System Pics 2016

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Hopefully my attempt at this pasting this image has worked albeit not a great photo. Harry

Here you go Harry...

And I like your New York sign; would go great in my NY themed entry hall in my house!

Cheers DRMARK 

Seem to have managed to post now although two vertical shots have been deleted as they want to post themselves horizontally...Resizing might sort this I guess.

G

Well done Graeme!

One though for you - if you put the NDX on the left it would be further away from the big transformer in the SN2. At the moment it's ever so close to the NDX's sensitive innards. 

Dr Mark - that crack looked scary! We had one similar in our dining room extension which was also due to settling. I like the new colour very much. We have something called Fawn, but because the carpet is green, and in certain lights, the walls take on a green hue. I imagine that the English fawn is the American taupe. Both are very relaxing colours. 

DrMark posted:

OK - here is my mini saga; not quite extensive as Nigel's remodel, but a pretty significant one nonetheless:

Walked into the living room about 2 months ago to find this:

Definitely one of those "WTF?!" moments.  Had a structural engineer come out and he indicated after inspection that it was settling, but he did not place in the category of "foundation damage" - we had a long drought at the end of summer and into fall.

Here is the "in progress" shot,  You can see the repair on that crack that literall went the entire lingth of the wall to the back of the house:

So now the room is thus and so:

I actually didn't know I picked green shades; they didn't look green on the paint color wheel the contractor brought (they appeared more like taupe), but actually it looks better than what I had thought so I got lucky on that. 

And the guitar storage system was also revamped - no more wall hangers since that side of the room (allegedly the dining area, but I think this is a much better use of space.)

The area on the right side of this picture is still a disaster area (you can see the edge of a tool box in the photo), and I just need to get motivated to make the final push; pictures come off the wall a LOT easier than they go back up!

I'd like this room better if it were in Italy...

Unfortunately no new gear; for what I spent these past 2 months on this and the roof on the rental house I could have bought a 250!

DrMark, I'm loving the dining-room-turned-guitar-room. GAS (Guitar Acquisition Syndrome) is a terrible illness, isn't it? Almost as bad as Naim Acquisition Syndrome. I'm down to being a one-guitar johnnie for the time being, but I'm sure it's a temporary thing. My guitar is in my den -- and the room IS in Italy! You're welcome to drop by, pick a few tunes, drink a little wine (or a lot)...

       Steve

Steve:

Where in Italy are you?  I might be making a journey in late February/early March (yet to be determined...)

And yes, GAS is a tough disease to battle - the collection tends to increase or decrease with the financial travails of life.  I am always aware of which 1 or 2 would be sold to raise cash if necessary!

(And I also have a Taylor GS-Mini in my bedroom, not pictured above.)

Hungryhalibut posted:

Dr Mark - that crack looked scary! We had one similar in our dining room extension which was also due to settling. I like the new colour very much. We have something called Fawn, but because the carpet is green, and in certain lights, the walls take on a green hue. I imagine that the English fawn is the American taupe. Both are very relaxing colours. 

Hi HH, 

Farrow and Ball paint is superb and we have used it for the last two rooms we have decorated. However, care is required as it can look quite different in different lighting conditions. Our son's room (pictured earlier in this thread with the White RP1) is painted with Teresa's Green, which can appear to be either green or blue, depending on the time of day and in the picture it looks like neither.

Your room looks really nice, by the way.

Keith

DrMark posted:

Steve:

Where in Italy are you?  I might be making a journey in late February/early March (yet to be determined...)

And yes, GAS is a tough disease to battle - the collection tends to increase or decrease with the financial travails of life.  I am always aware of which 1 or 2 would be sold to raise cash if necessary!

(And I also have a Taylor GS-Mini in my bedroom, not pictured above.)

Morning, DrMark.

I'm in Arezzo, in the heart of Tuscany, about 75 km from Florence. Keep me posted on your travel plans.

I've fought GAS for years, usually self-medicating with a small succession of custom builds. My current box (not built for me, in fact) is the one pictured in my forum avatar. Since I have nobody to pick with here, I spend a lot of time letting the Supernait and my FAs work their magic on musical offerings from Bryan Sutton, Tony Rice, Earl Klugh, Joscho Stephan... Does kind of make one think about what could be done to attain even better sound....

