"gmctavish needs more space" (gmctavish)
12/08/2015 at 21:44 • Filed to: None
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"gmctavish needs more space" (gmctavish)
12/08/2015 at 21:44 • Filed to: None | 2
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Since I moved into my new place, this has been my living room setup. A Sansui R-7, running a pair of Infinity Kappa 7.1 Series Is, and my girlfriends Audio-Technica AT-LP60. They’re sitting on a 1960s Marconi console stereo, but it’s having issues right now so it’s been relegated to furniture until further notice.
My computer setup, a little Sansui 210 running a pair of Realistic Optimus 800Cs. Very different from the Optimus 800, these were a Canada-only model, and the drivers have the same material and manufacturing tag on the magnet as my Dads SPL Monitor 4000s, which were supposedly in a totally different league from Realistics, but these ones sound phenomenal, on par with the SPLs and the Kappas, to my sort of good ear.
Now for the exciting part. A couple days ago, we got this monster from my girlfriends dad. A Sansui 9090DB.
We also got the speakers that went with it....
SP5500Xs, which I foolishly thought were related to the somewhat legendary SP5500s, but they aren’t, at all....They may be massive, but they don’t have the frequency range of the Kappas, or the accuracy, or the imaging, or the balance.......anyway. they were disappointing, but I had no idea how power-hungry the big Infinitys are. Going from a 35W/channel amp to a 125W/channel amp was a night and day difference. They literally sound like different speakers.
Testing out each amp with each pair of speakers. Weirdly enough, the big Sansuis sounded better with the little R7. I tried the Realistics with the R7 as well, but I just prefer the character of the 210, even though it has a bit less power.
The current living room setup. The SPs are just waiting until I make room in storage for them. This should be how it stays until we get a TV, or until my friend lends me his Dynaco tube amp to convert me from my solid-state Sansuis....
Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> gmctavish needs more space
12/08/2015 at 21:56 |
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First I ‘hnnng’ then I scrolled down and HNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
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gmctavish needs more space
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
12/08/2015 at 22:01 |
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That's basically my response whenever I come home and walk into the living room
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Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> gmctavish needs more space
12/08/2015 at 22:05 |
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What do you usually listen to?
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gmctavish needs more space
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
12/08/2015 at 22:09 |
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Oh man, that's an extremely long list. Lately I've been listening to Tame Impala - Currents, Neon Indian - Vega intl Night School, Beirut - No No No, Metronomy - Love Letters, Sleater-Kinney - No Cities to Love. With many random things interspersed.
ttyymmnn
> gmctavish needs more space
12/08/2015 at 22:13 |
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Wow, I miss those old steam gauges, big clunky knobs and analog tuning. That thing is gorgeous.
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gmctavish needs more space
> ttyymmnn
12/08/2015 at 22:15 |
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Everything has good weight to it, too. I need to clean it up a bit but I love it so far
TrickJos
> gmctavish needs more space
12/08/2015 at 22:18 |
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I love vintage audio gear. I’ve currently got a home theater focused system. Wish I had an extra room for a music focused set up.
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> TrickJos
12/08/2015 at 22:23 |
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Mine is musi focused mostly because we don’t have a TV, I may have to compromise a bit when we get one, but we’ll see. Whenever friends come over they comment about how our living room makes them feel like they've traveled back in time. I like it
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TrickJos
> gmctavish needs more space
12/08/2015 at 22:39 |
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Nice! I’ve got a Technics SL-QD33, which is a pretty good little turntable. My wife and I love it. Just bothers me a little that it’s hooked up to a relatively new home theater set up. It deserves better! Onkyo TX-NR616 with two BIC F12 subs and BIC DVC62 surround and center speakers. Sounds great for movies and good with music. I know the music could be better though. Hopefully our next house will have room for both systems, but for the foreseeable future this is how it will be. The Camaro needs a sound upgrade (cat back exhaust system) before the house gets another upgrade.
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ttyymmnn
> gmctavish needs more space
12/08/2015 at 22:41 |
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Modern “hi-fi” equipment has no soul. Black faces, LEDs. I miss the old warm glow of a lighted dial, and the satisfying “clunk” of a switch, or “snick” of a knob.
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gmctavish needs more space
> ttyymmnn
12/08/2015 at 22:42 |
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That's why all my stuff is old. It's also cheaper, or free, if you look hard enough
AddictedToM3s - Drives a GC
> gmctavish needs more space
12/09/2015 at 00:52 |
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That is awesome. I imagine this is how you do most of your listening?
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gmctavish needs more space
> AddictedToM3s - Drives a GC
12/09/2015 at 00:58 |
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Thanks! That's a pretty accurate representation haha