I wonder how many LPs you could buy for the price of a pair of those amps?Originally Posted by daytona600
WE212s monos all 22wpc of them & amps with castors are so cool
Excellent WAF by the way!
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I wonder how many LPs you could buy for the price of a pair of those amps?WE212s monos all 22wpc of them & amps with castors are so cool
Excellent WAF by the way!
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I like those Marco. The semi industrial look appeals.
It's some of the speakers shown that I see as 'challenged' in the appearance department. Why for instance, somebody would choose a finish that looks like a creosoted shed, I'm not sure.
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Ah yes, the horns... I agree there. Some parts look like a cobbled together garden fence!
However, ultimately it's how they sound that matters. That is especially the case when speakers are housed in a dedicated listening room, where concessions to specific decor requirements are a non-issue.
I suspect that the room belonging to the owner of those horns is a case in point
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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.
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lol, yep... it's complete bonkers.Love the sheer over-the-top lunacy of it all!
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Haha.. all you need with those is Battersea power station to match!
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Bet they sound fantastic, the 4212 is a great sounding valve.
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Isn't that the STC variant?
There was some fairly crazy dude on a forum who DIY breadboarded a 212 amp. He couldn't afford the transformers to do them justice, but reckoned what they did with what he had was great.
There are some enormous mercury vapour rectifiers used to power railways on YouTube. Just plain crazy huge. At work so can't post a link.
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you can buy these new for $27,000 a pair but not in the EU/UK as they are not CE Marked
nasty things inside the rectifiers & valves & not very kid/dog friendly with 1500vdc on live terminals
Matching horns if you have the room
Matching speakers
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