[GoldenSound]

very nice room and not just the setup

don't mind sharing some feedback as to how your arya sounds w the rme and thx789?

i too am waiting for my 789 to arrive

Arya + 789 works brilliantly, clean, transparent, plenty of power.
Just be aware that with how transparent the 789 is, and how resolving the aryas can be, the characteristics of your DAC will play quite a large part in what the end result is like. I love the aryas and the 789 to bits, but make sure you've got a decent dac to go with them.

 

[alota]

My main rig for now

 

[Focux]

Arya + 789 works brilliantly, clean, transparent, plenty of power.
Just be aware that with how transparent the 789 is, and how resolving the aryas can be, the characteristics of your DAC will play quite a large part in what the end result is like. I love the aryas and the 789 to bits, but make sure you've got a decent dac to go with them.

for now i have a mojo but have shortlisted the qutest and smsl m500

however, am not sure if sabre sound is a good match for this much "neutrality" in the system

unfortunately i just realised that the ananda is almost half the price of the arya which makes me want to reevaluate

 

[Preachy1]

Getting closer to completion!

 

[macaltec]

A work in progress. Stole some speaker stands I built, grabbed a longer piece of extrusion to get the height I wanted. Cut up the sheetmetal bottom cover of an amp project and formed a loop. Going to consolidate into one stand. Have to make a new top plate to accommodate the DAC and amp. I have a nice fabric cover being made for the headphone loop. I may shorten that up a bit too. And I have to do some wire management as well. Too busy listening to do too much though.

 

[alota]

A work in progress. Stole some speaker stands I built, grabbed a longer piece of extrusion to get the height I wanted. Cut up the sheetmetal bottom cover of an amp project and formed a loop. Going to consolidate into one stand. Have to make a new top plate to accommodate the DAC and amp. I have a nice fabric cover being made for the headphone loop. I may shorten that up a bit too. And I have to do some wire management as well. Too busy listening to do too much though.

probably you spent more on stands compared to electronics?

 

[roskodan]

probably, but totally worth it

 

[macaltec]

Sometimes being a metal fabricator has its advantages. I havent spent a dime yet. Extrusion (upright pieces) are drops from work, too short for any other official use. The top and bottom plates I had cut on the laser at work as test plates during the initial setup. After drawing them all I had to do was countersink the top plate holes and tap the outside corner holes on the bottom plate. I borrowed a handful of bolts from the bolt bin. The sheetmetal loop was material scrounged from the scrap bin as well. Once the design is finalized I will powder coat the steel plates and loop a gloss micro texture black. I will also be doing this at work.

 

[nordkapp]

A work in progress. Stole some speaker stands I built, grabbed a longer piece of extrusion to get the height I wanted. Cut up the sheetmetal bottom cover of an amp project and formed a loop. Going to consolidate into one stand. Have to make a new top plate to accommodate the DAC and amp. I have a nice fabric cover being made for the headphone loop. I may shorten that up a bit too. And I have to do some wire management as well. Too busy listening to do too much though.

Nice hack!

 

[Krassi]

Since i am sitting in my kitchen on my nice new kitchen Sofa with a Computer on the table most of the time right now i put my new custom tube amp on the table and power it with E1DA pdv2 (i got dsom Usb cables for both 9038s and pdv2 with a wire for ground thats connected to one passiv Speaker output..

I love the size and light weight of that little amp
And my favorites on this is still my AKG K340..

 

[ScornDefeat]

 

[bmichels]

Another one that is NOT mine, but it is so increadible that I wanted to share this picture with you. BRAVO to the owner:

Massive Cessaro Carmen Reference 4-way horn speakers driven by Zanden Audio Chouku monoblock tube amps created by special order and in cooperation with Audio Exotics Hong Kong. Red boxes in the middle are Tripoint Audio Troy Signature filtration components.

Credits by Alex@hifialex

Note : I wonder what the Tripoint bring to the system... anyone tested this (very very expensive) filtration system ?

 

[Scutey]

Another one that is NOT mine, but it is so increadible that I wanted to share this picture with you. BRAVO to the owner:

Massive Cessaro Carmen Reference 4-way horn speakers driven by Zanden Audio Chouku monoblock tube amps created by special order and in cooperation with Audio Exotics Hong Kong. Red boxes in the middle are Tripoint Audio Troy Signature filtration components.

Credits by Alex@hifialex

Note : I wonder what the Tripoint bring to the system... anyone tested this (very very expensive) filtration system ?

That looks a mega expensive set up!.

 

[traehekat]

I haven’t visited this forum in quite some time so I thought I’d share a few pictures of my current station/work-from-home setup. The wife commandeered the dedicated office, so I had to set up shop in the basement/family room. I think I made the best of it, though! Hope everyone is healthy and staying safe.

 

[fiiom11pro]

I haven’t visited this forum in quite some time so I thought I’d share a few pictures of my current station/work-from-home setup. The wife had commandeered the dedicated office, so I had to set up shop in the basement/family room. I think I made the best of it, though! Hope everyone is healthy and staying safe.

very neat-looking station you got there.