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Your Second System

Or third or fourth.....

Understanding that there are many reasons a person would have a second system, what are your thoughts when building one? Do you look to try different approaches? Do you spend a substantial amount (whatever that is for you), or do you buy efficiently, saving your money for your primary system? How do you leverage your software investment across multiple systems?

Are you as meticulous in gear selection and setup across multiple systems? Do you always prefer listening on your primary system, if possible, or do different moods / situations make different systems the one of choice?

Anybody have their second system up on Virtual Systems?
kthomas

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mrjstark
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I am in the process of rebuilding my main rig and use my second rig 24/7 now. But my main reason for two systems is:

One is voiced for less complex music with Jazz, Blues, Pop, Soft Rock, Acoustic in mind-

Consonance Droplet 5.0 CDP as the transport
Rethm Saadhana last version speakers
Red Wine Audio Isabella with NOS non-upsampling DAC
Red Wine Audio Sig.30.2 amplifier
Scott 299B modded (only phono section is used, soon to be replace with battery powered phonostage)
Red Devil DIY turntable with Moarch Up4 arm/Denon103R cart.

Second System is for heavier stuff like Rock. Metal, Rock&Roll, Electronic, Alternative Rock.

AAD 2001 monitors (down to 30Hz)
Consonance Cyber 800 tube mono-blocks 78wpc (modded)
TVC passive preamp
Droplet's analog out (used as a cdp)

Using only one system was kind of plain. Great speakers were used (still are but not for long) but it was missing that magic. I found that sparkle by the compromise in two different systems. (I actually have three and one 5.1 but I do not want to talk about it, I'm already sounding nuts).
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