What hi-fi equipment do you have? AKA Currently listening on

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I'll show you mine if you show me yours...

Amp: Sharp (can't remember model number) 40W
I semi-regret buying this, it's not quite as good as the Cambridge Audio amp I traded in for it. Even if it does have a remote control and two tape loops.

CD: Kenwood 200-disc multi-selector
For the lazy music-lover; stick your favourite 200 CDs in and never have to change a disc again.

Turntable: A cacky little Goodmans one I bought for £50 (ish)
Not bad though; I've never felt the need to upgrade it. It has its own built-in phono pre-amp, which is nice.

DVD/HD recorder: LiteOn this one
Which doubles up as a CD recorder. Very handy for copying Sisters tapes to CD (see below)

Cassette deck: A second hand Yamaha model that's older than God's donkey.
I picked it up second hand for about a tenner. Mainly used for copying old Sisters bootleg tapes onto digital media ;) It's the mutt's nuts for a tape deck though; all the 'dobly' noise reductions you could want, bells and whistles and hundreds of flashing LEDs on the front (probably betraying its circa 1984 vintage :lol: )

VCR: Some Chinese piece of sh*t from Dixon's for £25 shortly before they stopped selling them. My old one died :lol:

Minidisc recorder: Sony -- not 100% what model
It's similar to this one. I hardly use it any more. Going on eBay soon...

All hooked together with Cambridge Audio interconnects.

Oh and I nearly forgot my speakers: Gale Gold Monitors
Except mine are Mark I and black not beech. Biwired, natch, with some seriously chunky cable.

Next planned upgrade: If I flog off the MD recorder and current amp, I can get me one of these bad boys

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I like the idea. Let's show off ! :wink:

Amp : Denon PMA-655R

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CD player : Denon DCD-685 (which means I only need one remote ;D)

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Turntable : Denon DP-29F (because I was happy with the other two)

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No cassette deck at the moment.

DVD player : some Samsung, nothing spectacular.

VCR : some cheap but still stereo thingy. It's quite good.

A Panasonic portable MD recorder from 2000.

Speakers : JM Lab Chorus 706 S

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They're good. Great stuff for rock & roll music. 8)
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Badlander wrote:which means I only need one remote ;D)
I've got a programmable multi-remote. It's the size of a brick and eats batteries though :(
Badlander wrote:VCR : some cheap but still stereo thingy. It's quite good.
Yeah, mine's stereo (and hooked in through the amp)

I called it a piece of sh*t, but it works, and that's all you need innit?
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leak 2100 amp (circa 1974)

matching 3 way aluminium sandwich speakers (circa 1973)(bloody great sound)

technics twin tape deck

technics tuner (circa 1985 ish)

technics cd player (£2 from the local oxfam)

some utter piece of s**t that calls itself a record deck that cost £1( i really must get a proper one)

all jioned together with bits of wire and plugs i found in the cupboard under the stairs.
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I've got an Onkyo TX904, apparently dates back to '91 and it's absolutely ace. According to the internet it's 60W at 8 Ohm continuous and 120W at 4 Ohm, all I know is I can't turn the volume up halfway before it switches itself off to save the speakers :lol: Whenever I get the money I'll replace it by an Onkyo surround Amp I think, love it :notworthy:

The speakers are Rock Solid Sounds, 150W (6, but only four connected) but apparently the company's long gone because I can't find any other info about it anywhere. These are the ones anyway :) Great sound, loud, though according to one of my mates 'a bit nasal', whatever :lol:

So far for the stuff I got for free as it's my parents' old stuff.

Then there's my tt340 Marantz turntable which I got for €25 at a 'KringloopCentrum'. My CD is an ancient Sony discman but as I'm not using it that often I'm not replacing it yet, think I'd go for a changer and preferably one that does DVDs as well if I'd replace it.

On my PC I'm using Cambridge Soundworks speakers (2.1), no complaints about those, portable music is an iPod Photo 30GB with brand new Koss in-ear headphones, absolutely lovely stuff though I can't hear a thing from the outside world anymore when I've got them on :lol:
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i'm sure we did this before and to my shame nothing's changed,except for my rotating three near-blunt stylii in my:

record deck: numark (400 i think)
amp: yamaha 300w something or other (if i remember correctly either mr blast or burn has the same model)
cd player: near-terminal thingummy-jig that i was found in a skip
speakers: 2 x80w panasonic (also out of a skip but in perfect order)
1 x 70w technics
1 x 100w hitachi full-range

all given to me or found and actually loud as fuck. no tape deck at the minute but while we're on the subject of freebies i got a brand spanking new panasonic dvd recorder (minus remote) from the tip for nothing the other week...some people must have more money than sense.
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the s**t little cd player you could ever have :evil: :evil: :evil: :lol:
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Someone needs a turntable? :)

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markfiend wrote:I'll show you mine if you show me yours...
:eek: Well okay then Mark if you say it like that! :twisted:

I've got a charming compact Sony - PMC-D407L Personal component system, with an active super woofer system and one cassette deck (for those old cassettes) and it's silver and shiny.

Sometimes I do irritate my neighbours too! :twisted:
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Source: currently Samsung DVDHD950
Well spec.d & the sound absolutely stopped me in my tracks when I heard it.

