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[triode12]

Must have purchased more than three pieces of gear (accessories are not valid inclusions) in the last 6 months...own up! [puts hands up]

What have you purchased in the last 6 months...

Edited by triode12, 16 July 2012 - 10:10 AM.

[DoggieHowser]

MPS5
ARC Reference 5SE
Plinius SA Reference
Electrocompaniet Nemos
JL F113
Lenehan ML2 Reference

Crap.

[Cafad]

AA Capitol
Rotel RA1520
Emotiva Mini-X
Cyrus 8
MF A220
Denon PMA1510AE
Perreaux E160i
Lite DAC-AH
Sonneteer Campion
Yamaha AS1000
Myryad Z142

Though some of those probably don't count, since I knew I wasn't going to keep them all.

[Dismord]

10 metres of cotton/teflon insulated solid core silver wire for knitting up my own interconnects. ( at an absolute bargain price off eBay Hong Kong)
6 Eichman RCA Plugs
6 Vampire XLR plugs
2 Icon Audio MB845 II monoblocks.
1 JICO SAS stylus replacement for Shure M95E
Belt for VPI 'HRX' Turntable.
Tone arm pivot damping fluid for VPI 'JMW 12.4 arm.
Akai AT 2450 FM tuner
Variable temp' soldering iron/station.
Vacuum solder remover.

Edited by Dismord, 16 July 2012 - 12:57 PM.

[sjay]

i purposely do not keep track although my thread sort of keeps a record.

Edited by sjay, 16 July 2012 - 12:20 PM.

[kunalraiker]

Lots, embarrassed to disclose.

[Vitruvian]

Lite Lt-1 transport
3 x Emotiva UPA-1 monoblocks (+ mods by Decky)
Preorder Emotiva XMC-1 Pre/ Pro
over $1k music

and I will definitely get the XSP-1 scheduled for 1 September. I also need to put an engagement ring on my gf finger by years end because she is awesome i.e. She enjoys music as much as I do.

...and I am a full-time student (at least I have a scholarship and some lecturing).

[Dismord]

MPS5
ARC Reference 5SE
Plinius SA Reference
Electrocompaniet Nemos
JL F113
Lenehan ML2 Reference

Crap.

These kinds of lists often leave me in that dark. I have no idea, for instance, what a JL F113 or an MPS5 are.

[DRC]

MPS5
ARC Reference 5SE
Plinius SA Reference
Electrocompaniet Nemos
JL F113
Lenehan ML2 Reference

Crap.

It could be said that all the above purchases were 'necessities' and have nothing to do with GAS. Nice system.

I don't tend to focus on what I have purchased recently, averages over the years are a better indication. Years between 0-15 have been helping to keep my average numbers OK. My forward projections are also taken into account, between 100-150 I am not planning on acquiring much, and very little when I exceed 150 years of age. Actually, I don't spend that much really, on average.

[didier]

These kinds of lists often leave me in that dark. I have no idea, for instance, what a JL F113 or an MPS5 are.

I'm with you, though I reckon they're a fair bit better than the JLF112 and MPS4.

[A J]

About two pages of stuff, but primarily:

Audio GD Ref 5.2
NAD M51
Hypex Ncore monoblock amps
Empirical Audio Sychro-mesh
Audiophilleo AP2
Celestion Ditton 11 speakers
Various squeezeboxen
Lots of DIY parts for amps/power supplies/cables
Pro-ject III Classic
Ortofon 2M Black
PS Audio GCPH phono stage
Pro-ject speed control
Pro-ject Pre
Pro-ject tuner
Fetzilla amp (Aspen)
Jungson Moon Harbour DA-CD3 HDCD player (I will be likely selling this soon as I don't havbe anywhere for it to go)


I have suffered GAS to the point that it took a front seat in my daily routine, trawling SNA and other forums for the latest ideas, totally distracting me from the more important things in life. I've decided that from today, I will have a 12 month cold-turkey where I buy nothing other than new music. The fact I haven't had a job since March adds extra emphasis.

I should now kick back and enjoy what I do have, and not worry about being a gear mongrel.

[triode12]

I'm with you, though I reckon they're a fair bit better than the JLF112 and MPS4.

Actually, when I demo'd the F110, F112 and F113 together. I preferred the F110 over the other two for 2ch. The F112 and F113 were more optimised for HT IMO.

Edited by triode12, 16 July 2012 - 01:23 PM.

[nzdans]

This should be a laugh...

