My New VTI Rack!

cfrizz
cfrizz Posts: 13,415
edited March 2014 in The Clubhouse
Mark's birthday present to me is a new VTI rack. I spent the entire afternoon putting it together and moving my gear into it.
Marantz AV-7705 PrePro, Classé 5 channel 200wpc Amp, Oppo 103 BluRay, Rotel RCD-1072 CDP, Sony XBR-49X800E TV, Polk S60 Main Speakers, Polk ES30 Center Channel, Polk S15 Surround Speakers SVS SB12-NSD x2
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,352
    edited February 2014
    PITA but looks a lot better, and if you think like me, it's like giving you car a bath and oil change your feel she runs better.

    Nice set-up...enjoy
    2-channel: Modwright KWI-200 Integrated, Dynaudio C1-II Signatures
    Desktop rig: LSi7, Polk 110sub, Dayens Ampino amp, W4S DAC/pre, Sonos, JRiver
    Gear on standby: Melody 101 tube pre, Unison Research Simply Italy Integrated
    Gone to new homes: (Matt Polk's)Threshold Stasis SA12e monoblocks, Pass XA30.5 amp, Usher MD2 speakers, Dynaudio C4 platinum speakers, Modwright LS100 (voltz), Simaudio 780D DAC

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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,833
    edited February 2014
    That's a nice rack, a major upgrade.
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  • monepolk
    monepolk Posts: 1,146
    edited February 2014
    Very Nice.
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  • Hermitism
    Hermitism Posts: 4,278
    edited February 2014
    I want to tell Cathy she has a nice rack, but morally I fear of being slapped. So instead I'm going to say, "Cathy, I'm envious of your shelf thingy."
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,341
    edited February 2014
    Very nice upgrade! A solid unit. Congrats!
    Carl

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  • hochpt21
    hochpt21 Posts: 5,423
    edited February 2014
    That looks very nice!
    2 ChannelTurntable - VPI Classic 2/Ortofon 2M BlueAmplification - Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum II, Parks Audio Budgie PhonoSpeakers - GoldenEar Triton 17.2 Home TheaterDenon AVR-X3300W; Rotel RMB-1066; Klipsch RP-280F's, Klipsch RP-450C, Polk FXi3's, Polk RC60i; Dual SVS PB 2000's; BenQ HT2050; Elite Screens 120"Man CaveTurntable - Pro-Ject 2.9 Wood/Grado GoldAmplification - Dared SL2000a, McCormack DNA 0.5 DeluxeCD: Cambridge AudioSpeakers - Wharfedale Linton 85th Anniversary; LSiM 703; SDA 2A
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,613
    edited February 2014
    The new rack looks good.
    Next up: the 42" wall mounted LCD!!!
    "The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson
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  • Devlon
    Devlon Posts: 355
    edited February 2014
    Congrats! Looks really nice. I'm jealous though. Your rack looks better than mine
    Living Room: HK AVR 354 as pre/pro, 2 x Polk Audio Micropro 4000, Adcom GFA-7500, 2 x Mirage OMD-15
    2 x Mirage OMD-5, 1 x Mirage OMD-C1, APC H15, Sony S790, Philips 52" LCD, Beogram 3000, FAT (Firestone Audio Tobby DAC), Harmony One

    Den: Sherwood R-972,as pre/pro, 2 x Velodyne SPL-1000R, 3 x Crown Drivecore XLS1500, 2 x Polk Audio Lsi9
    1 x Polk Audio Lsic, 2 x Polk Audio Lsifx, Sony S790, APC H15, Dspeaker Dual Core 2.0, W4S DAC 2, Keces DA-151
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,689
    edited February 2014
    Cathy that rack looks very nice. I drool when i see the sunfire & those speakers on stands look great. Nice gift
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  • zane77
    zane77 Posts: 1,696
    edited February 2014
    Very nice Cathy!
    Home Theater
    Onkyo PR-SC5508 Sharp LC-70LE847U
    Emotiva XPA-5 Emotiva XPA-2 Emotiva UPA-2
    Front RTi-A9 Wide RTi-A7 Center CSi-A6 Surround FXi-A6 Rear RTi-A3 Sub 2x PSW505
    Sony BDP-S790 Dishnetwork Hopper/Joey Logitech Harmony One Apple TV
    Two Channel
    Oppo 105D BAT VK-500 w/BatPack SDA SRS 2.3 Dreadnought Squeezebox Touch Apple TV
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,520
    edited February 2014
    What a nice gift! Looks great Cathy!
    Salk SoundScape 8's * Audio Research Reference 3 * Bottlehead Eros Phono * Park's Audio Budgie SUT * Krell KSA-250 * Harmonic Technology Pro 9+ * Signature Series Sonore Music Server w/Deux PS * Roon * Gustard R26 DAC / Singxer SU-6 DDC * Heavy Plinth Lenco L75 Idler Drive * AA MG-1 Linear Air Bearing Arm * AT33PTG/II & Denon 103R * Richard Gray 600S * NHT B-12d subs * GIK Acoustic Treatments * Sennheiser HD650 *
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited February 2014
    Agree with everyone, a very nice upgrade. Now about that rack next to it. Well......... :biggrin:
    Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
    Sony XA-5400ES SACD; Pass XP-22 pre; X600.5 amps
    Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers; SPOD spikes

    Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
    Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
    Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables

    Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
    Three 20 amp circuits.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,482
    edited February 2014
    Hermitism wrote: »
    I want to tell Cathy she has a nice rack, but morally I fear of being slapped. So instead I'm going to say, "Cathy, I'm envious of your shelf thingy."

    Oh hell.... have a spine man!

    Cathy, you have a very nice ra.... a very nice um....


    That is a cool audio stand.:lol:
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
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  • Thorton
    Thorton Posts: 1,324
    edited February 2014
    Cathy, congratulations. That rack looks very nice and sleek. Enjoy!
    _____________________________________________________________________________________________
    Ethernet Filter: GigaFOILv4 with Keces P3 LPS
    Source: Roon via ethernet to DAC interface
    DAC: Bricasti M1SE
    Pre/Pro: Marantz AV8805
    Tube Preamp Buffer: Tortuga TPB.V1
    Amp1: Nord One NC1200DM Signature, Amp2: W4S MC-5, AMP3: W4S MMC-7
    Front: Salk SoundScape 8's, Center: Salk SoundScape C7
    Surround: Polk FXIA6, Surround Back: Polk RTIA9, Atmos: Polk 70-RT
    Subs: 2 - Rythmik F25's
    IC & Speaker Cables: Acoustic Zen, Wireworld, Signal Cable
    Power Cables: Acoustic Zen, Wireworld, PS Audio
    Room Treatments: GIK Acoustics
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  • Mike Reeter
    Mike Reeter Posts: 4,315
    edited February 2014
    Very nice upgrade Cathy, I'd bet the rig sounds better also! N'joy
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited February 2014
    Thank you guys, I'm really happy with how it turned out and looks. But most importantly I no longer have to worry about it collapsing.

    Thanks for the laughs, just this one time you have my permission to tell me I have a nice rack! LOL!
    Marantz AV-7705 PrePro, Classé 5 channel 200wpc Amp, Oppo 103 BluRay, Rotel RCD-1072 CDP, Sony XBR-49X800E TV, Polk S60 Main Speakers, Polk ES30 Center Channel, Polk S15 Surround Speakers SVS SB12-NSD x2
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  • Hermitism
    Hermitism Posts: 4,278
    edited February 2014
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    Oh hell.... have a spine man!

    Cathy, you have a very nice ra.... a very nice um....


    That is a cool audio stand.:lol:

    LOL
    cfrizz wrote: »
    I spent the entire afternoon putting it together and moving my gear into it.

    You should write a mini-autobiography on how you got into this hobby. All the women I know just have those all-in-one stereo systems where the tuner, amp and CD player are one unit for playing CDs, and they never refer to it as "gear". I don't know a single woman that is into the audio world, and I don't know why. I don't know why it seems to only be guys that like nice sounding music and home theaters.
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  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,711
    edited February 2014
    I see a TV stand in your future.....
    Nice upgrade!
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited February 2014
    Very nice! I agree, it looks very sturdy and collapse is always something you want to prevent. This rack looks like it can support everything on it and then more!

    Enjoy!

    cnh
    Currently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!

    Polk Lsi-7s, Def Tech 8" sub, HK 3490, HK HD 990 (CDP/DAC), AKG Q701s
    [sig. changed on a monthly basis as I rotate in and out of my stash]
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited February 2014
    Sweet !!
    Shoot the jumper.....................BALLIN.............!!!!!

    Home Theater Pics in the Showcase :cool:

    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showcase/view.php?userid=73580
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  • Oldfatdogs
    Oldfatdogs Posts: 1,874
    edited February 2014
    Nice gift,looks good Cathy.
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  • sda2mike
    sda2mike Posts: 3,131
    edited February 2014
    rack on
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited February 2014
    Hermitism wrote: »
    LOL

    You should write a mini-autobiography on how you got into this hobby. All the women I know just have those all-in-one stereo systems where the tuner, amp and CD player are one unit for playing CDs, and they never refer to it as "gear". I don't know a single woman that is into the audio world, and I don't know why. I don't know why it seems to only be guys that like nice sounding music and home theaters.

