Fired up the family room system last night.
The Manley Stingray is a new addition as is the Shag print from Palm Springs waiting to be mounted. We feel very fortunate to have traveled to Palm Springs in January and found this print.
The stock Rega 3 feeds the Nad C658 phono input (in the West Elm console) and the pre amp rca output to the Stingray. A small turn of the volume knob and the Stingray opens up ready to boogie. The fully furnished room is 5 x 10 m and 3.6 m ceiling with tall 3.3 glass sliding doors on both walls. So it can have a slight presence in the upper midrange.
We played several albums including Dire Straits Brothers in Arms and Sam Smith The Thrill Of It All.
This setup sounds sublime in this space. The subtle warmth and velvet smoothness of the Stingray balances nicely with the lively sound of the Rega 3. I am running a 3.5 way D’Apolito loudspeakers which are about 90 dB. It goes plenty loud enough for our purpose.
In the next few weeks l’ll install my OMA Mini clones currently on the drawing board. I plan to use a pair of JBL 1200H woofers and a conical horn by Bill Woods. We think it will blend nicely with the modern vintage decor.
https://oswaldsmillaudio.com/mini