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Johnny B good

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Hello everyone.

yet another crazy audiophile joining your forums. Good to have a place to talk about our hobby without all the strange and weird looks one hgets from family and friends

I am putting together a new system at the moment which is slowly coming together.

Here are some initial pics

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i am still playing with positioning of the speakers, and once i am 100% satisfied will spike them.

Am waiting on a symposium ultra platform to sit the amp on, have ordered some purist audio designs musaeus speaker cables, Purist Audio Design Venustas Interconnect Cables and a couple of voodoo platinum power cables, one for the esoteric C-03x pre amplifier and the other for the Esoteric E-03 phono stage.
Am currently running a shunyata python alpha to the power amp and a shunyata taipan VX to the cdp

will continue to update as the new toys slowly arrive.
 

Johnny Vinyl

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Welcome to the WBF Johnny B good! Those pics are gorgeous and your gear is not too shabby either! What components do you have for your media playback?
 

JackD201

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You've already got a warm welcome from JV, have another one from JD :D

Welcome aboard Johnny :)
 

Johnny B good

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thanks for the welcome

JV, my main media playback is a VPI HRX. 90% of my listening is vinyl playback, and the only cd's i purchase these days is what i cannot get on vinyl.
The cdp player is a BAT VK-D5
 

Johnny Vinyl

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thanks for the welcome

JV, my main media playback is a VPI HRX. 90% of my listening is vinyl playback, and the only cd's i purchase these days is what i cannot get on vinyl.
The cdp player is a BAT VK-D5


Johnny....we're gonna get along just fine! :D And Jack...you'll be happy to note that I actually picked up Daft Punk - Random Access Memories. This is big for me as I'm not a fan of electronica.
 

LL21

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Johnny....we're gonna get along just fine! :D And Jack...you'll be happy to note that I actually picked up Daft Punk - Random Access Memories. This is big for me as I'm not a fan of electronica.

Nice one, JV...i think it grows on you. I certainly am a fan of deep house and [some] electronica...but never was interested in Daft Punk. Eventually heard a couple of tracks at the gym and got it. I found that it grew on me...quite a nice album.

I agree with Orb, i like Tron Legacy quite a lot...basically an orchestral/soundtrack approach to using this kind of music. More powerful...like a Hans Zimmer-type approach to electronica.
 

Peter Breuninger

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Welcome to the best audio forum on the net!
 

treitz3

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90% of my listening is vinyl playback, and the only cd's i purchase these days is what i cannot get on vinyl.
Oh yeah baby!!! :D Welcome to the forum Mr. Johnny B Good! We hope you enjoy our community.

Tom
 

Johnny B good

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Nov 22, 2014
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thanks again for the welcome

received a couple more bits today...just snake oil, but i have my beliefs in them as i am sure others have theirs also which i respect.

a couple of these power cables, one for the esoteric C-03x pre amp and one for the esoteric E-03 phono

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and some nice interconnects, again to go from the phono stage output to the pre amps input

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hopefully tomorrow the symposium ultra platform will arrive, am really looking forward to this to be honest
 

amirm

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Looks like beside audio, you are also pretty good with a camera! Welcome to the forum and if photography is another forum, hope you contribute to that subforum too.
 

Johnny B good

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Nov 22, 2014
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Looks like beside audio, you are also pretty good with a camera! Welcome to the forum and if photography is another forum, hope you contribute to that subforum too.

Amir, yes, i do enjoy taking photos. Will be checking out the camera section for sure

Welcome! Purist Audio cables here as well!

Lee

Hello Lee, they are a great cable indeed, i think i will slowly change out the rest of my cables to them also
 

Johnny B good

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Nov 22, 2014
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The symposium ultra platform has now entered the building.
Its a beautifully finished product.

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Johnny B good

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Nov 22, 2014
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That looks familiar John, same thing under my Dag amp. :D

Try a set of Stillpoints, between the amp and Symposium, better again:rolleyes:

i currently have the precision couplers between the amp and platform, and they seemed to make a slight difference compared to just the amp on the platform.
May have to grab a set of stillpoints to try.
 

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