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    Hi from Auckland, New Zealand.

    I got here chasing information about Stan Beresford's 7510 DAC.
    Largely on the strength of what I have read here, I have ordered and am now waiting for a new 7520. (Taps impatiently...!)

    My main use for it will be to drive some headphones so I can listen while on my Mac (currently ATH-M50s and HD555s).
    The next step will be to find a decent small amp and speakers to complete a desktop system - currently considering a Trends TA-10.1 Amp and some Q-Acoustics 1010i or 1020i speakers. Dunno yet.

    Next I think I need to retire the Bose 5 system in my living room - currently fed by both a Squeezebox 2 and an AppleTV. Lots to do there, including another DAC, of course.

    This audio bug seems to be escalating. My wife is horrified - she bought me the Bose years ago to stop me buying "speakers which look like naff furniture and take up half the living room".

    All my music is now digital format, mainly lossless. I'm pretty good at the digital end of things - it's all the analogue stuff I need to learn about...

    Still, at the end of the day it is the music which counts. I'm listening to Christine Perfect sing "I'd Rather Go Blind", ripped from an *old* LP with crackles and pops, as I type this, and it's going to get a repeat spin regardless!

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    Join Date: Jan 2008

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    Hi there and welcome to AOS

    It's always good to see another Beresford fan join as such products epitomise what our forum is about.

    What's your first name?

    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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    HI Photochromatic


    Welcome to AOS.


    regards D S D L---Neil
    Regards Neil

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    Howdy PhotoC... There seem to be a few new members from NZ recently. Nice to have you join us
    Nick
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    Indeedy...

    Welcome!
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    kudakutemo

    ari mizu-no tsuki

    Though it be be broken -
    broken again - still it's there:
    the moon on the water.

    - Choshu.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike Homar View Post
    Indeedy...

    Welcome!
    i second that.
    anthony,TD...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    Hi there and welcome to AOS

    What's your first name?

    Marco.
    Erm... sorry. I'm Richard.

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    Join Date: Jan 2008

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    Hi Richard,

    Please add your name to your signature on your profile so people know who to address during discussions. Enjoy the forum

    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.


    Protect your HUMAN RIGHTS and REFUSE ANY *MANDATORY* VACCINE FOR COVID-19!

    Also **SAY NO** to unjust 'vaccine passports' or certificates, which are totally incompatible with a FREE society!!!


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    Hello and welcome to The Art of Sound!

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