Time for me to chime in- I have just moved and need to rebuild my system in my new home. The components are locked down- the challenge for 2025 will be the acoustics of the new room coupled with speaker placement.
2025 Audio System Wish List Time!
I’ve been doing this for years now- and it’s time for our 2025 wish list!
In 2024, I added a new power supply for my turntable- a Radikal power supply for my turntable.
My goal for 2025, as it has been for a number of years now, is to explore and add more music. Streaming has been a fantastic way of exploring new to me music, and in some instances after streaming an album, I also wound up buying it on vinyl.
What’s your audio goal for 2025? A new preamp? A DAC? More music?
Enjoy 🥂
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My system is set in my new room, added 2 GIK absorbing panels. I'm set. My new room is somewhat larger than my old listening space and has a higher ceiling. One notable change is that my streaming previously was via an Ethernet connection; now it's via wifi, and I'll be damned- the wifi works flawlessly and might even sound better that the ethernet. I think for the rest of the year it's going to be looking for new music. |
@2psyop - Thank you! |
Oh, Oh, I bought a turntable- a Thorens TD124 at an estate sale. I knew the owner well and bought the table from his daughter. It came with an SME 3009 Series 2 arm. Both are being refurbished now. My understanding is that it was bought in the mid 60's and then replaced in the 70's with a Denon; that lasted another decade and that was replaced by a Sota Star Sapphire, with an SME V arm and a VdH cartridge. The SOTA was also part of the estate sale, but I only had my eye on the Thorens. |
Well, my system is being "augmented". A neighbor passed away, and he had a lot of audio gear. Krell, McIntosh, SOTA, Apogee, etc. His children were selling his gear- and while I don't need anything, he also had a Thorens TD124 with an SME 3009 arm. Ever since I passed up on buying a Marantz 10b for $600 some years back, I had in mind that if I ever came across a similarly inexpensive 10b, or a Garrard 301 or a Thorens TD124, and the price was right, I would snap it up. In the case of the TD124, the price was right. The table hasn't been used in 50 years and needs some refurbishment. Once that is finished (almost there) and I obtain a nice plinth (the 124 used to be mounted in a sliding shelf in a cabinet), it will be incorporated into my system. His other turntable was a Sota Star Sapphire with an SME V arm and a VdH cartridge, but while nice, I could not view it as something I should target. |