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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I'm Geoffrey.
at this thread.
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I'm John.
Me too
where's Penance when you need him...
AC POWER
Hardwired 10kVA balanced mains powering entire system
AMPS
Meridian 557 power Amp (Modded) / PS Audio BHK Preamp (Modded)
SPEAKERS
Wharfedale Evo 4.4
DAC
PS Audio Directstream (Modded)
TURNTABLE
Pro-Ject X8 balanced output via XLR / Ortofon Quintet Blue cartridge
PHONOSTAGE
Pro-Ject DS3 B balanced Input (TT and Phonostage powered by Pro-Ject Power box RS2 linear psu)
DIGITAL
OPPO 203 (Modded: Linear PSU, i2s output to Dac) - Roon Endpoint, HDMI input used for all things Streaming/ PS5 /AppleTV ... also good for movies apparently?
MUSIC PLAYBACK
Tweaked AP-Linux based Roon Server into Oppo 203 as Roon endpoint
Ipad Roon Remote.
Apple Music/ YouTube via AppleTV, fed to Dac via Oppo HDMI input/i2s output to Dac.
SPEAKER CABLES
Biwired: Duelund DCA10GA (Bass) Duelund DCA16GA (mid & treble) Duelund 12DCA used as jumpers (On "Blackcat Cable" Chris Sommivigo's advice - yup, even with biwire it sounds better - and it does)
INTERCONNECTS
All Balanced: Ghost+ recording studio XLR cables
Marco
I see that new years regime has paid dividends
Coherent Systems
Real high end sound with musicality not hifi
Nice to see you checking in for a change, Tonester, instead of parking your arse full-time on TAS!
Anyway, are you planning on using the new sub-forum I’ve given you in the trade room, and which you’ve paid for, or it going to function solely as an ornament?
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 Marco
The last 12 months has been very busy, wildly so and currently trying to warp the time stamps between multi-verse Panes to enable superior cloning techniques as you canna break the laws of physics captain!
In the coming weeks I will populate said space with some desirable goodies.
We have a few big projects happening at the moment so time is tight, however I will be happening i the not too distant future.
In the my time my lad, keep up the good work, I feel Gumtree will be seeking your services as a full time professional 'artistic' model for their growing band of disillusioned Flea bay disenchanted tight wads.
Though please do draw the line a underwear demonstrations, the world has seen too much heart ache this year already.
Mind you I have had coarse to bite one's lower lip of late after perusing some rather poor imitations of snobbish public schoolboy musical aloofness. With statements that hark back to good old days of Flash-man and one upmanship laced with deluded superiority of epically boorish proportions . Quite vulgar actually Marco.
A more prime example of how the world views audiophools could not have been more succinctly illustrated if Rick Mayal had written it himself.
To quote a rather understated gent who could play the piano a wee bit.
'We're as valid as anything by Beethoven," declared Jon Lord of his band, Deep Purple,
Music snobs are one of life's misnomers, usually a fragile ego wrapped up within an inferiority complex, smoothed with the enigma which is monumental delusions of grandeur.
Followed by a replay system so twisted in one direction it makes anything other than Bach's prelude and fugue No.1 in C minor seem like 'Firestorm' in Marylin Manson's mosh pit after a good Columbia marching power session with the local west coast law enforcement snatch team.
Though Wagner's ring would perhaps be a little too rambunctious for the local sisters of mercy choir heading up St Mary Magdalene's holy trinity week one feels.
Real music lovers appreciate all forms of the art where they actually like it or not they aren't particularly prone to bouts of virtual soap box scathing vitriol from the safe Bastian of one's keyboard, comfy slippers, mogadon laced hot sweet tea, with one's trusty Churchwarden fired up and ready to rumble.
Let us take solace in the fact these individuals are limited to such barbarous scathings to enrich their lives other than hearing the familiar click and pop of Jasper Carrot's Funky Moped being spun up for that illicit Sunday afternoon time window while Mable is rearranging the flowers for the local 'Rev' in the vestry at St Jude's (Cuz it's a trendy divine being worship area you know ).
Will his guilty pleasures know no bounds?
Can't wait for the next enthralling episode of 'My cousin fifth removed, the music snob' then hop over the Sky channel 14 for a special preview now.
Music should be fun, instill emotions and feelings both by the composer and the players what ever style you like or prefer it is a great leveler and brings together people like no other activity (except for a good session at the pig and whistle after a few pints of old farmer Tom's top scrumpy brew ' The sweaty jockstrap')
The sole domain of individuals who try and high jack it with the high mind ideals and principles of Guardian readers and guttersnipes.
Coherent Systems
Real high end sound with musicality not hifi
God knows what the feck that was all about, but I *think* it was funny!!
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!!!