2nd systems- who’s got one?

2nd system in family room - Ayon Audio Spirit 2 integrated amp, Modwright Elysee DAC, Wadia 171 IPAD transport, IPAD Classic with wav files, JM Reynaud Offrande Supreme 2 speakers, Audio Art Cable power cables, Acoustic BBQ IC and digital cable, Blue Circle power conditioner and Shunyata Defender.

Not sure if I should be proud or embarrassed but I have four systems.

--one in my dedicated listening room

--one in my lower level living area

--one in the upstairs living area which also serves as 2 channel "home theater" 

--a fourth option for private listening when my wife is asleep is a turntable/dedicated headphone based system all housed on a nice Salamander rack with a built in drawer that is great for housing all my turntable goodies.

I set out to have a second system in my basement that I was renovating.

I thought I’d get new speakers for upstairs, and an integrated amp and a DAC.  Problem is I kept comparing it to upstairs and I had to sound at least as good so I started playing leapfrog with my upstairs quality and ended up with my amazing system  in my basement, which I thought would be my second set up.  So easy to compare and as long as one sounded better I wanted that sound.  So be very very careful!  Basement system is Tambaqui DAC, Audionet Max amps and Pre G2 preamp, YG Hailey speakers, Rel Carbon Special subs and K-S Elation cables.

I have one in most rooms also...bedroom system was fun vintage stuff (except for speakers), but after back surgery I upgraded it and made sure everything had a remote...there are many threads about second systems, one fairly recent with many responses

My second system is a McIntosh MA6600 Integrated, Mac MCD301 SACD player, Mac MR85 Tuner, JBL L100 Classic speakers and a SVS PB2000 Pro sub. I listen to it around 6 hours daily. 

I have completely separate 2-channel and headphone systems, both in my living room... 

I have three second systems, bedroom, home office, and computer room. 

I used to have second systems in bedroom, used purely as experimental for determining direction of main system.  This is where i first discovered SET amplification, single source and/or high efficiency speakers.

I have enough equipment in reserve to add a second system, but no interest since I'd only be disappointed in sound quality relative to main system. I want to spend all my reserved time space for listening hearing the best sound quality available to me. I do listen to a cheapy system at work, often entertain thought of upgrading but ultimately really don't care, listening is only background there, a good system may distract and affect work quality.

@corelli - nothing to be embarrassed by at all-

@big_greg - i like the way you think!

Everyone needs a second system for the hand-me-downs from the first system.

Another NAD C 316 BEE V2 user in a 2nd system here…….Klipsch RP 600 M speakers using Canare 4S11 in 8 ft runs. Front end is an Apple Airport Express streaming Tidal…….definitely looking to upgrade to a more modern streamer-and DAC at <$1000 US sometime in the not too distant future but LOVING this setup right now. It does seem to benefit from a good bit of speaker placement/room treatment tweaking…

2nd in den, Cxnv2 with Modwright tube upgrade, Melody/Onix h6550 integrated tube amplifier,Klipsch 12" sub and 2 separate runs AQ Rocket 44 feeding  Kef R11 speakers. 

I have a second system and a garage system. I have been looking for a pair of older Klipsch for my garage but they cant be found at reasonable prices these days.

3 systems, one dedicated, one in the family room, one in the game room

6 Systems. 

Den (Main System.

Family Room, Shop, Pool/Deck, Game Room, Bedroom.

Also one at the Summer/Hunting Camp. so it is 7.

Three system: office at work, TV room at home, listening room.

I have at least 4 systems(two of which not assembled yet)

second system: Spatial M3 turbo s, Wilsenton R8, Rel t7, Throens TD 166, Lounge Audio LCR III. 
 

everyone needs a couple systems to capitalize on what they do best. One for jazz and small groups, one for symphonies and rock!

I have a living room system I built for my living room back in the 80s; built-in speakers flanking the fireplace at one end of a long narrow room that spans the front of the house (one reason I was pleased with the house) consisting of 2 Altec 15" woofers in homemade reflex cabs (one was the firebox), Altec 511 horns with no-longer-made Peavey drivers and (originally) a pair of EV T350 tweeters which I roasted long ago and whose place is now taken by Eminence drivers with Eminence tweeter horns), a 3-way 18db crossover I made with help from the National Semi audio/radio handbook and 3 monstrous amps (the only low-noise option back then since 2 of them feed the horns directly) and a good ole RS graphic EQ. The Pioneer preamp and various sources are not in use and I play youtube content over it these days.

