[Le Patron1]

My two passions in life lately have been my M and stereo. What kind of gear do you have? Mine mainly consist of Linn & B&W

[M3insf]

I have been an audiophile for 40 years so I have accumulated lots of equipment:
Krell, Revel, Audio Research, Ayre, Aurender, Esoteric and Stax.

[BMWCCA1]

I've been a hi-fi hobbyist for over 60-years. I've had large JBLs with 15-inch woofers in my home since I was 3-years-old, and still have the originals today. My main system in the new house has JBL 4345 Studio Monitor 4-way speakers with 18-inch woofers, powered in bi-amp form with Crown PS400 and PS200 amps, fed by a Soundcraftsmen Pro-Control-Four pre, Pro-EQ 44, Emotiva DAC, and Ashly electronic crossover. I have several other systems with more Soundcraftsmen pre's, Eqs, and amps, Crown PSL-2 pre, Crown Studio Reference-II amp, Nak Dragon cassette, B&O straight-line tracking tables, JBL/Urei pro amps, Oppo disc player, two more Emotiva DACs, a collection of a dozen JBLs from L1, L3, L5, L7 to 4412A, L112, L150A, C37/030, 250ti, and a couple of DCM TimeFrames 500 and 600. And several spares of many of these irreplaceable items, just in case!

[mc-m3]

Mark Levinson, McIntosh, Magnepan. Guess I'm stuck in the M's.

[zx10guy]

Meridian Audio, Bryston, Velodyne, B&W, Mirage, VPI, Vincent Audio, Oppo Digital, Audioquest, Emotiva, Adcom, Ray Samuels Audio, Grado, Shure, Sumiko, etc, etc.

[rustyrotors]

As I lay here reading this, Pass Labs Int-60, Spatial Audio M4 Turbo speakers, SVS sub, Rega P8 Turntable with Apheta 3, Sony XA5400ES CD player, and some other stuff.

[M5Rick]

Pioneer amp with matching radio,cd,eq,and Sony DAB player.

[Murf993]

So like many other I've been a hobbyist for most of my life, well over 40 years. I got into tubes a long time ago with an odd ball Tuner and Amp. Madison Fielding with a set of Klipsh Heresy's. I moved up to Synthesis Amp and Zu Omen speakers.

My current system is a MacIntosh MA7900 with Tannoy Kensington GR speakers and a Bluenose Bellavista turntable.

[Tommy-G]

I have two dope 6*9’s in a shoe box that really kick

[sygazelle]

Originally Posted by BMWCCA1

I've been a hi-fi hobbyist for over 60-years. I've had large JBLs with 15-inch woofers in my home since I was 3-years-old, and still have the originals today. My main system in the new house has JBL 4345 Studio Monitor 4-way speakers with 18-inch woofers,.....

My college roommate worked at JBL in Glendale, CA. While we didn't have any JBL speakers in our tiny apartment, we did go to his bosses house for a party one time to hear the just-released Blood, Sweat, and Tears album on the bosses JBL Paragon system. That night I realized there sound systems better than my 8 track player in my VW bug. That JBL Paragon speaker system was amazing.

I never did become a high-end audiophile. Life got in the way. Now that I can afford to be one, my hearing is shot.

[3.0L]

Originally Posted by BMWCCA1

I've been a hi-fi hobbyist for over 60-years. I've had large JBLs with 15-inch woofers in my home since I was 3-years-old, and still have the originals today. My main system in the new house has JBL 4345 Studio Monitor 4-way speakers with 18-inch woofers, powered in bi-amp form with Crown PS400 and PS200 amps, fed by a Soundcraftsmen Pro-Control-Four pre, Pro-EQ 44, Emotiva DAC, and Ashly electronic crossover. I have several other systems with more Soundcraftsmen pre's, Eqs, and amps, Crown PSL-2 pre, Crown Studio Reference-II amp, Nak Dragon cassette, B&O straight-line tracking tables, JBL/Urei pro amps, Oppo disc player, two more Emotiva DACs, a collection of a dozen JBLs from L1, L3, L5, L7 to 4412A, L112, L150A, C37/030, 250ti, and a couple of DCM TimeFrames 500 and 600. And several spares of many of these irreplaceable items, just in case!

