Family Room Bliss

by linnie01 on Done For Now

Description

I am a fanatic music lover and have been a Linne for 25 years. We're very happy with our primary two channel system and do not upgrade very often. We generally buy good stuff, really take care of it and enjoy it for many years. No desire to chase the holy grail of audio and spend gobs of money doing so.

We listen to jazz (lots of trio music but other formats as well), classic rock, new age, classical, electronic, some new folk / rock, the crooners, soundtracks and a little opera on occasion.

I believe in only keeping music that you will listen to in the future. There's too much great music available to waste time listening to material that doesn't move you in some way.

My wife designed the custom cabinet to feature the equipment and hide as many cables as possible. We also wanted the system to fit in with our home decor and avoid the stereo shop look.

No upgrades planned at this time. We'll wait for the winner of Blu-Ray vs. HD DVD to shake out before jumping into the category.

All questions / comments are welcomed.

Music is what it's all about. A great system further enhances the emotional experience.
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    • Linn LK-140
    Sounds great and nice small size.
    • Linn Kolektor
    The matching Linn preamp. 10 inputs are very convenient for future use.
    • Linn LP-12 Basik
    The mother of all turntables in afromosia.
    • Linn Basik-LVX
    Well done for a economical tone arm.
    • Linn K-9
    Quite smooth and nice.
    • Linn Genki
    Worthy of every award it has received.
    • Quad U S A FM-4
    Great little tuner. Used to have the matching Quad 405 II amp and 33 preamp.
    • Nakamichi CR-3a
    3 head machine. Still works and sounds great. Lots of great music on cassette.
    • Thiel Audio CS2
    Great speakers purchased new in 1988 in oak.
    • Audioquest Crystal
    System cables.
    • Audioquest Emerald
    Turntable cable. Improvement over the original Linn cable.
    • Sharp Aquos LC37D90U
    37
    • Sony DVL-300P
    DVD / VCR combo. VCR is no longer used due to having DVR.
    • Scientific Atlanta 8300HD
    HD cable box with DVR. DVR is a great new toy.
    • Monster icable
    For hooking up the laptop or ipod with music files only in the AAC format. No bad sounding MP3 files.

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Many thanks for your kind words. I love my system.

Last year, I traded my LP12 for a Linn Kolektor (to replace the LK1) and a Linn LK140 as backup to mine.

No interest in tuners anymore with numerous iDevices and all the radio options I could ever want.

I love the Linn Majik 140 speakers but no reason to spend $3K when I still love my Thiel's.

linnie01

Owner
Lou:

Thanks! You have a cool system too.

The only downside of the older Thiel's is they take a lot of power. I have sufficient power but they can always use more.

Sure, I'd love a pair of new, very efficient Wilson Audio Sophia 3's but at $17,000 / pair? I don't think so.

Friend bought a pair of used Thiel 3.5's about a year ago and loves them--but again, they like power. But for $500, it was a no brainer.

linnie01

Owner
Darkkeys:

Thanks for your comments. We enjoy the room all the time.
I see you have a Wadia transport....with a DAC I assume.
Does the combo make a huge difference in the sound of your iPod?

Many thanks!

linnie01

Owner
Jaxwired, thanks for your kind words. We really enjoy our setup for simultaneous music listening and living.

I totally agree. Many of my friends have large collections but only listen to about 1/3 of their music given their individual preferences. It's more about bragging rights - how many songs / CD's they have - it's so ridiculuous! Why warehouse music you never listen to? Makes no sense to me.

iTunes has been cherry-picking a new way of life for purchasing music. I buy only the tunes I like with no waste. It's wonderful!!! I have't bought more than 1 or 2 CD's in years and years. My ipods play all day and night (mostly in shuffle mode) and I never hear a tune I don't really like. It is the only way to go today, unless of course, bragging about how many this or that you have.

Is your system pictured on Audiogon?

Have a great weekend!

linnie01

Owner
Thanks for your kind words. The whole idea is to enjoy music in the family room without it looking like an audio shop.

linnie01

Owner
Dwr--Thanks for your comments.

Having a dedicated music room makes no sense to me - it's like having two "living rooms" on the same floor!

No question, the cabinet came out great. The drawers are chock full with CD's yet they remain out of sight - no accident there.

linnie01

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