System Pics 2017

Posted by: hungryhalibut on 17 December 2016

Welcome to System Pics 2017. To get us started here is a picture of my setup: other than longer legs on the rack and some new wires, it's just the same as last year.

Posted on: 12 February 2017 by meni48

Posted on: 12 February 2017 by Allante93

Monkadill posted:
NAP250DR in and NAP200 out

Downright Gorgeous, especially the Rack!

Enjoy your Music, the Why!

Allante93!

Posted on: 14 February 2017 by arch7

Hello group:

This is my favorite thread and I thought it was time to contribute. I purchased a new RP10 recently and thought it was a good time to rebuild the stacks and clean everything so here are some pics of the rebuild and final layout.

Left Stack: (top to bottom)

nDAC

CD5XS

Rega RP10 PSU

Middle Stack:

Rega RP10

282

Superline

Right Stack:

Supercap DR (Superline)

250.2 (non-DR)

Supercap (282), non-DR

Not pictured, S400 with NAC5 (shown going into wall, speakers are 90-degrees to the gear, on the opposite side of the room.

Mostly PowerLined, except NAPSC, and CD5XS which has a Cryo'd A/V Options cable.

The power distribution device is an Audience PDC. The power outlets are FIM (First in Music) feed by separate 20AMP circuits. The little black discs are VibraPods left over from a previous system and used here to lift power cables off the floor. We'll see how long they stay there.

Posted on: 14 February 2017 by Kermit

Hungryhalibut posted:
wenger2015 posted:
Monkadill posted:
NAP250DR in and NAP200 out
Looks a very impressive set up, happy days as they say...
He must have received some good advice in putting it all together.

Nigel, you really are a god!!

Posted on: 14 February 2017 by Kermit

Arch, I normally really dislike the towers of electronics near the point of collapsing, but wow, they look fantastic in your room! I would love to seek more of the room.

Posted on: 14 February 2017 by varyat

Arch7- very smart looking system! Your careful attention to detail re cable management is great. Great that you have room for 3 stacks as it really helps both visually and providing more top shelves for sensitive boxes- those top shelves are highly desirable!!

ATB,

Mark

Posted on: 14 February 2017 by arch7

varyat posted:
Arch7- very smart looking system! Your careful attention to detail re cable management is great. Great that you have room for 3 stacks as it really helps both visually and providing more top shelves for sensitive boxes- those top shelves are highly desirable!!
ATB,
Mark

Thanks Mark! I added the taller shelf for the RP10 about a year ago (then holding the P9), to give some air to the 282 since it would like a top shelf as well. Middle stack has no power components at all which is nice.

Posted on: 14 February 2017 by thebigfredc

Arch,

Do you live in a castle?

Ray

Posted on: 14 February 2017 by Allante93

He might not live in a Castle, but his Sound System is fit for a King!

Great Job!

Arch!

Allante93!

Posted on: 14 February 2017 by arch7

thebigfredc posted:
Arch,
Do you live in a castle?
Ray

I wish! Just a nicely paneled room for the music. Came with the house and I knew it would make a great listening room.

Posted on: 15 February 2017 by Wunderbaum

arch7 posted:

Hi Arch - i see you have your NAPSC on the floor - not on the fraim besides the superline - is this to adhere to the "brawn" stack to the right or have you tested it to be a superior sound that way?

Posted on: 15 February 2017 by hungryhalibut

The floor is the best place for it, as far from the superline and preamp as possible. It's a noisy little bugger, which is why it has long wires.

Posted on: 15 February 2017 by james n

Hungryhalibut posted:
It's a noisy little bugger.

It's not.

But in that system it's fine on the floor away from something sensitive like the SL (as you would do with any power supply).

Posted on: 15 February 2017 by Monkadill

Kermit posted:
Hungryhalibut posted:
wenger2015 posted:
Monkadill posted:
NAP250DR in and NAP200 out
Looks a very impressive set up, happy days as they say...
He must have received some good advice in putting it all together.
Nigel, you really are a god!!

Nigel was very helpful, no doubt about that. Not all of it was taken though, especially around the rack choice. It was blind faith to buy kit that was never sampled and trusting great advice from someone id never met. It all ended well..

Posted on: 15 February 2017 by arch7

Wunderbaum posted:
arch7 posted:

Hi Arch - i see you have your NAPSC on the floor - not on the fraim besides the superline - is this to adhere to the "brawn" stack to the right or have you tested it to be a superior sound that way?

Hi Wunderbaum:

As others have mentioned its to keep the middle stack totally PSU-free and the SL happy, and keep as much power related boxes on the right side. I can't imagine it would be better on the Fraim so I never even tested it.

Posted on: 15 February 2017 by BigH47

NAPSC tended to give off RFI and as such was placed as far away from the main kit as possible.

Posted on: 15 February 2017 by james n

BigH47 posted:
NAPSC tended to give off RFI

How come ?

Posted on: 15 February 2017 by MDS

BigH47 posted:
NAPSC tended to give off RFI and as such was placed as far away from the main kit as possible.

I beg to differ. I know conventional wisdom used to be to site the Naspc as far from the rack as possible etc but I found performance benefits by putting the NAPSC back on the main rack (brawn stack) and plugging it into the dedicated rings-main.

Posted on: 15 February 2017 by Novichok-1977