound stage and overall presentation. 

Adam Zielinski posted:

It’s a custom-made library unit, designed to support my full Naim system.  Here’s a recent picture

Hi Adam - where did you get the 2 black support shelves next to the Sondek? I’ve been looking but can’t find something like those!

Robert Burgess posted:

Hi Adam - where did you get the 2 black support shelves next to the Sondek? I’ve been looking but can’t find something like those!

I had them custom-made by a chap outside of Warsaw - he specialises in audio support units, under a brand name OSTOJA. He also made the tampered-glass shelves for me.

Thanks - Wish he was here in the States!

Robert Burgess posted:

Adam Zielinski posted:

It’s a custom-made library unit, designed to support my full Naim system.  Here’s a recent picture

Hi Adam - where did you get the 2 black support shelves next to the Sondek? I’ve been looking but can’t find something like those!

Lovan makes also the same supports.  I have a lovan rack also and before optional level like those on the photos, with around the same height.

Adam Zielinski posted:

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Very neat Adam, and I seem to recognise those Naim Chips.

nigelb posted:

Adam Zielinski posted:

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Very neat Adam, and I seem to recognise those Naim Chips.

Indeed Nigel - the same ones! Grateful as ever for your help. All the best, Adam

Robert Burgess posted:

Thanks - Wish he was here in the States!

Hi Robert

Do try contacting some of the smaller manufacturers in the US. You may be surprised to find  that a custom business is actually more important for them.  And the level of service you will get in such instances is bound to be first-class.

The owner of OSTOJA told me that he does bulk of his work in non-standard supports for the European market.
I designed the supports together with him. He added his bits and re-inforced the legs, so the units can be stacked on top of each other if needed.

Adam

Adam Zielinski posted:

nigelb posted:

Adam Zielinski posted:

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Very neat Adam, and I seem to recognise those Naim Chips.

Indeed Nigel - the same ones! Grateful as ever for your help. All the best, Adam

Adam, I am always happy to help a fellow Naimee in need.

Cheers

Nigel

Adam Zielinski posted:

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You're putting some of us to shame, Adam.  

Very nice indeed but does SL sound better free range or encased I wonder? Jesting of course! Mine are free range.

Ravenswood10 posted:

Very nice indeed but does SL sound better free range or encased I wonder? Jesting of course! Mine are free range.

Just don't coil them. The speaker cables that is. 

Meerkat posted:

Gazza posted:

Meerkat posted:

My new 282/HiCapDR/300DR, complemented by PMC Twenty5 26s. All needs a few more days to burn in. NDX 2 to follow soon.

The fireplace was ripped out to accommodate the Twenty5 26s

Looks very nice, the NDX2 will finish it off a treat.

Yes it will Gazza. The oak unit is going, and the TV will go on the wall????

I had a stand just like that.  

I liked the sound with a nut and ball under the four corners of each shelf ????

Thanks Adam!