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Offline non-prophet

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getting close
« on: April 01, 2011, 09:49:34 AM »
My preliminary living room set up.  The rack was made from three speaker cabinets.  There is still some work to be done, but it makes for a good pic.  The rundown:

Fairchild 412 Turntable with Empire tonearm
Melos MA-333 Preamplifier
Melos Max1 Tube Stage
Melos MA-333 Tube Phono Stage
Melos Max1 DAC
Melos MA-333 Power Supply
Melos 402 Gold Plus Series Monoblocks

Not pictured:  Melos CD Drive and no speakers yet.
Duntech PCL-400 (Black Knight), KEF 105/3, Snell Type b
Aloia PST 11.1, Terra Song ss-1, Luxman c-1000, Melos MA333
Llano Phoenix CA-300, White Audio Labs A100, (2) Luxman M4000
McIntosh MA230

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Re: getting close
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2011, 10:29:04 AM »
Very nice!
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Re: getting close
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2011, 10:48:45 AM »
Damn!!!! how's your foundation holding up?
I am confident that an SL-1200 is capable of outperforming turntables of much higher expense with minor modification.

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Re: getting close
« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2011, 12:02:59 PM »
Lookin good!  8)
IN REALITY IT ONLY MATTERS WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE TO YOU!!!!!

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Re: getting close
« Reply #4 on: April 01, 2011, 03:06:01 PM »
 :o                       :o                        :o                            :o                            :o

I now pronounce you the King of Melos!!
 Now, how exactly are you going to get those speakers downstairs??
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Re: getting close
« Reply #5 on: April 01, 2011, 05:12:58 PM »
Nick - You're the Ayatolla of Melos-Ola Very Impressive!
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Re: getting close
« Reply #6 on: April 01, 2011, 05:22:39 PM »
Wow!!! Beautiful system.
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Re: getting close
« Reply #7 on: April 01, 2011, 06:41:36 PM »
MEH
HT: Audiocontrol Maestro M3, Sunfire 5*200,  Tannoy Mercury MX , SVS PB-12 Sub

Head-Fi: FUBAR IV Plus DAC, Grado SR225

Living Room: Dynaco ST-70 (R&R work done by NATOE), Dynaco PAS Preamp, Jamo C607 towers, MCS 6710 Turntable

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Re: getting close
« Reply #8 on: April 01, 2011, 06:58:04 PM »
Not bad for a beginner! :D
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Re: getting close
« Reply #9 on: April 01, 2011, 07:13:13 PM »
Nick - looks great.  Do u hav the spikas hooked up?  How does it sound?

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Re: getting close
« Reply #10 on: April 01, 2011, 08:05:05 PM »
Very nice!

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Re: getting close
« Reply #11 on: April 01, 2011, 11:00:14 PM »
Holy crap. That's a gorgeous system!

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Re: getting close
« Reply #12 on: April 01, 2011, 11:35:17 PM »
Nick that system looks fabulous!  I'll bet that it sounds even better!  Congrats!!!
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Re: getting close
« Reply #13 on: April 06, 2011, 02:53:08 PM »
Looks great, Nick!  :thumbup

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Re: getting close
« Reply #14 on: April 19, 2011, 04:42:03 PM »
Awesome Nick, Simply Awesome.----------Bill(BB3)