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[miniman24]

Ahh fair enough :) Charity shops and Gumtree are the best, on Ebay everything tends to go for market value in relation to audio systems, but I got all of the Technics seperates in the picture for £40, 10 mins down the road from Gumtree! And the speakers were all from charity shops. All you really need is an amp, two good speakers and a cable to connect the amp to your laptop/ipod etc. I just went abit further as I listen to tapes/CD's almost as much as MP3's. And the grapic equilizer just looks cool

[paul_s]

Mmm, I like Technics! I've got a lovely 90s Denon separates system, kindly donated by my friend's parents who were throwing it out. I've got of Ruark Swordsman bookshelf speakers to go with it - it's a pretty good sound, certainly enough for running in my small room, through my computer.

I've got my eye on a pair of B&W 685s though (http://www.bowers-wi...Series/685.html) and maybe an Onkyo / Marantz amp to go with it. One day, *sigh*

[Stuart92]

I have an old Technics turntable, it's ace.

[miniman24]

Latest addition, a pair of Tannoy Mercury M20 Gold's, for the mighty sum of £10 Not sure when theyre from, probably mid 80's, but they sound unbelievable and add a real punch to the bass!





Ditched the two silver Sonys for these and its a huge improvement, cant turn the volume up more than a quater of the dial without my door shaking

[rosstolley]

KRK RP5's. Can't live without them...

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[miniman24]

Awesome, is that a mini mixing deck youve got there? What amp are you running?

[#shropshire]

My set-up in my room consists of two 750 w tops with to 1000 w subs, really loud pro dj system . Also have 2 x 1600 watt amps with a crossover :):)

[miniman24]

Just put the seperates on Ebay, I fancy a change of system

http://www.ebay.co.u...984.m1555.l2649

I really want to put a system similar to this one together:



I just think its one of the coolest looking bits of kit Ive ever seen, the seperates are rare but after hearing one in the flesh yesterday its got to be done! Its all Technics again, but from around 1977. I bought the tuner today of Ebay :) If anyone on here has has the amp Id swap my entire system for it, Id be loosing out but I want one too bad to care! Amp is a Technics SU 7700. Ill report back when the new system is up and running, could be a while

Edited by miniman24, 20 May 2012 - 02:47 PM.

[minimarco]

Hooked up my new tube pre-amp and power amp

Made in Canada

[bcjames]

That's cool Minimarco! Did you build it yourself?

Here's my home stereo:



Rotel & Denon by bcjamesmini, on Flickr

Rotel so of course paired with Bowers & Wilkins speakers Atacama stands and a room that doesn't allow for good positioning at all.

Edited by bcjames, 06 January 2013 - 08:27 AM.

[minimarco]

That's cool Minimarco! Did you build it yourself?

Oh no. I would sooner electrocute myself and burn my house down in the process before I can build anything like that. But thanks for thinking I did lol, I did build that IKEA shelf though!

It's built to order by a small operation in Ontario.

http://www.idealinno...lite-models.htm

Seems like there's some quality enthusiast companies out there that builds in small numbers without passing on the advertising costs to the consumer.

Ordered some floor standers made by an industry veteran designer.

http://www.tektondesign.com/

Only downside is it takes awhile to have them made. Not an off-the-shelf mass production type of thing.

Edited by minimarco, 06 January 2013 - 08:57 AM.