Warm vacation in that only on stay at home vacation will I set it up in the family living room. It has a very low WAF there. Other times, when the temperature in the basement A/V rooms gets a little chilly. The SQ-88 as all tubes based amps can not just give off warm sounds but make a room nice and cozy. This is part fulfillment of a long time dream of wanting a tube based system. It has been regulated to secondary status once I received my MA-6600. But still very enjoyable to come back too. In this at least I have an embarrassment of riches. The Daber speakers pair well with my amps and are super.
Tubed 55 watt integrated amplifier. Three line inputs. Remote volume control. Solid build, tube magic with good weight in the bass.
Technics SL-1600
Direct drive, with auto return features. Good sound without the penalty of getting up after each record. Mounted with Stanton 681 EEE..my ole faithful.
Cambridge Audio P - 640
Solid state phono preamp. Allows for the use of both MM/MC cartridges. Nice sounding unit, made my vinyl live again.
Teac RW-300
Teac player recorder. Handsome looking, smooth action. Part of their mini sized reference line.
TEAC T-H300
Teac AM/FM tuner. Gold faced good sounding unit. Besting my former Cambridge Audio and almost the equal of my Sony HD radio at times.
Daber Audio Monitor 3
Under the radar new brand of made in the USA speakers. It's planar tweeter sings so sweetly. A real beauty, very musical. Presently using plastic crates as stands.
Home Goods Small table
Solved my Daber speaker stand issue. It is not the Sound Anchors I would have wanted but for right now it at least beats the milk crates. They measure 14H x 12W x 15.5D, and are made of wood.
Been there, done that with the stands, but don't think I had the guts to put it on a'gon so hats off to you for the pictures :) I used to have my monitors sitting on top of 2-5 gal cans of joint compound with a small square piece of sheetrock on top acting as a top plate and Audioquest Sorbothane pucks between the sheetrock and spkr. Looked about as bad as the crates, but sonically, probably as good as many stands on the market. Now I have 2 pairs of real stands and saving the extra pair for a 2nd system someday...I read somewhere that someone put cinderblocks and wrapped them up in heavy duty plastic bags and used that as a spkr stand...with felt floor pads to protect your floors, that might give you a bit more WAF for very little monies, plus sound way better than the crates.