What did you do to your stereo rig today?

oldschlpolkie

Just picked this up from CL for $130 and swapped out my integra 5060 and I’m blown away. The b&k is close to 1/3 the power of the Onkyo but is way better sound to me.

daddyjt

Nightfall wrote: »

@daddyjt made me feel like a neglectful father so I swapped the Emit Kappa bookies back in.

It’s all good man - I’m just glad they found a home where they would get some use. They were just sitting under a sheet in my basement:-)

They are one of the nicest looking bookshelf speakers I’ve seen, and they sound pretty damn good too.

gp4jesus

oldschlpolkie wrote: »

The b&k is close to 1/3 the power of the Onkyo but is way better sound to me.

Model?

daddyjt

Today I put the finishing touches on my rack for my HT. I could not find what I really wanted, and I figured even if I did, I’d never be able to afford it.

I wanted a minimalist cantilevered type design, that gave the appearance of floating shelves. I designed the supports out of some 3/4” oak plywood scrap I had left over from a previous project:












Then came the shelves - three total, 17”x60”. They are 3/4 MDF, painted black, then cover with glitter-infused Stone Coat epoxy, for a “galaxy” look:











The whitish lines in the shelves are actually the reflection of the Sheetrock tape joints in my garage ceiling, lol:



I plan to move it into position tomorrow and load it up - more pictures to follow...

Nightfall

Kind of looks like AV1260 but the picture isn't clear enough to read it for sure.

oldschlpolkie

It’s an AV1260 and it’s paired with a ref 31 pre.

verb

Very nice @daddyjt !

audioluvr

oldschlpolkie wrote: »

Just picked this up from CL for $130 and swapped out my integra 5060 and I’m blown away. The b&k is close to 1/3 the power of the Onkyo but is way better sound to me.

Duh. Someone here once said "watts isn't everything". Let the battle begin!

gp4jesus

@daddyjt: please grab one or more wide angle shots of the frame before placing shelves.

I think you built something very similar to what I have but you got to decide* the distance between the shelves*. That said I’d like to copy and mod (slightly) 😊
*instead of the manufacturer

Tony

gp4jesus

oldschlpolkie wrote: »

It’s an AV1260 and it’s paired with a ref 31 pre.

what’s a ref 31 pre?

Nightfall

gp4jesus wrote: »

oldschlpolkie wrote: »

It’s an AV1260 and it’s paired with a ref 31 pre.

what’s a ref 31 pre?

BlueBirdMusic

@daddyjt, I like the looks of your work. Looking forward to your new pictures.

I have always liked the "old" Standesign audio stands with the cascading shelves.

oldschlpolkie

The ref 30 had an upgrade option that made it a ref 31. It's upgraded if you see an oval "Upgraded" sticker next to the volume knob and a blue screen instead of the factory green screen. It added several internal upgrades basically making it a ref 50 (see photo).

Tony M

Love the stand and paint you chose!

I agree, nice work.

daddyjt

gp4jesus wrote: »

@daddyjt: please grab one or more wide angle shots of the frame before placing shelves.

I think you built something very similar to what I have but you got to decide* the distance between the shelves*. That said I’d like to copy and mod (slightly) 😊
*instead of the manufacturer

Tony

I certainly will today before I begin setup, and I’ll include dimensions:-)

xsmi

SDA-SRS’s still don’t have the crossovers in them, because I’m too chicken to solder them. So, I did this a couple of weeks ago and finally sat down to listen. It’s been almost 20years since I’ve had Maggies.

xsmi

just put together my Monolith Audio stand. Tomorrow, I'll tear all of this down and transfer my equipment to the new stand. I'll do some cable management then.

motorstereo

Yesterday I hooked up a micro Mcintosh-Polk set up for the kitchen. I've had the speakers for several years now and I finally found a way to use them.

Tony M

motorstereo wrote: »

Yesterday I hooked up a micro Mcintosh-Polk set up for the kitchen. I've had the speakers for several years now and I finally found a way to use them.

NICE receiver!
I love my M3's and M5's.

motorstereo

Tony M wrote: »

NICE receiver!
I love my M3's and M5's. [/quote]


Thanks; Yes I like the sound of the M2's the only problem is their odd shape and those confounded mounting brackets. Being that I had the time I fashioned up some kickstands in the back to keep them upright. So far so good and they're not wobbly at all.

