The other side...

[[JiF]lini]

As we seem to have a couple of musicians among the JiF members and regulars, I wonder: Do we also have any more fellow hifi fans (alias audiophiles or simply music lovers who also have a heart for nice playback equipment)?

Greetings from Munich!

Manfred / lini

[[JiF]Djsmg]

I think that I would be one of those. I am not into vinyl but at one point my cd collection was well over 700cds.

[Sir Die-a-lot]

I am not into vinyl

Are you more into latex ?

[[JiF]Navy_Seals]

lmao

[[JiF]lini]

Dj: So what stuff are you running (I spare you my own equipment list for now, 'cause that would be rather exhaustive...)? And, of course, it's a pity you aren't into vinyl - 'cause then we could have bored the others with an endless chat for example about needle tip shapes and cantilever materials. But no worries: If got a fair share of audio cds (and players... ) as well - nevertheless I find turntables more interesting than cdps, 'cause the former offer more of a hands on experience and one has much more possibilities to fine-tune the sound to one's liking and to the sound of the recording. Drawbacks are of course less convenient operation and that vinyl requires more care...

Greetings from Munich!

Manfred / lini

[[JiF]Melon Farmer]

I got more equipment than I use! Over 1000 CD's and about 1100 albums(Vinyl).

[[JiF]zougathefist]

My new landlord has approx 2500+ records and tons of equipment
I will post some photos

[[JiF]Navy_Seals]

My new landlord has approx 2500+ records and tons of equipment
I will post some photos

wow thats alot, bet they are worth alot lol

[[JiF]Djsmg]

I have two separate sets of equipment for the house.

Upstairs I have an old Pioneer Amp, CD changer, and (cough) double cassette deck that I am reluctant to part with paired with Paradigm Titans, Paradigm Atoms, and a Paradigm Unpowered sub. This was the first stereo that I ever owned and it still performs pretty well despite being about 15 years old. I started out with Mission speakers but I found the sound quality much better with the Paradigms.

Downstairs is a work in progress as I am still in the process of finishing the basement. I am trying to make the basement as soundproof as possible. Right now I think my biggest problems with sound transmission are the doors and transfer through the ductwork.

In the basement I have a Yamaha HTR-6190 paired with the Bose Acoustimass 10 series speakers.

I prefer the sound of the Paradigms over the Bose system but when it comes to home theatre the Yamaha/Bose combo kicks butt.

[[JiF]lini]

melon, zouga: Nice collections!

dj: Yup, I can easily imagine that the Bose speaker system can't compete with the Paradigms for stereo use. I've got some surround stuff (also including a Yamaha receiver (RX-V650 - whereas yours should be the home theater pack version of the juicier RX-V1800, afaik...)) as well, but that doesn't get much use now, as my place in Munich is quite a bit smaller than it was in Hannover, for which I had originally bought that equipment. But even for stereo my power amp (Harman-Kardon hk870) as well as the power amp sections in my integrated amps and receivers don't get used that much, because I usually rather use headphones than loudspeakers. And for listening to cds I often enough don't even use any of the bigger, stationary stuff at all - but instead my "little sofa chain" (consisting of a fairly decent Panasonic portable cdp (SL-CT570), a portable headphone amp (Meier-Audio PortaCorda II) and a headphone pick of choice (most often the AKG K240S and the Beyerdynamic DT531)).

Greetings from Munich!

Manfred / lini

[Sir Die-a-lot]

Have people noticed that Dj did not offer a denial to my qquestion !

[[JiF]zougathefist]

looks like a tactical omission to me...

[[JiF]Djsmg]

rofl

[[JiF]Djsmg]

Have people noticed that Dj did not offer a denial to my qquestion !

Hopefully that answers it.

[Sir Die-a-lot]

Well, you can safely say that I do not dislike it either