I'm trying to figure out how to summarize this stuff.
My system changes a lot because I'm ever distracted by shiny pennies, but some underlying themes exist:
My system's just a little bit off the beaten path. Flea-powered tube amplifiers producing just a few good watts, esoteric DIY stuff, idler turntables, giant horns. I listen at low volume, prefer jazz at this point.
The stuff (click through for threads with more pictures and information):
Vinyl stuff
Skele-208:
Phonostage is a Herron VTPH-1MC or a Bottlehead Seduction with step up transformers.
Preamp is a passive job, built around S&B TX-102 transformers:
Amplifiers are single ended EL84 monoblocks that I built.
Speakers are based on Edgarhorns.
Here are the best pictures of how it currently all comes together. When I brought the speakers in, I had to rearrange the room kind of radically and everything got stacked on whatever was convenient. I still haven't found a good solution for the stack - I'm still looking for a good "stand" or rack for it all. Oh, and the giant rack thingy that you see on the right side of the second picture is no longer there.![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
My system changes a lot because I'm ever distracted by shiny pennies, but some underlying themes exist:
- I like to DIY
- I like old, heavy turntables
- I like passive preamplifiers
- I like single-ended tubes (or valves)
- I like efficient speakers
- I like the whole KISS concept
My system's just a little bit off the beaten path. Flea-powered tube amplifiers producing just a few good watts, esoteric DIY stuff, idler turntables, giant horns. I listen at low volume, prefer jazz at this point.
The stuff (click through for threads with more pictures and information):
Vinyl stuff
Skele-208:
Phonostage is a Herron VTPH-1MC or a Bottlehead Seduction with step up transformers.
Preamp is a passive job, built around S&B TX-102 transformers:
Amplifiers are single ended EL84 monoblocks that I built.
![0521013.jpg~original](http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w178/whobody/KeggerAmps/0521013.jpg~original)
Speakers are based on Edgarhorns.
![0722005.jpg~original](http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w178/whobody/System/0722005.jpg~original)
Here are the best pictures of how it currently all comes together. When I brought the speakers in, I had to rearrange the room kind of radically and everything got stacked on whatever was convenient. I still haven't found a good solution for the stack - I'm still looking for a good "stand" or rack for it all. Oh, and the giant rack thingy that you see on the right side of the second picture is no longer there.
![0722001.jpg~original](http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w178/whobody/System/0722001.jpg~original)
![0721007.jpg~original](http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w178/whobody/System/0721007.jpg~original)
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