The complete AOS/Tube Distinctions system chez Toy

[Steve Toy]

The system comprises of:

AOS/TD linear PSU feeding

Bel Canto CD2 CD player into

AOS/TD grounded grid vale pre with 3 x ECC83 JAN Philips NOS valves into

AOS/TD A30 class A push/pull valve power amp with 4 x cryo treated Svetlana KT88s, 2 x Mullard GZ 34 rectifier valves and 4 x JAN Philips 6SN7 driver valves driving a pair of

Heco Celan 700 floorstanding speakers

Ancilliaries include Mark Grant Belden interconnect cables, Sterling Black Mamba speaker cables, Music Works Reflex block and Reflex leads, Music Works/Quadraspire Reference acrylic stands, Breckland Audio speaker plinths.

CD2, PSU and pre



The above with power amp



Heco Celan 700 loudspeaker

[Marco]

Looking good, Steve, but where are your pish catchers this time?

Marco.

[John]

Nice looking system Steve must sound great

[Steve Toy]

Hi John,

I must admit, I'm rather pleased with what it does. It perhaps isn't as tailored as potentially DIY can be to the needs of its owner but as a bespoke set it is a very close match of how I perceive good sound to be. Anthony and I seem to share similar goals in how we like things to sound and I got to hear different valve permutations before making a choice with the power amp. With the preamp that came later, Anthony was able confidently to make that choice on my behalf!

The interconnect and speaker cables came as a bit of a revelation, especially considering their price (or lack thereof) compared to what I'd been using before. Other ancilliaries - mains leads, block and stands come from the Music Works stable. I've always been one of those who are impressed by their demonstrations, whether or not Mr Jackson has been there to jump around at the time.

[Marco]

The sea of sniping and negativity over your mere reporting of the benefits of your new PSU on pfm is astounding; although, given the agendas and grudges held by some over there, not surprising...

Quite frankly, it's a bloody disgrace.

Marco.

[Steve Toy]

Not to worry Marco, it's the same old characters at it and they've generated a lot of traffic for that thread. Experience tells me that anyone genuinely interested in upgrading the Bel Canto will still read all the relevant bits and post (or get in touch) accordingly. There are a few positive and pertinent responses in there.

[Marco]

Yeah, the signal-to-noise ratio though measures vastly in favour of noise!!

Enough said

Marco.

[Filterlab]

Yeah, the signal-to-noise ratio though measures vastly in favour of noise!!

Hehehehehe, I don't know what you could be referring to.