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    Have a good day chaps - take some spare fuses Alan
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    Sounds like it should be interesting. I shall await the report (and photos! ).
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    Just back from a great day out.
    More comments tomorrow, after a bit of a sleep.
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    Cool. Hope you took some pics!

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    No. I took my speakers and a few other bits.
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    So how did you enjoy hearing proper speakers instead? I trust the 57's were on form. No prospect of nicking them either - even though Gordon's hearing is suffering, since Ronnie has already laid claim I think

    From our absence, you will note we still haven't sorted out this bloody move...

    Hopefully see you before Christmas - maybe with a new toy from AK for you to try

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    Pictures (apologies for the poor quality - they were taken with my phone).

    The vinyl front ends:


    My Technics SL1200 and Alan's GL75.

    A selection of Firebottle goodies:



    Opening the bake off, we have my system for me to get a good reference.


    My modified Technics, running a 2M Black -> Graham Slee Reflex M -> Project Pre-Box RS -> Graham Slee Proprius Mono Blocks -> Electric Beach Frugel 3

    Later we moved on to speakers of a different nature:



    That was all of the pictures I took, and they are pretty poor.
    I'll wait until Alan posts his comments and pictures before making any comments on the gear we listened to.
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    Plenty of room for the systems and speakers to strut their stuff mate . Looking good , and probably sounding excellent . Thanks for posting this Kevin
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    Yes, Gordon has a massive room.
    I was concerned how well the Frugels would cope with so much space to fill.

    I will let the others fill in their thoughts.
    I do think we have another MC5000 convert though!
    Kevin

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oldpinkman View Post
    So how did you enjoy hearing proper speakers instead? I trust the 57's were on form. No prospect of nicking them either - even though Gordon's hearing is suffering, since Ronnie has already laid claim I think

    From our absence, you will note we still haven't sorted out this bloody move...

    Hopefully see you before Christmas - maybe with a new toy from AK for you to try
    To be honest, I am not sure they were working at 100% or if it was because we had been listening to the Frugels beforehand. I really enjoyed the imaging and soundstage that they produced, but they seemed a little lacking at the top end.
    Kevin

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