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.
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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