For me, celebrating 3 months of nil income :

Usher BE-718 Tiny Dancer (stand mount speakers)
Jungson Moon Harbour (CD player)
AKG Q701 (headphones)
Antipodes Komako (RCA interconnect)
Neutrik RCA plugs x 4
Neutrik 3.5mm plugs x 4
25 feet of 22AWG silver teflon wire- 19 strand (wire for DIY interconnects)
Pro-ject Headbox II (headphone amp)
JDS Labs Objective 2 (headphone amp)
Ortofon Rondo Red (MC cartridge)
Jplay (PC playback software)
S Booster (plugin placebo effect thingo for Squeezebox power packs)
Aldi battery packs x 2 (for USB DAC usage)
LiTe DAC-AH (old skool DAC)
Phono cartridge stylus alignment tool

The fact I haven't had a job since March adds extra emphasis.

Man do I know where you're coming from?!

Edited by nzdans, 16 July 2012 - 01:33 PM.

[DoggieHowser]

Actually, when I demo'd the F110, F112 and F113 together. I preferred the F110 over the other two for 2ch. The F112 and F113 were more optimised for HT IMO.

I would take 2 JL Audio f110 subs over 1 f113 for music.

[Juicester]

These kinds of lists often leave me in that dark. I have no idea, for instance, what a JL F113 or an MPS5 are.

Sub and a disc spinner I believe.


I don't qualify as suffering from GAS because my budget doesn't allow it... Only 1 purchase in that time-frame (Plinius CD101).

If it counts, I get the other gas all the time. Especially after red onion.

[Luc]

Nothing prior to this post and nothing after this post.

Edited by Luc, 16 July 2012 - 02:56 PM.

[colby1970]

unfortunately i have WSN* syndrome so ive only managed on piece of gear, my VPI scoutmaster

(*Wife Says No)

[Cafad]

You need to get off that audio diet of yours Luc, it's not good for you. You should be building up your eardrums with constant use, not allowing them to languish and decay due to lack of exercise.

[Luc]

You need to get off that audio diet of yours Luc, it's not good for you. You should be building up your eardrums with constant use, not allowing them to languish and decay due to lack of exercise.

EXACTLY!

I'll pass this message on to the handbrake in the hope that she see's the real reasoning behind certain things that I do...it's all actually for her; A happy Luc is a happy hubby and a happy hubby is nice hubby, one that does ...no, not going there in a public blog but she'll feel the love...surely?

Cherry wood finish, unobtrusive, only need a valve amp to really make them sing(say that very quickly) and of course the crummy old hifi stand really needs an update to match the speakers and a couple of extra shelves for the amps and then there is the question of bi-wire+single cables and the fact that you need more than(wipes mouth...).

Yep, I'll pass this sage advice on Cafad

Edited by Luc, 16 July 2012 - 03:16 PM.

[Decky]

Music

$17 bucks worth of cable ties in Jaycar (greedy bastards)

[sjay]

EXACTLY!

I'll pass this message on to the handbrake in the hope that she see's the real reasoning behind certain things that I do...it's all actually for her; A happy Luc is a happy hubby and a happy hubby is nice hubby, one that does ...no, not going there in a public blog but she'll feel the love...surely?

Cherry wood finish, unobtrusive, only need a valve amp to really make them sing(say that very quickly) and of course the crummy old hifi stand really needs an update to match the speakers and a couple of extra shelves for the amps and then there is the question of bi-wire+single cables and the fact that you need more than(wipes mouth...).

Yep, I'll pass this sage advice on Cafad

Ask her if she would prefer if your mistress was something or someone else instead....



see what she says to that lol

[rantan]

Ask her if she would prefer if your mistress was something or someone else instead....



see what she says to that lol

............ and soon after you get up of the floor with "groin injury "

Edited by rantan, 16 July 2012 - 07:15 PM.

[twwen2]

Nice one. I realised the other day I've got 5 pairs of standmounts in the house. I've got to the point where I'm putting them in my siblings' rooms so I can justify not selling them.

[mrdave]

Couple of Manley Mahis, few Anthony Gallo orblets for the HT side, few bits of MF X-blah V3, a set of Beyerdynamic cans, enough bits to construct three SE amps once I make up my mind what I am building & enough cabling to wrap around that pile a few times.
Yeah, I think I have the GAS.


Cheers,
D

[zanlation]

I build audio equipment I don't really need.... does that count? My computer speakers are Mark Audio Alpair 7.3 Pensils that took me over 60 hours to build!!

[bhobba]

Ha - where do I start

Listing it will probably frighten me so I won't do it - but as anyone who reads my posts knows I get a LOT of stuff. Huge amount of fun though.

Thanks
Bill

[Dr X]

Nothing...Is there anything worth buying?

[LogicprObe]

You sick, sick people...........................I'm glad there's no poll!

[:) al]

hehe guilty....

when want takes over from need ! then you know ....

have been clearing the odd bit of surplus gear of late. but still have a little hoard....

[datafone]

Small budget here..

Valves (Winged C's)
caps (Hovland Musicap, Mundorf ZN and Alexandra's)
resistors (Kiwame, Shinkoh)
wire (Neotech)
cart (2M Bronze)
Eichmann plugs for the Sansui's phono leads
2x SLA batteries & charger
pair of ICs. (Aurealis R1)
Some LPs

So not really gear as such, so I'm safe apart from the ICs and cart

Edited by datafone, 17 July 2012 - 11:05 PM.

