Substantial pork pies supplied by Ian Russell (ian917)! 
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Hi Jim
My system (lounge) remains unchanged - guests are welcome to listen to their own vinyl/CD’s or my music (vinyl, CD’s, local files, streaming from Qobuz) but no kit swap-outs are allowed!
The family room/kitchen is set aside for whatever everyone wants to bring along and assemble a second system to listen to music. This ‘second system’ changes throughout the course of the day, as guests compare different, sources, cables, amplifiers and speakers. There is minimal sound “bleed-through” when the lounge door is closed (but I do insist that guests bathe before they visit/use plenty of deodorant, as it can get a bit ripe in there, during the summer months!
The patio/terrace is for those who smoke/vape or who just want to sit outside and natter! This is also the area where one of my guests (Jack … Non-smoking man on The Wam) sets up his trellis tables to sell records/CD’s, which is always popular. I also encourage any guests to bring along kit/vinyl/CD’s they are selling or want to swap with others!
Thanks for the invitation to your Bake-Off, but I will have to pass, as I am already attending a WAM BO in Basingstoke on that day!
Please bear me in mind for any future bake-offs “oop north!” 
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North??? Jim’s almost in Holland!
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Hey, anything above Aldershot on a map is “oop north” to me! 
Stu (MonitorGold10) let us have sight of this splendid specimen at my summer BO! 
He did say that he had handled larger though! 
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Size is everything - where cables are concerned… 
I shall keep an eye open for future B/Os - gave-up on hifi shows years ago as entirely futile, but a well-conceived private system in its natural environment is altogether more revealing.
And pies, of course.
Mainly pies, TBH…
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I cannot believe no one has enquired about the state of the carpet gripper rods in the listening room yet. Standards are clearly slipping.
This.
I guess we’re all maxed-out in our gripper-rod, magic crystal, and Schumann-resonator games on here, and not accustomed to dealing with noobs with their adorable starter-systems featuring mere accessories, like amplifiers and loudspeakers…
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I have been busy over the last month and a very large pile of speaker drivers and amps have been tried and tested & distilled into an active four way system.
The newly inserted EV subs operate as a fill in from 60 - 80hz and help sort out a bass warmth issue that has been bugging me - Mellotrons are now back in the room
Tweeters - Neat SX1
Mid - Alcone AC8HE
Bass 1- Selenium 15W12P
Bass 2 - EVID 12.1
Amps - Niles SI-2150 x 2(mid and Bass2), Aiyima A07 max(Tweeter) and Behringer NX3000D with silent fan (Bass 1)
Crossover - Mini-DSP flex 8
Coffee cup - Le Creuset
Final FR (X axis = 20 - 20K) is a bit rugged but it sounds very decent
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Bet they sound pretty epic! And I’m liking the garden-fence aesthetic there Andy - though we all know the coffee cup is the real upgrade here
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I am dead boring now. I don’t dick with my system at all really just listen on it.
Partly I bought stuff I couldn’t afford nowadays when I was earning and now I’m on a fixed income I just listen to music on what I have - which I am also lucky to have.
Currently enjoying Saint-Sains Organ symphony on Tune Audio Anima currently powered by a Job INTegrated using its internal DAC fed by the digital output of a Chinese Original daVinci CD player I bought because I liked the look of it.
Otherwise it is my 27 year old Goldmund system (the record player is ~40 though) which I am still happy with.
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Sounds like an excellent system TBH - not difficult to live with that
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Those Anima’s are really special
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Looking good Andy! Have you not mounted the Selenium with the writing horizontal just to get OCD people twitiching?
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Cheers - I couldn’t mount the writing exactly H or V because the previous TOA bass drivers used in the baffle had metal bushed holes fitted that had 10mm wrong PCD so I would have risked a mounting hole disaster.
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The Second System is finally up and running now with the arrival of some AE2s, to go with the Sony DVP-S9000ES, Cambridge Audio A5 and a Yamaha WX10 for Streaming.
Plan to upgrade the amp soon, either with the Bryston B60R from the main system or a big Denon amp, not sure yet.
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Cool tonearm. VTA looks bang on 
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The room is our ‘Library’ room, a hobby room for games consoles, Wife’s sewing (she makes her own clothes) and music.
Library by Robert Seymour, on Flickr
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Are they Target stands?
The AE2s look at home on them.
Hope you enjoy them as much as I did.
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Yeah, Target R1 stands Thanks again!
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