MVP of your system - make it known here!

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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    Thumbs up @DarqueKnight
    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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  • pongshi
    pongshi Posts: 376
    edited November 2016
    1. Dunlavy SC-IV speakers
    2. Technics RS-1500US 2 Track R2R
    3. Quest for the rest :smile:
    Living Room
    Parasound Model 2250v2 amplifier
    Parasound P5 preamp
    Turntable 1 - Technics SL-1210Mk2 turntable with Shure V-15 Type III cartridge
    Turntable 2 - Dual 1229 turntable, Dual AS-12 45 RPM stacker, Shure V-15 Type III cartridge
    Schiit Mani Phono Preamp for Turntable 2
    Oppo UDP-205 CD/SACD USB and FLAC duties
    Technics RS-1500US reel to reel
    Polk SDA SRS (2nd Gen) fully modded
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  • vcwatkins
    vcwatkins Posts: 1,993
    1. Roon + Tidal Hifi- music player
    Hands down the winner in Enjoyment of Music and EoM/$ categories even though it's not hardware. I have saved more than the $30 monthly cost in foregone music purchases.
    $119/yr or $499 lifetime, Tidal Hifi $19.99/mo

    2. Sonore microRendu + Uptone LPS-1 power supply - streamer device
    Simple, small footprint, several streaming protocol options. Bests the Bryston BDP-1, especially when paired with Uptone LPS-1 power supply.
    $690 with iFi power supply + $395 LPS-1 power supply upgrade

    3. Joule-Electra LA-100 iii - tube preamp
    Star of the system in more conventional sense imo. Easy and inexpensive to roll tubes. I'm happily married to this pre.
    $4,750 w/ Purist wiring & High Gain, paid $1,450 used + cost of NOS tubes

    4. Polk SRS 1.2 - speakers
    $3,000(?), paid $1,700 including RDO's + $630 mods

    5. Sunfire Signature II - solid state amplifier
    $3,495, paid $1,050 here

    6. MIT Shotgun S3 - bi-wire speakers, RCA & XLR interconnects
    $200-$600 bought NOS from MIT and used

    7. Chord QuteEX + Teddy Pardo power supply - DAC
    $1,795, paid $650 (+$220 for Teddy Pardo power supply)

    8. Parks Budgie SUT - SUT
    $339

    9. Curious Cable - USB cable
    various

    10. AT33PTGII - MC cartridge
    $515, paid $505

    11. Jolida JD-9 ii - tube phono pre
    $659, paid $450 demo + ~$250 op amp & cap mods & tubes

    12. Rega RP6 - turntable
    $1,990 w/ cart, paid $1600 demo
    b]Beach Audio[/b]: Rega RP6 (mods) - AT33PTG/II - Parks Budgie SUT - PSAudio NPC * Eversolo DMP-A6 * Topping D90iii * Joule-Electra LA-100 mkIII * Pass Aleph 30 * MIT S3 * Polk SRS 2.3tl (mods) * PSAudio PPP3
    Beach Study: Pro-Ject Stream Box S2 Ultra & Pre Box S2 * Pass ACA * DH Labs SS Q10 * Brines Folded ML-TQWT RS 40-1354 * PSA Dectet
    Beach Master: WiiM Pro * Dayens Menuetto * Zu Libtec * Dynaudio Audience 50
    Beach Den: Bluesound Powernode 2i * DH Labs SS Q10 * Zu Omen DWII * Richard Gray RGPC
    Town Study: WiiM Pro * Chord Qute (Pardo) * Elekit TU-8600 * MIT S3 * Revel M22 * Beyer DT-990 * Shunyata Hydra 2
    Town Den: Music Hall mm5.1se - Denon DL-103r - Jolida JD9ii (mods) * WiiM Pro * Cary xCiter * Rogue 99 Magnum * Schiit Aegir * MIT S3 * Polk SRS 1.2tl (mods) * Dectet * Bottlehead Crack - Senn 600
    Town Porch: WiiM Pro Plus * Sunfire Sig II * Canare 4S11 * Magnepan 1.6 * Dectet
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  • motorstereo
    motorstereo Posts: 2,133
    Darqueknight; WOW! Now that is one very impressive list of electronics and cabling! Also very impressive is for your 1.2tl's to be your MVP. Now that is saying a lot for them.
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  • vcwatkins
    vcwatkins Posts: 1,993
    Oops, I forgot to include power. I'd rank these at #6 or #7.