After all the gorgeous system pics in this thread, I'm pretty sure Naim Acquisition Syndrome will be eclipsing GAS as the more serious problem!

Flatpicker posted:

I've fought GAS for years, usually self-medicating with a small succession of custom builds. My current box (not built for me, in fact) is the one pictured in my forum avatar.

What's the guitar in your avatar pic?

Gianluigi Mazzorana posted:

Flatpicker posted:

I've fought GAS for years, usually self-medicating with a small succession of custom builds. My current box (not built for me, in fact) is the one pictured in my forum avatar.

 

What's the guitar in your avatar pic?

Hi, Gianluigi.

It's a 2009 Rozawood Wizard B (think Martin OM-42) in master-grade East Indian rosewood and bear-claw Italian spruce. I had to go to an OM as a result of shoulder problems, and this guitar has more than replaced my previous box (a very fine Bourgeois slope D).

     Steve

Flatpicker posted:

Gianluigi Mazzorana posted:

Flatpicker posted:

I've fought GAS for years, usually self-medicating with a small succession of custom builds. My current box (not built for me, in fact) is the one pictured in my forum avatar.

 

What's the guitar in your avatar pic?

Hi, Gianluigi.

It's a 2009 Rozawood Wizard B (think Martin OM-42) in master-grade East Indian rosewood and bear-claw Italian spruce. I had to go to an OM as a result of shoulder problems, and this guitar has more than replaced my previous box (a very fine Bourgeois slope D).

     Steve

It looks awesome even sliced!

Thanks a lot!

A new house, so new pictures. Strong sunlight making interesting patterns.

Shouldn't the Brawn stack go to the right and brain to the left? :-)

Maybe it works better that way in the southern hemisphere. 

@MICK ROBERTS Looks awesome :-) Great pics.

MangoMonkey posted:

Shouldn't the Brawn stack go to the right and brain to the left? :-)

Perhaps Mick doesn't want the speaker cone right next to the cartridge when the music is playing.  If so, an understandable consideration.

It's a room with a lovely view though!

Best regards, FT

Foot tapper posted:

MangoMonkey posted:

Shouldn't the Brawn stack go to the right and brain to the left? :-)

Perhaps Mick doesn't want the speaker cone right next to the cartridge when the music is playing.  If so, an understandable consideration.

It's a room with a lovely view though!

Best regards, FT

I had it the other way around in the previous house, and advice from the local dealer was more separation between cartridge and speaker, as Foot tapper commented above. Can't comment yet on difference in SQ yet, due to running in, changes in acoustic, etc., apart from saying that I am happy so far.

Hi Mick,

I had a similar arrangement for exactly the same reason for a number of years and was very happy with it.

Then, after a degree of lobbying from several regulars on this forum, I swapped the brain & brawn stacks, while keeping the turntable on the right hand stack, away from the speaker. The experiment worked, reducing a degree of background "hash" or noise which had turned into a slightly tiring or relentless sound when I turned the volume up.

All in all, worth a try, so the TT now sits above the brawn stack. Might be worth a try for you too, if you can find a home for the Unitiserve.

Best regards, FT

Few things done throughout 2015.  Trip to Leicester again & I got the LP12 jig, PS upgrade from Hercules II to Lingo, PL for my HCDR.

Recent 2 Chords DIN cables for my both sources. Got myself an Epson TW5200 replacing the LCD tv and I get better soundstage for all these upgrades.

Happy New Year to all... & Cheers

Happy new year!

Got new speakers today. Harbeth M30.1 Couldnt be happier.  (Had to drive 1100 km to get them, but thats OK. )

Chalshus posted:

Happy new year!

 

Got new speakers today. Harbeth M30.1 Couldnt be happier.  

 

Look lovely on Skylan stands. When i had C7ES3's i had them on Something Solid stands which looked like something knocked up in a garden shed out of an old iron fence. I always thought the M30.1 looked better proportioned than the C7's too. Enjoy.

Tnank you, but these are Rogoz Audio stands. Filled with sand. Bought both the speakers and the stands used. Hardly played on. The previous owner had a lot of gear. 

I personally think the stands are too massive and will purchase something like Something Solid in the future.