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Anyone Else Running Two Systems?

Sorry if this topic has been covered, I did a search and only found a little bit.

I have two systems in my house.  In the main one I have a Pink Faun Scion as the source, McIntosh MCD 12000 DAC/CD, McIntosh MA 12000 integrated Amp and KEF Reference 5 Meta Speakers.  Tai Hang power enhancer.  Plus it is a treated room.  Cabling is expensive too.  It sounds fantastic.  

My second one is a bedroom system, way simpler and cheaper. Source is a  Blue sound Node going into a Vincent SV 228 integrated amp.  The speakers are Wharfedale Lintons.   This system is not as good as my main one. It doesn’t have the expansive stage or weight/3Dness and detail of the main system, but even so it is a whole lot of fun, very very enjoyable in its own way.  If this system was all I had, I could seriously be content and happy with it.   By the way, I have had a lot of integrated amps go in out my systems over the years.  I must say from my listening experience, the Vincent SV 228 is underrated and a pretty good value.  

Anyone else have two systems with one being "better" but still taking some listening time to enjoy a second less expensive system?

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drmuso
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I have 4 systems--main, bedroom, office, kitchen.  The main system (in my Virtual System) is far superior to the others, which I use for background listening rather than more serious listening.  I also use wireless earbuds for listening on the go, and they are actually better than the speakers in my three lesser systems, so maybe I have 5 systems.

Aside from having the music in various rooms, the office system was a place for me to put components that I had upgraded in the main system, and they could serve as spares if something in the main system went down, which has never really happened.

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travelinjack
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Yes.  The bedroom system is far more space limited and entirely there for convenience plus entertainment.  No critical listening at all.

kennyc
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Yes, but not the duplicate type.

My SS system runs 89db speakers with medium powered electronics targeting fidelity and an extremely low noise floor.

My 100db speakers are used to discover tube midrange magic starting with flea watt SET amps.

Not counting my newly purchased Bluetooth shower speakers 😉

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jamsh
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I have a "dual" system in my room: a "main" system with 300B monoblocks, and another type 45 amplifier with Lowther speakers on a different side of the room.

I love the sound both systems are able to offer: I realised that one system, no matter how fancy or expensive, will never be perfect for all types of music, but with two you can get a bit closer.

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mike4597
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I am actually running three systems.  The first is my main system, which I consider to. be "upper mid-fi."  My second system, in our bedroom, if far more modest--the entire system costs less than most of my main system individual components--consists of a Rega Brio integrated amplifier, Paradigm Premiere 200B speakers, and a Wiim streamer into a Schiit Mimir DAC.  It provides very good background listening.  My third system was kept because it sounds so good and would bring very little in a sale, is in my office; it is made up of most of my 1990s main system, consisting of Infinity Modulus satellites (EMIT tweeters) with a DefTech Supercube 6000, an aging NAD 356BEE integrated amp, and another Wiim streamer feeding through my old Bifrost 2/64 DAC.  It provides excellent sound while I do household business and write letters.  Cabling for the two "secondary" systems is primarily Blue Jeans Cable, which I find to be quite adequate for these systems.

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