    PS Audio Dectet
    Tremendous benefit. I was extremely pleased and surprised with the impact when I swapped this in for an APC.
    $500, paid $250

    Richard Gray 400S
    Big benefit but, unlike the Dectet, req'd much trial and error with combinations of components and power cables.
    $700, paid $250

    b]Beach Audio[/b]: Rega RP6 (mods) - AT33PTG/II - Parks Budgie SUT - PSAudio NPC * Eversolo DMP-A6 * Topping D90iii * Joule-Electra LA-100 mkIII * Pass Aleph 30 * MIT S3 * Polk SRS 2.3tl (mods) * PSAudio PPP3
    Beach Study: Pro-Ject Stream Box S2 Ultra & Pre Box S2 * Pass ACA * DH Labs SS Q10 * Brines Folded ML-TQWT RS 40-1354 * PSA Dectet
    Beach Master: WiiM Pro * Dayens Menuetto * Zu Libtec * Dynaudio Audience 50
    Beach Den: Bluesound Powernode 2i * DH Labs SS Q10 * Zu Omen DWII * Richard Gray RGPC
    Town Study: WiiM Pro * Chord Qute (Pardo) * Elekit TU-8600 * MIT S3 * Revel M22 * Beyer DT-990 * Shunyata Hydra 2
    Town Den: Music Hall mm5.1se - Denon DL-103r - Jolida JD9ii (mods) * WiiM Pro * Cary xCiter * Rogue 99 Magnum * Schiit Aegir * MIT S3 * Polk SRS 1.2tl (mods) * Dectet * Bottlehead Crack - Senn 600
    Town Porch: WiiM Pro Plus * Sunfire Sig II * Canare 4S11 * Magnepan 1.6 * Dectet
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  • miner
    miner Posts: 1,305
    Gatecrasher wrote: »
    Reading through this thread it appears that very few people on here even have Polk speakers?

    We all had to start somewhere. Polk RT20p introduced me to hi-fi audio.

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  • agfrost
    agfrost Posts: 2,428
    @DarqueKnight, let me know when you get more dedicated to audio.

    ;)
    Jay
    SDA 2BTL * Musical Fidelity A5cr amp * Oppo BDP-93 * Modded Adcom GDA-600 DAC * Rythmik F8 (x2)
    Micro Seiki DQ-50 * Hagerman Cornet 2 Phono * A hodgepodge of cabling * Belkin PF60
    Preamp rotation: Krell KSL (SCompRacer recapped) * Manley Shrimp * PS Audio 5.0
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  • DarqueKnight
    DarqueKnight Posts: 6,765
    If I'm lucky that day will never come.
    Proud and loyal citizen of the Digital Domain and Solid State Country!
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    DarqueKnight wrote: »
    The turntable system will be taken down as soon as I complete the transfer of my records to digital format.

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    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • kharp1
    kharp1 Posts: 3,453
    1)Wireworld Equinox 7 speaker cables
    2)Wireworld Silver Eclipse 7 Interconects
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  • hertz9753
    hertz9753 Posts: 310
    Nightfall wrote: »
    DarqueKnight wrote: »
    The turntable system will be taken down as soon as I complete the transfer of my records to digital format.

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    I know that picture because I'm kind of old.

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    Is there a way to subscribe to threads here? I know that I am off topic and I will post a list soon with prices that I paid for my MVP's.



    AVR-Onkyo TX-NR808
    Front amp-Adcom GFA 555>Polk Audio LSi9's(Vr3 Castle Mods)
    Center amp-Adcom GFA 5400>Polk Audio LSi9 bi-wired(Vr3 Castle Mod)
    Surrounds-Polk Audio F/X500's<Onkyo TX-NR808
    Sub-Velodyne SPL-1000R
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 10,716
    5. Yamaha CD-2100 CD/SACD player
    $2999.99
    4. Consonace vinyl record cleaner
    $650.00
    3. Synergy between Transparent Audio Super RCA interconnects and Vincent Pho-700
    $800-$800.00
    2. Synergy between the Benchmark HGC DAC2 and AHB2 amp
    $2000-$3000
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  • gurot1
    gurot1 Posts: 519
    hertz9753 wrote: »


    Is there a way to subscribe to threads here? I know that I am off topic and I will post a list soon with prices that I paid for my MVP's.



