[jyl]

I am not an audiophile, but have been playing and tinkering with my hifi lately.

Currently I have NAD receiver and NAD power amp - don’t recall model numbers, definitely not an audiophile, but they are 90s vintage I think? The receiver’s preamp out goes to a miniDSP equalizer and then to the power amp’s input. The source is either an old turntable, or a gen 1 iPod, or an Audioengines BFi WiFi/DAC. The speakers have changed around a little. There were some donated speakers, also some JBL mini monitors, briefly some weird omni-directional cheapo things from the 70s. But mostly they are a pair of Bose 901, with a Polk Audio powered subwoofer with the x-over set to 40 Hz, and a desktop amp driving some separate tweeters. Those have also changed around but are currently a pair of Linaeum omni-directional ribbon tweeters with a 2.3 uF capacitor for a xover at about 10 kHz.

My goal is a hifi that can be listened to from anywhere in the room, with enough bass for Ron Carter, enough brightness for Elvin Jones, and a midrange presence for John Coltrane. I basically only listen to jazz and, as mentioned in a thread earlier, my hearing is not great above 10 kHz. So I’ve tailored my hifi to my very specific needs.