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Whats in your second system?

Just curious as to the people who like myself have many thousands "invested" in their main system with all the latest tweaks, cables etc and also have a second or even third system.

Did you assemble that with the same love and care and dedication and costly tweaks?

Or did you throw something together from bargain bins or indeed your old leftovers and then sat back and thought...Wow this sounds really good!

And if so did that get you thinking on the main system...lol.

My second system cost way less than the speaker cables on my main system but I am constantly shocked at just how nice it sounds for such a no frills setup.

Linn Classic all in one
Tannoy 2 ellipse small floorstanders
20 year old (at least) Jensen 50w 8 inch sub.
Monster Cable 12/2 speaker cable bare wire ends.
Home brewed power cord just cos I had it laying around.

The Linn just sits on top of a chest of drawers with the Tannoys flanking the chest either side and the lil sub sitting behind the chest.

And it sounds darn good tbh!
uberwaltz

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big_greg
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I don't think I ever actually listed the contents of my second system, as I have more than one.  But in terms of sound quality, this is the one I've put the most effort into and listen to in the morning.  It's setup in a small room, with speakers close to nearfield.

Vincent SV-237 Integrated
Dell XPS 9000 (11 years old and still going strong!) for digital (Qobuz, Tidal, Spotify, Pandora, and network share)
MHDT Labs Orchid DAC
Harbeth P3ESR Special Edition
Music Hall 7.1 turntable with Clearaudio Virtuoso Wood cart
Musical Surroundings Nova Phonomena phono stage
Onkyo DV-SP205FX SACD player (Japan version with power transformer)
Simaudio 430HA headphone amp and an assortment of headphones
big_greg
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Uber, the Vincent is really nice.  I was using an Audio Research Vsi55 integrated in this system, but didn't like the amount of heat it put out in this small space.  The Vsi55 sounds a _little_ better, but moving to the Vincent was not a "downgrade" in my opinion.  I forgot to mention I also have a SVS  SB2000 sub sitting next to my computer desk to flesh out the Harbeths.
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