Nice enough I guess, but if you're going to get something that looks like that, you may as well spend the extra and do it properly.Originally Posted by Audio Al
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AUDIO-RESE...item3d02a442b2
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Nice enough I guess, but if you're going to get something that looks like that, you may as well spend the extra and do it properly.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AUDIO-RESE...item3d02a442b2
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My favourite looking pre-power combo ever.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HITACHI-HC...3D111760078222
And it is just down the road from me.
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I like the looks of this one. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NIKKO-ALPH...3D291550567318
Quite tempted, actually!
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I have been checking this for a while:
That's the best looking one on ebay de. There are three, one at 602 Euros at the mo which is knackered looking but apparently the MK1 is the one to go for sonically.
It is a Nelson Pass design. That puts me off a bit I don't like any Pass X series amp I have ever heard TBH.
There seems to be a real German trend to find 1970s/80s amps and overcharge for them.
Another example is this Yammy B2 V-FET jobbie. Supposed to be very good.
http://www.ebay.de/itm/YAMAHA-B2x-Re...item2a55f3bb55
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I've used them. The power amp is nice enough, but the pre is a let down.
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Why not just go and buy it then, daftee? £550 I suspect is do-able for you, and life's too short to deny yourself of such pleasures... Go on, treat yourself!
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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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Thought about it but I've just got no use for them.
Current Lash Up:
TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.
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I prefer these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hitatchi-C...item33a8deb2cf
If t'were nearer I'd probably snaffle them myself
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I thought you were struggling to find an amp you liked? Last I heard you were using that wee valve amp, which blew you away, but you wanted more power. So what have you settled on now?
Marco.
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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Nowt. I had a gadgee in to read the meters on Saturday morning, when they tell me how much of a refund I'm due that is when the hi-fi buying will commence!
Current Lash Up:
TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.
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