Into 2016 with a giant aluminum box...

ukcolin99
ukcolin99 Posts: 286
in 2 Channel Audio
Couple of months ago regular readers saw my return to a lone CD player w/Parasound P5 & A21 driving my 2 channel w/705's sound.
I am not a huge 'listen to the whole album' guy I really needed my iTunes library & iPad Remote App to jump from song to song. Thanks to my son I'm back. I cut up a (recycled through compression) rubber & plastic sheet I'd had for years, placed it on the carpet and on most shelves. My son transferred my iTunes library on my Windows Dell Desktop onto 'bought on eBay' Mac Pro (early 2008) connected directly w/digital optical Toslink to the P5. The NAD CD player connects directly to the P5 via digital coax. Yes I am playing & comparing same songs via both sources. As always wit & wisdom appreciated.
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  • RamZet
    RamZet Posts: 792
    Looks good!

    How much was the MacPro?
    Did you look at the MacMini?
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  • polk500
    polk500 Posts: 1,171
    Hello and happy new year and nice looking set up,
    Why do you have your speakers on the rubber pad? Have you tried then spiked to the floor? It would seem to me that they would float on the carpet / uncoupled thus defeating the purpose of the spikes

    Cheers
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  • ukcolin99
    ukcolin99 Posts: 286
    HNY Skip & p500, the slabs are recycled rubber & plastic, many years a go I was given couple of 4' x 8' x 1" sheets, they cut with circular saw. Stuff is dense & heavy. Will try combinations with & w/o this year, really wanted it for the shelves got carried away.

    The Mac Pro was $400 on eBay-clean w/Yosemite OS. I have an old Mac Mini, the Pro is definitely overkill, son was keen, he did all the work, very fast track change response and album art is immediate, Toslink directly into the P5. Plan to upgrade the HD to SSD.

    Still planning beer, wine & meat event to lure knowledgeable Polkies to fix everything...
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,962
    ukcolin99 wrote: »
    Still planning beer, wine & meat event to lure knowledgeable Polkies to fix everything...

    Now your talking my language. ;)
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  • ukcolin99
    ukcolin99 Posts: 286
    Removed the rubber under the 705's. Took pic of the Parasounds, because I like looking at them.
    Edit: MacPro, OS upgraded to El Capitan (for free because it's Apple).
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    Nice system and good looking parasounds
    Magico M2, JL113v2x2, EMM, ARC Ref 10 Line, ARC Ref 10 Phono, VPIx2, Lyra Etna, Airtight Opus1, Boulder, AQ Wel&Wild, SRA Scuttle Rack, BlueSound+LPS, Thorens 124DD+124SPU, Sennheiser, Metaxas R2R
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    Nice!
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • RamZet
    RamZet Posts: 792
    I love the granite stone slabs.
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