Well half change anyway, new power amp and speakers. Saw some classic 80s gear for sale and couldn't resist it.
The TDL Studios are very early, they don't have the usual biwire terminals. I was pleasantly surprised when I measured them and looked them up to find they were Studio 2s not the 1s I first thought. They needed a bit of oiling on the cabinet but otherwise in very good condition.
The MF Pre doesn't work, I need to see what's going on. The P170 had a broken speaker socket, I dug around and found a set of 4 half decent ones and just replaced the lot. It's sounding very nice indeed with my Xiang Sheng valve pre. I think it's one of Tim de P's designs and operates in class A for the first few watts (20 claimed but I always take Anthony Michaelson's claims of this period with a pinch of salt - the A1 was sold as a Class A amp after all!!).
All in all I'm very happy tonight
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