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    Join Date: Mar 2012

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    Default Firebottle lands in Gloucestershire

    Kirsty and I had the pleasure of Alan (Firebottle) and his lovely wife's company for the day yesterday. I just wanted to say that it was a real pleasure having you both here and as always, great to put a face to a name. I really liked your preamp Alan, great job on that, and the match with the lovely new STA25 was really very good indeed. We had a great day of mixed music and chat, with some pretty diverse toons from Eva Cassidy, to Yello, Sting and Verdi!
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    A very enjoyable day Paul, just to appease Marco I did take the camera but all the kit has been seen on AoS before anyway

    Yes the music was very varied and all the more enjoyable for being so. Seeing and hearing the Tannoys up close was a real pleasure as all of us appreciate the craftsmanship that goes into them.

    The Radford Revival STA25 was superb, highly recommended if you are in the market for a quality valve amp

    A cracking day out, pity about the mist spoiling the wider views of Gloustershire


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    Nice one chaps
    Source: Heavily modified DDDAC using MacBook Pro.
    Amplification: Pre amp-Stereo Coffee pre amp on steroids.
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    Speakers: Lampizator P17 Open Baffles
    Accessories: Klotz 500 DIY Interconnects & DIY speaker cable sounding better than anything commercial.
    All powered from a Mother Trucker BPS with a dedicated consumer unit with 10mm armoured radial back to the house tails after the meter.

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    Radford Revival
    www.radfordrevival.co.uk

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    ah for a minute there I thought alan flew literally in his microlight ...... sounds like a good time had by all
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    Quote Originally Posted by hifinutt View Post
    ah for a minute there I thought alan flew literally in his microlight ......
    I'm sure that had it been possible he would have done.
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    no doubt ...bit chilly this time of year I guess !!
    ou might slip, you might slide, you might
    Stumble and fall by the road side
    But don't you ever let nobody drag your spirit down
    Remember you're walking up to heaven

    Don't let nobody turn you around
    … Walk with the rich, walk with the poor
    Learn from everyone, that's what life is for
    And don't you let nobody drag your spirit down

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    Pics [of the gear listened to]? Threads like these are pretty useless without them, folks!



    Glad you all had a good time, though

    Marco.
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    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.

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    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.

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    As I said the kit has all been seen before, but as you insist:

    The amp and speaker(s) :



    Vinyl front end:





    Alternative preamp:



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