Apologise if there is another thread about this.

Anybody really into their music and hi-fi? Be interesting to hear what setups people are running.
Music is a big thing to me and I've amassed quite a collection of cassettes, vinyl, CD's and now digital, with several terabytes worth or lossless and hi-res audio files 😂

I've also spent a number of years getting a setup that I've happy and it's been the same for a number of years now which is a first heh.

My gosh, that is so long time ago My late father was in the Hi-Fi.  We still had the equipment until we sold it when we moved to the new home.  They were from the 1970s and 1980s.

I suppose it'd be a good idea to list my current setup.

I used to have two sound systems, one for multi-channel home cinema / gaming and one for stereo but I've since combined them into one.

The analogue source I use is a Thorens TD160 Mk1 turntable with a custom hardwood plinth, a Pro-Ject S2 Ultra preamp and an Audio-Technica AT-OC9ML/II cartridge.
For digital I use an Oppo UDP205 which apart from being an amazing UHD blu-ray player, is a really good sounding DAC which I stream music to over USB.
The balanced stereo and unbalanced multichannel outputs from the Oppo (and my gaming pc) gets fed into a Parasound Halo P7 multichannel preamplifier.

The front stereo speakers are a pair of PROAC Response D2 speakers which is driven by a Chord SPM1000b power amplifier.
The centre channel is a PROAC Response CC1 speaker driven via a Parasound Zamp V3 power amplifier in bridged mono mode.
The rear stereo speakers are a pair of KEF HTS3001SE speakers driven by another Parasound Zamp v3 power amplifier.
The subwoofer is a Tannoy TS12.

I'm quite happy with the current setup and it sounds amazing both listening to music in stereo and also watching movies and playing games in 5.1.

In my better life I had a pair Cerwin-Vega CLSC-12 speakers driven by Yamaha AX-496 amp for many years. I was mostly satisfied with this setup, amp was very transparent with distortions in low /hundreds of %, and speakers were clean with good deep bass. My only reservation was horn loaded tweeters had a bit narrow sound field vertically, somewhat corrected in later Classic series from Cerwin-Vega. Used multiple signal sources like USB DAC, Pioneer Blu-ray player, Sony DAT deck, but mostly the old white Apple powerbook G3, not useful for anything serious any more, but having a good designed audio circuit. It played a collection of MP3s and internet radio. Mostly favorite sound source of today are my Beyerdynamic DT 990 Pro headphones, standard 250 Ohm version. These are very comfortable, clean and have a bit raised response at high frequiencies well compensating for somewhat aging ears. That's it.


 

I currently don't have a hi-fi system, but I sure loved it back in the 80's! Nothing like Van Halen or Def Leppard blasting it out!

I think people misunderstand, those all in one stacked monstrosities that people had in the 80's certainly was *not* Hi-Fi 😂

I forgot to list my cans. I have a pair of Beyerdynamic DT 1990 pro's which I quite enjoy.

Have something I mostly cobbled together out of (cheap at the time) vintage gear, this is more of a bedroom system.

For analogue I use a Technics SL-Q303 Turntable with a Ortofon OM 10 cart for vinyl playback or Pioneer CTF-500 for cassette playback. I've always wanted a SL-1200 series but the SL-Q303 is pretty decent.

For digital I have some old iPods I've loaded some ripped CDs on to. Some still have their original HDDs but I upgraded the storage on one of them to 512GB, that one I load my lossless tracks on to. I was debating getting a modern DAP which will let me play FLAC files directly without either converting to ALAC for my iPods or installing rockbox on them. 

These sources are fed though a Harman/Kardon hk340 receiver and then to some random bookshelf speakers I had. I'm thinking of upgrading the speakers but before I do so I'll need to make more room for speakers. I have a set of Tannoy Eclipse speakers that sound great but don't fit where I have my system.

Headphones are just a pair of cheap Tascam TH-02s.

Well I treated myself to a new power amplifier

The Chord SPM1000b and Parasound ZampV3's have been replaced with a Musical Fidelity M6X250.5!
A massive multi-channel power amp which tips the scales at over 30kg!!!

Sounds fantastic! Is it better for stereo music but comes into it's own when watching movies and playing games!
All I can say is phwoar!

My poor Tannoy TS10 subwoofer blewup a few months ago so I replaced that with an REL HT/1003 MKII which is an absolute monster!
I don't need it when listening to music as the PROAC D2's have more than enough low end grunt but when watching movies it does a really good job in the LFE role!

I have a fair collection of CD's (the majority of which were bought cheap at thrift-stores/garage-sales/store closings)
There's some old vinyl's (mostly stuff my parents got(so its technically theirs) when I was a kid) which I almost never listen to.
There's a bunch of MP3's on the computer too.

Main system is in the bedroom, receiver is a Pioneer(surround-sound), there's also a Yamaha soundfield processor (just used for extra speakers & its various effects)
A couple CD players: Pioneer 12-disc(which something went wrong with so I can't use anymore) Technics (which had quit working but just needed a belt so an easy fix)
A Pioneer cassette deck (rarely used), A Technics EQ, a HD-Radio tuner...
Various brands: Blu-ray player, DVD player, Laserdisc player(not sure it even works anymore), HD-DVD player, VCR, Minidisc player(dead)
(and a couple other random things too)
Computer is connected to the system too so I can play MP3's/etc on the stereo.

Most of those units were bought cheap at thrift stores or garage sales, but a few like the Yamaha, DVD, Blu-ray & HD-Radio were new at stores (on either sale or clearance ofcourse)
None of it is high-end stuff, but its not bottom-end junk either.

Main front speakers are homebuilt(ie: cheap cobbled together junk) secondary front speakers are Pioneer(nothing special)
Main ear speakers are Sony & secondary are homebuilt(neither is anything special)
Main & secondary center speakers are Jensen.
Subwoofer is homebuilt & has a Buttkicker amp.

The system can certainly crank(and pound out some bass) far louder than I'd ever need... (but nothing to the level of one of my neighbors who has a true hi-fi setup)
There's also a Pioneer surround receiver in the livingroom & a technics surround receiver(which doesn't always work quite right) in the familyroom. (don't remember what speakers are on either, but they're just common stuff)

I know some people switch between stereo & surround mode for music & movies, I just leave it in surround mode for everything.

Oh and there's also cables & a splitter-unit so I can play music from the bedroom system & listen on the ones in other rooms...

I've worn out a couple CD players over the years because I used them allot. Used to be if I was home (and awake), the stereo was on.

Haha, when I saw the topic I thought it said 'JB HI-FI', which is a super popular electronics shop in Australia lol.