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Greetings from UK

Discuss Greetings from UK in the General Shack Area forum; Greetings from UK Hi folks, This is me in mugshot mode: Me Optimized 2.JPG Bit of a passport photo, that one... Glad ...

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Old 10-22-06, 01:25 PM   #1 (Link)
 
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Greetings from UK


Hi folks,

This is me in mugshot mode:

Me Optimized 2.JPG

Bit of a passport photo, that one...

Glad to join you all - I'm building/have built a 5.1 system with Linn kit, and I'm getting interested in room tuning, bass traps, and all that stuff (it sounds a bit cheaper than buying more hardware).

Current system (all in black, except TiVo & Sky+):

Linn Unidisc SC - CD/DVD/SACD/MP3 + Pre amp
Linn Pekin - tuner
Linn AV5125 - 5 channel amp
Linn Akurate 212 - fronts
Linn Trikan - centre
Linn Katans - rear
Linn Afekt - sub
Loewe Aconda 32" CRT
Loewe VCR
SqueezeBox
Sennheiser 650 headphones
TiVo
Sky+
Old Technics record deck
Old Technics casette deck

I've still got the Linn Classik Movie Di that I upgraded from - it's also black. I don't think I'll get much more use from it, so I'm open to offers within the UK. The next job is to go active with the Akurate 212s, and/or replace the Trikan centre and/or Afekt sub. Then think about HD - trouble is, the Loewe has such a good picture I'm loath to replace it with a flatscreen...

Ah well, I'll burn that bridge when I come to it

Dave


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Old 10-22-06, 02:19 PM   #2 (Link)
 
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Just realised I probably should have posted that in the mugshots thread...

D'oh!


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Old 10-22-06, 02:57 PM   #3 (Link)
 
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Welcome Dave, I just joined today also.


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Hello Dave and welcome to the Shack!

Looks like you've been really busy with the Linn kit. You'll have to post some pics for us.


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Hello Dave and welcome to the Shack!
Thanks Sonnie.
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You'll have to post some pics for us.
I'll see what I can do - it's a bit untidy at present - waist deep in cables - but I plan on sorting it out...
soon...
one day soon...
one day...

This is the Initial 'Test it an see if it all works together' configuration:

Initial Test Setup.jpg

Loewe VCR sideways on by the side of the TV, SqueezeBox on the other side, Classik Movie Di (not in use) sitting on sub; in cabinet: AV 5125 amp top left, TiVo bottom left, Unidisc SC top right, Sky+ & Sky bottom right; under right speaker: 6-way AV switch, Pekin tuner, Hitachi HT-5500 Mk II tuner (for comparison).

The Hitachi HT-5500 Mk II tuner is also surplus to requirements now, so I'm open to offers.

The rears are a pair of Katans, due to be rewired with QED Silver Anniversary cable:

Katan Rear 1.jpg

It all works OK now, so there's just some rearranging and rewiring to do before moving on...


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Dave this is sweet, its about time we see some people with Linn come to the land of the hillbilly shack

~Bob


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Welcome Dave,
I've started to work from home and pieced together some old kit (B&W speakers, Marantz amp and Lua cdp) into a background system.
I started looking at combined CD/HD/Internet radio systems - finished up ordering a Squeezebox. Looking forward to listening to the BBC through this system when it arrives!


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Old 10-23-06, 04:07 AM   #8 (Link)
 
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You'll find the Squeezebox sounds surprisingly good with internet radio, and excellent with a good bandwidth station (e.g. Paradise Radio). For most BBC stations you'll need the AlienBBC plug-in.

The only drawback I find is that run wireless, the Squeezebox can occasionally suffer from drop-outs - not Squeezebox's fault, just wireless networking fallibility. Probably best run via a dedicated server and something like HomePlug mains ring Ethernet.


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