MiBO 2016 Photos, Videos and Comments
Got to the event early, got all the gear in, was a bit sparsely poulated:
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The gear end of the room:
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This new phono stage made its appearance:
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Equipment table:
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Barrington brought along a fantastic creation, a much improved Rega TT, with many layers of vibration control:
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Much amp swapping was done:
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When Ali arrived his Tandberg R2R was put in to really good effect, it was stunning:
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A side shot also showing Ali's Slagle (?) TVC passive in the foreground, installed a little later:
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Ali's modified 2000 head amp with all Z foil resistors plus external supply gave extremely spacious sound, in comparison with my standard one there was definitely more of everything in the presentation:
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Lastly for this photo round up, Justin's Pro amp was on power duties to rather good effect:
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Overall some stunning sounds were heard, the stars of the day for me were Barringtons amazing TT plus the venerable 40 plus year old Quad ESL57's, which accepted everything thrown at them with aplomb :D
I might add at rather higher volume levels than I have ever used them before :eek:
Brilliant first day chaps, more to come from today.
Runners, riders, kit and wit.
What a fabulous day. Great company, excellent kit, superb craic (is that spelt correctly?.....it is now).
OK onto the photos. Can't necessarily put details to them all (:cool:) so will number them and folks can add as they like.
Number 1. The star, the heroic scale, the impact, the clarity, oh and did I mention the scale.
Ali's piddling little OBs ......ahem.
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2. The front end
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3. The towers of power
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4. The admiring crowd
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5. JBLs lovingly restored by ...
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6. Goodmans Mezzo 3 with Celestion HF1300 tweeters, a bit of a hit
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7. Justins white heavyweights
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8. The fancy waterfall taps in the rest room* where we went for lunch. (* translation - the bog)
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9. A very tidy system at the other end of the room (memory has gone ...sorry)
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10. ....with a huge amplifier on the floor
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11. Very nice sounding Quad bookshelf speakers
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12. A replacement for number 10, a Proton amp
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13. VU VU VU VU VU , ok I'll stop it now
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14. More JBLs. Good punch with these
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15.
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16. ESL57s raised up off the floor. Cleaner bass with the greater space behind them (couldn't find hooks in the ceiling :doh:)
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17. Now don't laugh, it's the dancing partners
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18. Martins Akai's being used properly on stands (at last :D)
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19. Project Box phono in use in Ali's system
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20. The business end, and what an end :eek:
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21. R2R loveliness
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22. Tape
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23. ....and finally (put her down Steve, you don't know where she has been)
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Let's do it again, an overwhelming success, thanks Martin for your sterling efforts :thumbsup: