Pretty sure it is.  Variac + VU meter == preamp or impedance matcher or power supply or...?

^ More importantly, there are no interconnects to the power amp, nor is the AC cord plugged in.

Oh hey yeah wtf?  Changing my reaction to confusion.

O think it is an AC regenerator for the turntable motor. The variac is used to set the voltage. I think that the knob at the bottom is a frequency switch to set the motor speed (45/33/78).

Looks homebrew.

 

all kinds of porn there.

but the person who has to sit in the cream colored leather chair sure gets a sucky listening angle..

I'm thinking the chair might be part of the room treatment. The first deflection for the left speaker.

The first picture (if you look at the pattern of the carpet) shows the chair is absolutely on axis between the speakers. The second photo's angle gives a deceptive perspective.

Erm, the cream chair isn't in the first picture.

The OP who posted the two above photos made a comment on switching to a low back chair greatly improved the imaging of his system.  I surmise the cream chair is his old one.

Mo Big-Ass speaker time?

Okay - KENRICK Repro JBL Hartsfield + Ion Tweeters

 

 

 

 

8 hours ago, Knuckledragger said:

The OP who posted the two above photos made a comment on switching to a low back chair greatly improved the imaging of his system.  I surmise the cream chair is his old one.

I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that’s for muggle visitors.

14 hours ago, guzziguy said:

Erm, the cream chair isn't in the first picture.

Oh *that* chair! I hadn't even seen that one in the first picture. Must change my specs ??

KEF R7s, the London skyline, and a metric fucktonne of reflective surfaces.

Sansui 6 powering Harbeths.

Love the Harbeths and love the stools they sit on.

The stools are from Ikea ... but the system is beautiful.

In this case the cinder blocks are from Home Depot?  Either the residents are dwarfs or isn't that window set a bit low?

I think you are only seeing the bottom half of the window - or else it's an attic room with a low ceiling at the wall. Cinder blocks make excellent speaker stands.

Edited October 23, 20196 yr by dsavitsk

Yes, they tend not to have extremely low (amplitude) resonances and attenuate vibrations.

^ Indeed. I'm hung up on the window too. Does it open in two parts? 

KEF R3's, R2c, Marantz receiver and a Peachtree Nova.

1979 Klipsch La Scalas and a bunch of pals.

 

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