As you can see from this list, I've amassed quite a collection of gear all in the midpriced range.
My main rig is a Michell Gyrodec SE w/ Technoarm and Shure V15 V and Sumiko Blackbird through a Graham Slee Era V. Digital is an OPPO 83SE and Cambridge DACMAGIC. This fed into a Cary SLI-80 running TAD KT88s into Gallo Reference 3.1.
I've recently moved and had a baby so I now have little time to sort out system synergy and need to unload my stored equipment. I have ~2000 LPs and am trying to rip most of my CDs so I can thin that out. Analog is important to me for dedicated listening and digital for convenience/background. I have a whole house speaker set-up and will use that for background running off of my hard drive. Cool jazz tends to be on the TT most alongside early UK punk and 70s Soul Funk.
Question is, am I missing something in terms of putting some of this stuff together? I come to the forum because I don't want to sell something I might regret later. I need to assemble my master bedroom again, then the rest has to go. Any thoughts?
As I get older I tend to lean towards less is more. Although I have not heard the Gallos I hear good things about them. I would loose the dust cover on the turntable/mainly because I think it is beautiful and I like the looks of it without one. I would probably get a JL subwoofer. And decide which componets I wanted or which to trade up. Also I have been giving as much attention to the room as the electronics. Bass traps etc... And cables and ICs do matter
@Shakeydeal- It's not exactly a closet, but the spread between walls is 11' minus the door swing, so I have 8' to work with. Central listening position is 10' back. I wish I could spread them apart a bit more. The speakers are in line, so that's not a problem. Soundstage is surprisingly good. @TSV-1 Yeah. I do like the Gallos quite bit. I am using the Silverline SR-17 in another room with a ho-hum receiver. Those are amazingly good speakers using Dynaudio drivers-fast and resolving with a touch more bass defintion than the house Dynaudios of the same price range. I think I'm going to swap out carts and get the Sumiko or the Denon into the rig. Moving coil carts have magical definition.
Quite a collection indeed. I also owned the Gallo 3.1 - they do a lot of things right. Fast, coherent, well balanced. If I were you, I'd hang on to those at a minimum. (wish I had hung onto mine to use in a separate system, but so goes life). Your analogue gear is formidable. I don't have any direct expereince with that table or arm, and have really only played with that Shure cartridge for a few months about 15 years ago - although I do have warm memories... at least wrt whatever memories I can still remember at this stage in life. As for the various amplifiers, some very favorable gear there as well (I am especially fond of the Cary unit). Anyway, not sure if I can really offer any useful advice... other than what I try to live by: "Keep it simple" the shortest signal path you can manage, with the highest quality components should yield very, very good sound.
Cheers and good luck with your reassembly project.
Room and system set up is key. It looks as though you are in a room that resembles a closet, so I guess spreading the speakers farther apart can't happen. At least pay close attention to ensure they are set up along the same plane. That right speaker appears to be much farther forward than the left.
