Well here it is...after months of thinking 'I must get some piccies up' I have finally got round to it.
Sorry about the Tannoy being a bit lopsided...also no point in taking pics of the two as they are both the same...
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Well here it is...after months of thinking 'I must get some piccies up' I have finally got round to it.
Sorry about the Tannoy being a bit lopsided...also no point in taking pics of the two as they are both the same...
If only it was that simple
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Quad II/40 amps, Music First passive pre, Tannoy Stirling SE speakers, Technics 1200 + RB301, V-LPS, digital streaming from Mac mini via Lifatec Toslink to Moon 300D. Meier Corda Arietta headphone amp, Sennheiser HD650 Phones. Mark Grant i/c cables. Speaker cables, Audioquest Rocket 44 BiWire.
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Very nice Ray, very nice indeed.
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Very nice indeed, so thanks for sharing. How would you say the Quads match sonically with your Tannoys? I've never heard that combination
Also, and I've always wondered this, is it Tannoy Sterlings or Stirlings? If Tannoy were naming them after the Scottish town (they often name their designs after towns), where the famous castle is, then it's definitely the latter...
It's just that they're referred to all over the web as "Sterlings", and being born in Scotland, it'll annoy the feck out of me if that's not right!
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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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StIrlings is correct. I had to check though as my foreign language skills aren't the best...I find Quads and the Tannoys a great match. With the chances I have to listen to quality gear in this neck of the woods, this is about the best I have heard. The Quads 40WPC and the relative high sensitivity of the Tannoys, Volume control normally sits just under 12 o'clock (50%).
The preamp is interesting in that the volume control is scaled in db's of attenuation so the higher you turn it up, the lower the numbers go.....
Another pic added to show overall layout.
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Quad II/40 amps, Music First passive pre, Tannoy Stirling SE speakers, Technics 1200 + RB301, V-LPS, digital streaming from Mac mini via Lifatec Toslink to Moon 300D. Meier Corda Arietta headphone amp, Sennheiser HD650 Phones. Mark Grant i/c cables. Speaker cables, Audioquest Rocket 44 BiWire.
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Very nice Ray, i really liked the sound of Quad 11's into my Strirlings, my wife hates the grills on the Tannoys so mine are naked, the Kitten likes them as clawing posts though,
i must seak out some form of isolation for mine your granite? blocks look nice
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Lafayette el84 power amp , Audio note M1 pre , Tannoy Sterlings, Garrard 301 , SME 3012 , puresound P10, Ortofon SPU, Cambridge CXN streamer
Micro mega Duo 3 cd transport ,
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Jonboy...those arent granite blocks...they are just 15" square paving slabs painted matt black.....
I like the grills off but normally leave them on as wifey would be poking dusters and who knows what into them to clean them. I get the grill off when she is out for a while and I have the house to myself. Must say...they look really nice nude...
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Quad II/40 amps, Music First passive pre, Tannoy Stirling SE speakers, Technics 1200 + RB301, V-LPS, digital streaming from Mac mini via Lifatec Toslink to Moon 300D. Meier Corda Arietta headphone amp, Sennheiser HD650 Phones. Mark Grant i/c cables. Speaker cables, Audioquest Rocket 44 BiWire.
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I did wonder hence the question markOriginally Posted by jantheman
Jonboy...those arent granite blocks...they are just 15" square paving slabs painted matt black.....
Last edited by MartinT; 11-04-2011 at 07:51. Reason: Fixed broken quote
Jon
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Lafayette el84 power amp , Audio note M1 pre , Tannoy Sterlings, Garrard 301 , SME 3012 , puresound P10, Ortofon SPU, Cambridge CXN streamer
Micro mega Duo 3 cd transport ,
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Strirlings? That's even better! You guys crack me up
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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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OOPSStrirlings? That's even better! You guys crack me up
Marco.hangover head again
Mine must be special Limited additions then
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Lafayette el84 power amp , Audio note M1 pre , Tannoy Sterlings, Garrard 301 , SME 3012 , puresound P10, Ortofon SPU, Cambridge CXN streamer
Micro mega Duo 3 cd transport ,
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Note the missing TT...I'm going to have to get a shelf and mount it over by the speaker in the alcove. Would there be any problem mounting it above the speaker??...Vibrations etc??
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Main System :
Quad II/40 amps, Music First passive pre, Tannoy Stirling SE speakers, Technics 1200 + RB301, V-LPS, digital streaming from Mac mini via Lifatec Toslink to Moon 300D. Meier Corda Arietta headphone amp, Sennheiser HD650 Phones. Mark Grant i/c cables. Speaker cables, Audioquest Rocket 44 BiWire.
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