Audioholics

[denissawyer]

Just wondering how many of the members here are audioholics ?

[letterk]

Used to be...back in college.

[castlecraver]

I have never once been drunk on audiohol.

(Sorry, it's funnier when someone asks me if I'm a workaholic)

[JayKay]

I am. 7.1 onkyo system put together in my living room. 20+yr old cerwin vegas rebuilt in my bedroom with a technics amp. RF and MTX amps in my car powering 2 RF 12's. The mtx powers 4 of Memphis Audio 3 ways around the interior and Pioneer tweeters with a pioneer head unit. I should have gone with components in the front doors but I wasnt planning on amping the interior origionally untill a came accross a deal to good to pass up on the 4x amp.

[denissawyer]

Onkyo eh? I was looking at their 805 Receiver to hook up to some paradigms any suggestions ?

[micah1_8]

I'm not really an audioholic, but I do listen socially.

I don't go in for all the high end equipment and special cables and such, but I do have a "sweet spot" that I like to sit in when watching my movies with surround sound, and I have both my living room and bedroom wired for surround.

[2bits]

Been on the wagon since I got a pair of

Braun LV1020 active crossover tri-amplified speakers
back in 1976? (32 years ago - Yike's I'm getting old!)

Use them everyday. (Guess its a little less than 9 cents /day)

Never shopped for speakers since (except to help someone else)

[ulven22]

Used to be, I was even a partner in an audio design shop when I was 18 building custom speakers in homes and cars. one of the cars even won the Norwegian Championship and was sposored by Alpine, MTX and Honda Civic

For the homesystems we used Seas. We quit the car competitions because we had to use MTX(didnt like the sound).

We even had soundtesting for Electrocompagniet, Cylindra and MHF

Right now I have a Denon home theatre amplifire with a JVC DVD and a mix of Dantax, PSB and Mission speaker in the living room in the basement I have NAD amplifier and PSB speakers connetcted with airport express to my mini mac in the Bathroom and bedroom i have Tivoli audio.

My kids also have their own setups at 3 and 6

[mozart]

Onkyo eh? I was looking at their 805 Receiver to hook up to some paradigms any suggestions ?

I'm just now in the process of revamping my HT/stereo setup. I have Paradigm Monitor 9 speakers, which is pretty much the only component I intend to keep. I have personally settled on the Rotel sound. Before going the route of the Japanese mass-market products, I'd encourage you to look at the more dedicated companies like Rotel, NAD, Arcam, Cambridge Audio, etc. They have fewer bells and whistles, but what they have is usually of excellent quality. Why spend money on stuff that is never being used?

You probably know all about this already, and it all depends on your needs and wants, but I wanted to point that out.

Best - MM

[jazzman]

Old school, here. Tubes, turntable, two speakers, and a tubed DAC for the Rotel CD player. The only thing missing is time use them.

[patrisVII]

Old school, here. Tubes, turntable, two speakers, and a tubed DAC for the Rotel CD player. The only thing missing is time use them.

-Well Tempered Classic table and arm, Grado Sonata cartridge.

-home made Phono pre amp (variation on the RCA tube manual circuit using 6SL and SN 7's, but this is a constantly evolving design.)

-Light DAC AH no oversampling DAC fed from my DVD player.

-home made headphone amp (single stage ECC99, LED biased, Electraprint output transformers) driving Grado RS2 phones

-home made triode tube amp (ECC99 transformer coupled to 300b, Electraprint output transformers - about 7 watts power out) driving Tekton single driver speakers (modified Fostex driver)

- Sony sub.

The headphone rig sees about 20 times more use than the power amp and speakers.

[JayKay]

The onkyo 805 reciever is a very nice home theater reciever. I have a friend who just bought one to put his system together. I've heard good things about Cambridge audio products but haven heard them my self. In terms of the mass-market crap I think Onkyo is probably my favorite and most of their products sound great.

[Stanley]

Vintage tube stereos ROCK. Vinyl still is king. Turn down the lights and feel the warm glow of the tubes basking you in glorious sound.

Yeah, I'm an audioholic

[hoselayer]

I am definitely and Audiophile.

[letterk]

I'm just now in the process of revamping my HT/stereo setup. I have Paradigm Monitor 9 speakers, which is pretty much the only component I intend to keep. I have personally settled on the Rotel sound. Before going the route of the Japanese mass-market products, I'd encourage you to look at the more dedicated companies like Rotel, NAD, Arcam, Cambridge Audio, etc. They have fewer bells and whistles, but what they have is usually of excellent quality. Why spend money on stuff that is never being used?

You probably know all about this already, and it all depends on your needs and wants, but I wanted to point that out.

Best - MM

I have a Rotel RB-980BX amp, bought in 1997 and it still kicks butt.

[grb]

Yes, as my wife says I am an audio nut. My systems consist of:

HT
Parasound 7100 Controller
Parasound HCA 2205 5.1 power amp
Klipsch KSP-400 Fronts
Klispch Ksp-300 Rears
Klipsch Ksp-C6 Center
SVS sub woofer

Two Channel Rig: (In the man-cave where I decompress)
McIntosh 1985 C-32 Pre-amp
McIntosh 1985 2205 Power Amp
MusicHall MMF-5 Turntable
Pioneer Elite SACD/DVD player
Klipsch 1984 Cornwalls (oiled walnut with re-worked crossovers)
About 350 albums on vinyl and about 600 CD's

I listen to music almost every evening. Listening right now.
A little Coltrane or Monk (and a Blanton's) will make the worst day tolerable.

[ouch]

I love audio equipment. I have a better rig at work (an ancient Carver receiver and Magnepan SMG's) than most people have in their home. I do pretty good at home, too.

[Mysterion]

Started with tube amps in the 70s, sold high-end stuff in college, worked in recording studios in the 80s...decided I liked music better than equipment fetishes, though I've always kept a nice mid-fi system.

Change in living situation meant my bachelor equipment (ancient Dahlquist DQ-9s, '70s Rotel integrated, original Carver Receiver, various input devices) rarely got exercised. I downsized to a surprisingly nice Super T-amp based system for casual living room use, and invested in decent headphone equipment for my office. I've got a pair of Senn 580s (that I don't care for that much,) and AKG 271s that I find outstandingly articulate, if a little bass shy. It's a somewhat noisy city neighborhood, so closed cans are a necessary compromise. I've played with a few SS and tube headphone amps.

Since Mrs. Mysterion and I both work at home in a row house, this keeps everyone happy, including the neighbors. Headphone systems are the ultimate in WAF--no big ugly speakers, and the packages that come in the mail are much smaller. It's not the same as a "real" (room pressurizing) audio system, but you can put get really nice music reproduction for well under a grand. And you can listen to Eric Dolphy at 3 AM without any tears.

[grb]

I love audio equipment. I have a better rig at work (an ancient Carver receiver and Magnepan SMG's) than most people have in their home. I do pretty good at home, too.

Wow, a set of Maggies at work? Nice.

I've only got a crappy set of computer speakers and Itunes...What's at the house?

[ouch]

Wow, a set of Maggies at work? Nice.

What's at the house?

Big maggies.