    Click on the star in the upper right corner at the top of the thread
    lsim705,lsim706c,lsif/x(4)+mc80(atmos)
    rti6,csi5,fxi5
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  • Jim Shearer
    Jim Shearer Posts: 369
    1. transmission line I designed w/ Martin King's software; uses Fostex FF225wk supplemented by an Eminence APT-80 super tweeter. (living room system)

    2. Nelson Pass designed Amp Camp Amps; class A mono blocks built from a kit (living room system)

    3. passive open baffles based on Martin King's design; uses Fostex FF85k and Eminence Alpha 15a (bed room system)

    4. Emotiva ERC-3 CD player

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    A day without music is like a day without food.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,802
    Nice loudspeakers and amplifier; well chosen philosophies, from my perspective.
    Way different than the "look how much money I paid" approach to hifi.

    No comment on the CDP ;)
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Way different than the "look how much money I paid" approach to hifi.

    Do you not think a Feastrex D9e would be better than a Fostex?

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    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • dpowell
    dpowell Posts: 3,068
    1. Polk SDA 2.3TL with all mods (xo's, binding posts, dynamat, tweeters, rings)
    2. Pass Labs X1 pre-amplifier
    3. Dreadnaught
    4. Sunfire Signature Cinema Grande 400x5
    5. Player/cables
    ____________________________________________________________

    polkaudio Fully Modded SDA SRS 1.2TLs + Dreadnaught, LSiM706c, 4 X Polk Surrounds + 4 X ATMOS, SVS PB13 Ultra X 2, Pass Labs X1, Marantz 7704, Bob Carver Crimson Beauty 350 Tube Mono Blocks, Carver Sunfire Signature Cinema Grande 400x5, ADCOM GFA 7807, Panasonic UB420, Moon 380D DAC, EPSON Pro Cinema 6050
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    1. Harbeth 7ES-3's...$3650/pr
    2. Benchmark DAC2L...$1895 (used as DAC and preamp)
    3. Parasound HCA-1500A...$1000
    4. Oppo BDP-103 transport (bluray, flac files, cd, dvd, sacd, etc)...$600
    5. SVS PB12-NSD v.2....$869
    Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,802
    edited November 2016
    Nightfall wrote: »
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Way different than the "look how much money I paid" approach to hifi.

    Do you not think a Feastrex D9e would be better than a Fostex?

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    What, by looking at them? They look -- well -- gold plated.
    In terms of my perception of their sound? I'd have to hear them (which, to the best of my knowledge, I haven't).
    They look like uber-Lowthers. I am generally not a huge fan of the Lowther sound -- they're phenomenal with some recordings, unlistenable with others. I liked the drivers Dave Slagle had in LeCleac'h horns -- which I think were electrodynamic Lowther variants.

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    That said, I really, really don't know if that pickiness is the case with the Feastrex twincones.
    I might like 'em; I might not. I wouldn't condemn them a priori.
    What do you think of them?

    Folks may certainly spend as much as they wish on hifi (I know that I do, balanced by my very deliberate decision to retire at age 56) -- but I don't need to have my nose rubbed in how much they choose to spend.

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  • Polkaguy58
    Polkaguy58 Posts: 352
    Marantz CD player $400.
    Yamaha Natural Sound receiver $400.
    Polk Monitor 5's $150.
    Polk Monitor 5 Jrs. $ 90.
    Cambridge (GIANT) sub $ 50.
    Teac Equalizer $ 40.
    RCA bakelite & iron rabbit ears $ 19.

    The best system that I'ver ever owned......and loving it !


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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,802
    Which CD & receiver models?
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  • Polkaguy58
    Polkaguy58 Posts: 352
    The Yamaha is an RS7000 and the Marantz player a CD6004
    Nothing high end, but they work well with my Polks.
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  • dee1949
    dee1949 Posts: 1,425
    the GOAL is what sounds BEST to you for your $$$$ !

