Well, no, it's not "private" - but I do feel that it is f*cking up the thread!
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Well, no, it's not "private" - but I do feel that it is f*cking up the thread!
A place for everything and everything in its place. tidy, that's me .... NOT!
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Yes to the interconnect, no we don't need the preamp.Originally Posted by Marco
Lol - what does that mean exactly?
Sorry to muck up your thread, Jerry
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Lol... Jerry has never quite 'embraced' the joys of AoS thread-drift! See it as a free bump...
Anyway, info noted. The thread-drift can be rubbed out if you wish, sire?
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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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Nah - that's fine.
I'm OK with AOS thread drift - it just seemed you two guys were planning your personal diaries on someone else's thread.
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Coolio - soz about that
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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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Pre-amp update --
The XTC solid state pre is sold. Good but definitely a step-down from the Bent Audio TVC passive and Morgan Audio 500 valve pre.
At the moment, the TVC is "resting" and I am very much enjoying the musical insight of the Morgan valve pre.
The innards will certainly mean more to the technically-minded than they do to me... but that transformer seems very generously sized for a pre-amp!
It uses two ecc83 and two ecc82 valves.
In the photo are RCA ecc82 and CVC ecc83 ... hmm, not ideal for some reason. But in situ now are TAD 12AX7 (ecc83 equivalent) which I like for their openness and purity of sound, and Amperex 12AU7A (ecc82) which I like for their hint of 'valvey' warmth of tone and natural musicality. A very nice combination - the music sounds very spacious yet focussed, detailed, articulate and fluid. Love it!
Perhaps I'll bring it along to the meetup with Martin and Marco?
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Please do, Jerry
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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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That looks nice Jerry, how would you characterise the sound?
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A little on the cool and lean side, Si.
You recall the XTC pre? - nice sound, but the Morgan has better rez in the mids and top, not as deep or solid bass (although it's not bad, it's just that the XTC was particularly good in the bass, imo), the XTC was def a bit warmer and fuller sounding. The Morgan is better focussed, really quite excellent, actually..
The Morgan suits my tastes better. It's kind of a lean, mean detail machine.
I've done a fair bit of tube rolling, and that seems to affect the soundstaging/spaciousness more than anything else. Really works well with my TAD/Amperex toobs!
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Four big juicy Ansar Polyprops there
The innards will certainly mean more to the technically-minded than they do to me
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