The second is an all-digital system in my garage (which came about in 2009). It's big (45'x27' inside) and thus a great place for big speakers, again made from components (2 Altec 421a 15" bass, one Peavey 18" sub, 2 monstrous Atlas DR-72 horns with Atlas PD60 drivers and 2 small Dayton elliptical horns with Eminence neo ring radiator drivers). The amps are quite the contrast from the house system, small class T chip amps on boards that drive the efficient speakers to too-loud levels sans clipping. The source/preamp part of the signal chain is a pair of HP Elite desktops running simple soundcards, the 2nd machine being the crossover network, its soundcard a 7.1, perfect for 7 drivers. All the processors are plugins that work with foobar2000; all source is on the first machine, all filters are linear-phase FIRs built from RePhase which can also induce phase shift to compensate for, e.g., driver-induced phase shift. It's never finished and loads of fun.

I just add number 13 system but I have resident in 4 country.

Main system is turntable only. 2 tonearms. All tube.

Second system has a turntable, tube amps, CD/DVD, streaming, 65" 4K TV etc.

I am retired now. My main system is primary. But about fifteen years ago added a home office system, since I used to work at home nights and weekends… Totem speakers, Integrated tube amp, now Schiit Gungnir DAC. Then over a decade I put together a high end head phone sister (see my user ID). 
 

So not counting the kitchen, home theater, and bathroom Tivoli… three.

Located in a downtown Asheville hideout.  

• Kenwood integrated amp KA-3500
• Kenwood tuner KT-5300
• Dual CS-5000 w Grado cart
• Paradigm Reference Studio 40 v2

Play it more than my primary.   About 60+ old discs of vinyl.

FYI, just left a Bob Dylan show and now spinning is Spirit, The Family That Plays Together.

I already have 3 systems and am 75% of the way to setting up my new 4th system.

my 31year old son finally moved out so now it's just the wife and I, so she gets an office and a sewing room and I get a 4th system headphone/near field room. My new room is 10' X 10' with 8' ceilings.

I think the biggest mistake I made in my audiophile journey is trying to build second system 

right now I have two separate systems  home theater only systems in living  and my dedicated two channel in garage 

Funny I just saw that Dylan show and then listened again...on jbl go3 sounded great.   Several systems...main, kitchen, bedroom,treadmill,office1,office2...

Agree with others here the second system is often an older first system, in my case a Naim Unitilite and Audio Physic Yarra 2's. 

2nd system McIntosh MX122, Sonus Faber, Anthem

3rd system Anthem AVM60, B&W, Rotel

4th system Naim

Music in 8 Rooms through Sonos/Roon. 

My main system is posted in "systems" on the ’Gon. My second system consists of a pair of Quad ESLs (aka ’57s) that I have owned since 73-74 and had Kent McCollum of Electrostatic Solutions refurbish several years ago. Amps: Quad IIs, restored by Bill Thalmann with killer glass: true NOS GEC KT 66s that I sourced some years ago, along with a period Mullard rectifier and some really nice driver tubes- GECs that were flying lead devices converted to conventional tube pins by Tubemonger. Preamp is a McI MX 110z, also restored by Thalmann with high zoot glass. Table is an SP-10 that I have owned since ’73, restored and updated by Thalmann, replinthed with a Kuzma 9" 4 Pt. Currently running a Franken-Denon with micro-ridge stylus from Steve Leung at VAS.

 It’s a nice, musical system. It shows me how little improvement in some ways modern hifi achieves. Yes, my main system is "better" but not more engaging. It’s also cool to have some gear I owned almost 50 years ago running and in play again.

My 2d system is out in the loft and is also my office. 4 monitors with a custom PC. I run a dragonfly red, Advent Smallers, SVS sub, TEAC CD/SACD, Pioneer turntable, Kenwood 3 head cassette deck, vintage McIntosh receiver used as a preamp, and a Luxman 505uxII. And a big McIntosh clock.

Also I have a home theater system in need of upgrading--Marantz, PS3, 50 inch TV and Klipsch lower line towers and sub.

And yet another 4th system in the exercise room..  Kenwood receiver, Philips 40 in TV, Infinity small speakers, also Epos Elans and an SVS sub, and a node 2i and panasonic bluray player.

5....varied beyond my wildest explanations, but basic to Bomb.

One shop, one residence, two office, and the big toy.

