My Main Stereo

Here's my main rig.

Sources: Rega P25 w/ Shure V15VxMR, Rega Planet (Original), Apple iPad on a PURE i20 dock connected to a Musical Fidelity V-DAC Mk II. I sometimes also connect my laptop to the DAC for high rez files.

Preamps: Bottlehead Reduction w/ Integration upgrade and other mods, Bottlehead Quickie with PJCCS upgrade and various mods.

Amplifiers: VTA ST120 with mods, Custom version of ST35.

Speakers: AV123 X-Statik (Designed by Danny Richie of GR Research).

Cables: Homegrownaudio copper and silver braided interconnects (home-made), Kimber 4TC. Home-made and Kimber PowerKords.

(Ignore the white wires on the floor, that's been cleaned up since I took this pic.    )

Nice... right down to the dedicated iPad mini for a music server I take it?

Oh, Danny Boy, gotta love those speakers! I almost had a nervous breakdown building/fitting the xovers in the base of the cabinets. Well worth the mental anguish.

pmarcin wrote:Oh, Danny Boy, gotta love those speakers! I almost had a nervous breakdown building/fitting the xovers in the base of  the cabinets. Well worth the mental anguish.

These little things?

arledgsc wrote:Nice... right down to the dedicated iPad mini for a music server I take it?

Yeah, sort of. For most of my digital music the ipad does the trick but if I want to hear my HD Tracks recordings then I have to plug my laptop into the V-DAC. Plus the ipad is only 16G as opposed to my digital music collection which is around 300G. One of these days I'm just going to get a dedicated computer server.

corndog1 wrote:You mean these little things?

Mine were sans circuit boards. How did you get one?

Kit:
Ob5 Kit

In a 12"x 6" x 5" base and the resistors get  hot. Notice all the Erse caps and inductors. Danny does it right.

pmarcin wrote:Kit:
Ob5 Kit

In a 12"x 6" x 5" base and the resistors get  hot. Notice all the Erse caps and inductors. Danny does it right.

Are you saying you have the OB-5? I wish I had a pair of those as they have superior tweeters.

Yes, I have a pair in Baltic birch with curly maple veneer. The tweeters are planar with a disperser and are excellent. The overall sound is superlative.

Update!

I forgot I posted this.

So I've changed a few things since I posted this.

Digital Source: Mac Mini (2010) running El Capitan OS, Schitt Wyrd (USB Decrapifier), Musical Fidelity V-DAC II.

Preamp: Bottlehead Smash with Smash-up upgrade as well as other mods.

Speakers: AV-123 X-LS Encore with GR Research mods. GR Research / Rythmik Open Baffle Servo Subwoofers.

New Speakers! (Ok, technically used but like new!)  AV123 Mini Strata.  Best speakers I've ever owned.

Also using the VTA SP13 as my new preamplifier. A big step over Bottlehead preamps.

nice! what are those speakers hidden in the corner? what happened to your foam panels behind the speakers two years ago?

tubes4hifi wrote:nice!   what are those speakers hidden in the corner?   what happened to your foam panels behind the speakers two years ago?

Those little speakers in the corner came from a cheap shelf stereo someone left behind at my work. I grabbed them for testing my amps. They're nothing special.

I still have the ATS panels but was using them in my living room when I took this pic. I really need to buy another pair or more. They're not that expensive.