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Whats in your second system?

Just curious as to the people who like myself have many thousands "invested" in their main system with all the latest tweaks, cables etc and also have a second or even third system.

Did you assemble that with the same love and care and dedication and costly tweaks?

Or did you throw something together from bargain bins or indeed your old leftovers and then sat back and thought...Wow this sounds really good!

And if so did that get you thinking on the main system...lol.

My second system cost way less than the speaker cables on my main system but I am constantly shocked at just how nice it sounds for such a no frills setup.

Linn Classic all in one
Tannoy 2 ellipse small floorstanders
20 year old (at least) Jensen 50w 8 inch sub.
Monster Cable 12/2 speaker cable bare wire ends.
Home brewed power cord just cos I had it laying around.

The Linn just sits on top of a chest of drawers with the Tannoys flanking the chest either side and the lil sub sitting behind the chest.

And it sounds darn good tbh!
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My second system is in a spare bedroom that is converted into my office. There is also a 42" Plasma TV sitting on top of the double-wide audio rack and a cable box/DVR on one of the shelves, but I don't currently have it connected to the audio system. Here's the audio system:

- Audio Refinement Complete Integrated Amp (I always wanted one and jumped on one when the price was right)

- Oppo DV-970HD CD/DVD Player (full mods by EVS)

- Raspberry Pi / HiFi Berry DAC Pro+ Music Server (Running Moode OS)

- Magnepan MMG - (on loan from a friend)  or Infinity Qb (on original Infinity factory stands)
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gonzalo_oxenford
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Second system:

-Thorens TD160 with SME 312 tonearm and Dynavector DV20x2
-Audio Research PH3 phono preamp. 
-Krell KRC 3 preamp 
-Rotel RB1080 amp
-B&W 805s speakers 

I feel the worst link in the chain is the Rotel amp. Any recommendations?
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uberwaltz OP
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Whew, just sold the Hegel H300 so don’t have to go on the hunt for speakers to make the "third" system after all.
My wallet and wife thank me for that.
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uberwaltz OP
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Depends on your price range Gonzalo.
There are literally thousands of great used power amps out there.
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gonzalo_oxenford
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Uberwaltz, not too expensive. The Hotel starts to sing when pushed at high volumen. But sometimes I don't want to turn up the volume that high. Sometimes I want microdynamics to appear at lower levels.

On my first system I have a Classe CA 2200, which is also 200w but shows way more details.
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