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Location: Surrey, England UK
Posts: 591
I'm Stewart.
Greetings From Surrey
Hi All;
I was drawn here looking for open reel tape machine pictures and found a little piece of heaven.....
I collect and actively use professional open reel machines. My current main system comprises an Otari MTR 12, Nagra T Audio and a Nagra D with BBC LS 5/8 monitors driven with a pair of Quad 405-2's. The 2 analogue tape machines are equipped with Dolby A and SR.
Look forward to engaging with some of you vintage gear-heads.
Stewart.
Site Owner/Administrator
Location: Wrexham, North Wales, UK
Posts: 110,012
I'm AudioAl'sArbiterForPISHANTO.
Hi Stewart,
Welcome to AOS
There are plenty of vintage heads here so get stuck in and enjoy!
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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Moderator
Location: North Down /Northern Ireland/ UK
Posts: 19,484
I'm Neil.
Welcome
Hi Lodgesound
Welcome to AOS.....I do have an interest in some vintage kit...and would love a reel to reel...Some Day.
Anyway despite not being an expert on such matters I just wanted to say hello and welcome.
Regards D S D L----Neil
Regards Neil
Administrator / Magnetic Tape Person
Location: Bristol, UK
Posts: 9,962
I'm Nick.
Glad you decided to join, Lodgesound. I tend to go on about reel to reel a bit so it might have been some of my pictures that enticed you in
Funnily enough I've just invested in a Quad-based 'heart' to my system, a 33 and 303 which should be arriving shortly. I thought it would be nice to have a vintage amp-setup to go with my main vintage sources.
It'll be good to get your input on things of an analogue and tape pursuasion!
Welcome to AOS
Co-Founder/Administrator
Location: Norfolk, UK
Posts: 6,209
I'm BigBobJoylove.
Hello and welcome to The Art of Sound! (from me also in Surrey).
Ben Duncan mains conditioner
2022 MacBook Pro 14" M1 Pro 10/16/16/16
Samsung QE75Q90T 75" QLED TV
XMOS DSD Async USB to Coax converter
RME Audio ADI-2 FS (AK4493) DAC
Chord Clearway XLR interconnects
Audioquest Crimson USB interconnect
QED Quartz Reference optical interconnect
Edifier S3000 Pro active speakers
Atacama SE24 stands
Member
Location: Oxford UK
Posts: 67
Hi Stewart, yes another analogue newbie here too, and another vintage head into R 2 R machines, valve guitar amps and anything over 30 years old, but not my women
Seems that Nick is a Reel Man too, great !! I knew I made the right choice to get stuck in on this forum, already I have found people who like something other than a particular Named brand to talk about.
Paul
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