2nd systems- who’s got one?


How prevalent are 2nd systems? My sense is that a fair number of folks have a 2nd system. I put together a very nice bedroom system- NAD 316 bee V2, Node (n130) and Wharfedale Diamond 12.2 on Monoprice stands. Cabling is DH labs (IC), Supra (speaker) and Audioquest (pc on Node). Frankly, I’d have been thrilled as a teen to have a system that sounds as good as my bedroom system
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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.