Computer Rig is finished Retro Style!

gudnoyez
gudnoyez Posts: 8,124
edited March 2018 in 2 Channel Audio
Well finished for now my retro rig consists of a bunch of laptops and a couple of PC's Full of tunes, backed up with a Toshiba hard drive just in case. Adcom 545 II, with a GTP 400 Pre Amp, running my CRS+s with OEM stands and a Musical Fidelity M1 DAC.

I'm using all Wireworld cables Solstice 7 Speaker Cables, Solstice 7 IC'S, a Starlight 7 USB Cable, I have some Sorbathane stuff underneath the DAC to isolate it. Thank God the wife don't care what I do in the man cave. It's simple Retro design and sounding fantastic. The only thing I need to do is wrap the A1 with aluminum foil which I'm fixing to go to the store to get so I can do the baked potatoe mod, here are a few pictures. B)
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I guess it's a Retro Computer/2 Channel Rig!

Home Theater
Parasound Halo A 31 OnkyoTX-NR838 Sony XBR55X850B 55" 4K RtiA9 Fronts CsiA6 Center RtiA3 Rears FxiA6 Side Surrounds Dual Psw 111's Oppo 105D Signal Ultra Speaker Cables & IC's Signal Magic Power Cable Technics SL Q300 Panamax MR4300 Audioquest Chocolate HDMI Cables Audioquest Forest USB Cable

2 Channel
Adcom 555II Vincent SA-T1 Marantz SA 15S2 Denon DR-M11 Clearaudio Bluemotion SDA 2.3tl's (Z) edition MIT Terminator II Speaker Cables & IC's Adcom 545II Adcom Gtp-450 Marantz CD5004 Technics M245X SDA 2B's, SDA CRS+

Stuff for the Head
JD LABS C5 Headphone Amplifier, Sennheiser HD 598, Polk Audio Buckle, Polk Audio Hinge, Velodyne vPulse, Bose IE2, Sennheiser CX 200 Street II, Sennheiser MX 365

Shower & Off the beaten path Rigs
Polk Audio Boom Swimmer, Polk Audio Urchin B)
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    What is the box up on the wall?
    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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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,124
    cfrizz wrote: »
    What is the box up on the wall?

    A RTI A3 belonging to the HT set up to the right of the table.
    Home Theater
    Parasound Halo A 31 OnkyoTX-NR838 Sony XBR55X850B 55" 4K RtiA9 Fronts CsiA6 Center RtiA3 Rears FxiA6 Side Surrounds Dual Psw 111's Oppo 105D Signal Ultra Speaker Cables & IC's Signal Magic Power Cable Technics SL Q300 Panamax MR4300 Audioquest Chocolate HDMI Cables Audioquest Forest USB Cable

    2 Channel
    Adcom 555II Vincent SA-T1 Marantz SA 15S2 Denon DR-M11 Clearaudio Bluemotion SDA 2.3tl's (Z) edition MIT Terminator II Speaker Cables & IC's Adcom 545II Adcom Gtp-450 Marantz CD5004 Technics M245X SDA 2B's, SDA CRS+

    Stuff for the Head
    JD LABS C5 Headphone Amplifier, Sennheiser HD 598, Polk Audio Buckle, Polk Audio Hinge, Velodyne vPulse, Bose IE2, Sennheiser CX 200 Street II, Sennheiser MX 365

    Shower & Off the beaten path Rigs
    Polk Audio Boom Swimmer, Polk Audio Urchin B)
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  • hochpt21
    hochpt21 Posts: 5,423
    Very nice, love the posters also.
    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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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    Very cool.
    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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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,788
    Nice! Gotta get over there and give it a listen. Looks good, Steve.
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  • mpitogo
    mpitogo Posts: 504
    Retro is cool! I’ll join in with some 42 year old vintage sweet sounding Japanese gear. The Kef bookshelves play very nicely. Excuse the mess..

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    • Home Theater-9.7.6/15.1 (Atmos/Auro-3D) Polk LSiM707, LSiM706c, LSiM702 F/X [x6], Height LSiM703 [x6], HSU ULS-15Mk2x4, VTF-15HMk2x2, VTF-TN1 | Trinnov Altitude 16+4 (2024) | Rotel RB-1590 (L/R) | Appollon NC500 11ch | Martin Logan MP500x2 | Topping DX7s, E50 | AppleTV 4K | Zidoo Z9X | JVC RS2100 | 150” Elite Screen Acoustic Pro UHD
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  • oldrocker
    oldrocker Posts: 2,590
    Cool.
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  • OldSchoolPolk
    OldSchoolPolk Posts: 159
    Nice set up. Gotta love the UP1989!
    HT: Marantz NR-1603, Oppo 981, Def Tech SM55, SVS PB-1000
    BR: iPad Mini, Audio Engine A5+
    2C: Parasound ZDAC V.2, Sony DA80ES, Sony XDR-F1HD, SVS Prime Tower, JSE .6 Infinite Slope
    Office: MBAir, Focusrite Scarlett 2i2, JBL LSR-308
    Projects: Polk RTA12, Polk Monitor 7, Revox B225CD, BIC 3-TM
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  • oldrocker
    oldrocker Posts: 2,590
    Been showing my daughter some of the retro setups pics.

    We be heading out in a few to do some poster shopping for her basement.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
    Nice but -- I have to say -- to my mind, "retro" and "digital displays" are pretty much mutually exclusive ;)

    (now -- maybe -- some Nixie tubes or Numitrons would be OK... maybe)
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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,584
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Nice but -- I have to say -- to my mind, "retro" and "digital displays" are pretty much mutually exclusive ;)

    (now -- maybe -- some Nixie tubes or Numitrons would be OK... maybe)

    You didn't catch the 3D Viewmaster in the corner...
    Gustard X26 Pro DAC
    Belles 21A Pre modded with Mundorf Supreme caps
    B&K M200 Sonata monoblocks refreshed and upgraded
    Polk SDA 1C's modded / 1000Va Dreadnaught
    Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's and speaker cables
    Harman Kardon T65C w/Grado Gold. (Don't laugh. It sounds great!)

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
    audioluvr wrote: »
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Nice but -- I have to say -- to my mind, "retro" and "digital displays" are pretty much mutually exclusive ;)

    (now -- maybe -- some Nixie tubes or Numitrons would be OK... maybe)

    You didn't catch the 3D Viewmaster in the corner...

    OK -- bonus points for a Viewmaster :)
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
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    My high school German teacher, Frau Hooper, had that same Schnitzelbank poster in her classroom! :)

    We used to sing it now & again. She'd point to one of us and intone
    Ist das nicht ein Haufen Mist?

    And we'd gleefully and lustily respond:
    Ja, das ist ein Haufen Mist!!!

    :)


    (to say nothing of the dicke Frau, of course)

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  • Kingrat
    Kingrat Posts: 74
    If I was more mobile, I have some pretty severe problems just standing still for long at this point, I would take an old junk amp or receiver case that wasn't worth saving and make it into a PC case. The one I was thinking about using was a friend's blown up Technics SA-700 that was smoked by a lightning surge. The output power LEDs still worked when I tested them, but all the PC boards were trashed. I was going to stick a little amp inside it and use the volume and tone controls on the front panel. It wouldn't be hard to make umbilicals up to do it. I have it sitting in the other room, in a box, gathering dust. I can't bring myself to sell it, maybe some day I'll get better..
    Cable atheist: They're just trying to get your money like a TV preacher!
    Vinyl system: I'm long done with the snap, crackle, and pop.
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