my trusty old marantz cd63se "ken ishitawa" signature model. couldnt come around to replacing it with something new as i still enjoy its performance and its still a very good player for its age.

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Added on October 8, 2008, 4:29 pmBritish made Cyrus 3 amp.. paired with the cyrus PSX-R.

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Added on October 8, 2008, 4:30 pmPro-Ject RPM Four turntable.



running through an NAD PP2 phono amplifier

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Added on October 8, 2008, 4:31 pmcables, cables and more cables from nordost, wireworld...



speakers like the amps are british made floorstanding Ruark Talisman II's
they give a very smooth, mellow sound thats perfectly suited for vocals.. but can still handle the fast stuff. these babies weigh about 20kg each!!



bi-wired


This post has been edited by gary73: Oct 8 2008, 04:31 PM

opps.. i've been missing for a long time.. sorry for not replying. hey.. no need to be shy about our setups.. end of the day, the most important thing is the music.. the equipment becomes secondary or at least i hope most people think the same as i do. also, there will always be someone out there with better equipment.

i actually have another setup i use in my room, and its not as expensive as people might think.

i bought my 2nd setup 2nd hand, totally from just looking thru the staronline audiophile section classifieds. I was very lucky, and got good quality stuff at very good prices.

i started building it in 2001. bought each item as they appeared.

speakers: mordauntshort MS10i - RM300
Amp: NAD 310 - RM300
CD: Marantz CD67SE - RM400

= RM1,000 total. budget another RM300-400 for 2nd hand cables and you have a decent entry level Hi-fi setup.

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Added on January 15, 2009, 12:20 amthanks for the kind comments. but sorry for the super late reply.. anyways.. nothing special.. QED Qunex 2. for a "budget" cable, bass is nice and punchy. previously, i was using my own homemade interconnect... made out of individually separated CAT5 cable and then weaved together. works pretty well, but using that on my 2nd system now.

This post has been edited by gary73: Jan 15 2009, 12:20 AM

i only used 2 twisted pairs.. the thing i was worried about if i used too many twisted pairs, was how to fit them into the RCA plugs..
but they really sound decent, comparable to commercially sold interconnects in the RM250-400 range in some cases.

havent tried that before actually.. tried it with my turntable, but its too noisy, i think its coz of lack of shielding or something.

using hdmi cable with my plasma tv now, so no chance to try as vid cable.