McKenna & Brown now there's a blast from the pastOriginally Posted by Mickyricky
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McKenna & Brown now there's a blast from the past
As the late Colonel Sanders once said
"I'm too drunk to taste this chicken!!"
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I remember them well... Is Gilson Audio still around? They had branches in Billingham and boro years ago...
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Back in the 70's Gilson had a branch on post house wynd in Darlington, I remember going in there with my dad when I was a kid, same with McKenna and Brown
As the late Colonel Sanders once said
"I'm too drunk to taste this chicken!!"
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Well done, Richy-boy... Great choice of venue
Think my car might even be safe there, too!
Macca and I will be there. I may also be bringing a couple of mates with me from Wrexham, one of whom posts here and is mostly active in the DIY threads, DarrenHW. Let's make this NEBO the best one ever, folks!
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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.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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Me too! There isn't a pub between Darlington and Middlesbrough that I didn't patronise in my youth ... unless it served Cameron's beer, which was truly and utterly undrinkable Tees river water, straight from the estuary at Hartlepool.
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Yer cheeky fucker! Yer lucky not to be a pet monkey... still got some rope handyMe too! There isn't a pub between Darlington and Middlesbrough that I didn't patronise in my youth ... unless it served Cameron's beer, which was truly and utterly undrinkable Tees river water, straight from the estuary at Hartlepool.
A Hartlepudlian.
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ReVox PR99, Studer B62, Ferrograph Series 7, Tandberg TCD440, Hitachi FT-5500MkI, also FT-5500MkII
Digital: Yamaha CDR-HD1500 (Digital Swiss army knife-CD recorder, player, hard drive, DAC and ADC in one), PC files via 24/96 sound card and SPDIF, modded Philips CD850, modded Philips CD104, modded DPA Little Bit DAC. Sennheiser HD580 cans with Arkless Headphone amp.
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Many a drunken time was spent in The Green Dragon in said post house wynd.... Them was the days!
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ReVox PR99, Studer B62, Ferrograph Series 7, Tandberg TCD440, Hitachi FT-5500MkI, also FT-5500MkII
Digital: Yamaha CDR-HD1500 (Digital Swiss army knife-CD recorder, player, hard drive, DAC and ADC in one), PC files via 24/96 sound card and SPDIF, modded Philips CD850, modded Philips CD104, modded DPA Little Bit DAC. Sennheiser HD580 cans with Arkless Headphone amp.
Cables- free interconnects that come with CD players, mains leads from B&Q, dead kettles etc, extension leads from Tesco
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Aye, the beer was rank like. Horrible stuff.Me too! There isn't a pub between Darlington and Middlesbrough that I didn't patronise in my youth ... unless it served Cameron's beer, which was truly and utterly undrinkable Tees river water, straight from the estuary at Hartlepool.
Playing in bands the Cameron club was always a decent gig though. Nice big crowd for most events, they paid pretty well for the club circuit and would feed us too.
We enjoyed playing there.
One of these days... I'm going to cut you into little pieces.
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Good stuff Marco, are you and the chaps bringing any kit?Well done, Richy-boy... Great choice of venue
Think my car might even be safe there, too!
Macca and I will be there. I may also be bringing a couple of mates with me from Wrexham, one of whom posts here and is mostly active in the DIY threads, DarrenHW. Let's make this NEBO the best one ever, folks!
Marco.
One of these days... I'm going to cut you into little pieces.
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Probably something, but not sure what yet, as if everyone comes. the car will be full with bodies
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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