All good enough for where they are. *S*

Have played with the thought of linking all, but it'd be a bit much. *L*
One can only stand so much time @ the keys and rat...

Jerryg123, i have exactly the same but one more i have 8 the one more is by mine misstres.

Four here: office, home office, living room and garage. Garage is my primary.

We remodeled our basement a year ago and my wife said we should include a system there. The main system upstairs is based on a powerful solid state amp so I wanted to do something different but very basic. It consists of a Black Ice Audio Jolida Fusion F22 with KT150's, a Bluesound node and a pair of Legacy Signature III's that I picked up from a buddy of mine. I was listening to it last night thinking how I could upgrade and then stopped myself and thought, nah!

5 systems in 2 houses…..don’t piss me off or I’ll start in with the garages

I have 5 systems in my house. Bedroom, office, living room, bonus room and garage. I think I’m running out of rooms. 😂.  

Lol the main system is mark Levinson 33h mono blocks harbeth slh5 speakers a Ayre k1xe pre a Mr 71 McIntosh tuner a audio research reference phono stage a Linn lp 12 and a sonic frontier transport and DAC three. The dinning room system has a pair of equation 25 speakers and a pair of canary ca160 monoblocks with a canary ca801 preamplifier and a Krell kps20i and a McIntosh mr73 tuner. The home theater has a set of neat speakers a mad home theater receiver a Sony blue ray. Bedroom has a set of some phase speakers a melody h88 amp and a Wadia cd 6.  The bathroom has a set of in wall kef speakers a 32 inch tv hooked to an aa001 tube amp in the hallway and a Sony es blu ray. The garage has a aa001 amp a set of kilpch Cornwall's and a anthem six disc player the patio has a pair of wires on kef in wall speakers that is driven by the mad home theater system. The front garage has a Rotel player and a Kenwood integrated amplifier waiting for speakers for that one. 

Lol regards. 

3 systems here. One in the living room, one in the sunroom, one in another house. Life is good.

7 systems if you count the PA system in my Jam studio.  2 main systems in dedicated listening rooms, plus 1 in my office, shop, living room, and wife’s cave.

Since joining Audiogon (coincidentally when the Pandemic hit), I have re-worked nearly everything, and am finding it hard to stop.

Main 2 channel Music: Vinyl, CD, FM, Reel to Reel

Small 5.1 Home Theater (video always involved).

Office, 2 channel Music: Vinyl, Reel to Reel; 2 channel music and or video streaming via Computer

Garage/Shop: Speakers A, B or A+B. Vinyl, CD, FM

shown here

Why don’t more of you post your systems here, it’s easy.

see yellow bar, right end, ’create system’’

https://systems.audiogon.com/users/elliottbnewcombjr

I have real cameras, tripod, was going to take ’the best I can’ but my cell phone camera made it a snap, I just did it.

Used a real camera for the ’Equipment Surround / Stand’ photos.

Main system has phono stage, two streamers, DAC, CD transport, analog tuner, cassette deck, tube linestage pre, SS amp for towers, dual-firing 1,000 watt sub. Entry room has streamer, analog stereo tuner, tube integrated amp, Firefly DAC, monitor speakers, sub. Computer room just powered speakers with sub; TV has Schiit DAC with large powered speakers. So four systems in four rooms, depending on what counts as a system. Some days I might use all four.

elliottbnewcombjr

Why don’t more of you post your systems here

Fun question. Main rig is at our weekend place. In the city, have restrained myself to a bedroom system - pair of KEF LS50 wireless, through which I also run a TV. Convenience factor made them a good choice. Bought my 13 year old son a simple TT w/phono pre, and Audioengine HD6 active speakers - also work well for apartment bedroom

4.....Main system in music room. HT in living room. Garage system. System in pantry for kitchen and library which feeds B&W in-ceiling speakers in both those rooms (you would probably be surprised how good it sounds, I am).

Regards,

barts

I have enough equipment to form 4 systems, but no where to put it lol...

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Actually 4, I won't get into a long list of components, but living room, bedroom, office(spare bedroom), and last, the garage. 

Main system 

bedroom 

garage theater 

gym

work

NAD 316 bee integrated, Marantz St 6000 tuner, Design 5 speakers, Mapleshade speaker wire, vintage Rotel RCD 950 CD player. For around a grand this system punches way, way above it weight class. Perhaps I should say “it sounds way better than you would expect for the money spent.”