Like high end gear? Well come on in! (pics)

[btf1980]

I'm a member of a meetup group called Analog Apartment - A place for people who love records

It's a group of vinyl enthusiasts that meetup to discuss records, visit local record stores, listen to hifi etc Our last meetup event was at the legendary Stereo Exchange in NYC (happens to be my dealer too) - http://stereoexchange.com/

So we listened to some music and perused the gear, talked about music & hifi. It was a great time. I also took some pics between chatting & listening.

The organizer is looking to setup a visit to Grado Labs in Brooklyn. So anyone in the NYC area is free to join our group.

The NYC Analog Apartment Meetup (New York, NY) - Meetup.com

Anyway, here are some pics.

Michell Gyrodec w/ a Rega tonearm







Bel Canto CD2 & Ayre Universal Player



Another Michell turntable



Ayre amplifier. Very dynamic!



Sonus Faber Liuto speakers



Wavelength & Ayre gear



Rel sub - Meridian dock to the side



The room - Ayre, Sonus Faber, Michell, Bel Canto, Wavelength, Richard Gray, Rel, Shunyata etc



Sonus Faber Liutos were incredible



Listening to the Gyrodec



more to come...

[btf1980]

Then we stepped it up and went to these

Totem Wind speakers with Ayre gear...





Ayre turntable - forget the cartridge on it.



The power supply for the turntable was gigantic!!



Ayre player



Monoblocks on pagode stands - Acoustic Research to the right



Sonus Faber Stradivari ($45K) and some Meridian speakers.



Vienna Acoustic - The Music speakers $27k?



Sonus Faber





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[btf1980]

Sonus Faber Amati - $30k? Notice the Quad speakers in the back.



Mac attack - McIntosh



Entry level Michell turntable



MC-275 tube McIntosh amp - LUSH!!



Wadia & Audio Research gear on pagodes - I think there is enough $$$ in this room to put someone through law school.



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[btf1980]

B&W 805s, Pro-ject rpm5, McIntosh MVP871 and an integrated.





B&W, Vienna Acoustics & Sonus Faber



Acoustic Research tubes







The big daddies. 802D from B&W with a ton of Mac gear. Can you feel the heat?



Mac glow.



802D



Sonus Faber Ellipsas with some mac tubes....





Mac attack



fin.

[HedgeHog]

Thx for the pix! :T

For some reason, even after the Lexicon/Oppo bruhaha, I'm really digging the look of the Ayre. :E *come on lotto*

Ayre player

[DelRay]

Thanks for posting pics of some awesome gear. :T That would be a cool place to hang out.

[Chris D]

Wow. Some great stuff there.

[Hdale85]

Is that all group members owned? If so that's insane! Talk about an in crowd

[aarsoe]

Love the look of the Mcintosh - to bad that their remote controls are pieces of plastic sh.. Would never accept to pay such a high price and then get the same remote as the cheapest piece of china made &&¤%..

[HDBLU]

That is awesome

[gross30]

Great pics and gear. Love seeing great pics of great gear. Thanks.... :T

[1oldguy]

Thanks for posting.Really fantastic.

[Sharp 1080]

Thanks for the pics very cool! I have to state for the record that "Acoustic Research" manufactured speakers and went out of business years ago! :W

Audio Research OTOH still makes great gear. :B

[btf1980]

Is that all group members owned? If so that's insane! Talk about an in crowd

Well, we're an in crowd, but it's all Stereo Exchange gear, not ours. :B

[btf1980]

Thanks for the pics very cool! I have to state for the record that "Acoustic Research" manufactured speakers and went out of business years ago! :W

Audio Research OTOH still makes great gear. :B

Yes. I had an Acoustic Sounds catalog on my table when I was posting this and typed Acoustic instead of Audio. :T

[btf1980]

We're having another meetup. This time at DeVore Fidelity next Friday. An event called "Monkeyhaus".

http://www.meetup.com/analogapartment/calendar/12462538/

Press about previous Monkeyhaus events

http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/roadtour19/roadtour19.html

http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/at_the_monkeyhaus/

[David Meek]

Thanks for the great pics. Oooh baby. ;x(

[will1066]

That Ayre lineup is gorgeous, and those pics remind me that I need to do the MP upgrade on my C-5xe. Got my K-5xe MPed. Would love to replace my Bryston 4BSST with a V-5xe, and my Ayre trio would be complete.

[MrAcoustat]

MrAcoustat System Keep It Simple

Hi my name is Andre ( MrAcoustat ) i'm a frenchman from Quebec Canada i have been an audiophile for more than 40 years most of them with Acoustats electrostatic speakers i have nothing against cone speakers but the ones i like are two to three times the price of my old Acoustats here is a picture of my simple system.


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[Johnloudb]

Very Pretty Speakers!!! I'm sure they sound great too.

[MrAcoustat]

Very Pretty Speakers!!! I'm sure they sound great too.

Thanks John, they do even after 26 years.

[John Holmes]

Great setup, Mr Acoustat! And nice choice in gear.

[will1066]

Nice system, Andre. Here's mine:











Most of my time is spent 2-ch, but the Ayre pre does HT bypass to allow me to work my HT into the system. I've added Real Traps acoustic panels to the back wall after these pics were taken.