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  1. #1
    Join Date: Nov 2010

    Location: Cheshire

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    I'm Barry.

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    A couple of changes Rega RS1's -> Acoustic Energy 305's and CA Dacmagic 2 & Pioneer BDP-150 -> Cambridge Audio 752BD



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    Join Date: Feb 2012

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    Very nice and tidy! Like the look of the AE's, certain that they sound good too!
    Regards /Mike

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    Join Date: Dec 2011

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    Great looking system - I bet it sounds fantastic. Congrats

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    Looks good, neater, tidier and cleaner than my system

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    I am liking it !!! Love tall systems. What is your rack ? and turntable support ? Combined well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RobbieGong View Post
    I am liking it !!! Love tall systems. What is your rack ? and turntable support ? Combined well.
    Hi Robert, the rack is an Atacama Equinox and the shelf Sound Organisation.

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    The Sony CDP has gone and the Rega Mira3 has been replaced, the rack moved opposite so the speakers can go further apart and back a foot.








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    Hi Barry,

    That’s a very nice and obviously well thought out system. I particularly like the amp/speaker combo, which should show really well what the best (affordable) modern equipment is capable of.

    Respect for using a NAD pre and power, which should not only work superbly well with your speakers, but gel together musically to produce a rather convincing and effortless sound - nice one!

    Marco.

    P.S The pic of your T/T deserves to go into the ‘Show us your belters’ competition in Analogue Art.
    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    Hi Barry,

    That’s a very nice and obviously well thought out system. I particularly like the amp/speaker combo, which should show really well what the best (affordable) modern equipment is capable of.

    Respect for using a NAD pre and power, which should not only work superbly well with your speakers, but gel together musically to produce a rather convincing and effortless sound - nice one!

    Marco.

    P.S The pic of your T/T deserves to go into the ‘Show us your belters’ competition in Analogue Art.
    Thanks for the heads up Marco, I'll check out the opposition in case I need to do a better one

    The buying of the NADS prompted the rack and speaker replacement, straight away the sound was all on top of me and it was obvious some space was needed.
    The speakers were 5 foot apart now 7.5 foot and a foot further back, plus slightly toed in, I had a problem with power leads in the new position so bought a 6 way MDU what a surprise that was !
    Last edited by Bazil; 22-10-2014 at 17:43.

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    The Rega looks very pretty in your neat and well put together system Barry.
    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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