[abvolt]

Oh yeah sweet stuff, really like the marantz gear..

 

[Krutsch]

^^ Thanks.
 
The Marantz weighs 30 lbs. and while I know that weight doesn't equal quality, I smiled when I picked the player up out of the box.

 

[Shaffer]

^^ Thanks.

The Marantz weighs 30 lbs. and while I know that weight doesn't equal quality, I smiled when I picked the player up out of the box.

You have some very nice equipment. May I kindly ask why you decided not to use a dedicated audio stand and then sit in a lounge chair or a comfy couch to listen, in lieu of sitting upright in an office chair behind a desk? Believe me, I mean no offence at all by the question. Coming from a different generation, I'm genuinely curious. More accurately put, I really want to know and understand, especially as it's so common here.

 

[Krutsch]

You have some very nice equipment. May I kindly ask why you decided not to use a dedicated audio stand and then sit in a lounge chair or a comfy couch to listen, in lieu of sitting upright in an office chair behind a desk? Believe me, I mean no offence at all by the question. Coming from a different generation, I'm genuinely curious. More accurately put, I really want to know and understand, especially as it's so common here.

 
No worries... it's my home office and I work there - a lot. I have been thinking seriously about getting a real audio rack, as opposed to a table, but I started small and it's grown over time.

 

[whirlwind]

  ^^ Thanks.
 
The Marantz weighs 30 lbs. and while I know that weight doesn't equal quality, I smiled when I picked the player up out of the box.

My father would have disagreed with you about the weight .   

 

[Krutsch]

  My father would have disagreed with you about the weight .   

 
Ha. Mine still does.

 

[Solrighal]

Apple Mac mini > JRiver 19 > ODAC > Project Ember MkII (GE 6SN7GT VT-231) > Sennheiser HD 650
 

 

[MattTCG]

^^ Isolation foam?

 

[Solrighal]

  ^^ Isolation foam?

 
Yeah Matt, sort of.
 
When my external drive spins up there's a slight vibration that can be felt on the shelf. I can't actually hear anything but I'm a bit OCD about stuff like that so I cut up an old piece of packaging foam (from a PC PSU) and used that. It works a treat although the piece under the Mac is now the same thickness as used under the amp.
 
I'm hoping to get a piece of slate cut for sitting the amp on. I think the black slate will match well with the matt finish of the amp's aluminium casing. None of it is actually necessary you understand. It's just me

 

[MattTCG]

   
Yeah Matt, sort of.
 
When my external drive spins up there's a slight vibration that can be felt on the shelf. I can't actually hear anything but I'm a bit OCD about stuff like that so I cut up an old piece of packaging foam (from a PC PSU) and used that. It works a treat although the piece under the Mac is now the same thickness as used under the amp.
 
I'm hoping to get a piece of slate cut for sitting the amp on. I think the black slate will match well with the matt finish of the amp's aluminium casing. None of it is actually necessary you understand. It's just me

 
I had the same problem when running a 5tb drive in a hot dock on my desk. When you would first access the drive, it was in a hybernate mode and getting back to 7200 rpm was always noisy. I used sorbothane footers to solve the problem. 

 

[jaywillin]

   
I had the same problem when running a 5tb drive in a hot dock on my desk. When you would first access the drive, it was in a hybernate mode and getting back to 7200 rpm was always noisy. I used sorbothane footers to solve the problem. 

good stuff !

 

[MattTCG]

  good stuff !

...got them from a friend. 

 

[jaywillin]

 

...got them from a friend. 

 
i need to get some more feet, and some pads for my new desktop speakers, 

 

[bmichels]

My 445 has a new source : The Auralic ARIES.  It's a Very good server/streamer ! 
 
Next step: upgrade of my HUGO to a desktop DAC (TotalDac D1 ? AYON stelth ?...)
 

 

 

[Solrighal]

My 445 has a new source : The Auralic ARIES.  It's a Very good server/streamer ! 

Next step: upgrade of my HUGO to a desktop DAC (TotalDac D1 ? AYON stelth ?...)

That chair looks awesome!