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Second audio system in your house?

Hi, just curious how many of you have a second audio system in your house, and, actually use it? I've recently bought some new components and had planned on selling my old amp, but I'm still attached to it, and with a small investment, say $1000, I could get some bookshelf speakers and a CD player. On the fence about the whole idea. There's a whole lot of other things to do with $1000 mind you, so I'm not sure if it's the most sensible thing to get into. I won't even ask the wife what her opinion is, as I already know it.
wetfeet48
jl35
3,976 posts
 
above does not include various vintage gear...
theforerunner
36 posts
 

I have three also and they are pretty decent.

In my upstairs office I have a MAC MA6500 fed by a Sony Xa5400es

and  a Rega P25 driving Revel M22s.

In my main floor living room I have a Rotel RCd1072 and Sonos Zone player feeding a Rotel RX1052 receiver driving B&W 685s.

In the basement I have a Marantz Sa8005 feeding a Simaudio I5 feeding Paradigm Studio 100v2s.

I am a pretty happy camper with a very cool wife.

mesch
3,473 posts
 
Secondary systems are fun, need not cost much, built on the used market, and components can be swapped out for change. I often set one up on my deck in the summer. Love being outdoors in the country. Using a laptop computer as a server serves as the front end of several of my systems. Also my headphone system which I failed to mention in my 1st post. 
french_fries
815 posts
 
Oh Lord, won't you buy me, a color TV....
I have three systems, a Main System with BIG speakers, a second (still high-end) system with small monitors (Sonus Faber's), and a third for rock&roll in the bedroom (JBL's and Teac mini-components).
I love all three, but i only have so many hours in the day, etc. Each one does serve different purposes, Re: system#3, listening to most R&R on great (read-revealing) electronics and speakers is IMO a total waste of time, so the mid-fi of the 60's and 70's sounded (again, IMO) much better on the vinyl in the stores back then.
P.S.- Oh, i ALSO
have about 10 reel to reels- Teac, Tascam, Otari, Studer, Sony, etc.
This is NOT healthy, not healthy at all.  But if there's a pill i need to take,
they haven't invented it yet.  
P.S.S.- i have been acquiring stereo "stuff" for a very long time.
french_fries
815 posts
 
Oh, one more thing comes to mind- guitar players coin a phrase called "GAS" - or Guitar Acquisition Syndrome.  This can result in something quite similar to too many audio components.  A doctor i knew had over 40 Fender Stratocasters and Telecasters. Along with over 40 guitar cases, and innumerable sets of strings, stands, cables, amps, sound processors, and other accessories.  So we're not "entirely" alone in taking a hobby too far.
(as long as we don't forget about the millions of people who don't get enough to eat... here in the U.S.A....)
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