    I agree with your assessment Hermit, it is right on the money.

    I'm different because I grew up surrounded by music. My dad was a professional musician. He played the violin, my mom was interested in used to take singing lessons. My older brother Tom was a very good pianist, my younger brother Mark has a full size electric organ in his house and was taught to play by organist Tom Murray when he was in St. Paul's Cathedral choir. I can play the guitar a bit.

    Dad always encouraged us to take an interest in music, but if the composer hadn't been dead for a few hundred years he wasn't interested. I'll never forget listening to Deep Purples Machine Head and he told me to "Go put on some Bach!" LOL.

    But I knew from an early age that I wanted a decent system once I grew up and had the money. And that is exactly what I did in 1981 I got an all matching Sony System. Added in a Radio Shack tape deck and was very happy. Then in 1990 I got my Polk RTA-8Ts, a 50wpc Rotel amp, Rotel pre, Rotel 855 cd player, and the Onkyo tape deck that is on the bottom shelf of my rack. I kept that system until sometime in the mid to late 90s when I ran out of inputs and got the Denon 3802 receiver, my Boston center channel & sub and my Pioneer DVD player. I kept that in place and was very happy until I joined this club in 2004 and then all hell broke loose.

    I started looking at the LSIs but was told that my Denon couldn't handle them. In short order I got a Parasound 1500A, HELLO POLKS!!!! To this day, getting that amp was the most important and significant improvement I ever made. As you can see I still have my 8Ts. Then I bought my FXi 3s from someone on here, then I got an Outlaw M200 for my center channel. then someone on here put up their Sunfire 405wpc amp and I jumped on it. in 2006 I got the Sunfire Prepro, and at some point I got my Rotel 1072 cd player, in 2008 or 2009 I bought the DSW 400 and that is where my system is now.

    I gave my brother Mark my Rotel gear which was at least 15-18 years old by then & the Parasound which does a great job powering his LSI 7's which I bought from Doro as a Christmas present for Mark.

    So there is my mini-bio for getting into audio Hermit!
    Marantz AV-7705 PrePro, Classé 5 channel 200wpc Amp, Oppo 103 BluRay, Rotel RCD-1072 CDP, Sony XBR-49X800E TV, Polk S60 Main Speakers, Polk ES30 Center Channel, Polk S15 Surround Speakers SVS SB12-NSD x2
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  • Moose68Bash
    Moose68Bash Posts: 3,843
    edited February 2014
    Cathy,

    Nicely done on the new rack!

    Thank you for sharing your autobiography as an audiophile!

    My wife, who does, in fact, appreciate a system that sounds good, is always commenting that "only" -- I correct her to "mostly" -- men get into this hobby. But at least she tolerates my enthusiasm -- except when I have the volume to high or the wrong sort of music on for the circumstances.

    You are also a very kind a generous sister! :-)
    Family Room, Innuos Statement streamer (Roon Core) with Morrow Audio USB cable to McIntosh MC 2700 pre with DC2 Digital Audio Module; AQ Sky XLRs to CAT 600.2 dualmono amp, Morrow Elite Speaker Cables to NOLA Baby Grand Reference Gold 3 speakers. Power source for all components: Silver Circle Audio Pure Power One with dedicated 20 amp circuit to main panel.

    Exercise Room, Innuos Streamer via Cat 6 cable connection to PS Audio PerfectWave MkII DAC w/Bridge II, AQ King Cobra RCAs to Perreaux PMF3150 amp (fully restored and upgraded by Jeffrey Jackson, Precision Audio Labs), Supra Rondo 4x2.5 Speaker Cables to SDA 1Cs (Vr3 Mods Xovers and other mods.), Dreadnaught with Supra Rondo 4x2.5 interconnect cables by Vr3 Mods. Power for each component from dedicated 20 amp circuit to main panel, except Innuos Statement powered from Silver Circle Audio Pure Power One.

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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,482
    edited February 2014
    8t's... I will have a set of those in the house in less than an hour Cathy. They will be the side surrounds in my 9.2 setup. I have a set of AB700's going in-wall behind the couch and looking for a couple more pairs to flesh thing out...
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
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  • Hermitism
    Hermitism Posts: 4,278
    edited February 2014
    cfrizz wrote: »
    I agree with your assessment Hermit, it is right on the money.

