{"id":2598,"date":"2015-10-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-15T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maplatine.com\/blog\/building-your-hi-fi-system-interview-of-elwood-employee-of-maplatine-com\/"},"modified":"2017-11-23T09:37:19","modified_gmt":"2017-11-23T08:37:19","slug":"building-your-hi-fi-system-interview-of-elwood-employee-of-maplatine-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maplatine.com\/blog\/en\/building-your-hi-fi-system-interview-of-elwood-employee-of-maplatine-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Building your Hi-Fi system: interview with Elwood, employee of maPlatine.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this new interview, our young technician Elwood passionately talks about his Hi-Fi system\u00a0<\/strong>, under permanent upgrade! \"Syst\u00e8me <\/p>\n

Elwood, what does your Hi-Fi system consist of?<\/span><\/h3>\n

I play my vinyl records on my old customised Planar 3 from the 90’s. The RB300 tonearm proudly accommodates a Rega Carbon carbon<\/a> that works wonders! I use a Sansui integrated amp<\/strong>, an au-317 mk II that has a great phono stage<\/strong>. The system is connected to Monitor Audio’s BX-1 speakers<\/a> that are truly amazing! When I really want to cut myself off from the outside world, I connect my Grado SR60e headphones<\/a>, a model I find incredible for the price, with an amazingly accurate sound reproduction. <\/p>\n

What guided you in your choices?<\/span><\/h3>\n

I mainly listen to rhythm\u2019n\u2019blues, soul and rock from the sixties, so I opted for Rega<\/a> for my turntable and immediately fell for the distinctive sound of this British brand! The dynamics are immediately perceptible on a high tempo, the bass is well articulated and the mids are really warm! Once I had connected the vinyl turntable<\/a> to my amp<\/strong>, I soon felt the urge to use it with new speakers, so it wasn’t long before I opted for the BX-1<\/strong>! The potential of my stereo system<\/strong> was increased tenfold once the speakers were fully broken in, it was pure bliss\u2026 <\/p>\n

What main steps did the building process include?<\/span><\/h3>\n

I already had a Hi-Fi amp with a phono stage, a direct-drive BST turntable and old second-hand speakers. When I first took to Hi-Fi sound reproduction, I immediately opted for a Rega turntable<\/strong>, because it is the source of my stereo system and it is naturally the main element for which no expense should be spared! \"Interview <\/p>\n

Are you happy with the sonic performance and why?<\/span><\/h3>\n

Yes, because it all makes sense, I was able to rediscover my entire vinyl collection, and I’ve only just started! <\/p>\n

What plans do you have in terms of upgrades?<\/span><\/h3>\n

I’ve had my views on it for a long time… I think that the best way to increase the reproduction level of my stereo system would be to buy a Pro-Ject Tube Box S<\/a>. This phono preamp<\/a> is an entry-level model, but I think it is in a different league altogether because of its electronic tubes! This centrepiece of analogue electronics will be the cornerstone of my future system! \"Interview<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In this new interview, our young technician Elwood passionately talks about his Hi-Fi system\u00a0, under permanent upgrade! Elwood, what does your Hi-Fi system consist of? I play my vinyl records on my old customised Planar 3 from the 90’s. The RB300 tonearm proudly accommodates a Rega Carbon carbon that works wonders! I use a Sansui […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1342,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maplatine.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2598"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maplatine.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maplatine.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maplatine.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maplatine.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2598"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.maplatine.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2639,"href":"https:\/\/www.maplatine.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2598\/revisions\/2639"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maplatine.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maplatine.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maplatine.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maplatine.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}