smaller systems & I'm happy

larryb52
larryb52 Posts: 38
edited March 2007 in 2 Channel Audio
I know you guys are into big systems as I was years ago with Onkyo amps, tuners, 2 Kenwood tape decks, Onkyo cd player (single slot) Hardon Kardon belt drive for the vinyl & 2 Polk 10B's to finish it off. I could either rock the house or make the windows shake from cannon shots from an 1812 overture. However that went when we moved to the condo & I lost my audio room. I did finally achieve that sound via a small Yamaha amp (60 watts) & cd player & 2 Polk Rti6's, while I still miss the real deal of big gear, I was happy last night as I went from a Mountain cd (Flowers of Evil) to a Brahms violin concerto (Hillary Hahn), I realized that I had found my old sound in a small system. Sorry to distract but had to share my momentary bliss as I know I'll want the Lsi9's I listened to sooner or later...
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  • mulveling
    mulveling Posts: 505
    edited March 2007
    Take that another step futher and go to hifi headphones...the Sony Qualia 010 or MDR-R10 could make a grown man weep on a good classical SACD - I was listening to Hillary Hahn play Bach last night/morning on the 010 :D Couldn't listen on the big rig at the time because, well - that's apartment life!

    Seriously though, congrats on finding happiness again. A good small/medium sized monitor is usually a great match for untreated rooms that aren't too large.
    Tannoy Dimension TD10, SOTA Star Sapphire, Heathkit W4A's, McIntosh MC2100, Eddie-Current Zana Deux, Singlepower SDS, Sennheiser HD650, Audio-Technica L3000, Sony Qualia 010
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited March 2007
    Agreed. You can get a phenomenal headphone setup for not much at all. It would be the perfect solution for HIfi in a condo.
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited March 2007
    Volume is only one parameter. There is a ton of stuff you can do without making a lot of noise. Actually, low volume is a lot tougher to get right and more enjoyable once you do. :)
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • larryb52
    larryb52 Posts: 38
    edited March 2007
    I have an old Sony studio series headphones which in the late 80's ran me $250 I still use them...
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