Hiya

[crazyfingers]

There is no place for new members to say hello so I'm saying hello here.

I completed most of my hifi system between 1978 and 1990

The core of my current system as of a week ago was my:

Allison three speakers
Carver Cube M400 amp
ADCOM GTP-500 preamp
AudioControl Octave EQ
Bose Soundtouch link to connect over the wifi my digital library
Denon CDR-W1500 duel bay CD player/writer

In the past I also had
3 Nakamichi cassette decks all connected at once (for Grateful Dead tape trading)
DBX route selector
DBX noise reduction

I recently re-commissioned my Technics SL-3200 turntable with a new Ortofon 2M Blue cartridge

Last week I replaced the ADCOM with a new NAD C 658 streaming preamp to more reliably stream my digital music over wifi. The Bose has been a bit glitchy. And to my happy surprise the NAD also sounds a whole lot better than the ADCOM.

I am undecided whether to put the EQ back between the preamp and amp. It's an AudioControl Octave

I retired a year ago and am getting back into serious listening and the NAD was a major spruce-up. So much better than the older ADCOM what was developing kinks like one speaker going silent when using the balance control.

So here I am looking a what else I can update. I absolutely love my Allison Three speakers from 1978 and I did do the woofer maintenance. The Carver? No complaints.

On the Video side I have an LG OLED C2 65" TV with Samsung soundbar with subwoofer and Panasonic 4K Blue ray player.

At the moment the stereo and the TV are separate. My room configuration doesn't allow putting the TV between the two speakers so there is no point.

I don't really know what I would want to add or update that this point. But I'm trying to learn all about digital. I grew up analog and digital equipment is new to me. I know what a DAC is.

I am glad that way back when I was populating my iTunes that input CDs at the high quality setting and not a standard AAC. And when buying music I've chosen ALAC or FLAC (concerted to ALAC myself)

For a long time I had a computer with a decent analog output plug but my new computer lacks audio outs. But I used iTunes for the iPod.

When my iPod Classic finally dies I will probably be done with Apple for good.

And I almost exclusively listen to Grateful Dead and Dead and Company.

So that's me. Hi

 

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