Show us your equipment / kit !

[Oystein]

This was my set before I went streaming:

 

 

This is now ... sorry for the noisy picture quality.

 

 

Bottom left is my "old" HTPC (Win7/J.River) but now I use the BeagleBone Black built together with the Lindemann Dac in the wooden enclosure at the bottom right. The HTPC is used now as a normal PC with a few meters VGA cable to a normal monitor outside the picture.

 

The tuner on top is almost obsolete now since I managed to get most radio stations over streaming too via the BBB.

 

Two weeks ago I picked up a pair of Boenicke W5 in Switserland. I drove 700 km to Basel and back again the same day to buy these gems ;-)

The stands need to go and will be repaced soon by something more in proportion to the W5 speakers.

[Oystein]

Sorry for OT. Oystein, would love to hear about the Boenicke W5 if you find the time. Thanks!

 

Thread started here: http://www.computeraudiophile.com/f12-headphones-and-speakers/has-anyone-heard-boenicke-w5-19049/

 

I have submitted my response in the other thread as requested :-)

[Oystein]

It has been long time ago that I showed my equipment so now it is time for an update.

See my signature for current equipment.

As my previous reply is burried somewhere in the previous pages I will show som of the old stuff too.

 

Untill last year we lived in a small house with a very narrow living area.

 

 

Last year we moved to a bigger house.
Next year we will do a renovation and the current fireplace will de removed.

 

For the time being I created a shelf on wheels for my pre-power amp combo in the middle section under the fire place.

I drilled some big holes through the brick supports for the mains cables and interlinks.
In the left section under the TV is the power strip and a DIY Linux music server with Wi-Fi acces point.

The speaker cables go around the brick supports and are hanging under by cable clamps.

 

It has a big WAF as the equipment is hardly visible and no cables on the floor

After the renovation I will have dedicated power lines from the fusebox to the outlets and wired LAN outlets.

 

The new room is much more spacious:

 

 

 

 

 

[Oystein]

My "hidden" stereo ...

 

Since a renovation of our house last year and a new platform for our wood burner I had the opportunity to hide the equipment 
( WAF requirement 😅 ) 

But I am happy with the result too 😇

 

To be able to control the pre-amp I extended the IR sensor with a 3,5 mm plug in the rear panel of the NAD and a DIY extension cable with IR sensor to be "visible" in the living room using the Logitech remote.

 

Music storage: x86 based NAS (XPEnology)
Player: BeagleBone Black with MPD
DAC: ES9023 DIY module from Sellarz ( Soekris dam1121 will be installed soon)
Pre Amp: NAD C162
Power amp: Odyssey Khartago with upgrades
Speakers: Boenicke W5
Cables: DH Labs interlink / speaker and servo drive cable for in wall power supply and power cords.
The servo drive cable is tightly wound and has PTFE low inductrance isolation.
Have screened and unscreened versions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Oystein]

Haha ... she knows it is there but upgrading was never as easy as now ... she will never notice if something has changed as long as I do not change the speakers 😉

 

P.S. we have a shared bank account so I can not go ballistic without getting noticed 😬

[Oystein]

My cast are not interested in the speakers ...

They start sniffing at the concrete base ... then the metal rod upwards and by the time they reach the speaker they already have lost interest.

 

They do like the higher ground to have a good overview into the garden 😂