During my career I repaired a wide variety of electronic gizmos, including stereo system speakers. I found it amazing how often I'd pull a speaker grill, only to find dozens of pencil holes in the cone. Other times, I'd find the speaker cone completely separated from the driver. In cars, I'd find where only the driver was left, the sun having completely disintegrated the cone into dust.

[eliphil]

I has an awesome B&O in my RS7 that had tremendous high end sound. My new M550 has an HK that I am not thrilled with. If anyone knows if there is a good way to improve please let me know. My wifes upgraded Meridian in her Rover is really great on the low-end and you can play audio dvd's, what a great sound. I have Deep Purples Machine Head, it sounds incredible

[Burnt C6]

I have a good friend here in the Houston area that owns Wathen Audiophile. He does Custom Tube Pre Amps, Power Amps and custom speakers studio monitors & Subs. My current system consist of a Cryo Tube Pre Amp, a 250x250 Power Amp pushing 2 sets of their Reference .5 monitors sitting on Reflex stands, a 350x350 power Amp pushing a set of refurbished Klipsch KLF 10's. turn table is a Music Hall Classic with a Audio-Technica VM530EN/H dual moving magnet cartridge. I just finished adding the Power Sub in the first pic. I push it and the Klipisch's with the 350. last pic is our standard Friday night chill on the couch. all components sit on IsoAcustics vibration isolators. TV surround sound system is a Denon AVR and MartinLogan speakers w/ 10" Sub

[Ginster6]

Main room ..
Sonus Faber Elipisa SE
2 x JL E112
Luxman L590
Dcs Pucell
Savant media player
Kuzman

Bedroom
Dynaudio Special40
Paradigm Presige 1200
Luxman 509ax2
Denafrip Pontus2
Savant Media player

[bucketfoot]

I enjoy my audio and have a decent setup, but thank god I never became an audiophile. It is an endless trip down the rabbit hole of decreasing returns on investment and snake oil

My setup is a mixture of things I picked up both new and used:

Marantz pre-amp, Boston Acoustic amp, Onix Rocket and Emotiva speakers, Elemental Design subwoofer, Oppo Digital BluRay/SACD player, Duel turntable

[mc-m3]

Originally Posted by bucketfoot

I enjoy my audio and have a decent setup, but thank god I never became an audiophile. It is an endless trip down the rabbit hole of decreasing returns on investment and snake oil

My setup is a mixture of things I picked up both new and used:

Marantz pre-amp, Boston Acoustic amp, Onix Rocket and Emotiva speakers, Elemental Design subwoofer, Oppo Digital BluRay/SACD player, Duel turntable

Nothing wrong with that. Our Magnepan 3.1's were demo speaker, Mark Levinson amp was used, we had the matching preamp, but had to replace it when it died after 15 years with us. Spent more on the replacement than we did on everything else combined.

[andrewmr]

Mac Preamp and Amps.

Sonus Faber speakers.

Old Teac X1000R Reel to Reel and equally old Turntable and CD player in the cabinet.

[kscarrol]

Not a real audiophile so nothing really special for the new house but, we find it respectable. For downstairs, Martin Logan in-ceiling speakers inside in kitchen/den with Sonance outdoor speakers on the porch, all powered by two Sonos amps. Upstairs in the media room, more Martin Logan in-ceiling speakers, JBL subwoofer, Yamaha RX-ASA Aventage AV receiver to go with the Sony VPL-VW325ES projector.

The Martin Logan speakers were put in by the previous owner, I find them acceptable for the music we play downstairs via the Sonos amps for now but I might upgrade the ones upstairs once I have the new equipment installed later this month and have had a chance to hear them with the new receiver and sub in the media room.