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which ones are the new mark grant speaker cables?Originally Posted by Floyddroid
Had a great afternoon mixing it up with fellow AOS member Richie yesterday, A full Saturday afternoon of great music and tinkering. Having said that, It's going to cost me a fortune because Richie brought with him some great CD's and LP's which i am going to have to track down. Not least was an album by Younger Brother called Vaccine, brilliant. The highlight of the afternoon for me though was listening to Elbow live at Joderal Bank. That's already been ordered. We spent the afternoon swapping things in and out and i was pleased that Richie brought along his Techie with upgraded power supply as i am in the middle of such a project with mine. It sounded absolutely great. We slotted my old Ruark Crusader III's in for a while to give them an easier time and they just took everything we could through at them. Cracking amps for silly money.
The biggest surprise is when we swapped speaker cables. Swapping my Witch Hat audio cable for Mark Grant's new hi fi cable filled out the sound and brought some warmth to the party. This was perhaps the biggest surprise of the day and i may just have a punt.
A big thanks to Richie for an entertaining afternoon and for being kind enough to bring with him some great things to play with.
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I must say how good a couple of un-twisted runs of RS 50 strand copper (or Maplin equivalent) can be in the context of benign speaker cables...... (we used this, albeit with conductors twisted together, back in the very early Naim days)I test amps with this stuff and nothing over-heats or seems to go unstable in the time it's used (up to a couple of hours)...
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Why should you apologise for a [personal insults removed by admin] Steve? (That's my standing on the other gone down even more. Oh hang on it was at rock bottom anyway)
I can see where the 'context' comes in and can appreciate the technicality behind it, but polite and constructive criticism is surely welcome?
I certainly welcome it.
Thank goodness for AoS,
Alan
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I love Hendrix for so many reasons. He was so much more than just a blues guitarist - he played damn well any kind of guitar he wanted. In fact I'm not sure if he even played the guitar - he played music. - Stevie Ray Vaughan
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I'm just waiting for Les Wolstenholme to come wading in now dishing out black eyes lol.
Just kidding Les, you can kick my butt around the car park at the next NEBO
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That's not my way Rich as you know. Equipment and its sound quality is very much a personalI'm just waiting for Les Wolstenholme to come wading in now dishing out black eyes lol.
Just kidding Les, you can kick my butt around the car park at the next NEBO
opinion and all opinions count.
BTW, Mr Dunn does make some exceeding nice sounding amps, I know, I've heard them
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This is the gentleman i have come to know and respect. Good to have your input as always Les.
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Hi Les,
My comments on this thread were just in response to a discussion re context the amps were heard.
I honestly think that on HiFi these days there are a handful of people left who offer no compromise excellent gear at their various price points. In no particular order they are you, NVA, Glen Croft, Nick Gorham. I would also say Colin Wonfor but I've not experienced his amps yet. All of whom skin the cat in different but equally valid ways amd I could live with any of their kit in my system.
Anyway back to my original comments here, I enjoyed how your preamp worked with the NVA amps. Nice work I thought.
R
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Steve, just right click the image and select 'Copy image URL'
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