An humble setup of an amateur audiophile

 

 

I loved music from the start of being a teen,  I was gifted a Sony mini hi-fi Set up. I use to crank all the greats; Prodigy, Rammstein, Mudvayne, Paul Oakenfold and so on. That is until I blew up the speakers. I ended up taking the blown speaker from my set up and swapping it out with my parents pioneer gear from the early 90's. That was  my first taste of knowing that not all speakers were made equal. And that is what I believe is my original music /audiophile beginnings, the drive that makes me want better!  The drive we all in this community believe we have!  The upgrade-itis, it all dwells somewhere within us. 

 

Now 20+ years later I am trying to humbly orchestrate a sound I can be satisfied with, but most importantly enjoy along the way. Because if we just continue to scratch the what if itch,  we can't talk enjoy the journey. The philosophy of life is the same as the philosophy of music madness. Quality and quantity must reach a wonderful balance. Hopefully that makes sense. 

 

As of today my set is; 

*Two computers - (1) iMac running Amara + and Audirvana, (2) Windows laptop running Foobar, 

*A Eastern Electric Mini Dac Plus,  with 3 interchangeable opamp upgrades; Dexa Discrete, Burson V5 & Sparkos Labs,

*Denon PMA600NE Integrated Amplifier, 

*Pioneer PD30AE CD Player, 

*Rega P1 Turntable, 

*Quad 25L Speakers, sometimes swapped with B&W 604S2,

*One guardian at the gate in the form of a dachshund - who is the magical spirit of the musical  journey 😂 

 

The setup has been an absolute treat to run.  A very balanced sound, sweet, rich, analytical and yet musical. The mish-mash of these components have provided great satisfaction. Making me feel like a teen again, even though as a teen I didn't listen to vinyl but CD on the other hand so excellent. Good technology never dies in this music world. And keeping those formats going is our humble duty or at least our great enjoyment, especially in this digital world. Embracing both is key - the old and the new! 

 

I have also been very lucky to have room to do this in,  as I started in my bedroom but quickly ran out of space, I'm sure we'll do at some point. Luckily or unluckily depending on how we see it, there was a room spare but I was not to touch it a my parent wanted to make it an art/business room. But while she is away taking care of family business in NSW, I cleared it and moved all of the gear into their. It took me some time to muster the courage to let her know I had done this, but after the initial anger at judgement it is all ok now,  well that's is until the border opens up again for QLD and then her wrath will be felt when she is back!

So another 47 days to enjoy the music until I possibly RIP or I have to take it all out...

 

 

Well thank you for visiting and reading,  much appreciated. 

I wish you well on the continuation of your audiophile journey,  maybe our paths will meet buying and selling gear off stereo.net.

 

Until then, 

Cheers, 

Mal. 

 

 

 

@Amber Technology

https://www.stereonet.com/forums/profile/274290-amber-technology/

 

Edited October 31, 20214 yr by Malintha

Looks like a relaxing place to spend some time!...especially with your little mate in there with you 😄

Thank you for sharing...looks like you have set it up just nice! 

Great work Mal, looks like your walking sausage likes it as well! Enjoy your 47 day grace period.