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    Quote Originally Posted by jandl100 View Post
    Dave's comment uplifted from Macca's blog ...



    Ah, no.
    It arrived and looked tatty, as expected. So I took it along to my current hifi fixer and left it with him to check over before I hooked it up in my system. Phone call a few days later - it's been completely trashed inside by a bodger - completely non-economic to fix. So I dumped it in the recycling.

    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

    I needed a proper top cover (my headphone D-60 has a D75 cover shoehorned into place) and a couple of spare knobs would have been to advantage as the pots are narrow shaft......... A spare set of caps and selected/matched transistors from the main board would have been nice as well.....

    See, even a botched one has some kind of value to someone...
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    Ah. Sorry, David. I was peed off and just dumped the thing!
    It was all very tatty/rusty and knobs missing. It may not have been any use to you anyway.

    Quote Originally Posted by jollyfix View Post
    Those MBLs look the business Jerry. Very nice indeed.
    Thanks, Dave - yep, they ain't half bad!
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    Quote Originally Posted by jandl100 View Post
    The Maggies are in mid-Wales, which may make things tricky?
    Yes I hadn't forgotten, will have to visit there
    I love Hendrix for so many reasons. He was so much more than just a blues guitarist - he played damn well any kind of guitar he wanted. In fact I'm not sure if he even played the guitar - he played music. - Stevie Ray Vaughan

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    OK - that's cool! I'll PM you, Alan.
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    No probs Jerry. You already have a DC300A, which is broadly the same circuit idea (in a more rigorous form) and sharing the same basic sound with 5 times the power. I seem to have become the D-60 refuge/hospital, when what I really need is a D-150A at least... Hifi Dave's DC300A (satin finish sample with silver knobs) sounded incredibly good last I heard it and his very tatty D-150 was very similar sounding, despite it's long and possibly hard life. The one you could try if you were ever still interested, is the first D75 (not the D-75A which was simplified) which ken Rockwell enthused over recently. Easy to change US mains settings to European ones
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    My DC300A is currently staring at me reproachfully from the spares shelf.
    I have a buyer lined up for it.

    So, no - the vintage Crown stuff now falls under the heading of been there, done that!
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    And they said it would never happen ---- New speakers at Jerry Towers!

    Mega horn hybrids. Actives, too.

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    My word Jerry, rave on.

    Do tell how they are once you've had a day or two
    I love Hendrix for so many reasons. He was so much more than just a blues guitarist - he played damn well any kind of guitar he wanted. In fact I'm not sure if he even played the guitar - he played music. - Stevie Ray Vaughan

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    Quote Originally Posted by jandl100 View Post
    And they said it would never happen ---- New speakers at Jerry Towers!

    Mega horn hybrids. Actives, too.

    Come on Jerry spill the beans- l have the horn too.
    System; Michell Gyrodec SE/ Orbe Clamp/ Gert Pedersen armboard mod/ HR PSU/ SME V / J7 Tonearm cable/Ortofon Cadenza Black// Jez Arkless Turbo nutter B------ /Trichord Dino+

    Amplification and loudspeaker set up is at the moment being split into two groups, comprising the following;


    1. Same sources as above; SONY TAF-770ES/SONY CDP761E/Cable Talk 3.1 loudspeakercable/ Harbeth Compact7ES2/ Stands

    2. Virtue Audio Sensation M451battery PSU, ClarityCaps upgrade/ Sensation M901/Russian PIO caps with Teflon bypass caps upgrade/ JT Dynamic PSU with various tweaks/ Connex Audio 5N Litz loudspeaker cable, Impulse H6 Loudspeakers.




















    Me so horny- Impulse H6 Horny

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    Are the MBLs still there though? The Ravon's do look a lot better.

    Last edited by User211; 15-11-2015 at 10:45.

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