Hello from "above the arctic Circle" in Norway

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Trigger

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Hello from "above the arctic Circle" in Norway
« on: 4 Oct 2017, 06:55 am »
Hi!
I am totally new here, but I am not new to the hobby.
Over the last 30 years or so I've been more or less continually upgrading my system(s) in order to achieve what I percieve as a great sound..
It's been ups and downs in the time spent (and Money) because of other priorities like family, other hobbies and work, but there's hardly ever been more than 3-4 years in between each time I have changed out some Equipment..

To make a long story short I have now settled the main system set up with a NAS (network accessible storage) which have all my Music stored as FLAC.
In addition I have an old CD player as a secondary source.
Both of these are hooked up digitally (optical from the NAS and coaxial from the CD) to an Abrahamsen V6 DAC (Norwegian designer, same man who designed a lot of Electrocompaniet amplifiers).
The output from the DAC goes balanced to a Tortuga Audio LDR1BV25 and on to a modified Parasound HCA-3500 poweramp.
The speakers are PMC PB-1i, transmission lines.
Cables are mostly Blue Jeans.

I hope to read a lot of interesting stuff here, and maybe I can contribute some too..  :)

Best regards from Norway,
Tor-Helge

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Re: Hello from "above the arctic Circle" in Norway
« Reply #1 on: 4 Oct 2017, 10:42 am »
Welcome to AudioCircle, Tor-Helge.  :beer:

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Re: Hello from "above the arctic Circle" in Norway
« Reply #2 on: 4 Oct 2017, 10:53 am »
Welcome.  Was in northern Norway in August of 1974 as a guest of a Finnish family.  We traveled through Lapland well beyond the circle to near the very top of Europe.  All that sunshine was confusing, but better than months of darkness.  How do you tolerate it?  What keeps you up there?

JakeJ

Re: Hello from "above the arctic Circle" in Norway
« Reply #3 on: 4 Oct 2017, 12:10 pm »
Hello and welcome to AC, Trigger.

Trigger

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Re: Hello from "above the arctic Circle" in Norway
« Reply #4 on: 4 Oct 2017, 12:13 pm »
Thanks for the welcome.
Good question JLM, maybe not so much how, but why do I tolerate it :lol:
I guess being born here makes me used to it, and all the sunshine compensates for the darkness..
But yes, I wouldn't mind relocating to a warmer climate, however not really any part of Norway has that.. :?

Best regards,
Tor-Helge

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Re: Hello from "above the arctic Circle" in Norway
« Reply #5 on: 4 Oct 2017, 01:04 pm »
Greetings & Welcome to AC Trigger  :thumb:

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Re: Hello from "above the arctic Circle" in Norway
« Reply #6 on: 4 Oct 2017, 02:33 pm »
Welcome Tor-Helge :thumb:
I suggest you a tube amp to heat your winter.

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Re: Hello from "above the arctic Circle" in Norway
« Reply #7 on: 4 Oct 2017, 02:56 pm »
Welcome!

And we often call Canada the Great White North, you've got that covered pretty well!

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Re: Hello from "above the arctic Circle" in Norway
« Reply #8 on: 4 Oct 2017, 03:43 pm »
Welcome Trigger,
We would love to see some pics of your gear...

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Re: Hello from "above the arctic Circle" in Norway
« Reply #9 on: 4 Oct 2017, 04:29 pm »
Welcome Trigger,
We would love to see some pics of your gear...
...and from your city also :thumb:

Phil A

Re: Hello from "above the arctic Circle" in Norway
« Reply #10 on: 4 Oct 2017, 06:12 pm »
Welcome!

Trigger

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Re: Hello from "above the arctic Circle" in Norway
« Reply #11 on: 4 Oct 2017, 09:03 pm »
...and from your city also :thumb:

I'll have to get back to that later after a good tidying up, can't show the mess that is in my mancave right now to a proper audience..

Backwell

Re: Hello from "above the arctic Circle" in Norway
« Reply #12 on: 4 Oct 2017, 09:58 pm »
Hi Tor ! I'm not too far away from you, my home is on the Shetland Islands. Windy or what !

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Re: Hello from "above the arctic Circle" in Norway
« Reply #13 on: 4 Oct 2017, 10:28 pm »
Hello and welcome to AC. thanks for joining AC , William

Trigger

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Re: Hello from "above the arctic Circle" in Norway
« Reply #14 on: 5 Oct 2017, 04:40 am »
Hi Tor ! I'm not too far away from you, my home is on the Shetland Islands. Windy or what !

Wow!
Used to spend some time in Lerwick and Scalloway 15+ years ago. Came in with ships or helis usually for work in seismic exploration. Small world :D

Morning has broken. Time for work.
Cant complain about the view from the kitchen :)