Steve you have pm
Steve you have pm
Hands up, who is starting to get excited? Booked me room this afty.
WAS excited, not so much now as the cars still in the garage and can't come down.
Looking fwd to the pics.
Have a great NEBO 8 guys.
AC POWER
Hardwired 10kVA balanced mains powering entire system
AMPS
Meridian 557 power Amp (Modded) / PS Audio BHK Preamp (Modded)
SPEAKERS
Wharfedale Evo 4.4
DAC
PS Audio Directstream (Modded)
TURNTABLE
Pro-Ject X8 balanced output via XLR / Ortofon Quintet Blue cartridge
PHONOSTAGE
Pro-Ject DS3 B balanced Input (TT and Phonostage powered by Pro-Ject Power box RS2 linear psu)
DIGITAL
OPPO 203 (Modded: Linear PSU, i2s output to Dac) - Roon Endpoint, HDMI input used for all things Streaming/ PS5 /AppleTV ... also good for movies apparently?
MUSIC PLAYBACK
Tweaked AP-Linux based Roon Server into Oppo 203 as Roon endpoint
Ipad Roon Remote.
Apple Music/ YouTube via AppleTV, fed to Dac via Oppo HDMI input/i2s output to Dac.
SPEAKER CABLES
Biwired: Duelund DCA10GA (Bass) Duelund DCA16GA (mid & treble) Duelund 12DCA used as jumpers (On "Blackcat Cable" Chris Sommivigo's advice - yup, even with biwire it sounds better - and it does)
INTERCONNECTS
All Balanced: Ghost+ recording studio XLR cables
I'm off the road as well unfortunately, bugger, have a good un from me.
Loads of pics please so I can be even more jealous of you lucky gits.
We are the love we leave behind.
Well, i managed to borrow a van so i think i will kick back and enjoy myself at Nebo 8 on Saturday. Looking forwards to meeting up with the usual suspects and hopefully not embarrass myself again. Sadly i have to announce that R2R legend and audio guru Alan Towell won't be attending. He of course will be missed as he is hugely respected amongst us all.
I will be teaming up with another Nebo stalwart Mik Rik on this occasion and mixing things up a little. I will also bring along my R2R and see if Rich will let me play some of my special music a little later on. So, Hopefully see you down there...
Nice one Steve lad. We'll finally get to hear some of your cracking kit!
Shame Alan can't make it though, his systems are always a treat. Reel spinners and all.
Going to be a good day, got a flight to catch home from Alicante today. Get some gear and tunes together and with a fair wind I'll be there for kick off tomorrow.
May the gods of the skies be with us!
One of these days... I'm going to cut you into little pieces.
Sadly, chaps, I won't be able to make it this year, as I have other things going on that need my attention. Anyway, hope you have a good one, which I'm sure you will!
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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Shame Alan T can't make it, always a good contributor, your R2R is must have, now Steve.
I will be there early, (with sack truck) so can give you a hand unloading.
Anyone not bringing kit, with a more relaxed schedule, bring a camera and snap away to help record the day.