Turntable: Between turntables currently, but looking at Pro-ject debut range.

Amps (music): 2 x Aura PA 200 in bridged mode, each one driving....

Speakers: B&W Nautilus 805 on bespoke B&W stands

Amp (cinema) : Denon AV1706 driving the 805's for L/R & Warefdale WH2 centre & rears.
Another surprise purchase & worth the money.

Was considering a subwoofer, but not really convinced I need it.
The Sammy & Denon combo do really dig deep, so I'll let my downstairs neighbour have a stay of execution for now. :wink:

Van den hul cables (those Belgians get everywherehuh?) with Ixos interconnects
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Nic wrote:Someone needs a turntable? :)

http://cgi.ebay.de/Monacor-Plattenspiel ... dZViewItem
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Currently? A pair of Goodmans Active 70s coming out of an Edirol UA-20 with a pair of beyerdynamic DT 231 Galatic headphones sitting unused.

In 2 hours? I'll give you the spec when I'm sitting there, because I really can't remember. And if this becomes a dick-size contest, I'll plug into dad's elitist naim audiophile setup :innocent::lol:
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Motz wrote:And if this becomes a dick-size contest, I'll plug into dad's elitist naim audiophile setup :innocent::lol:
No way ! My dad regularly buys a monthly classical music / hi-fi equipment magazine. I do think my stuff's quite okay, but the things you see ! :eek:
Now if you want speakers more expensive than my car... (and I mean when it was brand new) That's a very humbling experience. :wink:

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Aye, some of it's quite obscene. Dad's is nowhere near that range, but he spends ages tweaking it and messing about to get the most out of it. It's surprising how much difference seemingly ridiculous changes can make.
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http://www.bwspeakers.com/index.cfm/fus ... 20Nautilus

Mmmmmm
Would you not rather have these 25k gbp?
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Mine is a no name14w compact sereo with a record player on top.
Tape and CD player have allready gone, but it still is good as an amplyfier for the PC.
The interesting bit are the 5.1 Speakers that give a nice sound, and will also do so with my old Saba Stereo amp I inherited from my father. No idea about it´s output, but I remember it was gorgeously sounding and LOUD!
My neighbours will love it.
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I have an Alba system with fairly small speakers. Got it for a fiver at a car-boot sale from a guy clearing out his recently-dead mother's house. She never used it, so..

I'm satisfied.
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Amp (well receiver) Denon 3803

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Speakers Gale 4020 (with matching centre and surrounds)

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DVD player Samsung HD945

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MP3 player (I listen to all my music through this, no CD player) Squeezebox 2. Got one in the bedroom too 8)

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TV Sony Bravia 32" LCD

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Projector Panasonic PTAE700

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DVD recorder Panasonic DMER55

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Also got TiVo (in the bedroom), Sky+HD and a chipped and networked XBox (great for watching DIVX etc on the big screen)

More money than sense? Well used to have :lol:
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DerekR wrote: More money than sense? Well used to have :lol:
Oh dear Derek! What happened to the images of fairysomethingorother, the animaletjes, the cats and that side of the ying-yang? :(

oh s**t i might be on the wrong thread but that's the weed talking... :innocent:
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MadameButterfly wrote:
DerekR wrote: More money than sense? Well used to have :lol:
Oh dear Derek! What happened to the images of fairysomethingorother, the animaletjes, the cats and that side of the ying-yang? :(

oh s**t i might be on the wrong thread but that's the weed talking... :innocent:


:eek: :eek: and :eek: again :lol:

Stop talking about weed when there's the mother of all droughts going on over here :evil:
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DerekR wrote:
MadameButterfly wrote:
DerekR wrote: More money than sense? Well used to have :lol:
Oh dear Derek! What happened to the images of fairysomethingorother, the animaletjes, the cats and that side of the ying-yang? :(

oh s**t i might be on the wrong thread but that's the weed talking... :innocent:


:eek: :eek: and :eek: again :lol:

Stop talking about weed when there's the mother of all droughts going on over here :evil:
Come over here and I'll explain it all to you.
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MadameButterfly wrote:
DerekR wrote:
MadameButterfly wrote: Oh dear Derek! What happened to the images of fairysomethingorother, the animaletjes, the cats and that side of the ying-yang? :(

oh s**t i might be on the wrong thread but that's the weed talking... :innocent:


:eek: :eek: and :eek: again :lol:

Stop talking about weed when there's the mother of all droughts going on over here :evil:
Come over here and I'll explain it all to you.
There's an offer you don't get every day :wink: :lol:
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DerekR wrote:
MadameButterfly wrote:
DerekR wrote:

:eek: :eek: and :eek: again :lol:

Stop talking about weed when there's the mother of all droughts going on over here :evil:
Come over here and I'll explain it all to you.
There's an offer you don't get every day :wink: :lol:
So get swimming! ;D
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MadameButterfly wrote:So get swimming! ;D
Mark is going to be sooo p!ssed at us<the geek 'n all!> :wink:
Yeah thats a point.

So did I show you my remote control? :lol:

Currently got one of these

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But really want one of these

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mmmm colour :wink:
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