Tony M

Still re-arranging and liking what I'm doing. Still have a long way to go though.
Man those little KEF Coda 90's are impressing me the more I play them.

steveinaz

Did some work on the shop rig. Got rid of the $20 Monoprice DAC and bought a 20ft toslink cable to go from the TV to Yamaha receiver's DAC. Much cleaner install, and I'm sure the Yammie DAC will be better. It certainly has more GAIN. I didn't realize the Yamaha had an on-board DAC until the other day. (HTR 5540). Time for some Amazon HD music!

xsmi

Put my AudioQuest Speaker cables in the system, immediately more clarity. I'll let them burn in a little longer.

audioluvr

Tony M wrote: »

Still re-arranging and liking what I'm doing. Still have a long way to go though.

Give me a dumpster and 8-12 hours and I can make that place look and sound STELLAR!

BlueFox

LOL. +1

treitz3

Everyone is on different levels and steps along their own audio journey. The last two comments were unnecessary and to be quite frank, mean spirited.

Tony is a good contributor to this forum and always has been. Lighten up and think about where you were at the beginning of your own personal audio journey. Would you be happy if someone responded the way you did to him just now?

He is happy. Why rain on his parade?

Tom

audioluvr

Tony knows I'm just F**king with him. He's making great progress.

Tony M

I know some guys can't stand clutter. It will creep up on you as that show HOARDERS shows. Traumatic events changes people. My neck pain changed me.

Here's the front room before the pain became unbearable. I spent many days laying on that couch praying for relief. And I always got it, for a while.



A GREAT member on this forum, maybe it was @audioluver, who offered to drive hundreds of miles just to help me downsize and purge. FOR FREE. The member just wanted to help another guy out. I think the member was retired though.

Yes @treitz3 and others, I am happy.
My neck is 95% better and I'm continually ticking things off of my long to-do list FINNALLY, after about 14 years since I gave up my OCD. These past 3 years have been me climbing back up to be almost the man I was.

I was listening to Bob Seager yesterday. His Best-CD. Those KEFs were sounding great and the song "like a rock" came up. That song hit home! How time flies!

I have a nice big umbrella that can shed off most insulting innuendos. I used to be a perfectionist and hated dust. Vacuumed all the time too. Then my neck got bad and I found that rest was more important.

I've heard the proverbial "there's too much junk" in my room since I joined. And I understand 100% if the image/s make others cringe. I was down for about 10 years and that's when it got bad. I've told the story a couple of times HOW I got so much. It was buying audio stuff to help ease the suffering I was going through. Also, the prices I paid for the STUFF was always a bargain. The hoarders most repeated words, "they were bargains I couldn't pass up".

Now saving the old food boxes and old newspapers is at a level I don't think I could ever get to. I still hate spiders and roaches!!!

I don't think I'll be a one stereo guy ever again. I like the sound of too many speakers. Take my new to me repaired KEFs. Bought them for 50.00. Held on to them for years. Then a week ago, while re-organizing and condensing speakers to get ready to sell again ( my neck is doing great again, so I can easily meat people again ) I got to back of the room and pulled the KEFs out to repair those crinkled tweeters, if the replacements weren't going to cost too much. I found tweeters at Parts Express for 20 each. The reviews were pretty good. Now they're fixed, I've enjoyed them this past week, and they are a set I might...sell. But they sound sooo good to me right now. They ARE small...LOL, maybe keepers. LOL

I have a ton to sell! And I'll keep many gems because they are super special.

I used to be a one system guy because that's all I could afford. But then I found that set of Polk Monitor 10's at Goodwill and my pay grade had been increasing for years, the house got paid off and I then had SPARE $$ for STUFF.

I have 2 nibbles right now on 4 beautiful MCS towers I have placed on a few more local sites last night. I'd love to sell them OR donate or even give them away. Space is a commodity to me.

I'm going to sell some older collected speakers and stuff for what I paid pretty much now. It sure is a bad time to be selling though!

I just got 2 more nibbles since I was typing the above. That's 4 guys interested.

I just might be starting my 3rd purge since Feb. 5th 2009.

nooshinjohn

Are the Maggies for sale?

Tony M

nooshinjohn wrote: »

Are the Maggies for sale?

One of my life's regret was selling them. Needed money so to speak at that time.

I think they were 2.8R's.

The fellow actually called me back a few years later and asked if I wanted to buy them back. He said for less than he paid of course. I wanted to soooo bad but I think I had just bought the Triton Ones and didn't have any spare hundreds lying around anymore.

I LOVED those things! True ribbon tweeters.
They almost didn't need a sub for most music.