    Sacrifices will be made !!!!

    My thoughts :

    - Garbage in - Garbage OUT !! - 15% - source in and wire.

    - Preamp - 20%

    - Amplifier - 20%

    - Speakers all the rest and more if matched.
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  • megasat16
    megasat16 Posts: 3,521
    I am the MVP of my system (period).
    Trying out Different Audio Cables is a Religious Affair. You don't discuss it with anyone. :redface::biggrin:
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    megasat16 wrote: »
    I am the MVP of my system (period).

    Oh...

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    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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  • Mikey081057
    Mikey081057 Posts: 7,127
    Crossing over multiple systems

    1.Usher Mini Dancer X's (thanks to @DSkip) in my 2 Channel
    2.SVS PB13 Ultra in my HT
    3.Marantz AV7702 in my HT
    4.Polk LSIm's in HT
    5.Oppo BDP
    My New Year's resolution is 3840 × 2160

    Family Room| Marantz AV7704| Usher Dancer Mini - 2 DMD Mains |Usher Dancer Mini-x DMD's Surrounds | Usher BE-616 DMD Center | SVS Ultra Rear Surrounds | Parasound Halo A21 | Parsound Halo A52+ | MIT Shotgun S3's | Dual SVS SB 4000 Ultras | Oppo UDP 203 | Directv Genie HD DVR | Samsung 75" Q8 QLED | PSAudio Stellar GCD | Mytek Brooklyn DAC+ | Lumin U1 Mini | HP Elite Slice PC | ROON'd for life |

    ManCave: HT:Polk LSiM 706VR3 LSiM 703's LSiM 702's|| Marantz AV7002 AV PrePro Sunfire TGA-7401| Sony PS4 Pro| Sony PS4 Pro|SVS PB13 Ultra| Oppo UDP 203 | Music Hall MMF 5.3se TT w/ Soundsmith Carmen | Samsung 55" SUHD TV | Sony PS4

    Patio | Polk Atrium 8's | Yamaha R-N303BL |

    Office BlueSound Node| KEF LS50 | Peactree Nova 125SE |

    Bedroom | Focal 905's | Chromecast Audio |

    Garage | Polk Monitor 5B's

    Closet Yamaha M80 | 2 Polk MP3K subs| Yaqin MC100B with Shuguang Treasures KT 88's & CV181Z's | Tesla E83CC's | Marantz 2252B | Marantz 2385 |Polk SDA SRS 2.3 | LSiM 705's |
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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,616
    Rick88 wrote: »
    Sorry, didn't mean to use all bold letters. Must be a vanilla thing with my Samsung tablet... :#

    So, the Wharfedale Reva 2 are out & the Focal 807W are in?
    Audio: Polk S15 * Polk S35 * Polk S10 * SVS SB-1000 Pro
    HT: Samsung QN90B * Marantz NR1510 * Panasonic DMP-BDT220 * Roku Ultra LT * APC H10
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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,616
    halo wrote: »
    So, the Wharfedale Reva 2 are out & the Focal 807W are in?
    Rick88 wrote: »
    Yep.

    What is to become of the beautiful Reva 2's?
    Audio: Polk S15 * Polk S35 * Polk S10 * SVS SB-1000 Pro
    HT: Samsung QN90B * Marantz NR1510 * Panasonic DMP-BDT220 * Roku Ultra LT * APC H10
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,285
    Rick88 wrote: »
    halo wrote: »
    halo wrote: »
    So, the Wharfedale Reva 2 are out & the Focal 807W are in?
    Rick88 wrote: »
    Yep.

    What is to become of the beautiful Reva 2's?

    Back to Music Direct. I have yet to decide whether I'm going to get my credit account refunded or use the credit towards better speaker & IC cables or possibly something else. I've been spending a lot of time on their website this weekend. >:)

    Just cash in and take a breath
    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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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,616
    @Rick88 - I think it's a good idea to take a break. Also, get yourself some nice cables on the preowned market for le$$ than retail.
    Audio: Polk S15 * Polk S35 * Polk S10 * SVS SB-1000 Pro
    HT: Samsung QN90B * Marantz NR1510 * Panasonic DMP-BDT220 * Roku Ultra LT * APC H10
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