Been some time since I posted on the New Members section, a few things have changed. The chief one is a full makeover to the listening room and one or two new bits of equipment.
I've gone digital for the first time ever adding a Bluesound to the lineup. It's fun, but has a very hard time against the vinyl set up, which is only right considering the price difference. 
The two big leaps in quality came from upgrading the Auditorium 23 to the Hommage... truely mind blowing, and the second being the LDA power supply on the Garrard which really cleaned Garrard without destroying its strengths.
All together a very happy chappy

Latest line up is
Garrard 301
SPH bearing Audiosilente idler wheel and Artisan Fidelity Eddy brake disk
Long Dog Audio power supply
Vinylista style plinth
Thomas Schick 12 inch arm with graphite headshell
EMT TSD15n,  Denon 103 and Ortofon 78rpm
Auditorium 23 Hommage SUT
Shindo Aurieges MM pre
Shindo Montille CV391 power
Shindo Mr T power supply
Bluesound Node 2 streamer
Devore O93 Speakers
REL Strata 3 Sub
Shindo interconnects
Auditorium 23 speaker cables

Just lovely... What a well thought out, balanced music system. 😍

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Feb 17, 2021 15:50:37 GMT 12 301oil said:

Latest line up is
Garrard 301
SPH bearing Audiosilente idler wheel and Artisan Fidelity Eddy brake disk
Long Dog Audio power supply
Vinylista style plinth
Thomas Schick 12 inch arm with graphite headshell
EMT TSD15n,  Denon 103 and Ortofon 78rpm
Auditorium 23 Hommage SUT
Shindo Aurieges MM pre
Shindo Montille CV391 power
Shindo Mr T power supply
Bluesound Node 2 streamer
Devore O93 Speakers
REL Strata 3 Sub
Shindo interconnects
Auditorium 23 speaker cables

That looks like a handsome system with a lot of synergy.
Nice.

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Beautifully elegant system.

So how do you play your CD collection ?

What CD collection? I had about 50 or 60 back in the early 90s. I had the original Arcam Alpha CD player at the time, but found myself playing more records on an ancient Rotel turntable and a very basic cartridge. The CD player died a few years down the track and I never bothered replacing it.
I’ve got Tidal running through the Bluesound for digital, but to be honest it doesn’t get used for much, apart from skipping through checking out new music.

CDs are the new vinyls. You need to get hip with the kids

Cassettes

😂 it certainly is the golden years for CDs if you want to pick a load up for nothing. Get all the rare ones from the 80s before the collectors push the prices sky high. 😂.
Cassette rules. As a lad, that’s all I had. Just a little desktop unit with a built in speaker. It was so bad. Might have over compensated a tad since.