[Bodhi]

...yes, it's got me by the balls and boot heels!! Here is my list...

Boulder 1060
Boulder 1010
Jorma Prime power cables 1.5 mtrs (x 3)
Jorma Prime xlr 1.0 mtr (x1)
Jorma Origo xlr 1.0 mtr (x1)
Taoc SCB-RS50G isolation board

Bodhi

Edited by Bodhi, 17 July 2012 - 12:29 AM.

[Bodhi]

This should be a laugh...

For me, celebrating 3 months of nil income :

Hahaha, i'm celebrating 3 years of no income!

Edited by Bodhi, 18 July 2012 - 07:37 PM.

[tktran]

The best gear I like collecting is listening rooms.

3x4m
3x5m
4x6m
6x9m

One day after moving into a tiny 2 bedroom apartment, I realised that all that money, time and effort obsessing about differences in equipment was a waste of time. My $10K piano sounded crap. What I really needed was a better acoustic venue. So now over the years I have acquired several listening spaces. The small ones can't be helped eg. the study, but my best room is 6x9m, opening out into another room, carpetted, lots of soft furnishings, high ceilings.

All instruments can now breathe, you can play loud but it never hurts your ears, and speakers are at least a metre or two from any given wall, there is no TV or screen or gear in the centre to ruin the soundstage- images are locked in and voices just hang in the air. And the bass is just stupendous.

Luckily these days most homes have "theatre" room. If you really love music, get rid of the television, convert it to a dedicated music room and your best instruments, studio or hifi gear will sound vastly better.

Edited by tktran, 17 July 2012 - 01:52 AM.

[LogicprObe]

Yes...........I have an 8x4m room with 3m ceiling.
No carpet, just a couple of rugs.
The opening is at the end of one of the long sides and it works like a horn there!
It really carries into the adjoining room.

[Dismord]

Yes...........I have an 8x4m room with 3m ceiling.
No carpet, just a couple of rugs.
The opening is at the end of one of the long sides and it works like a horn there!
It really carries into the adjoining room.

HOORAY ! ! ! Finally on an audio forum I encounter someone who understands the most important audio component is the listening room. Get that wrong and you sure as hell are wasting your money. What really pisses me off though is the stupidity of audioporn press adds that tirelessly illustrate state of the art speakers being run in highly replicative acoustic nightmares. Go figure !

[twwen2]

HOORAY ! ! ! Finally on an audio forum I encounter someone who understands the most important audio component is the listening room. Get that wrong and you sure as hell are wasting your money. What really pisses me off though is the stupidity of audioporn press adds that tirelessly illustrate state of the art speakers being run in highly replicative acoustic nightmares. Go figure !

We have to work with what's available to us. Rooms, while important, are often the one thing we can't change.

[triode12]

We have to work with what's available to us. Rooms, while important, are often the one thing we can't change.

But you can improve upon but adding acoustic treatment.

[Dismord]

We have to work with what's available to us. Rooms, while important, are often the one thing we can't change.

Yes, the real world rears it's ugly head ( usually in the form of She Who Must Be Obeyed) but that doesn't alter the reality that given an acoustically awful room the most carefully assembled collection of audio gear is wasted. Even digital room correction can't cure really bad acoustics.

[JohnA]

i suffer from a different kind of gas

its all that damn protein i tells ya

Edited by JohnA, 17 July 2012 - 12:48 PM.

[David.M]

Does my ASR Emitter II + BPS qualify? It is 4 boxes

Edited by David.M, 17 July 2012 - 05:47 PM.

[Jventer]

Too ashamed to tell

[Batty]

I don't have much gear....
5 amps
2 TTs
5 pairs of speakers
3 DACs
1 tuner
4 cartridges
1 digi streamer
1 headphone amp
1 SUT
and 0 CD players

[rantan]

I am a model of restraint and musical virtue.

I have
1 CD player
1 top loading transport and matching DAC
2 amplifiers
2 pairs of speakers
and a pair of speaker cables blessed by angels for harmonic efficaciousness and joy.

So very modest, but someone needs to show some restraint.

[audiohobbs]

In the last six months I bought a pair of Usher S20 speakers, a Zoom HN4 digital recorder and a pair of Etymotic 'phones. The latter could be said to be accessories, but they are *so* much more than that! Just over six months ago I purchased my beloved PMC OB1 speakers.... Time flies when one enjoys one's purchases... ;-)

[JeffK]

I don't have much gear....
5 amps
2 TTs
5 pairs of speakers
3 DACs
1 tuner
4 cartridges
1 digi streamer
1 headphone amp
1 SUT
and 0 CD players

Only 5 pairs of speakers Batty!? Cmon man get with the programme.