    I'm different because I grew up surrounded by music. My dad was a professional musician. He played the violin, my mom was interested in used to take singing lessons. My older brother Tom was a very good pianist, my younger brother Mark has a full size electric organ in his house and was taught to play by organist Tom Murray when he was in St. Paul's Cathedral choir. I can play the guitar a bit.

    Dad always encouraged us to take an interest in music, but if the composer hadn't been dead for a few hundred years he wasn't interested. I'll never forget listening to Deep Purples Machine Head and he told me to "Go put on some Bach!" LOL.

    But I knew from an early age that I wanted a decent system once I grew up and had the money. And that is exactly what I did in 1981 I got an all matching Sony System. Added in a Radio Shack tape deck and was very happy. Then in 1990 I got my Polk RTA-8Ts, a 50wpc Rotel amp, Rotel pre, Rotel 855 cd player, and the Onkyo tape deck that is on the bottom shelf of my rack. I kept that system until sometime in the mid to late 90s when I ran out of inputs and got the Denon 3802 receiver, my Boston center channel & sub and my Pioneer DVD player. I kept that in place and was very happy until I joined this club in 2004 and then all hell broke loose.

    I started looking at the LSIs but was told that my Denon couldn't handle them. In short order I got a Parasound 1500A, HELLO POLKS!!!! To this day, getting that amp was the most important and significant improvement I ever made. As you can see I still have my 8Ts. Then I bought my FXi 3s from someone on here, then I got an Outlaw M200 for my center channel. then someone on here put up their Sunfire 405wpc amp and I jumped on it. in 2006 I got the Sunfire Prepro, and at some point I got my Rotel 1072 cd player, in 2008 or 2009 I bought the DSW 400 and that is where my system is now.

    I gave my brother Mark my Rotel gear which was at least 15-18 years old by then & the Parasound which does a great job powering his LSI 7's which I bought from Doro as a Christmas present for Mark.

    So there is my mini-bio for getting into audio Hermit!

    That's a great backstory. You sound like a cool lady. I feel like I just watched an episode of "Inside The Actor's Studio", if it was about music instead of acting. I wish I had some sort of musical background. I can't play an instrument and I can't even sing my A, B, C's. When I was in elementary school during Christmas time, we had to take a field trip to a retirement home and sing Christmas carols. I was so bad I had to lip-sync. I did take a general music class in junior high school but all I got to play was a plastic instrument that somewhat resembled a flute. If you want to get kids interested in music, don't hand them a piece of PVC pipe with holes drilled in it. Give them something cool like a guitar. I'm even too embarrassed to sing in the shower. I'm scared a burglar will break in my house and hear me. It probably would make a good theft deterrent. No one would be able to stand my singing long enough to find something of value to take.
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  • Jhayman
    Jhayman Posts: 1,548
    edited February 2014
    You have a Great Rack Cathy:redface:
    cfrizz wrote: »
    Thank you guys, I'm really happy with how it turned out and looks. But most importantly I no longer have to worry about it collapsing.

    Thanks for the laughs, just this one time you have my permission to tell me I have a nice rack! LOL!
    ATC SCM40's,VTL TL 2.5 Preamp,PSB Stratus Goldi's,McCormack DNA 500,McCormack MAP-1 Preamp,Pro-Ject Xtension 10 TT,Ortofon Cadenza Red/Nordost RedDawn LS Speaker cables, Bryston BDP-2, Bryston BDA-2,PS Audio AC-3 power cables
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited February 2014
    That old rack was a POS, congrats on getting a "real" one!
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • PSOVLSK
    PSOVLSK Posts: 5,242
    edited February 2014
    The rack is very nice indeed. Also great story of your audio journey.
    DSkip wrote: »
    Cathy, I still want to get my ears on a Rotel 1072 some day. It's still regarded as a very nice CDP.

    Had I known you were interested I would have brought mine to your place in January.
    Things work out best for those who make the best of the way things work out.-John Wooden
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited February 2014
    madmax wrote: »
    That old rack was a POS, congrats on getting a "real" one!

    Hey that was the happening in style thing to get back in 1990! It had a slot for my cds, the top shelf held my record player and my albums went down below! It got the job done for 25 years, I can't complain.
    Marantz AV-7705 PrePro, Classé 5 channel 200wpc Amp, Oppo 103 BluRay, Rotel RCD-1072 CDP, Sony XBR-49X800E TV, Polk S60 Main Speakers, Polk ES30 Center Channel, Polk S15 Surround Speakers SVS SB12-NSD x2
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