Whats in your second system?


Just curious as to the people who like myself have many thousands "invested" in their main system with all the latest tweaks, cables etc and also have a second or even third system.

Did you assemble that with the same love and care and dedication and costly tweaks?

Or did you throw something together from bargain bins or indeed your old leftovers and then sat back and thought...Wow this sounds really good!

And if so did that get you thinking on the main system...lol.

My second system cost way less than the speaker cables on my main system but I am constantly shocked at just how nice it sounds for such a no frills setup.

Linn Classic all in one
Tannoy 2 ellipse small floorstanders
20 year old (at least) Jensen 50w 8 inch sub.
Monster Cable 12/2 speaker cable bare wire ends.
Home brewed power cord just cos I had it laying around.

The Linn just sits on top of a chest of drawers with the Tannoys flanking the chest either side and the lil sub sitting behind the chest.

And it sounds darn good tbh!
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My second system is a combination of components I didn't want to get rid of plus things I wanted to try.

Sota Cosmos, SME V, Lyra Clavits

CJ Premier 15 phono, Bryston BP17 preamp, Classe DR3 VHC, Martin Logan CLS.
My second and third system are made up of former first system components that I was too fond of to sell.

Second:

Martin Logan (original) CLS
Classe DR3-VHC
Bryston BP17 pre
Conrad Johnson Premier 15 phono
Lyra Clavis
SME V
Sota Cosmos

Great system for acoustic music

Third
Vandersteen 4A
twin Classe DR3 VHC bridged (mids and highs) + twin PSE Studio IV monos (bass) 
Classe DR-7 pre
Source is digital from files on my server.

Very satisfying system using components you hardly ever see but sound very good - only by listening there and then going to my main system are any shortcomings revealed.