Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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The system that filled my dreams at night so many years ago was one of these:
with one of these:
and two of these:
Dunno what it would have sounded like, but with looks like that, who cares?
Also like to get hold of another pair of Dahlquist DQ10s. I had a pair on loan for a while in 1976, but only had a horrid 15 watt Technics receiver to drive them with, which hardly did them justice.
Oooooh Lecson Pre & power with Gale 401s
Bests, Mark
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Another one I never got to hear:
Goodmans Dimension 8s, if you were wondering. Looked really cool in white. A tatty pair went on ebay for £35 last week. Could have been good for the cheap-as-chips system.
Vintage kit just looks so much more interesting, doesn't it? (That Lecson is to die for, looks-wise at least.)
For me, I already have the vintage turntable I think is the dog's danglies (Garrard 401). Would love to try a Decca in it one day.
Amps wise, Quad IIs or Leak TL12 Plus (dunno about a pre - but always fancied trying valve monoblocks.) So much choice with vintage speakers, but having heard the 12" Monitor Golds in Lancaster cabinets at Scalford, the Tannoy option is something I'd like to try at some point - probably only when I have a dedicated listening room, though. (And as long as I don't have to look at them, the fuggly blighters!)
I also lust after a vintage 70's Marantz tuner, and Pioneer cassette deck from the same period - not really worried about the model as it is very much a superficial thing, much like my Sony amp - just give me big VU Meters and I'm happy!
Alex
Main System: Digital: HP Laptop/M2Tech Hiface/Logitech Media Server/FLAC; Marantz SA7001 KI Signature SACD Player and other digital stuff into Gatorised Beresford Caiman DAC Vinyl: Garrard 401/SME 3009 SII Improved/Sumiko HS/Nagaoka MP-30
Amplifier: Rega Brio R. Speakers: Spendor SP1. Cables: Various, mainly Mark Grant. Please see "about me" for the rest of my cr@p! Gallery
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