Erik Mandaville Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Jim: Thanks. We really have two systems -- one upstairs that's used for both HT and music, and our downstairs systems seen above. We adopted a young female Akita last year that is handicapped and has quite a difficult time with stairs. When we first got her, she was barely able to stand on her legs, and with tons of love and teaching, she can now run (bounce is more like it!) and play with her siblings. We also taught her how to climb upstairs, but because of this we are spending a little more time downstairs than we used to. The Lowthers used to be the side channels in a 7.1 systems, which has been changed to a more conventional HT with five speakers plus sub. These speakers sound so spooky real with the Moth amp, that I thought it would be kind of a shame if not a waste, to not use them together in a dedicated system. The two way monitors do sound great, like many decent two-ways often do, but for the size of the room, they are just a little on the small side. The Lowthers load the room so well, even at moderate volume levels, so I'm going to probably move them up into my work room, where my drums are now too. I turned that into a very nice space, and both the radio your dad built for me, as well as the SS version my dad sent me for Christmas last year, are in there next to my work bench. Tons of fun! Bruce: I understand the time for mods thing. What's nice about the grid choke is that it's literally about 30 minutes/amp. Once the holes are made, even less than that to take out the grid leak resistor and put the choke in. Still, it just takes time to unplug everything, take the bottoms off, and all of that; and when tired from the week, so much nicer to just sit down to enjoy some music. The Moondogs are also great amps just the way they are. Cool Seth Thomas clock! Erik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt1stcav Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Erik, even with only two systems, I bet your home is quite musical no matter where you're at! Ray, nice vintage gear. That Marantz is sweet...from your description it must really sound superb with those Epic Klipsch (real sleepers overshadowed by Heritage and Reference IMO...Klipsch should've continued the Epic Series as far as I'm concerned).[Y] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben. Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 Cool stuff! I see a Vox, but I don't know the red one.Cool, Ben. That looks like a Newcomb amp from sometime in the '50s.Bruce Good eyes. The Vox is American, but still sounds great. It's a Pacemaker. They switched to SS for the model at some point, but this is one of the early tube versions. 2xEL84 with an EZ81 rectifier. Weber 10" loaded. The red box is indeed a Newcomb. It looks like it was a projector speaker from a school or something. It had a light duty blown Alnico 12" in it, which I pulled in favor of a 1958 Jensen P12Q. I run it open backed from the ext out of the Vox right now. It really made the amp open up. I've been toying of going stereo by running my old Traynor Bass Mate YBA-2A head into the Newcomb, via a Lexicon LXP-5 modulation processor... I just have to draw the line somewhere. Or so I've been told! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Favog Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 O.k.......old thread but one I haven't added the update to yet. So it's time. Not the most current but here's the front end of System #1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Favog Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 Flanking System #1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Favog Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 ....and a hodge-podge of left over gear to make up System #2 in my study. Again, this one isn't current. A Carver C-1 has been mothballed for a McIntosh C33 preamp. I keep the C-1 just in case I run a across a TT cartridge that has a MC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaiser SET say Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 Mighty Fav, is that your dbx in the top of the rack that looks like a control EQ? Looks sweet, I used to have a dbx bxIII years ago and have seen a few out on A-goN however most of the ones I've seen I'm not sure would be worth it since I bought two cheap ones over the last 2 years and they were both CRAP[:|] If memory serves me right that dbx three had both noise supression with dynamic restoration. Are they making a similar unit these days that you know of? It also looks nice with all that Mac[] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Favog Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 Thanks for the kind words Kaiser. I don't think dbx is making the age old models we remember like the 222, 128, 200, 20/20, 20/10, 20/14 etc.... If I remember correcty a company like BSR (or was it ADC?) owned them in the latter consumer market years. They're now geared mainly towards recording studios and live venues. The one you see here is the 1/3 octave model with 31 sliders per side. There's no limiter on this although it's available. Paid about $400 for it about 8 years ago. The only thing I have to work around is that it can only be connected through XLR (balanced), TRS (1/4") or by a barrier strip. You can find it here. I bought it from an interesting chap (pun intended). Now I'm sure you've all heard the cash register sounds at the beginning of the song "Money" from Pink Floyd's DSOM album. That same man recorded and mixed that sound effect owns the store I bought the EQ from. Call it my connection with greatness known as Ian C. Bud (yes, that's his name)... You can find his store here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kudret Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 Here is my main 2 channel system - for now (see my sig). This was my second system (Lamhorns and Marantz 7 are just sold, pCATs are on sale): Kudret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesboy Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 Here's my two channel set up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesboy Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 Left side Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesboy Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 Right side Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mteinum Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Nice thread! Since the last time we have moved to a new house: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seti Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Nice thread! Since the last time we have moved to a new house: Very nice!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaiser SET say Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 Ditto mteinum[] Is that a Benchmark DAC1 on the top shelf next to a Trends? Clean setup 4 sure[] THX for the links Mighty Fav[Y] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaiser SET say Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 Here's my two channel set up. Nice setup BluesBoy[] Say you want a 2 channel rig eh[6] Here's a real thumper[] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mteinum Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 Ditto mteinum Is that a Benchmark DAC1 on the top shelf next to a Trends? Clean setup 4 sure Thanks. Yes, its the Benchmark next to the Trends and below the Squeezebox 3. I'm going to use the Trends with Logitech Duet and a pair of JohnBlue JB3 downstairs in the livingroom, so there are actually two complete systems upstairs now.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaiser SET say Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 Nice mt, those little JB3 look solid[] Love the Avatar, is that the top of a nice Graff amp? You guys get some really nice pieces in Euro[] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinmi Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Still in progress of building the all American stereo-so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.Kennedy Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Hey Kevinmi ... My girlfriend is from Lapeer .... still has family that lives on Grosbeck Rd. I am back there a few times a year. Originally I am from Saginaw. Great looking system you are putting together there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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