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Hey everyone,
For those who have been involved, I decided to create my first stereo setup from scratch using my PC. My first thread where I asked for recommendations and discussed the basic concepts of stereo can be found here .A big thank you to all who posted there, and also to my *3 for £1* copies of 'What HiFi Sound and Vision', which have also been very handy.
So, here is my final bill for everything I’ve got so far:
Mission M72 (nearly new) £51, postage £18, total £69
M-Audio 2496 Sound Card (nearly new) £44, postage £7, total £51
Sonic T 5006 Amp (new) £11.10, postage £14.90, total £26
Atacama Nexus 6 Speaker Stands (nearly new), £30, postage £15, total £45
2 x 2.5m QED Silver Anniversary XT with ‘screw-on’ terminations (nearly new) £20, postage £3, total £23
van den Hul The Name (new), £25, postage free, total £25
Total Spent: £239
Yep, as you can tell, I’ve probably over spent on some of the more trivial components, but I’d like to think this was more future investment than waste.
That said, comments on the selection more than welcome.
Anyway, shock over, as you’d expect, I’ve got a few questions after beginning to set it up.
I’ve assembled the speaker stands and placed the M72s on top, but have noticed that although the speakers have little pads underneath, the top plate is not large enough for the pads to be in contact. In other words, the pads fall outside the top plate’s area. As a result, the speakers have nothing between themselves and the top plate. Although I’m sure they’re not going to fall off in a hurry, due to the low-friction contact, they might ‘wobble’ (you can tell I’m not a pro
) in use, which I’m assuming will ruin the output. If this is the case, do I need to get something to go in between?
Secondly, soon as the parents saw the ‘huge’ spikes that came with the stands, it was a ‘no Peter, they are not going in the carpet’ situation
. I’ve been told ‘isolating’ the speakers is rather important, so looks like I’m going to have to find some parent-friendly feet for the speakers. Now I did happen to bump into these (not competiting, so I trust this is allowed, apologies if not), but they’re rather pricey.
That’s all that comes to mind at the moment, your thoughts please.
Many thanks to all who post,
Peter
For those who have been involved, I decided to create my first stereo setup from scratch using my PC. My first thread where I asked for recommendations and discussed the basic concepts of stereo can be found here .A big thank you to all who posted there, and also to my *3 for £1* copies of 'What HiFi Sound and Vision', which have also been very handy.
So, here is my final bill for everything I’ve got so far:
Mission M72 (nearly new) £51, postage £18, total £69
M-Audio 2496 Sound Card (nearly new) £44, postage £7, total £51
Sonic T 5006 Amp (new) £11.10, postage £14.90, total £26
Atacama Nexus 6 Speaker Stands (nearly new), £30, postage £15, total £45
2 x 2.5m QED Silver Anniversary XT with ‘screw-on’ terminations (nearly new) £20, postage £3, total £23
van den Hul The Name (new), £25, postage free, total £25
Total Spent: £239
Yep, as you can tell, I’ve probably over spent on some of the more trivial components, but I’d like to think this was more future investment than waste.
That said, comments on the selection more than welcome.
Anyway, shock over, as you’d expect, I’ve got a few questions after beginning to set it up.
I’ve assembled the speaker stands and placed the M72s on top, but have noticed that although the speakers have little pads underneath, the top plate is not large enough for the pads to be in contact. In other words, the pads fall outside the top plate’s area. As a result, the speakers have nothing between themselves and the top plate. Although I’m sure they’re not going to fall off in a hurry, due to the low-friction contact, they might ‘wobble’ (you can tell I’m not a pro
) in use, which I’m assuming will ruin the output. If this is the case, do I need to get something to go in between?Secondly, soon as the parents saw the ‘huge’ spikes that came with the stands, it was a ‘no Peter, they are not going in the carpet’ situation
. I’ve been told ‘isolating’ the speakers is rather important, so looks like I’m going to have to find some parent-friendly feet for the speakers. Now I did happen to bump into these (not competiting, so I trust this is allowed, apologies if not), but they’re rather pricey.That’s all that comes to mind at the moment, your thoughts please.
Many thanks to all who post,
Peter
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. My analouge interconnect, The Name, uses phono to phono connection; my Sonic T needs a 3.5mm jack input 
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