Get off My lawn Posted December 5, 2020 Posted December 5, 2020 (edited) I've been trying to find a way to combine my two favourite hobbies, Music/HiFi and wine, so I thought I'd set up a system in my cellar, made up of bits and pieces I had put aside over the years. Currently I'm using my old Micrex P1/R1 Pre/power setup, B&W 602 S2s and an Olive 6HD music server( finally found use for it). Sounds pretty good so far. I need to set up a comfy chair now. If I end up spending more time there, I'll set up a better source ( my Clearuadio Concept MC) Cheers Edited December 5, 2020 by pine weasel 17 2
Sub Sonic Posted December 5, 2020 Posted December 5, 2020 Nice work. I love the diffusers on the side walls SS 2
Janjuggler Posted December 5, 2020 Posted December 5, 2020 Hi @pine weasel So the question is, do you pick the wine to suit the music, or pick the music to suit the wine ?? JJ 2
dcathro Posted December 5, 2020 Posted December 5, 2020 I volunteer to come over and help you drink some space in the room. 3
Kaynin Posted December 5, 2020 Posted December 5, 2020 Nice. The vibrations would cause agitation therefore removing the need for rotation. 2 1
Get off My lawn Posted December 5, 2020 Author Posted December 5, 2020 7 hours ago, Janjuc said: Hi @pine weasel So the question is, do you pick the wine to suit the music, or pick the music to suit the wine ?? JJ The wine is the best tweak in my system. Everything sounds better after a few glasses. After a bottle or two, even Rap, Hip Hop and RnB are tolerable. Wine also makes digital sound good!! 3 2
LogicprObe Posted December 5, 2020 Posted December 5, 2020 That must be good wine to make rap and hip hop tolerable. What's that doing on the server anyway? 1
genkifd Posted December 5, 2020 Posted December 5, 2020 does expensive wine sound better or worse than average price wine? 1
LogicprObe Posted December 5, 2020 Posted December 5, 2020 1 hour ago, genkifd said: does expensive wine sound better or worse than average price wine? I don't think it matters after the second bottle! 1
Get off My lawn Posted December 6, 2020 Author Posted December 6, 2020 17 hours ago, LogicprObe said: That must be good wine to make rap and hip hop tolerable. What's that doing on the server anyway? I've ripped my whole CD collection to the hard drive in the server, and there are some soundtracks, compilations etc with rap and hop hip. They'll come on before I have time to skip them... 1
Get off My lawn Posted December 6, 2020 Author Posted December 6, 2020 17 hours ago, genkifd said: does expensive wine sound better or worse than average price wine? Definitely better!
LogicprObe Posted December 7, 2020 Posted December 7, 2020 (edited) 20 hours ago, pine weasel said: I've ripped my whole CD collection to the hard drive in the server, and there are some soundtracks, compilations etc with rap and hop hip. They'll come on before I have time to skip them... I totally understand. I am guilty of the same thing. I always say............'I'll make a play list of all the good songs!'........................but somehow, never get around to it. edit - I just remembered in the ol' CD days, I used to poke at the skip button with my pool cue! Edited December 7, 2020 by LogicprObe 3
Kensell21 Posted December 27, 2020 Posted December 27, 2020 You do have some buried treasures my friend. Just don’t tell the wife But just don’t neglect the main system. 1
Get off My lawn Posted December 29, 2020 Author Posted December 29, 2020 On 27/12/2020 at 11:19 PM, Kensell21 said: You do have some buried treasures my friend. Just don’t tell the wife But just don’t neglect the main system. The main system isn't being neglected. The cellar system is to listen to while selecting the wine. The main system is for when I'm drinking it! My wife isn't fussed, as long as I'm sharing the wine. Cheers 1
doogie44 Posted December 30, 2020 Posted December 30, 2020 Did you choose Supratek gear because the models are named after chateaux and grape varieties?? very synchronous...
Get off My lawn Posted December 30, 2020 Author Posted December 30, 2020 56 minutes ago, doogie44 said: Did you choose Supratek gear because the models are named after chateaux and grape varieties?? very synchronous... They're actually old Micrex amps from the early 90s - early work from the same designer who then went on to Supratek. Almost 30 years old but still pretty good to listen to.
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