Brett's Living Room

[Brett a]

Hi there.

You can see what I'm listening to through this here.

What you're looking at (from left to right)

The CD player is a Rotel RCD-991ae.
APC H-15 power conditioner.
The amplification is a Shanling A3000 dual mono beast
Well Tempered Record Player mounted with an Audio Technica ATOC9MLii hooked up to a slightly modified Jolida JD9 phono amp.
It's all hooked up between a pair of Vienna Acoustic Mozart Grand speakers.

I've got RCA cables from Siltech and Bogdan, AC cords from Signal and AQ, speaker cables are Audioquest Midnight 2 with WBT spades.

Oh, and my headphones are Grado 325 (non-"i"s)

This is Rosie (He's a boy) He was stoned on catnip and we were listening to Coltrane's "Meditations" LP when I was taking his picture.

In this shot, you get a good view of the bass traps in the corners and the acoustic panels low across the baseboards (Regardless of common advice, this placement really helped tighten up the imaging)


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Added 12/16/2011
My current project; a Rek-O-Kut Rondine Jr L-37.
Project thread here:
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=406620

Here's a partial list of some of the other equipment I have on hand:

Marantz DV-8400 universal player
Kenwood KD-2000 Belt Drive Turntable
Garrard AT6 MKII changer (in real nice shape!)
Dual 1215s
Dual 1212
Onkyo A-RV 400 2-channel integrated amp.

 

[Brett a]

I took this one a while back with the "Retro Camera" app on my Driod phone:

I covered the bright LEDs on the power unit with electrical tape to make it easier on my eyes.

Rear view:
In the foreground is the left speaker terminal. The short white RCA with green ends are the preamp jumpers. And a bit low you can see the RCA to balanced adapters I have to run my phono through to avoid the Shanling's internal tube buffer stage.

The Well Tempered and Jolida JD9:

This is a shot of the Well Tempered's bearing-less arm.

And a close up of the ATOC9 MLII:

 

[jimfet]

Love the Buddha. I have two myself.

 

[Vintagegeek]

Nice, I am sure it sounds sweet!

 

[Spectrum77]

All class, mate, all class.

 

[PrestigeWW]

Sweet setup! what are you using to hold your records?

 

[Bob_in_OKC]

Fantastic all around.

 

[vintageboy]

Nice gear and great pictures

 

[cnolanh]

Very very nice!

 

[RayW]

:tresbon:

 

[Art K.]

Great system and great pics, Brett!

 

[ambient]

Transfiguration of Vincent, songs: ohia...great tunes and setup man

 

[RamblinE]

That integrated is a beast. What was that about separates? I can't hear you over this wonderful integrated...

 

[spideyjack]

wow, i bet that sounds great, did you make the record boxes? they make a great stand.

 

[audiozaz]

Sweet system man!

My girlfriend would dig the carpet; so do I but for sonic reasons.

az

 

[1newbe]

Great setup and cool pics man! Love that retro camera on droid, one of my favorite apps. And man Rosie looks like a big Kitty, mine is tiny and Hell on high red wheels without catnip, to the point I don't dare letting her get off on the 'nip...

 

[Brett a]

Thanks for the kind words, everyone.

Sweet setup! what are you using to hold your records?

wow, i bet that sounds great, did you make the record boxes? they make a great stand.

My father made the LP crates several years ago to measurements I gave him. I determined how many LPs each would hold by figuring how much weight I could carry up a flight of stairs (give or take a couple decades of aging). I didn't know at the time that I would use them for stands, but at 22" wide, they fit equipment really well

They are sitting on a single plank that i cut from the top of an old schoolteacher's desk. I put spiked feet under it which I think is overkill, but I just haven't gotten around to making more normal ones out of wood.

 

[EricF]

Simple. Classy. Beautiful.

I like it!!

 

[Andy_H]

What I particularly like about this thread is the abundance of detailed pictures. It's great for those of us who like to ogle and live vicariously.

(Great gear and room although that should go without saying.)

 

[C6Bill]

Absolutely beautiful :thmbsp: