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Currently using a Cambridge CXC Transport into a Caiman Seg, lovely sounds :)

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One simple system powered by :

Croft 25R pre
Croft S7 just returned from Glenn upgraded to R.

Hi Mickael,

The two valves on the left are for the phonostage. The valve on the right is for the linestage.
Hope this helps ?

Ahh brings back memories :)
I got mine for Xmas in the 70's, the first record I recorded on it was Make a Daft Noise for Xmas by the Goodies (I now have a tear in my eye)

I found the JJECC83S valves to be more dynamic in the phono stage of my 25R, than the NOS Mullards, TJ Full Music, and Genelex Gold Lions I tried at the time, and recall reading somewhere that the...

I recall reading somewhere that Glenn Croft uses stacked Quad electrostatics to test his amplifiers, so would assume the Maggies would not pose a problem ?

Thanks Andrew

Hi Rich,
I use a Rothwell MCL with the same cartridge as yours, into a Croft 25R MM phono stage, it sounds great to my ears.
However, I had a problem with hum when I connected the earth lead from...

My CXC (with Union Jack Sticker) is as black as my SEG, and sound very good together :D

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I used to own the OL Silver mk3a, (on my Gyrodec SE) good sounds & has a VTA adjuster for £675 direct from OL.

I have the Caiman 2 GFU, and recently purchased a SEG (about 40 hours use so far), both powered by an Anker battery.
Used as a DAC only fed by my Cambridge CXC cd transport.

The differences I...

Simon,
When I feel down I do the following :-

Make myself a large mug of camomile tea.
Settle into my comfy listening chair, put on some cheerful music & just let the sounds wash over me until I...

In no particular order:

Albums
Ronny Jordan - The Antidote (Enjoy every track on this album)
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue (Love the piano solo in Freddy Freeloader)
Carol Thompson -...

+1 Hope you are feeling better now Dave

Olly

Just ordered a SEG, can't wait to hear it versus my Caiman 2 :)

No Piccys but my 1st system in 1979 was :

Hitachi DD turntable with shure 55ed (?) cartridge
Rotel RA1412 (loved this amp, grab handles / VU metres looked the dog's, still used by my cousin)...

I always use gloves when handling valves, I treat them like I would old school car headlight bulbs;)
I use the cotton gloves I received with my Proac speakers (nice touch I thought at the time ).
...

Just ordered a pen.
Thanks for the recco Marco :)

After cleaning my valve pins, I will rinse with full fat coke (got loads of the stuff now I'm on the Diet version to chase my Rum :eyebrows:) &...

Thanks for the good suggestions :)

During next week I will play around with speaker placement, listen to the tracks suggested, play some simple acoustic music, & let you know the outcome.

I...

Do you have room treatment on your rear wall ?

Hi Geoff,
I tried this a few times, but always had the depth confined to the rear wall. I managed to increase the soundstage width beyond the side walls by speaker placement, but no luck with depth.

I guess I should have phrased my question like this :doh:

The Soundstage I hear is always within the room boundaries, how can one get around this without room treatment, is it even possible ?

Thanks Geoff, I will give these tracks a listen.