2nd systems- who’s got one?


How prevalent are 2nd systems? My sense is that a fair number of folks have a 2nd system. I put together a very nice bedroom system- NAD 316 bee V2, Node (n130) and Wharfedale Diamond 12.2 on Monoprice stands. Cabling is DH labs (IC), Supra (speaker) and Audioquest (pc on Node). Frankly, I’d have been thrilled as a teen to have a system that sounds as good as my bedroom system
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I set out to have a second system in my basement that I was renovating.

I thought I’d get new speakers for upstairs, and an integrated amp and a DAC.  Problem is I kept comparing it to upstairs and I had to sound at least as good so I started playing leapfrog with my upstairs quality and ended up with my amazing system  in my basement, which I thought would be my second set up.  So easy to compare and as long as one sounded better I wanted that sound.  So be very very careful!  Basement system is Tambaqui DAC, Audionet Max amps and Pre G2 preamp, YG Hailey speakers, Rel Carbon Special subs and K-S Elation cables.

 

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I have one in most rooms also...bedroom system was fun vintage stuff (except for speakers), but after back surgery I upgraded it and made sure everything had a remote...there are many threads about second systems, one fairly recent with many responses

My second system is a McIntosh MA6600 Integrated, Mac MCD301 SACD player, Mac MR85 Tuner, JBL L100 Classic speakers and a SVS PB2000 Pro sub. I listen to it around 6 hours daily. 

I have completely separate 2-channel and headphone systems, both in my living room...