hamish hifi happiness

[The Vinyl Adventure]

righty then
here is my main system all neat and tidy for the first time, i have only just got everything to fit on the rack (apart from the napsc) and as such, for the first time, i actully want to show it off on a forum



speaker shot




check out my original xerxes and original roksan stand
i bought this deck and then went to uhes where they had this stand and isolation platform, they had taken it in part ex ages ago. i was so chuffed when i found out it was designed around the deck i had just bought. pretty cool 80's style roksan logo i think you will agree



and here is my office system... does anyone else agree that my hifi rack may have become somewhat superfluous. im also fairly certain the perspex platform and sorborthane pods do very little in this contex but the turntable i orderd never turned up so there it stays



also im fairly certain that the qed interconect cost me more than tripath amp!

[aquapiranha]

Nice! how are you liking the Bantam (?) amp? and I am liking the Linn....

[The Vinyl Adventure]

the bantam is pretty bloody good in fairness! im pleased with it anyway. the more intensive listening i have been doing whilst messing with the opamps in the 7520 has made me aware of the fact that you cant turn it up full whack as previously thought without the sound suffering. that said though it still performs very well at all volumes with the drop off of quality at full volume being relatively speaking only very slight! for the £80 i couldnt be more happy! i had a look under the bonet of it the other day and was actually really suprised to find (not that i really know what im looking at) it actually looked well made. i was expecting loads of realy skinny wires but its actually pretty hard core under there. even the thin bits of wire seem to have been extra insulated.

the linn, of course, is a beautiful thing!
i have posted this comment else where but i really do feel i have hit gold with having just bought the 7520 for upstairs and the linn for downstairs. they have both really changed my music listening life, and i dont think that can be said for many hifi purchases. they have both made truly massive improvements and i mean that as aposed to the normal audiophile 'massive' which i find normally means 'very slight but worth while' if you get my meaning!

[aquapiranha]

Thanks for the info Hamish. I had a Trends TA10.1 that I modified, and to be fair I thought it sounded amazing, again considering the cost. I am toying with the idea of buildind a chip amp soon. I think if you do not have an extensive vinyl collection that streaming is a very good way to go - and yes I am considering that too!

Oh, FB1's? I used to have a lovely pair of TB2S+'s....great speakers PMC's.

[The Vinyl Adventure]

i love my pmc's i think they are the fave bit of the hifi the bass has such a level of control for the level that comes out (sorry im apaling at these sound descriptions)

any thoughts on how i could get a little bit more out of the bantam seeing as it sounds as though you have experience in the area!

[break-3]

I love that turntable stand - very cool.

[The Vinyl Adventure]

Thanks for the info Hamish. I had a Trends TA10.1 that I modified, and to be fair I thought it sounded amazing, again considering the cost. I am toying with the idea of buildind a chip amp soon. I think if you do not have an extensive vinyl collection that streaming is a very good way to go - and yes I am considering that too!

Oh, FB1's? I used to have a lovely pair of TB2S+'s....great speakers PMC's.

also,im not sure if this is of any use/interest to you but i have heard very good results from music recorded via a soundblaster x-fi in 24/96 from a tt. its a pain to do but it means you get to have all your vinyl in hires format for digi playback. from waht i understand the adc in these soundblasters is good enough in most cases as long as you have a good tt/stage to send it the signal

[The Vinyl Adventure]

I love that turntable stand - very cool.

YEAH!!!!! i knew someone would think its as ace as i do!!

[aquapiranha]

i love my pmc's i think they are the fave bit of the hifi the bass has such a level of control for the level that comes out (sorry im apaling at these sound descriptions)

any thoughts on how i could get a little bit more out of the bantam seeing as it sounds as though you have experience in the area!

well the Bantam has a different layout to the Trends, however essentially they are the same really. It would certainly be beneficial to replace the coupling caps with better quality units ( the tank caps also) if you can post an internal pic that would help quite a lot.


I think the TB2s+ that I had were essentially the stand mount version of the ones you have, and I always thought they majored on a fantastic midband, though not to the level I get now. I will help any waay I can re. the Bantam, but I assure you there are many on this forum who could run rings around me!

[aquapiranha]

ARRRGGGGHHHHHH ! my eyes! my eyes!....

OK, so I am exaggerating, but I have a personal pet hate of blue LED's that are brighter then a super nova..... so I changed the one in my trends to a nice green one.... this would also match the rest of your kit. I did mention the blue ones on the the thread about the Beresford but was shot down in flames....lol