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  1. #1
    Join Date: Jul 2010

    Location: Cheltenham

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    I'm Charlie.

    Default Headphone amplifier review

    I thought I'd have another go at writing a review. It's a bit easier than doing a scientific or medical paper, that's for sure.

    It's not as ascerbic as my old boss, Ken Kessler. He taught me a fair bit about hi-fi back in the late 70s at Canterbury Hi-Fi, before he launched into his reviewing career.

    I really enjoyed doing the review, as I tried to do this as well as I could. 2 different R2R machines and several 15IPS tapes listened to almost every evening over a fortnight. Some of the evenings weren't even fuelled by alcohol - an unusual thing for a medic!

    http://topoxforddoc.zenfolio.com/blo...plifier-review

    Please feel free to comment about the review. The actual piece of equipment isn't that important, as I would appreciate some feedback about the quality of the writing and review, rather than the subject matter itself. It seemed like a good way to integrate my interest in hi-fi, music and photography.

    You see I hated english as subject at school, so this is a bit of a departure for me

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    Join Date: Nov 2010

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    I'm Andrew.

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    WOW! Now that is a review, fantastic. Keep 'em coming!
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    Join Date: Jan 2008

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    Yup, excellent stuff, Charlie... A thoroughly engrossing read!

    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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    Join Date: Jan 2013

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    Superb review Charlie and well illustrated.
    Main system : VPI Scout 1.1 / JMW 9T / 2M Black / Croft 25R+ / Croft 7 / Heco Celan GT 702

    Second System : Goldring Lenco GL75 / AT95EX / Pioneer SX590 / Spendor SP2

  5. #5
    Join Date: Jul 2010

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    I'm Charlie.

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    Andrew, Marco and James,

    Many thanks for your mind words of encouragement. Not sure I would want to do it for a living, but the odd one here and there is fun.

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