Audio Bliss & Best of All Worlds! Technics SL-1210 MK5 w/ Ortofon Super OM40 > Tube Box DS > iD14 > RME ADI-2 DAC > Fostex TH610 Lawton Black Limba Chambers...

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Best of All Worlds!!!

This is sublime...

Best of Dire Straights & Mark Knopfler 2005 180gm Vinyl Pressing > Technics SL-1210MK5 w/ Ortofon Super OM40 Stylus > Tube Box DS Phono Preamp > Audient iD14 Burr Brown PCM4202 A/D 24/96 USB ASIO capture to PC > USB ASIO to RME ADI-2 DAC @ 24/96  > Fostex TH610 w/ Lawton Black Limba Chambers..... ahhhhhhhhh absolute Blisssssssss 
Without any hint of sibilance and just sweet golden top end and firm punchy bottom end!!
This is the way Vinyl is meant to be heard!

Lets be friends for ever....

 

Technics SL1210MK5

 

Ortofon Super OM40 Stylus

 

 

Tube Box DS

 

Audient iD14

 

The RME ADI-2 DAC & Friends.. 

 

And last but not least... Fostex TH610 Lawton Black Limba Chambers

 

And my collection of chambers for the TH610s.

 

 

 

Edited January 7 by Hilton

[Hilton 78]

More Pics @ Flickr below

 

 

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The Workstation

Sony SS-T70ES Speakers Powered by Logitech Z906

Soon to be replaced by Purifi 1ET400A Amps - Overkill I know - The new Amps will share duties on the main system powering the SS-X70ED Speakers with 2 x Velodyne 10" Subs (1 of the Subs sits next to my workstation that will be switchable from main system to workstation system and will be wired via the RME ADI-2 for Workstation use)

Sony 5200ES AVR Amp powers the main system and will soon be replaced by Denon 8500H (with 1ET400A Amps for mains in a 9.2.4 Atmos configuration)
The rest of the surround floor speakers are also SS-X70ED speakers with SS-XC70ED repackaged in a custom wall enclosure behind a custom DIY 120" Spandex acoustically transparent screen.

 

Roon > RME ADI-2 DAC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Properly time and phase aligned based on original cabinet spacing and alignment.  Some insulation was re-packed behind tweeter.

 

 

 

 

Here's an old walk around of the system, though the screen is now mounted on the wall, and a few other things have since changed as per pics above.
 

 

Room Response and Group Delay of the system with the Subs integrated. (@ seating position 3M)
System plays cleanly to about 118db at 3M (more than enough)

 

 

 

Group Delay

 

 

And the digital pinball machine I made at the back of the room. (and yes it has a custom subwoofer built-in)

 

 

 

And water cooled.  

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 7 by Hilton

[mkaramazov 333]

This is all very cool.  Love the way you have repackaged those Sony speakers. 

 

And the pinball machine is plain fantastic.

 

Happy listening!