Junk shop system...

Yep2
Yep2 Posts: 1,330
edited August 2018 in The Clubhouse
Junk system that has been sitting in an extra bedroom.
I have 2 shops & this is my "finishing shop" (long story).

Got sick of listening to my system in the living room from my workbench (2 rooms away).

Had a pair of Clif Design 4" coaxials with aimable (helps with imaging mounted on a flat back wall) 3/4" silk domes (from a Toyota truck install) 4Ω, sitting for years & years unused.
Harmon Kardon AVR 300 sitting for years unused.
Adcom GCD-700 CDP.
Yamaha 7" powered sub.

I got crazy & installed a dedicated line from the breaker box, installed a silver/rhodium Oyaide IEC input in the Adcom (DIY Flavor 4 pc) & Furutech Copper male plug on the HK.

Now I have my own system on my bench!
You would be surprised how good it sounds nearfield.

Im off for 5 DAYS this Labor Day Holiday & decided to kick back with a few beers today and put this junk system thru its paces!
Its enjoyable, & hopefully will last for a few years.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,309
    I appreciate a person who makes do with things laying around. Lord knows I've done it most of my life.

    If it sounds acceptable, COOL. :)B)
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,084
    Bare CD's stacked on top of bare CD's. You can do better than that. :'(
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    Among my many projects that I have been doing around the house, I've been able to slip in a few upgrades in the garage as well. Next step is to put a furnace in there, and pull in some of the misc audio pieces I've had laying around. Goal is to have a dedicated system just for the garage.
    Basement: Polk SDA SRS 1.2tl's, Cary SLP-05 Pre with ultimate upgrade,McIntosh MCD301 CD/SACD player, Northstar Designs Excelsio DAC, Cambridge 851N streamer, McIntosh MC300 Amp, Silnote Morpheus Ref2, Series2 Digital Cables, Silnote Morpheus Ref2 Series2 XLR's, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Pangea Power Cables, MIT Shotgun S3 IC's, MIT Shotgun S1 Bi-Wire speaker cables
    Office: PC, EAR Acute CD Player, EAR 834L Pre, Northstar Designs Intenso DAC, Antique Sound Labs AV8 Monoblocks, Denon UDR-F10 Cassette, Acoustic Technologies Classic FR Speakers, SVS SB12 Plus sub, MIT AVt2 speaker cables, IFI Purifier2, AQ Cinnamon USB cable, Groneberg Quatro Reference IC's
    Spare Room: Dayens Ampino Integrated Amp, Tjoeb 99 tube CD player (modified Marantz CD-38), Analysis Plus Oval 9's, Zu Jumpers, AudioEngine B1 Streamer, Klipsch RB-61 v2, SVS PB1000 sub, Blue Jeans RCA IC's, Shunyata Hydra 8 Power Conditioner
    Living Room: Peachtree Nova Integrated, Cambridge CXN v2 Streamer, Rotel RCD-1072 CD player, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Polk RT265 In Wall Speakers, Polk DSW Pro 660wi sub
    Garage #1: Cambridge Audio 640A Integrated Amp, Project Box-E BT Streamer, Polk Tsi200 Bookies, Douglas Speaker Cables, Shunyata Power Conditioner
    Garage #2: Cambridge Audio EVO150 Integrated Amplifier, Polk L200's, Analysis Plus Silver Oval 2 Speaker Cables, IC's TBD.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,309
    I like your risers. Cheap and they do let the receiver breathe.

    What is a Polk SDS400?
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • PSOVLSK
    PSOVLSK Posts: 5,298
    I really like that era of HK receivers. Can't remember model I had, but it was a beast.
    Things work out best for those who make the best of the way things work out.-John Wooden
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,309
    edited September 2018
    I think that series of receivers are dependable.

    The ones that came after that, well... :s.
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,184
    edited September 2018
    The OP wrote (correctly) that the tweeters are aimable but I (incorrectly, and not uncharacteristically) read that as amiable.

    We could use more amiable hifi equipment.

    On topic. It all looks fine to me :)

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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,309
    edited September 2018
    Thanks for clarifying.

    I JUST hooked up an old pr. of Mon. 4's for an old friend to hear.

    I think he was SHOCKED at how good they sounded. I myself was shocked when I heard them. They have the fish-eye tweeters in them too. But they sounded smooth.

    Very nice little bookies for sure! With an upgraded cross-over, I'll bet they sound like 1000.00 speakers.
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,184
    The original morph of the Monitor 4, with the Peerless silk dome tweeters, to my ear is a fine sounding little loudspeaker. Someone brought a pair over here when we were first up here in NH and I hooked 'em to a Yamaha CR-1020. Now, a CR-1020 is rather more than these little loudspeakers would've been paired with when new, but the combination was pretty darned satisfying to listen to.

    No photos, unfortunately. :|

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    (borrowed image from google, apparently originating from the Polk forums -- my apologies to its original poster!)
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,309
    I'm still willing to buy a Peerless tweeter pr. of M.4's if I see them somewhere around here for a cheap price. :p

    Those, and all the other Monitors with peerless will have a place here for sure! ;)
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,184
    la2vegas wrote: »
    I've been looking for some monitor 4's with the peerless tweeters too Tony. I've come close but usually they're too far away to make it worth the drive.

    The only peerless tweets I own reside within some monitor 7's I found a couple of years ago. dk6dnnrblasy.jpg

    One pair is infinitely better than zero pairs. B)
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  • FestYboy
    FestYboy Posts: 3,861
    Y'all aren't the only ones after a pair... I have 5s 7s and 10s, missing the 4s
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,309
    la2vegas wrote: »
    I've been looking for some monitor 4's with the peerless tweeters too Tony. I've come close but usually they're too far away to make it worth the drive.

    The only peerless tweets I own reside within some monitor 7's I found a couple of years ago. dk6dnnrblasy.jpg

    Have you compared those 3 different style M7's to see how similar or not they sound?
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,309
    FestYboy wrote: »
    Y'all aren't the only ones after a pair... I have 5s 7s and 10s, missing the 4s

    I guess Polk sold more 5's and 5Jr.'s than 4's.
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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